I was a kid attending a Cubs vs. Cardinals game at Wrigley. Stan was getting ready for the game when I shouted out to him "Hi Stan!" He waved at me and then walked over to talk to me. I was stunned. He let me hold his glove and signed my program. I will never forget that day. He was completely unlike the modern players of today. He was like your next door neighbor. What a player...what a man...
+Robert Allan Too bad Joe D. and Ted got the ink in his day. Stan was every bit as good. Then again St. Louis is middle of nowhere. Same with Paul Molitor in Milwaukee.
@M soccer is an AWESOME AWESOME sport I LOVE IT CANNOT WAIT for the World Cup to finally start soon That does not mean baseball is no good Soccer is more popular indeed!! Soccer is the WORLD'S sport Baseball is a great game to - and Stan was a WONDERFUL representative of all that is great about baseball
In 1987 I met Mr. Musial in SF after game 1 of the National League Championship series back then I was a free lance feature writer covering the series. After the game there was a party held by the team owners and I was seated having dinner going over my notes I was the only one at the table I heard a voice the familiar voice of Mr. Musial "Excuse me sir do you mind if I join you" I was only 25 at the time I of course moved a bunch of coats off of some chairs and Mr. Musial joined me and he asked my name and where I was from and he was so interested in me a nobody writer. We were having a nice visit when all of a sudden my table that nobody but myself was soon attended by Bob Gibson, Jack Buck, Tim Mc Carver, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, and what I will never forget is each time one of these great players forever immortalized in the the Baseball Hall of Fame stopped by to sit and visit with Mr. Musial he made it a point to introduce me to each player and I said to Mr. Musial maybe I should leave so you can have some privacy time with your friends and he asked me "Oh I'm sorry Craig did I make you feel uncomfortable"? I said no sir not at all he said "Oh good you are more than welcome after all this is your table" another 15 minutes and I had to leave I said my goodbye Mr. Musial got up as I was leaving offered his hand to shake and I said thank you Mr. Musial this has been an honor I will never forget and he said please Craig call me Stan and thank you for sharing your table. I ran into Mr. Musial a few more times over the years and each time he remembered my name and our first meeting. I can tell you this man was as kind and gracious as a human being as he was one of the greatest ball players to ever take the field I miss my friend Mr. Musial.
Your story brings a lump to the throat... I don't know where you are from Craig, but if you were a St. Louisan, this story would simply be one more to add to the pile of thousands that we from the Gateway City enjoyed, during the more than 50 years since Stan retired, but before his recent passing. Almost every St. Louisan who was paying attention in the grocery store or at their grandkid's soccer game has an anecdote about seeing Stan and reveling in his warmth, humanity, humility and friendliness. Your story was of course unique to you and very beautiful, but if you hailed from St. Louis, it's simply another typical encounter of this Hall of Fame human being. I've heard he was a pretty decent ball player too...
+bisquik3006 Thanks. I just know how unfair it has always seemed to me that the media market stars get most of the pub. Musial and Robinson never got theirs.
Remember the only time I seen Stan Musial literally play baseball. It was the year he was going to retire (which was 63) and just about every St.Louisan wanted to get to a home game. My dad took me and my mom to Sportsman's Park I was 5 years old. When Musial walked up to bat I could hear people whispering out around me including dad say "Here comes Stan Man" every time he came up to bat. I thought that was his real name until I was about seven years old...lol 😂. But growing up in St.Louis you found out quick who he was and his accomplishments. He's still adored in the city !
as a kid growing in the 50's in st Louis, I lived about 1/2 mi from THE MAN on Rhodes in st Louis hills area. on Halloween, every kid around would be sure to visit. He and Lil were the greatest.They took whatever time needed to let us tell our jokes,
"Take a good look fans. Take a good look. Remember the stance. And the swing. You're not likely to see his likes again." ---Harry Caray, September 29, 1963
Hits 1. Pete Rose (4,256) 2. Ty Cobb (4,189) 3. Hank Aaron (3,771) 4. Stan Musial (3,630) 5. Tris Speaker (3,514) Doubles 1. Tris Speaker (792) 2. Pete Rose (746) 3. Stan Musial (725) 4. Ty Cobb (724) 5. Craig Biggio (668) Triples by a player since the conclusion of World War II (All Time Record: 309) 1. Stan Musial (177) 2. Roberto Clemente (166) 3. Enos Slaughter (148) 4. Lou Brock (141) 5. Willie Mays (140) Home Runs (While striking out only once per every 18.27 Plate Appearances) 1. Stan Musial 475 2. Joe Dimmagio 361 3. Yogi Berra 358 4. Ted Kluszewski 279 5. Charlie Gehringer 184 He may have been the best...
