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Stan Musial
Stanley Frank Musial (Stan the Man)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 21, 1920 in Donora, PA
High School: Donora (Donora, PA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1941
Final Game: September 29, 1963
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1969 (317/340 ballots).
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1941 STL NL 20 OF 11 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 1.91 .976 2.15 3-0-8
1942 STL NL 21 OF 135 307 296 6 5 0 .984 2.24 .981 2.15 133-2-2 MVP-12
1943 STL NL 22 OF 155 398 376 15 7 4 .982 2.52 .977 2.27 34-10-117 AS,MVP-1
1944 STL NL 23 OF 146 374 353 16 5 2 .987 2.53 .980 2.31 1-38-124 AS,MVP-4
1946 STL NL 25 1B 114 1134 1056 65 13 119 .989 9.83 .991 8.77 AS,MVP-1
1946 STL NL 25 OF 42 116 110 4 2 0 .983 2.71 .977 2.16 42-0-0 AS,MVP-1
1947 STL NL 26 1B 149 1445 1360 77 8 138 .994 9.64 .991 6.71 AS,MVP-20
1948 STL NL 27 OF 155 364 347 10 7 3 .981 2.30 .978 2.20 41-64-76 AS,MVP-1
1948 STL NL 27 1B 2 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 4.00 .988 8.95 AS,MVP-1
1949 STL NL 28 OF 156 339 326 10 3 5 .991 2.15 .977 2.25 3-72-117 AS,MVP-2
1949 STL NL 28 1B 1 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 12.00 .992 9.00 AS,MVP-2
1950 STL NL 29 OF 77 139 132 2 5 1 .964 1.74 .978 2.14 56-14-10 AS,MVP-2
1950 STL NL 29 1B 69 668 628 37 3 66 .996 9.64 .990 9.02 AS,MVP-2
1951 STL NL 30 OF 91 235 216 13 6 4 .974 2.52 .981 2.23 84-10-1 AS,MVP-2
1951 STL NL 30 1B 60 636 600 32 4 60 .994 10.53 .989 9.29 AS,MVP-2
1952 STL NL 31 OF 129 308 298 6 4 2 .987 2.36 .981 2.10 21-106-9 AS,MVP-5
1952 STL NL 31 1B 25 217 204 12 1 13 .995 8.64 .990 9.17 AS,MVP-5
1952 STL NL 31 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00 AS,MVP-5
1953 STL NL 32 OF 157 308 294 9 5 1 .984 1.93 .980 2.11 141-9-26 AS,MVP-8
1954 STL NL 33 OF 152 151 1352.2 287 271 13 3 4 .990 0.5 0.4 0.5 4.5 -4.0 0 1.89 1.87 .975 2.36 2.18 AS,MVP-6
1954 STL NL 33 RF 146 142 1284.1 273 257 13 3 5 .989 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 3.4 -3.7 0 1.89 1.85 .969 1.99 1.80 AS,MVP-6
1954 STL NL 33 1B 10 2 30.2 40 36 2 2 4 .950 -1.1 -43.0 -1.1 -0.6 -0.5 0 11.15 3.80 .992 9.83 9.26 AS,MVP-6
1954 STL NL 33 LF 10 9 68.1 18 17 0 1 0 .944 0.8 14.0 0.8 1.1 -0.3 0 2.24 1.70 .972 2.21 1.98 AS,MVP-6
1955 STL NL 34 1B 110 106 946.2 1025 925 92 8 93 .992 1.5 1.9 1.5 0.3 1.2 0 9.67 9.25 .991 9.51 9.09 AS,MVP-8
1955 STL NL 34 OF 51 48 377.2 78 75 2 1 0 .987 2.4 7.6 2.4 1.6 0.7 0 1.83 1.51 .977 2.30 2.10 AS,MVP-8
1955 STL NL 34 RF 49 44 349.2 76 73 2 1 0 .987 2.5 8.6 2.5 1.6 0.8 0 1.93 1.53 .976 2.07 1.86 AS,MVP-8
1955 STL NL 34 LF 5 4 28.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -4.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 3.21 2.00 .970 2.12 1.82 AS,MVP-8
1956 STL NL 35 1B 103 103 873.2 967 870 90 7 96 .993 1.9 2.6 2.9 6.5 -3.6 -1 9.89 9.32 .989 9.82 8.71 AS,MVP-9
1956 STL NL 35 OF 53 53 466.2 90 84 5 1 0 .989 0.5 1.3 -1.5 -0.4 -1.1 2 1.72 1.68 .977 2.28 2.05 AS,MVP-9
1956 STL NL 35 RF 51 50 441.2 83 78 4 1 0 .988 0.7 1.9 -1.3 -0.4 -0.9 2 1.67 1.61 .973 2.00 1.80 AS,MVP-9
1956 STL NL 35 LF 3 3 25.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -9.6 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.80 1.67 .980 2.05 1.70 AS,MVP-9
1957 STL NL 36 1B 130 129 1110.1 1276 1167 99 10 131 .992 0.6 0.6 1.6 -2.2 3.8 -1 10.26 9.74 .990 8.10 7.69 AS,MVP-2
1958 STL NL 37 1B 124 123 1038.0 1132 1019 100 13 127 .989 0.0 0.0 -1.0 1.8 -2.8 1 9.70 9.02 .990 8.67 8.06 AS,MVP-12
