

Louis Cardinals icon the kind of prestigious biographical treatment previously afforded to his more celebrated contemporaries Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio. In Stan Musial, veteran sports journalist George Vecsey finally gives this 20-time All-Star and St. This glaring omission - later rectified by a panel of experts - aised an important question: How could a first-ballot Hall of Famer, widely considered one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, still rank as the most underrated athlete of all time?


When baseball fans voted on the top 25 players of the 20th century in 1999, Stan Musial didn’t make the cut.
