What years did Stan Musial play?

Stan Musial played in Major League Baseball from 1941 to 1963.

Was Stan Musial a pitcher?

No. Stan Musial was a position player (Outfielder), though he did pitch in 1 career game.

How many home runs did Stan Musial hit?

Stan Musial hit 475 career home runs with 3,630 hits.

What teams did Stan Musial play for?

Stan Musial played for one team, the St. Louis Cardinals (1941–1944, 1946–1963).

How many MVP awards did Stan Musial win?

Stan Musial won 3 MVP awards, in 1943, 1946, and 1948.

What awards did Stan Musial win?

Stan Musial won 3 MVP awards (1943, 1946, and 1948). He was selected to 20 All-Star Games.

What were Stan Musial's career stats?

In 3,026 games, Stan Musial had 3,630 hits, 475 home runs, 1,951 RBI, 1,949 runs, and 78 stolen bases, with a .331 batting average.

What position did Stan Musial play?

Stan Musial played primarily as an outfielder, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Stan Musial and how much did he weigh?

Stan Musial was listed at 6 feet and 175 pounds.

How many home runs did Stan Musial hit each season?

Stan Musial's home runs by season: 1 in 1941, 10 in 1942, 13 in 1943, 12 in 1944, 16 in 1946, 19 in 1947, 39 in 1948, 36 in 1949, 28 in 1950, 32 in 1951, 21 in 1952, 30 in 1953, 35 in 1954, 33 in 1955, 27 in 1956, 29 in 1957, 17 in 1958, 14 in 1959, 17 in 1960, 15 in 1961, 19 in 1962, and 12 in 1963. His most in one season was 39, in 1948.

What was Stan Musial's career batting average?

Stan Musial batted .331 over his career, with 3,630 hits in 10,972 at bats.

How many RBI did Stan Musial have?

Stan Musial drove in 1,951 runs in his career.

How many All-Star Games did Stan Musial make?

Stan Musial was selected to 20 All-Star Games.

Stan Musial

Outfielder · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1941-1963)

Stan Musial was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1941 to 1963 for the St. Louis Cardinals, a span of 23 seasons. In 3,026 career games, he hit .331 with 3,630 hits, 475 home runs, and 1,951 RBI. Stan Musial was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969 and was a 20-time All-Star and a 3-time MVP. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 83,624.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 15, 2026

⭐ Hall of Fame 1969

AVG .331

HR 475

RBI 1,951

H 3,630

OPS .976

PIV 83,624

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 175 lb
Born: 11/21/1920 in Donora, PA, USA
Died: 1/19/2013 in Ladue, MO, USA
MLB Debut: 1941-09-17
Last Game: 1963-09-29
Hall of Fame: Inducted 1969 (BBWAA)
Awards: 20× All-Star · 3× MVP

Full name: Stanley Frank Musial

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Career Batting Statistics

Stan Musial — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
3,026	10,972	1,949	3,630	725	177	475	1,951	78	1,599	696	.331	.417	.559	.976	83,624

Career AVG .331 vs. league average .258 across their career seasons — +28.0% above league average.

Career OBP .417 vs. league average .330 across their career seasons — +26.4% above league average.

Career SLG .559 vs. league average .380 across their career seasons — +47.0% above league average.

