Stanley Frank Musial (Stan the Man)

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 21, 1920 in Donora, PA
High School: Donora HS (Donora, PA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1941 (Age 20)   vs. BSN 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Cardinals 1941-1963

Final Game: September 29, 1963 (Age 42)   vs. CIN 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1969 (317/340 ballots).
   View Stan Musial Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: January 19, 2013 in Ladue, MO
Buried: Forever Bellerive Cemetery, Creve Coeur, MO
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• 9/14 High Heat Stats: Derek Jeter will finish between 3rd and 5th all-time in hits: Last night, Derek Jeter tied Willie Mays for 11th on the all-time hit list: 1. Pete Rose 4256 2. Ty Cobb+ 4189 3. Hank Aaron 3771...
• 9/14 Bleeding Yankee Blue: DEREK JETER FOR MVP? CONSIDER IT: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
• 9/13 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Mike Trout‘s dream season could have a nightmare ending, Albert Pujols ties Stan Musial and an uncanny similarity between...
• 9/11 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Tribe Success Comes From Farm System, Not Free Agency: By Vince Guerrieri Chris Perez said last week that the Indians organization wasn’t committed to spending the big bucks to lure...
• 9/9 mlbreports.com : Ted Williams: Sunday September 9th, 2012 Robert Whitmer: Have you ever had the thought of “what if?”  That old thought of what could have...
• 9/8 High Heat Stats: Who will be the next 400 HR hitter?: This season, Paul Konerko, David Ortiz and Adam Dunn have joined the 400 HR club that now boasts 50 members. But, it’s not...
• 9/8 El Maquino: IT’S TWO IN THE MORNING. DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR OFFENSE IS?: THE POSTGAME The Cards put two up against Yovani Gallardo in the very first inning and didn’t score again for six more innings...
• 9/4 Baseball With Matt: An Interview with Hall of Famer Jim Palmer: Hey baseball fans!Today is my 50th blog post and I will be blogging about a pitcher named Jim Palmer. He is actually...

• 8/31 The Baseball Page: Vin Scully - "BOBBLEHEAD NITE" - (long overdue): Passing out "Bobbleheads" to the first 20-25 thousand fans entering...
• 8/17 Tomahawk Take: Braves Win Behind Chipper Jones’ Bat Kris Medlen’s Arm: Chipper Rises To The Occasion – Nothing New There You really have to hand it to Chipper Jones, he knows how to put on a show....
• 8/10 The Baseball Page: Cobb steals five bases and Dodgers forfeit to Cardinals on This Day in Baseball: August 10th, 1924, Ty Cobb steals second base once, third base twice...
• 8/1 The Baseball Page: Three no-hitters were thrown on This Day in Baseball: Three- no hitters were thrown on this day; two by Hall of Famers Walter...

• 7/26 High Heat Stats: Adam Dunn and triple-W games: In a recent post, John Autin identified that Jim Thome has the most career games with at least one of each of the TTO components...
• 7/16 The Baseball Page: A look at Joe DiMaggio (Video): The most complete player of his era, Joe DiMaggio is considered by most...
• 7/15 Baseball With Matt: Let the Final Nickname Battle Begin!!! 7/15/12: Hey Guys!The All-Around Athletes group nickname survey is now closed and the winner is.....Mr. October (Reggie Jackson) by a...
• 7/14 Baseball Musings: Maybe We Should Call him Robinson ManoBronx Banter compares Robinson Cano to Stan Musial and Don Mattingly. ...
• 7/10 Baseball With Matt: The Greatest Pitchers You've Never Heard Of 7/10/12: Hey Guys!While all of you have heard of the records of Cy Young (511 career wins) and Nolan Ryan (5,714 career strikeouts and...
• 7/10 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: When the Stars (and so Much Else) Came to Washington: So many years have passed since the nation’s capital last hosted baseball’s All-Star game that most people have forgotten...
• 7/8 High Heat Stats: Quiz – Seinfeld hitters: HHS reader with the moniker “Insert Name Here” was lamenting that a recent quiz was too easy, and was pining for something...

