Musial was born Stanislaus Franciszek Musial. Musial died seven months after the death of his wife, Lil, and one day after his longtime friend and former teammate, “Red” Schoendienst, was feted just ahead of his 90th birthday. “Stan Musial was the greatest player in Cardinals history and one of the best players in the history of baseball.” “We have lost the most beloved member of the Cardinals family,” said Cardinals Chairman William DeWitt Jr., in a statement. Everyone regarded him as a civic treasure. Stan “The Man” Musial, easily the most revered Redbird of all time, led his team to a World Series victory during his rookie year, retired a Cardinal after 22 years as player, and then made St. Louis following a lengthy illness that had included Alzheimer’s disease. 19 while in hospice care at his home in St. Musial’s retirement in 1963, called him “baseball’s perfect warrior, baseball’s perfect knight,” words that captured his essence and are engraved on Mr. Ford Frick, the baseball commissioner at the time of Mr. That sentiment from the late Hall of Fame broadcaster reverberates today as baseball fans across the nation mourn the death of Stanley Frank Musial at age 92. 19, 2013 - “When (Stan) Musial retired, I cried in every national league ballpark in the National League,” said Cardinals sportscaster Jack Buck in the 1988 documentary, "Ball Talk: Baseball's Voices of Summer." “He didn’t cry, but I cried.”
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