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Date: 4/10/2012 Album ID: 1448662
Photos by St. Louis Post-Dispatch staff and the Associated Press
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"Stan the Man" Musial, the greatest Cardinal of them all, played 22 seasons for the team, starting in 1941 when he was rookie of the year. Stan, a switch hitter, retired in 1963 with 3630 hits---1815 from the left, 1815 from the right. In 2011, President Obama presented Stan with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Stan Musial in 1941 . . . when the Man, just out of boyhood, was called up by the Cardinals and hit .426 in 12 games at season's end.
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Feb. 8, 1942---Manager Billy Southworth of the St. Louis Cardinals, left, chats with rookie fielder Stanley Musial of Donora, Pa., at the spring training camp in St. Petersburg, Fla., Feb. 8, 1942. Musial went to the Cards from Rochester last season and hit .426 in the final stretch. (AP Photo)
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Stan Musial, star St. Louis Cardinals outfielder, tells his father, Lucas Musial, of Donora, Pa. that his left leg, sprained recently in a league game, is in good shape for the opening World Series game on October 5 against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Musial visits with his father Oct. 4, 1943 in the New Yorker Hotel in New York. (AP Photo/Tom Fitzsimmons) (AP# AP431005093)
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FILE MAY 1944 - Cardinals Manager Billy Southworth chats with two of his sluggers, Stan Musial, left, and Danny Litwhiler before a recent game in New York. Musial may soon be inducted into the armed forces while Litwhiler has been reclassified 2-A by his draft board. International News photo
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Whitey Kurowski, Enos Slaughter, Marty Marion and Stan Musial know the year the Cardinals won their third world title in the '40s.
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Oct. 3, 1942---Stan Musial slides into third base after coming from first on Walker Cooper's single in the fourth inning of the third game in Yankee Stadium against the New York Yankees. The Cardinals scored scored six runs in that fourth inning, and won the game 9-6. St. Louis won the series, 4-1. PHOTO BY INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTO
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FEB 28, 1950- Cardinal players leaving by plane for training camp, photgraphed at Lambert Field, from left Red Schoendienst, Stan Musial, Terry Moore and Del Rice. File photo
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Stan Musial, Cardinals outfielder, is presented with the Most Valuable Player of the year by the Baseball Writers Association prior to the Cardinal-Braves game at St. Louis, June 26, 1949. The plaque was awarded for 1948. It was the third time Stan won the honor. (AP Photo)
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July, 1950 --- At Sportsman's Park, Stan Musial alights from his gray Cadillac a couple of hours before an afternoon game. This machine is successor to one presented to him last year by well-wishers of his home town; he also has a station wagon, paid for by St. Louis business men and sportsmen, that was presented to him on Musial Night here last September. Photo ran in the Pictures section of the Post-Dispatch on July 16, 1950. Photo by Jack Gould/St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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MAY 13, 1958- Holding high the baseball that figured in his 3000th hit, Stan Musial responds happily to a noisy reception by fans at Union Station. The crowd gathered early to greet the 11:15 pm arrival of the train from Chicago, bringing the Cardinals home after a successful 2-day trip. Musial, batting in place of Sam Jones, hit a double that drove in a run in a winning rally. The Redbirds won 5-3, for their sixth straight triumph. Keeping the crowd in check is Patrolman Joseph F. Haney of Central District. photo by Post-Dispatch
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SEPT 22, 1963- CINCINNATI - In what is believed to be the first time a team of umpires posed with a competing ball player, Stan the Man Musial met with, left to right, Frank Walsh, Paul Pryor, Fran Secory and Ken Burkhardt, near the umpires' dressing room before today's game with Cincinnati. Musial, in his final National League season, has never been tossed from any game in his 22-year career. AP photo
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Pictured is Stan (The Man) Musial. Picture received Feb. 28, 1959.
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August 12,1963- A legend of modern day baseball, Stan (The Man) Musial choked up as he announced that he will retire as a player on September 29, the last day of the 1963 National League season. The announcement was made at the Cardinals' annual club picnic at Grant's Farm. photo by Bob Holt/St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Sept 29, 1963- - Ken Boyer (left) and and Stan Musial during pregame ceremonies marking the final game of Musial's 22-year career as a St. Louis Cardinal. Boyer, captain of the team, presented Musial with a gift from his teammates, a ring that contained the No 6, set in diamonds. Post-Dispatch file photo
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Sept. 29. 1963 --- Stan Musial completes his playing career with St. Louis Cards on Sept. 29, 1963 in St. Louis. The Man was up three times, got two hits in his final game-giving Cards edge over Cincinnati while he was playing. Post-Dispatch file photo
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September 29, 1963- Fans mob Stan Musial as he sits in his car leaving the ball park. Written on the windshield of his car:We'll Miss You Stan. photo by Jack January/St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Stan Musial accompanies Roger Maris to the batting cage in the 1960s, when Maris was a member of the Cardinals
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Stan Musial, the former great of the St. Louis, Cardinals, wipes away a tear at dedication of a statue of him at the plate in St. Louis on August 4, 1968. The statue was dedicated outside Busch Memorial Stadium with a host of baseball dignitaries and former teammates present. Musial?s wife, Lil, and his mother, Mary, unveiled the statue. It was created by Carl Mose, Washington, D.C., who is shown with Stan. (AP Photo/Fred Waters)
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Aug. 4, 1968 ---Stan Musial and his mother, Mary, at statue dedication, in Musial's honor in front of Busch Stadium. Photo by Larry Williams/St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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COOPERSTOWN, NY - JULY 31: Stan Musial gets his harmonica ready to sing Take Me Out to the Ball Game during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony on July 31, 2005 at the Clark Sports Complex in Cooperstown, New York. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Stan Musial
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