He also took home three MVP awards, seven batting titles, and led the Cardinals to three World Series championships. Had he not missed the entire 1945 season after enlisting in the Navy during World War II, he would have likely ended his career with over 2,000 runs scored, 500 home runs and 2,000 RBI. Stan Musial finished his career with 3,630 hits and he had exactly the same number of hits at home as he did on the road: 1,815.Īlong with his 3,630 hits, Musial finished his 22 year career with 1,949 runs scored, 475 home runs, 1,951 RBI and a. Musial's Bowman rookie card shows a young black and white head shot of Musial with a serious and focused look on his face, a stark contrast to most other Musial cards showing off his crooked smile. Had Musial hit two more home runs in 1948, he would have passed Ralph Kiner and Johnny Mize to lead the National League with 41 which would have won him the Triple Crown. 426 during his first stint with the Cardinals in 1941 (but he only played 12 games before the season ended that year). 376 batting average was the second-highest single season total of his Major League career having batted. Musial was simply on fire during the 1948 season turning in his highest single season totals for runs scored (135), RBI (131), and home runs (39). And along with the Yogi Berra rookie, Musial's card is one of the most expensive baseball cards in the entire set and hobby in general. One of two Stan Musial rookie cards, the 1948 Bowman #36 is considered the more popular of the two.

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