
Stan Musial: Pitcher
Notwithstanding his ultimate status as one of the greatest…

How Stan Musial Picked Up the Nickname ‘Stan the Man’
Stan the Man remains a legend in St. Louis and throughout…

Stan Musial’s MVP Years: 1943, 1946, 1948
Stan Musial batted .365 in 1946 and won his second NL MVP…

Stan Musial and the World Series
Whitey Kurowski, Marty Marion, Stan Musial, and Ray Sanders…

Stan Musial Arranged a Masterpiece in 1948
Baseball Magazine put Stan Musial on its cover in September…

After His Greatest Season, Stan Musial Faced Challenges in 1949
Stan Musial completes his swing on this 1948-49 Leaf trading…

Stan Musial, Jackie Robinson, and the Strike Heard ’Round the League
Stan Musial stands with three of his National League teammates…

Stan the Man and Trader Lane: How Musial almost ended up in Philadelphia
Cardinals general manager Frank Lane nearly traded Stan Musial…

Examining Stan Musial’s Batting: Consistently Uncoiling ‘An Explosion of Power’
Stan Musial looks forward to another game at the Polo Grounds.…

Of (A)symmetry and (In)consistency: Stan Musial’s Home/Away Splits
Stan Musial doubled, then scored by sliding past catcher…

Stan Musial, John F. Kennedy, and the President’s Council on Physical Fitness
Stan Musial visits the JFK White House in 1962, along with…

Stan Musial: A St. Louis Baseball Icon
Stan Musial held several business interests, including a…

Baseball, the Pope and Politics: Stan Musial and Poland
In 1987, Stan Musial traveled to Poland. He is shown here…

Stan Musial Breathes Joy into a Somber Night in 1993
On a bitterly cold winter’s night, almost 30 years after…

Stan Musial: When Heroes Become Friends
Back in 1985, while I was living on a 5,000-acre cattle ranch…

Editor’s Note: The National Pastime 2025
When I was asked to edit this book to accompany SABR's 53rd…

Deadball Era Major League Baseball Comes to Waxahachie, Texas
From left, Harry Heilmann (HOF), George Burns (1926 AL MVP),…

Spring Training Ballparks at Marlin, Texas: Early Twentieth Century Major League Baseball in a Central Texas Town
The Arlington Hotel, a spring training hotspot for two decades.…

The 1919 Texas Negro Baseball League Championship: Dallas Black Giants vs. San Antonio Black Aces
Gardner Park, Dallas Texas (Dallas Morning News)
The…

Nokona Baseball Gloves: America’s Pastime, American Made
“Everybody thinks it’s just whatever glove you have on your…

From Athens, Texas, to the Cincinnati Reds: The Saga of Pete Donohue
A top Texas high school, semipro, and college pitcher, Pete…

Semipro and Collegiate Baseball in Enid, Oklahoma
Luis Olmo played for Guayama against Enid in 1940. By 1943,…

The 1943 Camp Hood Baseball Season
Fort Hood's Student Regiment Team, from the September 23, 1943…

Baseball in the Middle of Nowhere: The Unique Story of Herbert Kokernot and the Alpine Cowboys
Sponsor Herbert L. Kokernot Jr. and manager Tom Chandler view…