1959 STL NL 38 1B 90 88 686.0 693 623 63 7 72 .990 -6.1 -10.7 -7.1 -4.1 -3.0 1 9.00 7.62 .988 9.58 8.04 AS
1959 STL NL 38 LF 3 2 22.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -49.1 -0.9 -0.2 -0.7 0 0.41 0.33 1.000 2.05 1.60 AS
1959 STL NL 38 OF 3 2 22.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -49.1 -0.9 -0.2 -0.7 0 0.41 0.33 1.000 2.21 1.90 AS
1960 STL NL 39 OF 59 58 477.0 100 97 2 1 0 .990 0.5 1.3 1.5 1.4 0.2 -1 1.87 1.68 .978 2.20 1.92 AS,MVP-16
1960 STL NL 39 LF 58 54 449.0 99 97 1 1 0 .990 1.2 3.2 2.2 1.2 1.1 -1 1.96 1.69 .974 1.98 1.54 AS,MVP-16
1960 STL NL 39 1B 29 26 203.0 222 203 17 2 16 .991 -0.6 -3.5 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 0 9.75 7.59 .990 9.57 8.20 AS,MVP-16
1960 STL NL 39 RF 6 4 28.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -30.0 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 0 0.64 0.33 1.000 1.99 1.77 AS,MVP-16
1961 STL NL 40 OF 103 99 767.2 159 149 9 1 0 .994 5.7 8.9 1.7 0.2 1.5 4 1.85 1.53 .977 2.16 1.86 AS
1961 STL NL 40 LF 102 99 767.2 160 150 9 1 0 .994 5.7 8.9 1.7 0.2 1.5 4 1.86 1.56 .972 1.88 1.50 AS
1962 STL NL 41 OF 119 116 901.0 174 164 6 4 1 .977 1.0 1.3 2.0 3.6 -1.6 -1 1.70 1.43 .974 2.07 1.79 AS,MVP-10
1962 STL NL 41 LF 98 94 738.0 132 125 5 2 1 .985 -3.4 -5.5 -1.4 2.3 -3.7 -2 1.59 1.33 .967 1.81 1.37 AS,MVP-10
1962 STL NL 41 RF 22 22 163.0 39 36 1 2 0 .949 4.4 32.4 3.4 1.3 2.1 1 2.04 1.68 .977 1.90 1.65 AS,MVP-10
1963 STL NL 42 LF 96 94 628.0 123 118 1 4 0 .967 2.5 4.8 1.5 1.1 0.5 1 1.71 1.24 .971 1.80 1.38 AS
1963 STL NL 42 OF 96 94 628.0 126 121 1 4 0 .968 2.5 4.8 1.5 1.1 0.5 1 1.75 1.27 .977 2.01 1.75 AS
19 Seasons OF 1890 621 4992.2 3924 3730 130 64 27 .984 12.2 2.9 7.2 11.8 -4.5 5 6.96 2.04 .978 2.20 2.11 934-325-764
14 Seasons 1B 1016 577 4888.1 9475 8709 688 78 935 .992 -3.8 -0.9 -3.8 1.2 -5.0 0 17.30 9.25 .990 9.08 8.25
8 Seasons (incomplete) LF 375 359 2726.0 548 523 16 9 1 .984 5.6 2.5 3.6 5.7 -1.9 2 1.78 1.44 .971 1.87 1.46
5 Seasons (incomplete) RF 274 262 2266.2 473 445 21 7 5 .985 6.6 3.5 3.6 6.1 -2.6 3 1.85 1.70 .972 2.00 1.80
1 Season P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
22 Seasons TOT 2907 1198 9881.0 13399 12439 818 142 962 .989 8.4 1.0 3.4 13.0 -9.5 5 0 12.07 4.56 .976 5.61 4.26 934-325-764
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1941 STL NL 20 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 11
1942 STL NL 21 140 140 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 2 2 135
1943 STL NL 22 157 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 10 117 155
1944 STL NL 23 146 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 38 124 146
1946 STL NL 25 156 156 156 0 0 114 0 0 0 42 0 0 42
1947 STL NL 26 149 149 149 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 STL NL 27 155 155 155 0 0 2 0 0 0 41 64 76 155
1949 STL NL 28 157 157 157 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 72 117 156
1950 STL NL 29 146 146 146 0 0 69 0 0 0 56 14 10 77
1951 STL NL 30 152 152 152 0 0 60 0 0 0 84 10 1 91
1952 STL NL 31 154 154 154 1 0 25 0 0 0 21 106 9 129
1953 STL NL 32 157 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 9 26 157
1954 STL NL 33 153 153 153 153 0 0 10 0 0 0 8 0 147 152 0 0
1955 STL NL 34 154 154 154 154 0 0 110 0 0 0 21 0 33 51 0 0
1956 STL NL 35 156 156 156 156 0 0 103 0 0 0 3 0 51 53 0 0
1957 STL NL 36 134 129 134 134 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1958 STL NL 37 135 123 135 135 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1959 STL NL 38 115 90 115 115 0 0 90 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 25 0