• 6/30 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: The Greatest Summer Ever: Paul Sorrento: Each week through the 26 weeks of the 2012 regular season, DTTWLN  will profile and break down the roster of arguably the most...
• 6/27 Baseball Musings: Strong Finish: David Ortiz hit home run 399 Wednesday afternoon against the Blue Jays. When he reaches 400, he’ll become a member of an...
• 6/23 Baseball With Matt: All-Around Athletes 6/23/12: Hey Guys!As I promised in my Booming Batters post, today I will be blogging about some of the greatest all-around nicknames in...
• 6/21 Bleeding Yankee Blue: AROUND YANKEELAND, AROUND MLB AND KATE UPTON: There is plenty of news going on around the Yankees and Major league baseball that I had to fill you in on. Plus, you need to...

• 5/31 Baseball With Matt: Matt's Dream Team 5/26/12: Hey guys!It's finally time. You've all been anti**** this very moment. You are about to read....My Dream Team! I will be listing...
• 5/31 High Heat Stats: Quiz – the Big Klu: Ted Kluszewski was among the most feared NL hitters of the early and mid 1950s. In his best 4-year run from 1953 to 1956, he compiled...
• 5/27 High Heat Stats: Paul Konerko – one of the greatest 34-36 year old players in history: With Paul Konerko reaching 400 career White Sox homers today, it seems like a good time to repeat how amazing he’s been...
• 5/27 The Writer's Journey: Major League Baseball Triple Header (2012): Major League Baseball Triple Header New Video, 2012 3 discs; approx. 6 hrs. 39 mins. total + extras In this newest video package...
• 5/26 The Writer's Journey: Major League Baseball Triple Header (2012): Major League Baseball Triple Header New Video, 2012 3 discs; approx. 6 hrs. 39 mins. total + extras In this newest video package...
• 5/6 Baseball Musings: Remembering Lillian: Lillian Musial, wife of Stan Musial, recently passed away. Reader Bob Shvodian sends this anecdote: As a teenager in WW II, my...
• 5/5 Baseball Reality Tour: Thoughts from the Air: A view from the **** Saturday morning, and I'm flying from New York to Chicago, with aspirations to see the Dodgers at Wrigley...

• 4/28 WasWatching: Angels Release Bobby Abreu: Via SB Nation - Well, the Los Angeles Angels are shaking up their roster. The Angels announced after Friday’s loss that...
• 4/22 Baseball Musings: Triple Threat: The Reds defeated the Cubs 4-3 Sunday afternoon, but Starlin Castro hit his second triple of the season. That doesn’t sound...
• 4/22 Tyler's Think Tank: MLB All Decade Team 1940s: C Walker Cooper Gets the nod over Ernie Lombardi 1B Johnny Mize Would have been Hank Greenberg if not for the war 2B Joe...
• 4/21 Tyler's Think Tank: MLB All Decade Team 1950s: C Yogi Berra Much more consistent than Roy Campanella, who was an every other year player to the extreme 1B Gil Hodges You...
• 4/16 C70 At The Bat: Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad: At this rate, the highlight reel for the 2012 Cardinals is going to be set to Meat Loaf.For the third consecutive series,...
• 4/15 High Heat Stats: Four-fifteen: Of all the words of baseball history I’ve come across, I think the most beautiful are these attributed to then-NL President...
• 4/14 High Heat Stats: Baseball’s 20 Year Reunions: Many of us have probably been to our 20 year (or more) high school reunion. There are some people you may have stayed in touch...
• 4/10 Baseball Musings: Chipper Returns: Chipper Jones returned to the Atlanta lineup Tuesday night, and the team fortunes turned around. Jones homered and singled, driving...
• 4/6 The Writer's Journey: Baseball’s Greatest Games: Derek Jeter’s 3,000th Hit (2011): Baseball’s Greatest Games: Derek Jeter’s 3,000th Hit New Video, 2011 Approx. 3 hrs. + extras With all of the scandals...
• 4/5 SocraticGadfly: 'Stan Musial' is a stand-up double: Maybe a triple. But not quite a home run. Maybe Stan Musial hasn't made more baseball fans' "cut" because he hasn't had better...