Outstanding hitter, who should have hit over 500 homeruns in his career, and, should have been a Brooklyn Dodger; imagine the World Series he could have been in! 😀
I love this moment at 4:35 when Joe Willie Namath, Hall of Fame quarterback for the Jets smiles like a little kid when talking about meeting Stan The Man Musial. Sometimes we forget that our heroes had heroes of their own growing up. And Namath played football, not baseball. No matter. He looks tickled pink in that clip But that's how all of us feel about STM!
@@lousherwood8227 Do you realize that Joe could've also been a St. Louis Cardinal? Football Cardinal that is. When the Bill Bidwill team was playing in STL in the 1960s, they drafted Namath out of Alabama the same year as the Jets. Hey Joe, wanna come to STL and make peanuts working for the miserly Bidwill, although you'd be in the NFL? Or go to NY in the disrespected AFL, make millions and become Broadway Joe? And FORCE the NFL to respect your upstart league after you humble the Colts in SB III? And force a merger? Jmmmmm. Tough question. But yes he could've been a STL Football Cardinal.
Freaking Musial. Hurts his pitching shoulder so bad he is about to be released, goes to management and begs for a chance to try to become a major league hitter and outfielder instead, bats .379(!) with 26 home runs and gets promoted to AAA where he hits .429(!!!) down the stretch and is soon in the majors on his way to becoming one of the greatest hitters in the history of the game. Wow . My Dad met Stan in the Navy and I used to think that was the reason he was such a big fan of his. Then I saw the way Musial hit when he was visiting Crosley Field in Cincinnati which is where my Dad watched baseball several times a year. Dad saw him do amazing things against the team my family has always watched and supported and he earned his respect and admiration
He really is baseball's perfect warrior and perfect knight. He's a treasure to Cardinals fans. The modern day Cardinal players are all told about him. I remember when the Cards brought up a young player named Chuckie Carr and his team mates had to take him out and show him the statue and explain who he was. There's a reverence for Musial in St. Louis and he deserves it.
dude rarely struck out, insane career numbers of .417 OBP + mixed with a .559 Slg% and .331 BA. One of those rare guys who can hit for power while walking 3x more than striking out...a rare, rare talent...and then there's the fact that he had EXACTLY the same amount of hits away as home
Rogers Hornsby I also love. Hornsby is the only player in history to average a .400 batting average over a 5 year span (1921-25). Rogers Hornsby is definitely the greatest right-handed hitter to ever exist. He made Ty Cobb look like a joke.
Ben Middleton I think 1921-25 is post deadball era. If so, did the Raja try to hit for power or was he a singles hitter like Cobb? I honestly don't know. Hornsby was once quoted that he didn't really hate pitchers, he just felt 'sorry' for them. just something I remembered
I ask because that is what really knocks me out, that combination of hitting for average and power while not striking out much and walking a lot the ultimate stat to me is when a guy has more homers than strikeouts, like a DiMaggio or Williams managed to do, each more than once
Stan was undoubtedly The Man. George Vecsey wrote a brilliant biography of Stanley a few years ago; I highly recommend it. Stan's life was actually much more interesting than ESPN was able to cram into in about 45 minutes. The story of his meteoric rise from sore-armed low-minors pitcher to pennant race major league hitting prodigy -- in the same season! -- is absolutely riveting and astonishing and is worth the read alone.
He may have felt there was an East Coast bias but his famous nickname was bestowed upon him by the Dodger Fans in Brooklyn. They knew what they were watching. And they didn’t name him “The Man” because it rhymed with Stan. They simply just knew he was the man.
I had to smile when I heard about his beef with Frank Lane. Musial is Polish and (in the words of my ex-father-in-law), Polish people might forgive you but they never forget!
Stan is right. There that east coast (and west too) bias. Stan didn't rile up the press like WIlliams or have famous connections like DiMaggio. Too bad, every bit as good as they were.