Career OPS .976 vs. league average .710 across their career seasons — +37.4% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Stan Musial Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1941	SLN	NL	12	47	8	20	4	0	1	7	1	2	1	.426	—	—	—	—	0.0
1942	SLN	NL	140	467	87	147	32	10	10	72	6	62	25	.315	.253 (+24%)	.323 (+23%)	.349 (+40%)	.672 (+32%)	2865.1
1943	SLN	NL	157	617	108	220	48	20	13	81	9	72	18	.357	.255 (+39%)	.324 (+31%)	.346 (+62%)	.671 (+47%)	5512.2
1944	SLN	NL	146	568	112	197	51	14	12	94	7	90	28	.347	.261 (+33%)	.325 (+35%)	.357 (+54%)	.683 (+45%)	5175.9
1946	SLN	NL	156	624	124	228	50	20	16	103	7	73	31	.365	.256 (+42%)	.328 (+32%)	.358 (+64%)	.687 (+48%)	5866.0
1947	SLN	NL	149	587	113	183	30	13	19	95	4	80	24	.312	.262 (+19%)	.336 (+18%)	.376 (+34%)	.712 (+27%)	3212.7
1948	SLN	NL	155	611	135	230	46	18	39	131	7	79	34	.376	.263 (+43%)	.340 (+32%)	.379 (+85%)	.719 (+60%)	7410.2
1949	SLN	NL	157	612	128	207	41	13	36	123	3	107	38	.338	.262 (+29%)	.343 (+28%)	.384 (+63%)	.727 (+46%)	5966.8
1950	SLN	NL	146	555	105	192	41	7	28	109	5	87	36	.346	.265 (+30%)	.346 (+26%)	.401 (+48%)	.747 (+38%)	4596.2
1951	SLN	NL	152	578	124	205	30	12	32	108	4	98	40	.355	.260 (+36%)	.336 (+33%)	.385 (+59%)	.721 (+47%)	5834.9
1952	SLN	NL	154	578	105	194	42	6	21	91	7	96	29	.336	.252 (+33%)	.326 (+32%)	.369 (+46%)	.696 (+39%)	4820.3
1953	SLN	NL	157	593	127	200	53	9	30	113	3	105	32	.337	.264 (+28%)	.335 (+30%)	.397 (+53%)	.733 (+43%)	5482.0
1954	SLN	NL	153	591	120	195	41	9	35	126	1	103	39	.330	.261 (+26%)	.333 (+29%)	.390 (+56%)	.723 (+43%)	5478.8
1955	SLN	NL	154	562	97	179	30	5	33	108	5	80	39	.319	.258 (+23%)	.332 (+23%)	.393 (+44%)	.726 (+34%)	4136.5
1956	SLN	NL	156	594	87	184	33	6	27	109	2	75	39	.310	.258 (+20%)	.331 (+16%)	.397 (+31%)	.728 (+25%)	3056.8
1957	SLN	NL	134	502	82	176	38	3	29	102	1	66	34	.351	.257 (+36%)	.323 (+30%)	.391 (+56%)	.715 (+45%)	4483.1
1958	SLN	NL	135	472	64	159	35	2	17	62	0	72	26	.337	.257 (+31%)	.324 (+30%)	.394 (+34%)	.719 (+32%)	3259.3
1959	SLN	NL	115	341	37	87	13	2	14	44	0	60	25	.255	.256 (-1%)	.323 (+12%)	.392 (+9%)	.715 (+11%)	850.6
1960	SLN	NL	116	331	49	91	17	1	17	63	1	41	34	.275	.255 (+8%)	.323 (+9%)	.387 (+25%)	.711 (+18%)	1158.8
1961	SLN	NL	123	372	46	107	22	4	15	70	0	52	35	.288	.258 (+11%)	.328 (+13%)	.399 (+23%)	.727 (+18%)	1349.2
1962	SLN	NL	135	433	57	143	18	1	19	82	3	64	46	.330	.257 (+28%)	.326 (+28%)	.393 (+29%)	.719 (+28%)	2667.9
1963	SLN	NL	124	337	34	86	10	2	12	58	2	35	43	.255	.246 (+4%)	.308 (+5%)	.371 (+9%)	.680 (+7%)	441.2
Career · 22 seasons			3,026	10,972	1,949	3,630	725	177	475	1,951	78	1,599	696	.331	—	—	—	—	83,624

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

Stan Musial — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Stan Musial — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1952	SLN	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.00	—	0.0
Career · 1 season			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Stan Musial — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
23	86	9	22	7	1	1	8	12	4	.256

Playoff Batting by Year

Stan Musial — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1946	WS	SLN	7	27	3	6	4	1	0	4	4	2	.222
1944	WS	SLN	6	23	2	7	2	0	1	2	2	0	.304
1943	WS	SLN	5	18	2	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	.278
1942	WS	SLN	5	18	2	4	1	0	0	2	4	0	.222

