- .331 Batting Average (30th All Time), .417 On-base percentage (23rd All Time), .559 Slugging Percentage (23rd All Time), 3,026 Games (6th All Time), 10,972 At Bats (9th All Time), 1,949 Runs (8th All Time), 3,630 Hits (4th All Time), 6,134 Total Bases (2nd All Time), 725 Doubles (3rd All Time), 177 Triples (19th All Time), 475 Home Runs (23rd All Time), 1,951 RBI (5th All Time), 1,599 Walks (11th All Time), 1,377 Extra-Base Hits (2nd All Time) and 5,282 Times on Base (5th All Time).
- Played his entire career with the St. Louis Cardinals (1941-1963). Missed the 1945 season due to the war.
- Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the BBWAA in 1969.
- Accomplished harmonica player.
- Named to National League All Star Team 24 times (1943-1944, 1946-1958, 1959-1962 (2x each year), 1963).
- Hit a record five home runs for a doubleheader in 1954 (later tied by Nate Colbert, who happened to be from St. Louis, in 1972).
- Started his professional career as a pitcher in the minor leagues, but switched to the outfield with the Cardinals. He also played quite a few games at first during his career.
- Three-time National League MVP (1943, 1946 and 1948). Finished in Top 10 in voting 11 times (1944, 1949-1957 and 1962).
- St. Louis Cardinals All-Time Walks Leader (1,599).
- Member of St. Louis Cardinals World Series Championship Teams in 1942, 1944 and 1946. Member of National League Championship Team in 1943.
- St. Louis Cardinals All-Time Games Leader (3,026).
- St. Louis Cardinals All-Time At Bats Leader (10,972).
- St. Louis Cardinals All-Time Runs Leader (1,949).
- St. Louis Cardinals All-Time Hits Leader (3,630).
- St. Louis Cardinals All-Time Total Bases Leader (6,134).
- St. Louis Cardinals All-Time RBI Leader (1,951).
- St. Louis Cardinals All-Time Homerun Leader (475).
- St. Louis Cardinals All-Time Triples Leader (177).
- St. Louis Cardinals All-Time Doubles Leader (725).
- His father, Lukasz, was a Polish immigrant; his mother, Mary, was the daughter of Czech immigrants.
- In 1972 he was awarded Poland's Merited Champions Medal, that nation's highest sports award; he was the first foreigner so honored.
- Despite the fact that he hit 475 home runs lifetime, he never led the league in that category.
- Inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame in 1989.
- Inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians in 2000.
- Made major league debut on 17 September 1941.
- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in the White House East Room by President [link=Barack Obama on February 15, 2011.
- Had 3,630 hits in his career. Exactly half (1,815) were achieved in home games and half in road games.
- Shared his birthday and birthplace with Ken Griffey Jr.. Musial was a high school teammate of Griffey's paternal grandfather.
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