• 3/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Achieving One Thousand: In case I haven’t mentioned it enough times in this forum, the Baseball Reference Play Index is a wonderful – and...
• 3/20 High Heat Stats: All-time HR leaders by team among single-franchise players (prepare to be amazed!): I started tweeting some of this last night and realized it would make a pretty awesome post. Among players who played their entire...
• 3/20 C70 At The Bat: All-Time Cardinal Team Tournament: Smith Second Round: Hopefully you have been voting at all the various sites during our All-Time Cardinal Team Tournament.  (Late to the party?...
• 3/16 Pitchers Hit Eighth: All-Time Cardinals Tourney – Round One – Musial Region: Let’s make with the voting and the advancing of teams! Below is the first round of the Musial Region in the All-Time Cardinals...
• 3/15 C70 At The Bat: All-Time Cardinal Team Tournament: Earlier this week, I got an email from Nick from Pitchers Hit Eighth, telling me that he had a blogging idea and asking if...
• 3/14 Through The Fence Baseball: 30 greatest offensive players of the modern era, part 1: One of the great things about baseball is you can use statistics to judge players you’ve never seen play. Baseball has some...
• 3/12 C70 At The Bat: Play Ball: The Cardinals At The Clinton Library: I never expected to be here.As a dyed-in-the-wool Republican, I never thought that I'd have a reason to visit the Clinton Presidential...
• 3/12 C70 At The Bat: UCB Spring Roundtable: The Finale: As is my tradition, I ask the last question of any United Cardinal Bloggers roundtable.  The reason for that is twofold:...
• 3/9 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Man vs The Mang:   It’s one on one.  Mano a mano.  There can be only 1.  It’s Stan Musial versus Albert Pujols.  One is a...

• 2/23 C70 At The Bat: New Bird In Camp: While he didn't make it to the actual workout yesterday, Carlos Beltran is now in Cardinals camp.  I'm not...
• 2/17 Baseball Reality Tour: Basic Appreciation for Edgar Martinez: As we noted in our last post, one stat never tells the whole story. Nonetheless, it is widely believed that the most important...
• 2/7 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: February 7, 1996: Compiled by Jason Kaminski After playing his last year for the Indians at aged 43, Dave Winfield announces his retirement. Winfield...

• 1/30 High Heat Stats: Super Bowl sillinessSuper Bowl XLVI New York Giants vs. New England Patriots...
• 1/30 WasWatching: 4+ Seasons Before Age 29 With 60+ XBH & .300+ BA: Here is the list of guys to do it - Rk   Yrs From To Age   1 Albert Pujols 8 2001 2008 21-28 Ind. Seasons 2 Hank Aaron 7 1955...
• 1/27 Pitchers Hit Eighth: UCB: Top 5 Iconic Cardinal Moments: Having read some of the other great lists posted at the other United Cardinal Blogger sites today, it’s both clear to me...
• 1/26 WasWatching: 1,706+ Career Games & Playing For Just One Team: It’s a gang of 55! Rk Player WAR/pos G   From To Age PA OPS Tm 1 Stan Musial 127.8 3026 1 1941 1963 20-42 12712 .976 STL...
• 1/10 High Heat Stats: WAAS: Wins Above All-Star Level: (Errors in the HOF list in an earlier version of this post have been corrected.)In two recent columns (insider),...