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Stan Musial — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1523	5398	997	1814	252	1056	.336
Away	1501	5565	949	1814	223	895	.326

Pitching — Home / Away

Stan Musial — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	—

Last 10 Games — Batting

Stan Musial — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO
1963-09-29	STL	CIN	W	3	0	2	0	1	0	1
1963-09-28	STL	CIN	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963-09-25	STL	CHC	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1963-09-24	STL	CHC	L	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
1963-09-22	STL	CIN	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1963-09-20	STL	CIN	L	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
1963-09-18	STL	LAD	L	3	0	2	0	0	1	0
1963-09-17	STL	LAD	L	3	0	1	0	0	0	1
1963-09-16	STL	LAD	L	4	1	1	1	1	0	1
1963-09-15	STL	ATL	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Stan Musial — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1016	577	8709	688	78	935
OF	1890	621	3730	130	64	27
P	1	0	0	0	0	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Stan Musial — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1941	SLN	OF	11	0	20	1	0	0
1942	SLN	OF	135	0	296	6	5	0
1943	SLN	OF	155	0	376	15	7	4
1944	SLN	OF	146	0	353	16	5	2
1946	SLN	1B	114	0	1056	65	13	119
1946	SLN	OF	42	0	110	4	2	0
1947	SLN	1B	149	0	1360	77	8	138
1948	SLN	1B	2	0	7	1	0	0
1948	SLN	OF	155	0	347	10	7	3
1949	SLN	1B	1	0	11	1	0	0
1949	SLN	OF	156	0	326	10	3	5
1950	SLN	1B	69	0	628	37	3	66
1950	SLN	OF	77	0	132	2	5	1
1951	SLN	1B	60	0	600	32	4	60
1951	SLN	OF	91	0	216	13	6	4
1952	SLN	1B	25	0	204	12	1	13
1952	SLN	OF	129	0	298	6	4	2
1952	SLN	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
1953	SLN	OF	157	0	294	9	5	1
1954	SLN	1B	10	2	36	2	2	4
1954	SLN	OF	152	151	271	13	3	4
1955	SLN	1B	110	106	925	92	8	93
1955	SLN	OF	51	48	75	2	1	0
1956	SLN	1B	103	103	870	90	7	96
1956	SLN	OF	53	53	84	5	1	0
1957	SLN	1B	130	129	1167	99	10	131
1958	SLN	1B	124	123	1019	100	13	127
1959	SLN	1B	90	88	623	63	7	72
1959	SLN	OF	3	2	1	0	0	0
1960	SLN	1B	29	26	203	17	2	16
1960	SLN	OF	59	58	97	2	1	0
1961	SLN	OF	103	99	149	9	1	0
1962	SLN	OF	119	116	164	6	4	1
1963	SLN	OF	96	94	121	1	4	0

Career Games by Position

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Circle size = games played at each position.

Stan Musial Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	1
First Base	1016
Left Field	929
Center Field	331
Right Field	783

Awards & Honors

Stan Musial — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1958	TSN All-Star	1B
1957	Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1957	TSN All-Star	1B
1957	TSN Player of the Year
1954	TSN All-Star	OF
1953	TSN All-Star	OF
1952	TSN All-Star	OF
1951	TSN All-Star	OF
1951	TSN Major League Player of the Year
1951	TSN Player of the Year
1950	Baseball Magazine All-Star	1B
1950	TSN All-Star	OF
1949	Baseball Magazine All-Star	CF
1949	TSN All-Star	OF
1948	Baseball Magazine All-Star	RF
1948	Most Valuable Player
1948	TSN All-Star	OF
1948	TSN Player of the Year
1946	Baseball Magazine All-Star	1B
1946	Most Valuable Player
1946	TSN All-Star	1B
1946	TSN Major League Player of the Year
1944	Baseball Magazine All-Star	CF
1944	TSN All-Star	OF
1943	Baseball Magazine All-Star	CF
1943	Baseball Magazine All-Star	LF
1943	Most Valuable Player
1943	TSN All-Star	OF
1943	TSN Guide MVP

