For example, when Major League Baseball released its All-Century Team in 1999, it had to scramble to add Musial to the roster when he was originally snubbed by the fan vote. Perhaps most impressively, Musial shares a record 24 All-Star Game appearances with Willie Mays, even though he only played 22 seasons of professional ball (MLB held two All-Star Games for a few seasons).ĭespite everything you just read, perhaps no American athlete has ever been more underrated than Musial. He finished in the top 10 of the MVP vote in 14 seasons, including 10 straight in the middle of his career. Musial was a three-time MVP, three-time World Series champion (including a fourth win as a manager) and won the National League batting title a whopping seven times. 417 and an on-base-plus-slugging percentage (OPS) of. 331, hit 475 home runs, drove in 1,951 runs, walked more than twice as much as he struck out, registered an on-base percentage (OBP) of.
The 1969 Hall of Fame inductee (93.2 percent of the vote in his first year of eligibility) had a career batting average of. There is no doubt in any objective analyst's mind that Musial is one of the best hitters to ever live.
He's in the top 10 in games played, at-bats, doubles, RBI, runs, hits and total bases in MLB history.Īnd while Musial may not have had the power of Babe Ruth or the batting average of Ty Cobb, a very strong case can-and should-be made for him as the greatest hitter in baseball history. He ranks first in nearly every offensive category in the storied history of the St.
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