• 12/29 C70 At The Bat: UCB Project: Top 5 Cardinal Stories Of 2011: Every December, the United Cardinal Bloggers mark the end of another year with a look back at the top five stories that happened...
• 12/29 High Heat Stats: Random game: Sept. 3, 1950: Pittsburgh 12, St. Louis 11 (10 innings)  I've never met a box score I didn't like. I happened upon this one by searching...
• 12/29 i70baseball.com: One Last Look Back: Top Five Cardinal StoriesToday, we will take one last look back at 2011....
• 12/26 WasWatching: Players 40 Or Older To Hit .320+ In A Season: Minimum 150 PA, here’s the list - Rk Player BA PA Year Age Tm G AB R HR RBI OBP SLG 1 Ty Cobb .357 574 1927 40 PHA 133 490...
• 12/25 High Heat Stats: Most career WAR by number of franchises played for: All totals are 1901-present and for batters onlyHere is the most career WAR for players who played for the given number of franchises:1...
• 12/20 WasWatching: 3,000 Game Club: Not many have played 3,000+ career games in the majors: Rk Player WAR/pos G From To Age PA Tm 1 Ty Cobb 159.4 3034 1905 1928 18-41...
• 12/16 WasWatching: 10+ Seasons Of 250+ TOB w/o ROE: Here’s the list of those batters to reach base 250+ times in a season, excluding reaching on an error, ten or more times...
• 12/13 High Heat Stats: Metsclusive: The Best Single Franchise Players for Each Team: Jose Reyes's  departure for South Florida makes him the latest Mets star to get away. In fact, very few players of any value...
• 12/12 El Maquino: “THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS HAS ABSOLUTELY BEEN DECIEVED”: > Deidre Pujols was on the Christian radio station her husband helped pay to start to address the city that is burning Albert...
• 12/11 El Maquino: MAKING PEACE WITH EL MAQUINO: > “You can never explain to people in full measure what happened here,” Deidre Pujols said yesterday.  Maybe...
• 12/10 The Writer's Journey: Retired Numbers: #6: Of the six #6′s retired by MLB teams, only two are currently members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame (though Cox is...
• 12/9 SocraticGadfly: #Pujols, Bonds and the record books: Now that Albert Pujols has agreed to sign with the California Angels, what does this mean for the possibility of him chasing...
• 12/9 C70 At The Bat: AP Now Stands For After Pujols: First off, I want to thank everyone who stopped by and read yesterday's post.  It was the most traffic I'd had in a long...
• 12/9 The Captain's Blog: Rage Against the Machine; Anger Toward Pujols Familiar Territory for Arod: Albert Pujols’ decision to take his talents to Southern California has inspired great joy among Angels’ fans and, not surprisingly,...
• 12/8 Classic Minnesota Twins: Tony Oliva: Traveling The Rutted Road To Glory: "Oliva's got real quick hands, like Stan Musial, and he's got bat control like Willie Mays.Tony always gets a piece of the ball...
• 12/8 High Heat Stats: Baseball behemoths: rolling three-year WAR leaders (batters edition): Here are the leaders among batters in total Wins Above Replacement (WAR, from Baseball-reference.com) over each 3-year period...
• 12/8 C70 At The Bat: Devastation: There are going to be those that say good riddance.  I am not going to be one of those.There are going to be those that...
• 12/8 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Daily Pujols – 12.08.2011: On the morning of January 19th, I started collecting links – as many as I can find with minimal effort – that discuss...
• 12/6 C70 At The Bat: Hot Stove Stoked On Pujols Rumors: When I went to bed last night, I was feeling fairly good about the Cardinals and their talks with Albert Pujols.  I...
• 12/5 High Heat Stats: What to expect from Manny Ramirez: Manny Ramirez has reportedly filed for reinstatement and faces only a 50-game ban should he sign with a team.He'll be in his...
• 12/2 El Maquino: THE HALL’S SLIPPERY SLOPE: > The Hall of Fame’s list of 2012 candidates came out a couple days ago; none of whom belong in the Hall of Fame.  We’ll...
• 12/2 WasWatching: Old Regulars Who Didn’t Star: Since 1901, how many players had 4+ seasons where they were at least 36-years old, played at least 100 games, and did not reach...

• 11/28 High Heat Stats: Carl Crawford's historic collapse (without much hope of recovery): Since 1901, there have been 145 hitters to amass at least 10 Wins Above Replacement in their Age 27 and 28 seasons. Few, though,...
• 11/21 El Maquino: UTTER NONSENSE: VERLANDER WINS MVP: > Pitcher Justin Verlander won the AL MVP as a result of possibly the biggest baseball media farce ever.  Where it started,...
• 11/21 C70 At The Bat: Happy Birthday To The Man: Image via WikipediaIt should be a civic holiday in St. Louis--91 years ago today, in a little town in Pennsylvania, greatness...
• 11/15 C70 At The Bat: Book Review: Wild Cards: Someone has to be first.As the story of the 2011 Cardinals unfolded, you knew that it was going to spawn numerous books.  I...
• 11/14 Classic Minnesota Twins: "A Tale of 4 Twins Pitchers:" Kodak Snapshot Picks, 10/30/11: Another entry in posts spotlighting candid photos of Twins players, 1961 - present.Click on them for the larger versions.The...
• 11/14 High Heat Stats: Projecting Albert Pujols' Career: Albert Pujols is already 31 and has completed 11 major-league seasons, and thus it's a little easier to project his career totals...
• 11/9 High Heat Stats: 180 OPS+ with a max of 30 HRs: Miguel Cabrera became the first qualifying hitter since 1995 to have an OPS+ of at least 180 while hitting no more than 30 HRs....
• 11/8 i70baseball.com: Staying Competitive: Is Signing Pujols in Cardinals’ Best Interest?Pujols is No Doubt a Franchise Icon and All-Time Great, But Will His Contract Cripple the Team?...
• 11/7 Mets360.com: Examining Gil Hodges’ Hall of Fame case: If you are a New York baseball fan over the age of 40, the name Gil Hodges holds a special place in your heart. At the very least...
• 11/5 Crashburn Alley: Phillies Bring Back Jim Thome: The Phillies, as seems to be a common theme these days, shocked the baseball world yesterday when they announced the signing of...

