![]() 21, 1920, in Donora, Pa., a mill town south of Pittsburgh. Of Polish and Czech extraction, Stanley Frank Musial was born Nov. Musial retired in 1963 with so many firsts to his credit that he may have carved out a new category: the record for holding the most records at one time. After spending the entirety of his 22-year career with the Cardinals, Mr. 331, his total of 3,630 hits ranks fourth all-time, and he was a perennial all-star. Musial led the National League in batting seven times in the 1940s and ’50s and was voted the league's most valuable player three times. ![]() ![]() Louis Post-Dispatch reported that he had Alzheimer’s disease. Stan “The Man” Musial, one of major league baseball’s most prolific hitters and a model of good sportsmanship during his Hall of Fame career with the St. ![]()
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