Story goes -player is in horrible multi-week slump. Gets hit buy a pitch -down to first he goes. Stan is holding him on at first says “how you doing” player says “ Stan I cannot buy a hit” Musial says “keep swinging “ Next day he goes 4 for 4!
at the 1:51 mark, they show a statue...IT IS NOT OF STAN MUSIAL..LOL STAN'S STATUE has him STANDING at the plate,waiting for a pitch...unbelieveable...he cant get a break even on ESPN...LOL
JoJoGunn if you were going to go to the trouble of attempting to be offensive for no reason, could you at least have made your comment at least _somewhat_ humorous? that is literally something a 2nd grader would say. you made a rhyme. congratulations.
I was a kid attending a Cubs vs. Cardinals game at Wrigley. Stan was getting ready for the game when I shouted out to him "Hi Stan!" He waved at me and then walked over to talk to me. I was stunned. He let me hold his glove and signed my program. I will never forget that day. He was completely unlike the modern players of today. He was like your next door neighbor. What a player...what a man...
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+Robert Allan Too bad Joe D. and Ted got the ink in his day. Stan was every bit as good. Then again St. Louis is middle of nowhere. Same with Paul Molitor in Milwaukee.
@M soccer is an AWESOME AWESOME sport
I LOVE IT
CANNOT WAIT for the World Cup to finally start soon
That does not mean baseball is no good
Soccer is more popular indeed!!
Soccer is the WORLD'S sport
Baseball is a great game to - and Stan was a WONDERFUL representative of all that is great about baseball
AMAZING
IM ONLY 51 AND STAN IS MY ALL TIME NUMBER 1 SPORTS HERO
@user-gu4tv4hp6slol😂😂😂
In 1987 I met Mr. Musial in SF after game 1 of the National League Championship series back then I was a free lance feature writer covering the series. After the game there was a party held by the team owners and I was seated having dinner going over my notes I was the only one at the table I heard a voice the familiar voice of Mr. Musial "Excuse me sir do you mind if I join you" I was only 25 at the time I of course moved a bunch of coats off of some chairs and Mr. Musial joined me and he asked my name and where I was from and he was so interested in me a nobody writer. We were having a nice visit when all of a sudden my table that nobody but myself was soon attended by Bob Gibson, Jack Buck, Tim Mc Carver, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, and what I will never forget is each time one of these great players forever immortalized in the the Baseball Hall of Fame stopped by to sit and visit with Mr. Musial he made it a point to introduce me to each player and I said to Mr. Musial maybe I should leave so you can have some privacy time with your friends and he asked me "Oh I'm sorry Craig did I make you feel uncomfortable"? I said no sir not at all he said "Oh good you are more than welcome after all this is your table" another 15 minutes and I had to leave I said my goodbye Mr. Musial got up as I was leaving offered his hand to shake and I said thank you Mr. Musial this has been an honor I will never forget and he said please Craig call me Stan and thank you for sharing your table. I ran into Mr. Musial a few more times over the years and each time he remembered my name and our first meeting. I can tell you this man was as kind and gracious as a human being as he was one of the greatest ball players to ever take the field I miss my friend Mr. Musial.
😀
+Craig Newton
Wow! I can't say I'm surprised. To this date, I have never heard a bad word about this man.
Your story brings a lump to the throat... I don't know where you are from Craig, but if you were a St. Louisan, this story would simply be one more to add to the pile of thousands that we from the Gateway City enjoyed, during the more than 50 years since Stan retired, but before his recent passing. Almost every St. Louisan who was paying attention in the grocery store or at their grandkid's soccer game has an anecdote about seeing Stan and reveling in his warmth, humanity, humility and friendliness. Your story was of course unique to you and very beautiful, but if you hailed from St. Louis, it's simply another typical encounter of this Hall of Fame human being. I've heard he was a pretty decent ball player too...
Thank you, for your wonderful story.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
goosebumps
AMAZING
Love that Hank Aaron comment about "guys they don't pay you for overtime, I might as well get this over with." Amazing!
The Man gets my vote for most underrated player in American sports history.
Agreed. Had he been a Yankee or a red sox it would have been a much different story.
+bisquik3006 Well, Stan and Frank Robinson in baseball. St. Louis, Cincy and Baltimore. None are media hotbeds to say the least.
Mick A Frank Robinson......Good pull. Great comment.
