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Willie Mays said that "Musial is the best all around hitter"
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|Seven batting titles, three championships, an amazing home run-to-strikeout ratio that was far better than anyone else, and overall statistics superior to nearly everyone; Ty Cobb said Musial "is the closest to being perfect in the game today" in 1952, and yet he has always been underpublicized by the media.  An acclaimed sportswriter even wrote a book trying to understand why "Stan Musial is Largely Forgotten," as the title of a book review put it.<ref>http://kenbraiterman.com/book-asks-why-stan-musial-is-largely-forgotten/</ref>
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|Seven batting titles, three championships, an amazing home run-to-strikeout ratio and overall statistics superior to nearly everyone; Ty Cobb said Musial "is the closest to being perfect in the game today" in 1952, Willie Mays said that "Musial is the best all around hitter," and yet he has always been underpublicized by the media.  An acclaimed sportswriter even wrote a book trying to understand why "Stan Musial is Largely Forgotten," as the title of a book review put it.<ref>http://kenbraiterman.com/book-asks-why-stan-musial-is-largely-forgotten/</ref>
 
<ref>ESPN once called him one of the five best players of all-time [http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8861019/stan-musial-was-one-greatest-players-ever] and Bill James ranked him as #7 all-time [http://baseballguru.com/egartman/analysisericgartman01.html]</ref>
 
<ref>ESPN once called him one of the five best players of all-time [http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/8861019/stan-musial-was-one-greatest-players-ever] and Bill James ranked him as #7 all-time [http://baseballguru.com/egartman/analysisericgartman01.html]</ref>
 
|a devout [[Catholic]] who played in the [[conservative]] Midwest
 
|a devout [[Catholic]] who played in the [[conservative]] Midwest
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