• 10/30 i70baseball.com: Game 7 From The InsideAttending a game seven of a World Series in St. Louis is a magical event....
• 10/27 Kings of Kauffman: Matt Kemp, Jose Bautista Named BBA’s Stan Musial Award Winners: KEMP UNANIMOUS PICK FOR NL Stan Musial AWARD Bautista holds off Ellsbury in American League There were some outstanding performances...
• 10/27 i70baseball.com: Baseball Bloggers Alliance Announces Player Of The Year AwardsJose Bautista and Matt Kemp receive honors....
• 10/25 SocraticGadfly: #StlCards: Would Pujols do a 1-year deal?: OK, the Cardinals' postseason is done, so we can refocus on the No. 1 Hot Stove League topic: Albert Pujols and whether or not...
• 10/19 C70 At The Bat: Here. We. Go.: The Texas Rangers lost 66 games this season.The Texas Rangers have lost three games this postseason, only one of which was...

• 9/26 SocraticGadfly: #StlCards Pujols fans probably pleading to wrong guy: Hey, Cards fans at Busch Stadium Sunday? If you really want Albert Pujols to stay, you shouldn't (just) have been addressing pleas...
• 9/12 B-R Blog: The Oldest Member of the 40-10 (HR-3B) Club: Heading into tonight's action Curtis Granderson is on the precipice of becoming the first 30 year old member of the 40-10 club....

• 8/31 B-R Blog: 13+ Games On Base 3+ Times Within 1st 50 Career Games: Since 1919, which players had 13+ games within their first 50 career games where they reached base 3 times or more in the contest?...
• 8/22 i70baseball.com: Albert’s Blast Moves Him Past The HawkAlbert moves into 38th place on the all time list, but 12th on a list that he may not move much higher on....
• 8/22 B-R Blog: Multiple Multiple Home Run Games by Quadragenarians: When Jim Thome hit his 599th and 600th home runs in the same game, it was the second time this season in which the 40 year old...
• 8/12 B-R Blog: CC serves up 5 HRs: Friday in the Bronx, 5 different Rays ripped a solo HR off CC Sabathia in his 8 IP. In 347 career starts before Friday, Sabathia...
• 8/10 B-R Blog: Trivia time: great players who split time at RF and 3B: Only 4 players in history have had a season in which they qualified for the batting title, had an OPS+ of at least 160, and played...

• 7/30 C70 At The Bat: Major Milestones: This year, the Cubs have gotten an early jump on their acronym (Completely Useless By September) and walked into Busch to...
• 7/28 Subjective Baseball: Top 30 Logos: 1-10: Day 3/3 of our quest to find the best logo!  Unlike the other two days, I'll be counting in ascending order today. ...
• 7/16 Baseball Musings: Pujols Climbs: Albert Pujols hit home run number 20 for the Cardinals Saturday night, part of a 4-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The home...
• 7/15 11th and Washington: Stealing home on a '56 Topps card: Did a little Jackie Robinson research this morning, prompted by the 1956 Topps card shown above. I was curious as to when the...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: All-Star Games Where Batter Had PA>=0 & WPA>=.18 In Win: The title of this one says it all. Here's the list of those to make the cut - Rk Player Date Tm Lg Opp Rslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR...
• 7/12 C70 At The Bat: All-Star Thinking: No, the title of this post has nothing to do with the quality of thoughts that you'll find here.  With the All-Star Game...
• 7/12 El Maquino: WHY THE ALL-STAR GAME IS JACKED UP: Yes, the titanic clash between the National and American Leagues’ best is set to begin tomorrow.  Ideally. Truth is, the...
• 7/12 El Maquino: THREE DAYS IN BASEBALL’S CAPITOL: For anyone that’s never made the journey, five hours of driving past nearly 300 miles of corn, **** and fireworks isn’t...
• 7/12 The Captain's Blog: Cap Anson and the 3,000 Hit Club’s Revolving Door: To some Yankees’ fans, Derek Jeter’s pursuit of 3,000 hits has seemed to last an eternity. Although the Captain isn’t far...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: 9+ Games Of aLI>=1.3, and WPA>=.37 and RE24>=2.5: Fooling around with Play Index, I asked it show me players with the most games where: aLI>=1.3, and WPA>=.37 and RE24>=2.5...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: 9+ TB In 9-Inning Game Age 37+ Since 1919: How many players, since 1919, had a game, where the contest was 9 innings or less, where they were at least 37-years old and had...

