Musial was a professional baseball player and played all 22 of his professional seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals. Any discussion of greatest hitters in the history of baseball must include Stan Musial. During his career he amassed 3,630 hits, which ranks him fourth all-time. Amazingly, he had 1,815 hits at home and 1,815 hits on the road, marking him as one of the most consistent hitters in the history of the game. He totaled 475 home runs and was named the MVP in the National League three times. He shares the record for most All-Star games played (24) with Hank Aaron and Willie Mays, and he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969 on the first ballot.
In 1944 Musial underwent the physical examination for military service in the armed forces. Following the 1944 baseball season, Musial enlisted into the United States Navy in 1945, and was assigned to noncombat duty at the Naval Training Station in Bainbridge, Maryland. From there he went to Special Services at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where he was assigned to a ferry launch unit to bring back damaged ship crews. While at Pearl Harbor he played baseball in the naval base’s eight-team league.
He was granted emergency leave to see his ailing father in January, 1946, and then was assigned to the Philadelphia Navy Yard before being honorably discharged from the Navy as a Seaman Second Class in March 1946. He then returned to his baseball career and continued playing ball until 1963 when he retired.
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