Stan Musial

Stan "The Man" Musial played outfield and first base for the St Louis Cardinals from 1941-1944, 1946-1963. Considered to be one of the greatest and most consistent hitters in baseball history. His career batting average was .331 and held records for the NL with 3,630 hits, 1,951 RBI, 3,026 games played, 1,949 runs scored 725 doubles, 475 home runs

Musial was a 7-time batting champion, 3-time NL MVP and played in 3 World Series championships and 24 All-Star games

Musial hit his 3000 hit on May 13, 1958 - On Aug 10, 19981 Pete Rose collected his 3,631 hit to surpass Stan Musial's record. Musial was in attendance at the game

Musial was a first ballot inductee to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969, selected to the St Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame, 2014 (inaugural class)

A statue of Musial was erected outside of Busch Memorial Stadium in 1968. The statue was relocated  to the new Busch Stadium in 2006. The plaque on the statue reads: "Here stands baseball's perfect warriors. Here stands baseball's perfect knight" - Commissioner Ford Frick. The cachet from Collins Cachets for the Wonders of America stamp features the Musial statue