Stanley Frank Musial, nicknamed "Stan the Man", was an American professional baseball player. Widely considered to be one of the greatest and most consistent hitters in baseball history, Musial spent
Musial in 1953
Musial's statue outside of Busch Stadium captures his signature batting stance.
Musial in 1957
Musial with President John F. Kennedy, his wife, Lillian, and daughter, Janet, in the Oval Office in 1962
Donora is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States, approximately 20 miles south of Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River. The population was 4,558 as of the 2020 census.
Stan Musial
…from 1941 to 1944 and from 1946 to 1963. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969 in his first year of eligibility. Musial was born in Donora, Pennsylvania, where he played on the baseball team at Donora High School. Signed to a professional contract by the St. Louis Cardinals as a pitcher in 1938, Musial…