• 6/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Give Stan Musial Your All-Star Votes: When the St. Louis Cardinals Public Relations team talks, we listen.  When they send out a simple request to help support Stan...
• 6/20 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Monday’s Not-so-deep Thoughts: Rather than focus on just one topic, I’m giving in to my less focused side and tossing a bunch of thoughts against the perverbial...
• 6/20 B-R Blog: 2500/500/100/200 Club: How many major league players have 2,500+ hits, 500+ doubles, 100+ triples and 200+ homeruns in their career? Here's the list...
• 6/10 B-R Blog: On Base 4000+ Times (Including ROE ): How many players in baseball history have reached base, including via an error, 4,000 times or more in the career? Here's the...
• 6/8 B-R Blog: 4+ BB In 9-Inning Games 5+ Times Since 1919: How many batters have at least 5 games in their career of 9 innings or less with 4+ BB in the contest since 1919? Here's the list...
• 6/7 B-R Blog: “Roll Projector!” Is Jose Reyes on an Historic Pace?: [Pardon the repetition. This is an expansion on an earlier theme.] Here are some stats for Jose Reyes through the Mets' first...

• 5/30 B-R Blog: Jose Reyes Leads NL in Doubles and Triples through May 29: Jose Bernabe Reyes currently leads the NL with 17 doubles and 8 triples. The last player to lead the NL in both categories was...
• 5/25 B-R Blog: 2,975+ Hits Since 1919 By BABIP: What would it look like if you took all the players to have 2,975+ career hits since 1919 and ordered them by their BA on Balls...
• 5/20 The Captain's Blog: Giambi Joins “40 Club”; Headliner Musial a Perfect Example of Aging (and Retiring) Gracefully: Jason Giambi used three titanic blasts into the right field stands at Citizen’s Bank Ballpark to turn back the clock for at...
• 5/19 B-R Blog: Jason Giambi is one of the oldest players to hit 3 homers in a game: **** straight, I wrote about how long it took for a 3-HR game in the majors this year, and now they are coming in rapid-fire fashion....
• 5/17 B-R Blog: Last Season For 400-HR Club Members: Ever wonder what the last season looked like for each member of the 400-career HR club? Here they are: Rk Player OPS+ Year Age...
• 5/9 B-R Blog: 3+ Seasons With 700+ PA & OPS+ >= 100: How many players have 3+ seasons of 700+ PA with an OPS+ of 100 or better? Here's the list: Rk   Yrs From To Age   1 Pete Rose...

• 4/11 C70 At The Bat: Getting Serious Helps Cleanse The Palate: If I'd written much this weekend, it would have been a depressing take on the state of the Cardinals today.  Thankfully,...
• 4/7 B-R Blog: Most Seasons With 150+ Games & .390+ OBA: Who are the leaders, since 1901, for the most seasons with 150+ games played in a season with an On-Base Average of .390 or better?...
• 4/2 B-R Blog: Worst Opening Day performance ever? Not quite.: Regarding Albert Pujols' brutal season-opening performance vs. San Diego on Thursday, Greg Simons of The Hardball Times semi-facetiously...
• 4/1 Pitchers Hit Eighth: 2011 Opening Day Photos: Yep, it felt good just to walk up to the stadium knowing that real baseball would be played inside it after the long, cruel winter. ...
• 4/1 C70 At The Bat: A New Beginning, The Same Ending: In all the hoopla surrounding the start of the season, perhaps I misunderstood.  I thought we were turning the page to 2011,...

