Biography

.331 Batting Average (30th All Time), .417 On-base percentage (23rd All Time), .559 Slugging Percentage (23rd All Time), 3,026 Games (6th All Time), 10,972 At Bats (9th All Time), 1,949 Runs (8th All Time), 3,630 Hits (4th All Time), 6,134 Total Bases (2nd All Time), 725 Doubles (3rd All Time), 177 Triples (19th All Time), 475 Home Runs (23rd All Time), 1,951 RBI (5th All Time), 1,599 Walks (11th All Time), 1,377 Extra-Base Hits (2nd All Time) and 5,282 Times on Base (5th All Time).

Played his entire career with the St. Louis Cardinals (1941-1963). Missed the 1945 season due to the war.

Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the BBWAA in 1969.

Accomplished harmonica player.

Named to National League All Star Team 24 times (1943-1944, 1946-1958, 1959-1962 (2x each year), 1963).

The first principle of contract negotiations is don't remind them of what you did in the past - tell them what you're going to do in the future.

There was never a day when I was as good as Joe DiMaggio at his best. Joe was the best, the very best I ever saw.

I consciously memorized the speed at which every pitcher in the league threw his fastball, curve, and slider; then, I'd pick up the speed of the ball in the first thirty feet of its flight and knew how it would move once it had crossed the plate.

Somehow it doesn't seem to be making me as nervous as when I was getting close to 3,000 hits. - on approaching Honus Wagner's 44-year-old league record for career hits in 1962

When a pitcher's throwing a spitball, don't worry and don't complain, just hit the dry side like I do.