This Day In Baseball
History: April 29, 1960
It was on this date in 1960,
that first baseman Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals, became the first
player in Major League Baseball history to start 1000 games at two different
positions. Previously in his career, he had started over 1500 games as an
outfielder.
The game was played at Busch
Stadium in St. Louis against the Cardinals’ bitter rivals, the Chicago Cubs. A
ten-run eighth inning provided all the runs St. Louis needed as they defeated
the Cubs by a score of 16-6. Musial had four plate appearances, had one hit,
walked once and scored a run. He also made six putouts and had one assist at
first base.
During his 22-year MLB career
(all with the Cards), he would finish with 1890 games played in the outfield,
1016 at first base and he even got into a game one time as a pitcher. But it
was at the plate were Musial established himself as a Hall-of-Famer. He had a
career .331 batting average, 3530 hits (fourth on the all-time list), 475 home
runs and 1951 RBIs. He won three MVP Awards (1943, 1946 and 1948).
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