• 3/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: My Opening Day Pitch: There’s nothing quite like opening day at Busch Stadium.  This year, the Cardinals have selected former Cardinal great...
• 3/30 B-R Blog: On Base 4+ Times In Game 1 – Three Times Or More: Since 1919, how many batters have reached base 4+ times in his team's first game of the season, three times or more in his career?...
• 3/26 B-R Blog: 140+ HRs Since 1919 In Games Team Lost: Since 1919, how many players have hit 140+ homeruns in games that his team lost? If I did this query correct, here's the list...
• 3/25 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Not The News – Vol VIII:   SOMETHING ABOUT MURRAY! I’m of that age that when I think of a loud **** a bad accent, and an exotic locale, I automatically...
• 3/24 NY Baseball Digest: Will DiMaggio’s Streak Ever Be Broken?: Kostya Kennedy, author of the new Joe DiMaggio book “56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports,” joined...
• 3/18 B-R Blog: Bloops: The Hall of (Peak-Weighted) WAR: Here's a cool link from Adam Darowski: Hall of wWAR: The Hall of Fame Re-Po**** by Peak-Weighted WAR It is exactly what it sounds...
• 3/16 AndyPatton.net: Fred McGriff and the Hall of Fame: I am doing a series on different major league baseball players and their case for induction into the Major League baseball hall...

• 2/27 B-R Blog: Duke Snider, Passes At 84: Click here for the details. If I did this right, he's on the list of players since 1920 to hit 220+ homeruns at home. See: Rk...
• 2/24 B-R Blog: More homers than strikeouts in a season: A reader asked me to post a list of all seasons where a batter had more home runs than strikeouts, minimum 20 homers. There have...
• 2/20 The Sporting Hippeaux: New York Times Publishes Ill-Conceived Ravings Of White Supremacist, Calls It Baseball Commentary: I'm going to take on this column by Dan Rosenheck in the style of Fire Joe Morgan.  Don't expect the same level of hilarity,...
• 2/18 Jason's Baseball Blog: The Next Contract for Albert Pujols: With the self-imposed deadline come and gone, it appears that for now, Albert Pujols will play out his contract, and have the...
• 2/18 Baseball Press: Around the Diamond - Weekly Linkage: Stan the Man hit 475 career home runs over 22 big league seasons. (Getty)Around the Diamond looks at our favorite baseball articles...
• 2/17 The Captain's Blog: “We’re Not the Yankees”: Cardinals Have Only Themselves to Blame for Economic Situation; Like Stan the Man Before Him, Pujols Deserves To Be Paid: After agreeing to table contract extension talks with Albert Pujols until after the 2011 season, St. Louis Cardinals’ owner...
• 2/16 C70 At The Bat: Albertageddon Is Here: The clock is ticking loudly.  Only a few brief hours remain before talks are broken off and the fears of Cardinal Nation...
• 2/16 C70 At The Bat: Stan Musial Day: Today, we set aside deadlines and contracts and negotiations.  Today, we set aside forecasting and expectations.  We...
• 2/16 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Daily Pujols – 02.15.2011: On the morning of January 19th, I started collecting links – as many as I can find with minimal effort – that discuss...
• 2/16 SocraticGadfly: Pujols — worth 10 years, $300M: I have blogged before that St. Louis Cardinals CEO Bill DeWitt can afford to pay Albert Pujols a 10-year, $300-million contract...
• 2/15 MLBTradeRumors: Central Notes: La Russa, Boras, Astros, Looper: In a ceremony today at the White House for winners of the Presidential Medal Of Freedom, President Obama described Cardinals legend...
• 2/15 Baseball Press: Around the Diamond - Weekly Linkage: We now know which game Ferris caught that foul ball at. (Paramount)Around the Diamond looks at our favorite baseball articles...
• 2/14 SocraticGadfly: So Feb. 16 is not quite D-Day for Pujols-Cards: Yesterday, USA Today reported St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols reportedly rejected the latest team offer for a new contract...
• 2/14 Baseball Musings: Deadline Change: Albert Pujols gave the Cardinals an extra day to negotiate, but it appears to be in deference to Stan Musial. Pujols initially...
• 2/11 PAAPFLY: Cubs fans can dream: Sorry, Cardinals fans, this is going to be painful.Jason Rosenberg of It’s About the Money (IIATMS) recently had his day as...
• 2/7 The Captain's Blog: 100 Years of Ronald Reagan and Baseball: One hundred years ago in Tampico, Illinois, Ronald Wilson Reagan began an improbable road to the presidency that culminated in...

