The luminous Stan Musial died on Saturday at the age of 92. So let's remember "Baseball's Perfect Knight" with some timeless images ...
Believe it or not, Musial began his professional career as a pitcher:
Here's Musial showing that famous coiled left-handed batting stance as a rookie in 1941:
Here's the famous follow-through:
A classic shot of Musial in 1955:
As the Sporting News noted on its May 14, 1958 cover, Musial was the fastest ever to 3,000 hits:
Musial kept things light in the clubhouse moments before playing his last game:
Even in retirement, Stan was indeed the Man:
The statue outside Busch Stadium reads "Baseball's Perfect Knight":
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