Award Voting History

Stan Musial — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1962	Most Valuable Player	NL	10th	19.0	280	0
1960	Most Valuable Player	NL	16th	18.0	336	0
1958	Most Valuable Player	NL	12th	39.0	336	0
1957	Most Valuable Player	NL	2nd	230.0	336	5
1956	Most Valuable Player	NL	9th	62.0	336	0
1955	Most Valuable Player	NL	8th	46.0	336	0
1954	Most Valuable Player	NL	6th	97.0	336	0
1953	Most Valuable Player	NL	8th	62.0	336	0
1952	Most Valuable Player	NL	5th	127.0	336	0
1951	Most Valuable Player	NL	2nd	191.0	336	2
1950	Most Valuable Player	NL	2nd	158.0	336	1
1949	Most Valuable Player	NL	2nd	226.0	336	5
1948	Most Valuable Player	NL	1st	303.0	336	18
1947	Most Valuable Player	NL	20th	12.0	336	0
1946	Most Valuable Player	NL	1st	319.0	336	22
1944	Most Valuable Player	NL	4th	136.0	336	3
1943	Most Valuable Player	NL	1st	267.0	336	13
1942	Most Valuable Player	NL	12th	26.0	336	0

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Stan Musial: the record in brief

Stan Musial's major league career runs from a debut on September 17, 1941 to a final game on September 29, 1963. Musial spent the whole of the career shown here with one club, the St. Louis Cardinals. Musial played primarily as an outfielder and both batted and threw left-handed. Born on November 21, 1920, in Donora, PA, USA, Musial was listed at 6 feet, 0 inches and 175 pounds. The bio records the death on January 19, 2013, in Ladue, MO, USA. Musial's full given name, per the bio, is Stanley Frank Musial.

The batting record for Musial: 3,026 games, 3,630 hits in 10,972 at bats, and a .331 average, adding 475 homers, 1,951 RBI, and 78 stolen bases. Reaching base at a .417 clip and slugging .559, Musial finished with a .976 OPS. Musial's .331 average ran 28.0% above the .258 that the league posted over the same seasons. By OPS the gap is 37.4% above league average (.976 against .710).

Frequently Asked Questions about Stan Musial

What years did Stan Musial play?: Stan Musial played in Major League Baseball from 1941 to 1963.
Was Stan Musial a pitcher?: No. Stan Musial was a position player (Outfielder), though he did pitch in 1 career game.
How many home runs did Stan Musial hit?: Stan Musial hit 475 career home runs with 3,630 hits.
Is Stan Musial in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Stan Musial was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.
What teams did Stan Musial play for?: Stan Musial played for one team, the St. Louis Cardinals (1941–1944, 1946–1963).
How many MVP awards did Stan Musial win?: Stan Musial won 3 MVP awards, in 1943, 1946, and 1948.
What awards did Stan Musial win?: Stan Musial won 3 MVP awards (1943, 1946, and 1948). He was selected to 20 All-Star Games.
What were Stan Musial's career stats?: In 3,026 games, Stan Musial had 3,630 hits, 475 home runs, 1,951 RBI, 1,949 runs, and 78 stolen bases, with a .331 batting average.
What position did Stan Musial play?: Stan Musial played primarily as an outfielder, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Stan Musial and how much did he weigh?: Stan Musial was listed at 6 feet and 175 pounds.
How many home runs did Stan Musial hit each season?: Stan Musial's home runs by season: 1 in 1941, 10 in 1942, 13 in 1943, 12 in 1944, 16 in 1946, 19 in 1947, 39 in 1948, 36 in 1949, 28 in 1950, 32 in 1951, 21 in 1952, 30 in 1953, 35 in 1954, 33 in 1955, 27 in 1956, 29 in 1957, 17 in 1958, 14 in 1959, 17 in 1960, 15 in 1961, 19 in 1962, and 12 in 1963. His most in one season was 39, in 1948.
What was Stan Musial's career batting average?: Stan Musial batted .331 over his career, with 3,630 hits in 10,972 at bats.
How many RBI did Stan Musial have?: Stan Musial drove in 1,951 runs in his career.
How many All-Star Games did Stan Musial make?: Stan Musial was selected to 20 All-Star Games.