• 1/25 B-R Blog: 3+ Games With 2B/3B/HR Since 1920: Conventional wisdom suggests that the single is the easiest part of hitting for the cycle. So, what about the "hard" part? Since...
• 1/22 Pitchers Hit Eighth: The Daily Pujols – 01.21.2011: On the morning of January 19th, I started collecting links – as many as I can find with minimal effort – that discuss...
• 1/13 B-R Blog: 2000+ Games Played For One Team Only: How many players in baseball history have played 2,000+ games in their career - with all those games being for the same team and...
• 1/11 B-R Blog: Mailbag: Biggest Differences Between HR Leader and Runner-Up: Here's a question from Ehud: "Jose Bautista was the AL home run king in 2010, while the second-place HR leader (Paul Konerko)...

• 11/29 B-R Blog: Most hits, homers, strikeouts, etc, first 10 seasons: Ichiro, Pujols, and Dunn: Here's more stuff from reader Joseph T. about numerous records set in the 2010 season for totals in the first 10 years of a playing...

• 10/26 B-R Blog: POLL: Lou Whitaker and the Hall of Fame: I know, I know, you Alan Trammell fans are angry that I'm doing a poll on Whitaker and not on Trammell. Deal with it. Lou Whitaker...

• 9/3 B-R Blog: The 20 greatest position players in baseball history: Here's one take on the twenty greatest position players in the history of major league baseball. In the comments on other recent...
• 9/2 B-R Blog: 10 Games Of 10+ TB: How many batters since 1920 have 10+ games where they had 10+ TB in the contest? Here's the answer: From 1920 to 2010, Games requiring...

• 8/18 B-R Blog: Card of the Week: 2008 Goudey #217 Bobby Thomson: Bobby Thomson's 1951 home run made such a large impact that more than 50 years later, baseball card companies are still issuing...
• 8/14 B-R Blog: Post 1919 Batters With Most 3+ HR Games: Alex Rodriguez hit three home runs in the Yankees game this evening. Since 1920, heading into today, which players had the most...
• 8/9 B-R Blog: Perfect Games – For Batters: How many batters, since 1920, have had 12+ "perfect days" at the plate in games where they had 4+ At Bats? By this, I mean, going...

• 7/26 B-R Blog: POLL: Vladimir Guerrero and the Hall of Fame: The readers have spoken, and a poll for Vladimir Guerrero is up next. Please read through, vote in the poll below, and add your...
• 7/22 B-R Blog: Vlad Guerrero has a good HR-to-strikeout ratio: As of yesterday, Vladimir Guerrero is the only player this season with a HR total at least 60% of his srtikeout total, minimum...
• 7/7 B-R Blog: The 400 Career HR & [RBI > 3*HR] Club: Just goofing around with Play Index this morning, I asked it show me all batters with HR>=400 and RBI>3*HR in their career....

• 6/22 B-R Blog: Counting When It Didn’t Count: Some All-Star fun via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Game Finder - batters with 6+ PA in a single All-Star Game: Rk Player Date Tm Lg Opp Rslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS WPA RE24 aLI BOP Pos....

• 5/25 B-R Blog: Old Sluggers Are Rare To Find: Via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Season Finder - players 35 and older with the most seasons of an ISO of at least...
• 5/25 B-R Blog: The Rocking Chair Rajah – Oldest Players With a 3 HR Game: Seventy five years ago today, Babe Ruth hit his last home run.  In fact, he hit the last 3 home runs  of his career on  that...
• 5/19 B-R Blog: WAR Data: Best Position Players Not In the Hall of Fame: Here's a post concept that's sure to be a lightning rod for discussion: who are the best position players not to be inducted into...
• 5/17 B-R Blog: Oddibe Mike Young: A simple list via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Season Finder - most seasons in a career with 200+ hits. Here are...