MLB / Players

Stan Musial

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 0 in · 175 lb

BornNovember 21, 1920 · Donora, PA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 17, 1941

Final gameSeptember 29, 1963

Seasons22 (1941–1963)

St. Louis Cardinals 1941–1944; St. Louis Cardinals 1946–1963

Percentile snapshot

1962 season — qualified batters

135

4.9

505

3.9

433

11.7

143

14.6

1.9

59.2

RBI

63.1

87.4

29.1

93.2

.330

98.1

OBP

.416

98.1

SLG

.508

86.4

OPS

.924

96.1

wRC+

143.0

94.2

OPS+

138.7

92.2

wOBA

.414

96.1

sWAR

3.8

78.6

of 104 qualified 1962 batters (min 505 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

162.0

99.4

OPS+

160.5

99.1

sWAR

121.6

100

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1941	12	49	47	8	20	4	0	1	7	2	1	1	0	.426	.449	.574	1.023	186.0	181.4	.469	0.6
1942	140	536	467	87	147	32	10	10	72	62	25	6	0	.315	.397	.490	.888	158.8	154.5	.415	4.8
1943	157	701	617	108	220	48	20	13	81	72	18	9	0	.357	.425	.562	.988	188.2	183.8	.458	8.8
1944	146	667	568	112	197	51	14	12	94	90	28	7	0	.347	.440	.549	.990	182.6	179.9	.454	8.3
1946	156	702	624	124	228	50	20	16	103	73	31	7	0	.365	.434	.587	1.021	192.0	185.9	.469	8.8
1947	149	677	587	113	183	30	13	19	95	80	24	4	0	.312	.398	.504	.902	137.2	135.6	.409	4.1
1948	155	694	611	135	230	46	18	39	131	79	34	7	0	.376	.450	.702	1.152	204.4	202.9	.504	10.8
1949	157	721	612	128	207	41	13	36	123	107	38	3	0	.338	.438	.624	1.062	180.2	178.9	.468	9.1
1950	146	645	555	105	192	41	7	28	109	87	36	5	0	.346	.437	.596	1.034	168.4	165.3	.454	6.8
1951	152	678	578	124	205	30	12	32	108	98	40	4	5	.355	.449	.614	1.063	186.5	183.3	.469	8.6
1952	154	676	578	105	194	42	6	21	91	96	29	7	7	.336	.432	.538	.970	172.7	168.0	.438	8.2
1953	157	698	593	127	200	53	9	30	113	105	32	3	4	.337	.437	.609	1.046	170.3	168.7	.453	7.7
1954	153	705	591	120	195	41	9	35	126	103	39	1	7	.330	.428	.607	1.036	169.6	165.6	.449	7.6
1955	154	656	562	97	179	30	5	33	108	80	39	5	4	.319	.408	.566	.974	153.2	154.5	.418	5.2
1956	156	682	594	87	184	33	6	27	109	75	39	2	0	.310	.386	.522	.908	141.9	141.3	.392	4.6
1957	134	579	502	82	176	38	3	29	102	66	34	1	1	.351	.422	.612	1.034	171.2	172.1	.438	5.7
1958	135	549	472	64	159	35	2	17	62	72	26	0	0	.337	.423	.528	.950	144.4	146.4	.407	3.6
1959	115	404	341	37	87	13	2	14	44	60	25	0	2	.255	.364	.428	.792	104.4	105.4	.351	0.8
1960	116	378	331	49	91	17	1	17	63	41	34	1	1	.275	.354	.486	.841	120.4	120.9	.368	1.6
1961	123	431	372	46	107	22	4	15	70	52	35	0	0	.288	.371	.489	.860	112.7	118.8	.367	1.6
1962	135	505	433	57	143	18	1	19	82	64	46	3	0	.330	.416	.508	.924	143.0	138.7	.414	3.8
1963	124	379	337	34	86	10	2	12	58	35	43	2	0	.255	.325	.404	.728	97.6	101.8	.323	0.6

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1952	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	8.2

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

3,026

7th-most career G

12,712

9th-most career PA

10,972

12th-most career AB

1,949

10th-most career R

3,630

4th-most career H

725

3rd-most career 2B

177

19th-most career 3B

475

32nd-most career HR

RBI

1,951

8th-most career RBI

1,599

13th-most career BB

696

.3308

37th-highest career batting average

OBP

.4167

27th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.5591

22nd-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.9758

18th-highest career OPS

Pitching

G (P)

SHO

SO (P)

BB allowed

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1954-05-02	SF @ STL Gameday	4	3	4	0	0	3	6	1	13
1962-07-08	STL @ NYM Gameday	4	3	3	0	0	3	4	1	12
1955-06-22	PHI @ STL Gameday	4	3	3	0	1	2	3	0	11
1948-04-30	STL @ CIN Gameday	6	3	5	2	0	1	4	0	10
1949-07-24	STL @ LAD Gameday	5	3	4	1	1	1	4	1	10

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1941-04-15	STL @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1941-04-16	STL @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1941-04-17	STL @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1941-04-18	CHC @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1941-04-20	CHC @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1969 (BBWAA)

3× Most Valuable Player20× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.