Stan Musial HOF
THE DONORA GREYHOUND
St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan Musial had the most amazing start to his professional baseball career. In his first four years in baseball (1942-44, 1946), Stan Musial went to four World Series and won 3 of them! The only other player I can think of who did that was Joe DiMaggio (1936-39), winning all four.
In his 22-year Hall of Fame career, Stan Musial went to 24 All-Star games and won 3 World Series Titles, 3 MVPs, 7 Batting Titles, 6 Slugging Crowns, 7 OPS Titles, 6 Total Bases Crowns, 6 Most HITs Titles, 8 Doubles Titles, 5 Triples Titles, 5 Runs Scored Titles, an RBI Title and 2 Major League Player of Years!
St. Louis Cardinals Win 1946 World Series & Stan Musial Wins MVP!
In 1946, Stan Musial had a monster year winning his third World Series title & 2nd MVP. In 1946, Stan Musial won the World Series, NL MVP, Batting Title, Slugging Crown, OPS Title, Total Bases Crown, Most HITs Crown, Doubles Title, Triples Title, Runs Scored Title and ML Player of The Year.
On Monday, September 2, 1946, the St. Louis Cardinals swept a doubleheader from the Cincinnati Reds at old Crosley Field in Cincinnati, OH. Hall of Famer Enos "Country" Slaughter hit a home run in the 1st game (career HR #75), and then blasted 2 more HRs in the second game of this doubleheader! A 3-HR Day for Enos "Country" Slaughter!!
Enos "Country" Slaughter Blasts 3 HRs (Career HR #75)
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Al Brazle turned the rare feat of notching WINs in both games of this doubleheader!! Al Brazle pitched 6.2 innings in the 1st game of this DH for his first WIN...and then hurled another 3 innings in game 2 of this DH for his 2nd WIN of the day!
Al Brazle Notches WINs in BOTH Games of Doubleheader!!
Also, in game 2 of this doubleheader, Cardinals rookie Dick Sisler blasted the 3rd & final home run of his rookie year.
Rookie Dick Sisler Blasts 3rd & FINAL HR of Rookie Year!