Looking for something that may not be there, Musial's 'lost' home run
2008-04-17 14:33
by Bob Timmermann
Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in his Bird Land blog has a fascinating (to me, your mileage may vary) recap of different researchers checking through old newspaper boxscores and stories to see if Stan Musial lost a home run to a rained out game in 1948 and whether that cost Musial a Triple Crown. The conclusion is that, well, it's still inconclusive.
Musial hit 39 homers in 1948, one fewer than co-leaders Johnny Mize and Ralph Kiner. Musial also batted .376 that season (beating out Richie Ashburn by 43 points), drove in 131 runs (6 more than Mize), had 230 hits, 46 doubles, 18 triples (for a staggering total of 429 total bases, a total surpassed by a select few), slugged .702, and struck out just 34 times.
Yes, Musial was the MVP of the NL in 1948.
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