Musial hit 30 more HRs in 6 seasons. He's third all-time in doubles (behind Rose and Speaker). No one has hit more triples since Musial retired. Everybody talks about the 7 batting titles but a telling statistic is often overlooked: Stan Musial's career slugging percentage is higher than Mays, Mantle or Aaron's

That’s an awesome looking swing. Love the old school look of the swings. Despite no technology where they can learn techniques, these Old School players had natural style. Love it

My Dad served in Vietnam with his uncle, Joe Musial. They called him SGT. Rock. I had the pleasure of meeting him at his home in Michigan before he passed.

Musial is one of the top 10 greatest hitters that ever lived. Beautifully efficient swing with elite hand eye coordination and timing. Bat stays flat thru the strike zone with great extension and follow thru. Great great hitter. Cobb, Williams, Musial, Mays, DiMaggio, Gehrig, Ruth, Gwynn and Yastrzemski were all terrific in their day.

My Dad was also Stan, and although he was a die hard Dimaggio and Mantle NYY fan, he patterned his left handed swing after Stan the Man.

Stan Musial will always be The Man!

Well done sir!

Only 21k views what's wrong with these people? Stand the Man and almost perfect analysis

Underrated af

A couple of things. . .Stan hit 475 career Home Runs and without having lost a year to WWII he might have been in the 500 HR Club. And Stan had MORE TOTAL BASES than ANY left-handed hitter in history. . .ANY left-handed hitter!!! Also, he played in 24 All-Star games and his 6 All-Star game HR's are the most by any player. He also hit the walk-off HR to win the 1955 All-Star game. I liked your analysis except for the times when you said something about his swing wasn't "optimal". . .Optimal for what? There is way too much analysis of swings in baseball anyway. . .Musial moved in the way that was "natural" for him. And that's why he was great. Players who have to "work" at their hitting "style" are players who don't have the natural ability of a Stan Musial. I cringe at the thought of ANY coach or hitting "expert" saying ANYTHING to Stan about how to hit a baseball. Some people have natural ability and should be LEFT ALONE and not analyzed or "coached". Also, many of the better photos of Stan following through after hitting the ball show his bat to be incredibly level. He hit wicked line drives for extra bases much of the time, and he knew how to go with a pitch. You want to pitch him outside? Fine, he'll line it into the left-field corner for a double. Musial is the only player ever to have 50 doubles and 20 triples in the same season. Stan didn't have to think about where his hands were or the movement of his hips or any of that stuff. He had natural ability. . .like all of the great ones do. By the way, 1815 hits at home and 1815 hits on the road for 3630 lifetime. . .That's consistency.

Hit 30 HRs like once? Seriously? Try 30 or more 6 times and 475 total.

He was a doubles hitting machine.

My mom love to watch him set his stance! I have a strong suspicion it was not as much about his swing. 😂🤩

Also they had to hit it farther. Most parks were bigger.

Great video dude , very knowledgeable, too many coaches these days mirco manage the heck out of everything and wind up doing more harm than good and what happened to the pitchers who throw a full 8-9 innings , you almost cant compare players of old to the modern era , kids can learn alot from Stan the Man !

I hope you take time to listen to the entire eulogy of Stan Musial by Bob Costas. It reflects how we in St. Louis revere him as incredible human being ❤

He also hit 5 hr in a double header

mix in some research - hit 27 or more homers 9 times. third all time in doubles, near top in triples, not just hitter for average

Stan lost 2 homers in 1948 to rain outs which cost him the triple crown. He would have had 41, where Ralph Kiner and Ted Kluszewski had 40...

Much good, thought-provoking analysis.