Doug Schuyler suggested this 1957 Stan Musial card and what a beaut!
What makes this amazing is that this wasn’t even one of Musial’s best years. Yes, he did lead the league with a .351 average as well as OBP (.422). He even slugged .612. He drove in 102 runs on 29 homeruns.
He came in second in the MVP voting behind someone named Henry Aaron. Man, the more I think about it, 1957 is one of the best seasons.
| Split | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | 1957 Totals | 134 | 579 | 502 | 82 | 176 | 38 | 3 | 29 | 102 | 1 | 66 | 34 | .351 | .422 | .612 |
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The only knock on Musial is his fielding. He’s a 1B-3. Other than that, he’s a perfect #3 hitter. He hits for average (15-7), he hits for power (1-5-5-6) and he can get on base with a walk if you need him to (four 14s).
Fun numbers: 33-5, 15-7, 61-41
Maybe it’s me but I think Musial is one of the most underrated Hall of Famers. Other than his last year, he didn’t have an unproductive season. Sure, he slipped a bit in his last five years but from the very beginning, he was good and for 22 years, he contributed. He hit over .300 for his first 17 years.
When I was a kid, there was a popular question…
“Which two players hit 400 career homeruns without hitting 40 in a season?”
Musial was one of the answers (Billy Williams was the other). I’m sure that trivia question has become obsolete by now with so many homerun hitters.
thanks, Doug!
I got out my 1957 set, the same one this card is from, I think, only to remember that several of the cards have no names. These include Wynn, Ford, Slaughter, Martin and others. I had to write them in with red ink and it looks quite funky, basically ruining the set, in my opinion. :-(
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