+bisquik3006 Thanks. I just know how unfair it has always seemed to me that the media market stars get most of the pub. Musial and Robinson never got theirs.
Remember the only time I seen Stan Musial literally play baseball. It was the year he was going to retire (which was 63) and just about every St.Louisan wanted to get to a home game. My dad took me and my mom to Sportsman's Park I was 5 years old. When Musial walked up to bat I could hear people whispering out around me including dad say "Here comes Stan Man" every time he came up to bat. I thought that was his real name until I was about seven years old...lol 😂. But growing up in St.Louis you found out quick who he was and his accomplishments. He's still adored in the city !
I literally could listen to Jack Buck tell stories all day long.
I LOVE THAT JOE NAMATH SAID MEETING STAN WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST THRILLS OF HIS LIFE
as a kid growing in the 50's in st Louis, I lived about 1/2 mi from THE MAN on Rhodes in st Louis hills area. on Halloween, every kid around would be sure to visit. He and Lil were the greatest.They took whatever time needed to let us tell our jokes,
"Take a good look fans. Take a good look. Remember the stance. And the swing. You're not likely to see his likes again." ---Harry Caray, September 29, 1963
Hits
1. Pete Rose (4,256)
2. Ty Cobb (4,189)
3. Hank Aaron (3,771)
4. Stan Musial (3,630)
5. Tris Speaker (3,514)
Doubles
1. Tris Speaker (792)
2. Pete Rose (746)
3. Stan Musial (725)
4. Ty Cobb (724)
5. Craig Biggio (668)
Triples by a player since the conclusion of World War II (All Time Record: 309)
1. Stan Musial (177)
2. Roberto Clemente (166)
3. Enos Slaughter (148)
4. Lou Brock (141)
5. Willie Mays (140)
Home Runs (While striking out only once per every 18.27 Plate Appearances)
1. Stan Musial 475
2. Joe Dimmagio 361
3. Yogi Berra 358
4. Ted Kluszewski 279
5. Charlie Gehringer 184
He may have been the best...
Outstanding hitter, who should have hit over 500 homeruns in his career, and, should have been a Brooklyn Dodger; imagine the World Series he could have been in! 😀
Great stats, thank you so much.
The most underrated player ever. Stan is the greatest pure hitter to ever exist. GO CARDS!
Got my vote only way to pitch to stan musial is to walk 🚶♀️ him
Stan "The Man" Musial What a Class Act...RIP Sir!!!
I love this moment at 4:35 when Joe Willie Namath, Hall of Fame quarterback for the Jets smiles like a little kid when talking about meeting Stan The Man Musial. Sometimes we forget that our heroes had heroes of their own growing up. And Namath played football, not baseball. No matter. He looks tickled pink in that clip But that's how all of us feel about STM!
When Joe was a kid, he was decent ballplayer in high school, and had that option..
@@lousherwood8227 Do you realize that Joe could've also been a St. Louis Cardinal? Football Cardinal that is. When the Bill Bidwill team was playing in STL in the 1960s, they drafted Namath out of Alabama the same year as the Jets. Hey Joe, wanna come to STL and make peanuts working for the miserly Bidwill, although you'd be in the NFL? Or go to NY in the disrespected AFL, make millions and become Broadway Joe? And FORCE the NFL to respect your upstart league after you humble the Colts in SB III? And force a merger?
Jmmmmm. Tough question. But yes he could've been a STL Football Cardinal.
Freaking Musial. Hurts his pitching shoulder so bad he is about to be released, goes to management and begs for a chance to try to become a major league hitter and outfielder instead, bats .379(!) with 26 home runs and gets promoted to AAA where he hits .429(!!!) down the stretch and is soon in the majors on his way to becoming one of the greatest hitters in the history of the game. Wow . My Dad met Stan in the Navy and I used to think that was the reason he was such a big fan of his. Then I saw the way Musial hit when he was visiting Crosley Field in Cincinnati which is where my Dad watched baseball several times a year. Dad saw him do amazing things against the team my family has always watched and supported and he earned his respect and admiration
He really is baseball's perfect warrior and perfect knight. He's a treasure to Cardinals fans. The modern day Cardinal players are all told about him. I remember when the Cards brought up a young player named Chuckie Carr and his team mates had to take him out and show him the statue and explain who he was. There's a reverence for Musial in St. Louis and he deserves it.