1960 STL NL 39 116 84 116 116 0 0 29 0 0 0 58 0 6 59 32 0
1961 STL NL 40 123 99 123 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 0 0 103 24 0
1962 STL NL 41 135 116 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 22 119 19 0
1963 STL NL 42 124 94 124 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 0 0 96 30 0
22 Seasons 3026 1198 3026 3026 1 0 1016 0 0 0 948 325 749 1890 146 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 STL NL 33 117 62% 79% 21% 5 80% 0 23 1 22 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1955 STL NL 34 2692 62% 78% 24% 168 93% 1 576 57 511 8 45 60 44 12 0 2 7 0 4 3 6 61 2 3 0 55 5 6 3 2 11 82%
1956 STL NL 35 3797 62% 79% 26% 235 95% 1 875 85 774 17 57 88 62 20 0 4 6 1 4 1 4 97 2 0 0 88 2 9 1 8 22 91%
1957 STL NL 36 4841 59% 79% 28% 292 95% 0 1177 98 1068 14 87 101 68 22 1 5 10 3 7 0 6 132 3 1 0 123 5 9 2 7 17 76%
1958 STL NL 37 4665 59% 77% 26% 231 94% 0 1018 57 948 13 80 96 67 16 1 6 13 3 9 1 9 127 6 2 1 110 9 17 5 12 10 100%
1959 STL NL 38 3098 59% 77% 25% 143 92% 1 627 40 579 9 40 59 43 12 0 2 7 1 6 0 5 74 2 1 4 65 7 9 4 5 11 91%
1960 STL NL 39 919 53% 76% 26% 45 91% 1 203 7 189 7 16 19 12 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 17 0 1 0 17 2 0 0 0 4 100%
7 Seasons 20129 60% 78% 26% 1119 94% 4 4499 345 4091 68 326 425 298 85 4 19 46 8 33 5 32 512 15 8 5 462 30 50 15 34 77 88%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 STL NL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 290 60% 79% 29% 24 71%
1955 STL NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 80% 76% 29% 7 43%
1956 STL NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 4 80.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 121 72% 81% 25% 13 38%
1959 STL NL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 100 74% 73% 25% 8 13%
1960 STL NL 39 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 16 13 0 13 3 1 9 6 0 8 0 0 9 8 0 55 30 54.5% 24 1 1.8% 0 1943 63% 75% 27% 207 47%
1961 STL NL 40 1 0 0 1 0 9 0 6 0 2 23 19 0 24 2 1 19 12 1 6 2 0 14 14 0 86 49 57.0% 35 2 2.3% 7 3424 62% 77% 28% 338 47%
1962 STL NL 41 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 4 0 1 36 26 0 17 2 0 15 8 0 5 2 1 16 16 0 89 54 60.7% 34 1 1.1% 4 3249 58% 77% 27% 306 42%
1963 STL NL 42 4 0 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 10 8 0 5 3 0 3 1 1 6 0 0 11 11 0 35 23 65.7% 11 1 2.9% 0 2653 61% 78% 29% 159 75%
8 Seasons 9 0 8 1 3 16 0 11 0 4 87 68 0 61 10 2 50 29 2 25 4 1 53 52 0 276 163 59.1% 108 5 1.8% 11 11831 61% 77% 28% 1062 50%
MLB Averages 56.7% 2.3% 62% 78% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 STL NL 33 3 0 3 0 1 10 0 2 3 2 38 20 1 18 5 0 13 9 1 12 4 0 15 12 0 96 50 52.1% 44 2 2.1% 8 4334 63% 80% 28% 341 59%
1955 STL NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 5 0 7 2 0 5 1 1 3 2 0 2 2 0 24 12 50.0% 11 1 4.2% 0 800 63% 78% 29% 65 63%
1956 STL NL 35 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 18 10 2 15 3 0 8 5 0 1 0 0 9 8 0 51 26 51.0% 23 2 3.9% 2 1926 62% 79% 27% 170 48%
1960 STL NL 39 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 114 50% 75% 20% 7 29%
1962 STL NL 41 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8 5 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 5 3 0 22 11 50.0% 11 0 0.0% 1 689 59% 80% 30% 72 51%
5 Seasons 6 0 6 0 2 17 0 5 5 3 72 40 3 46 11 0 27 15 2 18 8 0 31 25 0 194 99 51.0% 90 5 2.6% 12 7863 62% 79% 28% 655 56%
MLB Averages 42.6% 3.1% 62% 78% 29% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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