Stan the Man. What a class act. Truly baseball's perfect knight. RIP
dude rarely struck out, insane career numbers of .417 OBP + mixed with a .559 Slg% and .331 BA. One of those rare guys who can hit for power while walking 3x more than striking out...a rare, rare talent...and then there's the fact that he had EXACTLY the same amount of hits away as home
Rogers Hornsby I also love. Hornsby is the only player in history to average a .400 batting average over a 5 year span (1921-25). Rogers Hornsby is definitely the greatest right-handed hitter to ever exist. He made Ty Cobb look like a joke.
Ben Middleton I think 1921-25 is post deadball era. If so, did the Raja try to hit for power or was he a singles hitter like Cobb? I honestly don't know.
Hornsby was once quoted that he didn't really hate pitchers, he just felt 'sorry' for them. just something I remembered
I ask because that is what really knocks me out, that combination of hitting for average and power while not striking out much and walking a lot
the ultimate stat to me is when a guy has more homers than strikeouts, like a DiMaggio or Williams managed to do, each more than once
+Ben Middleton I think the Greatest Right Handed Hitter Was Either Hank Aaron/Or Willie Mays...But Hornby Was Nice Tho!
@@benmiddleton9984 no one makes Ty Cobb look like a joke. No one. Both he and Hornsby have claims to best of their position.
I have always heard of him. But never knew his story. He was a man's man.
THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL. PERIOD.
+Kevins Best: Subscribe National league's Ted Williams. As a hitter, player only.
Ted Williams was the supreme hitter. Stan was the supreme player. He had a few batting titles of his own AND he could run the bases and field.
+Kevins Best: Subscribe Absolutely. Not far behind Ted at the plate and solid or better in other areas.
I apologetic
What a player. What a Man.
Truly, he was The Man, and in more ways than one.
Incredible career!
Stan was undoubtedly The Man. George Vecsey wrote a brilliant biography of Stanley a few years ago; I highly recommend it. Stan's life was actually much more interesting than ESPN was able to cram into in about 45 minutes. The story of his meteoric rise from sore-armed low-minors pitcher to pennant race major league hitting prodigy -- in the same season! -- is absolutely riveting and astonishing and is worth the read alone.
Stan and Ken Griffey Jr. shared the same birthday and the same home town, Donora Pa.
He may have felt there was an East Coast bias but his famous nickname was bestowed upon him by the Dodger Fans in Brooklyn. They knew what they were watching. And they didn’t name him “The Man” because it rhymed with Stan. They simply just knew he was the man.
I had to smile when I heard about his beef with Frank Lane. Musial is Polish and (in the words of my ex-father-in-law), Polish people might forgive you but they never forget!
Stan is right. There that east coast (and west too) bias. Stan didn't rile up the press like WIlliams or have famous connections like DiMaggio. Too bad, every bit as good as they were.
Stan the Man,Gray Eagle,The Dutchman and others.
Preacher Roe's advice 😂😂
Story goes -player is in horrible multi-week slump. Gets hit buy a pitch -down to first he goes. Stan is holding him on at first says “how you doing” player says “ Stan I cannot buy a hit” Musial says “keep swinging “
Next day he goes 4 for 4!
at the 1:51 mark, they show a statue...IT IS NOT OF STAN MUSIAL..LOL STAN'S STATUE has him STANDING at the plate,waiting for a pitch...unbelieveable...he cant get a break even on ESPN...LOL
Thats my great uncle!
+king shady Well, he was great in many ways!
Yea he was Mick A
While I really love Stan the man Musial..this biography doesn't cover a lot of his best moments...
anyone know where i can watch the sportscentury episode of ty cobb online?
JoJoGunn if you were going to go to the trouble of attempting to be offensive for no reason, could you at least have made your comment at least _somewhat_ humorous? that is literally something a 2nd grader would say. you made a rhyme. congratulations.
I enjoyed his appearance on Hee-Haw
If Mr. Rogers hit .330 with 500 HRs, we would call him Stan Musial.
Baseball’s hay day.
I wish I could turn this damn music down
For sure, it’s the same on these sports century shows. Just awful, and as a musician I’m freaking offended.
Stan the man !!!
Stan the Man once was considered greyhound as he ran fast.
Hey kids no school tomorrow, and you bet there was no school
He was an awesome homosexual