Stan Musial's Hits and Whiffs

There are so many reasons to admire Stan Musial but one I can't get over is this: Stan the Man had 3630 hits and just 696 strikeouts.

Among his hits were 475 homers, 725 doubles, and 177 triples.

Here are the 25 players with at least 3000 listed by strikeouts

The only one close to Musial, who was also a prolific home run hitter, was Al Kaline who had 3007 hits, 399 homers, and 1020 homers.

Rk	Player	SO	H	HR
1	Craig Biggio	1753	3060	291
2	Derek Jeter	1743	3304	255
3	Lou Brock	1730	3023	149
4	Rickey Henderson	1694	3055	297
5	Dave Winfield	1686	3110	465
6	Willie Mays	1526	3283	660
7	Eddie Murray	1516	3255	504
8	Carl Yastrzemski	1393	3419	452
9	Hank Aaron	1383	3771	755
10	Robin Yount	1350	3142	251
11	Rafael Palmeiro	1348	3020	569
12	Cal Ripken	1305	3184	431
13	Paul Molitor	1244	3319	234
14	Roberto Clemente	1230	3000	240
15	Pete Rose	1143	4256	160
16	Rod Carew	1028	3053	92
17	Al Kaline	1020	3007	399
18	George Brett	908	3154	317
19	Wade Boggs	745	3010	118
20	Stan Musial	696	3630	475
21	Ty Cobb	680	4189	117
22	Eddie Collins	468	3315	47
23	Tony Gwynn	434	3141	135
24	Tris Speaker	395	3514	117
25	Paul Waner	376	3152	113

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 1/21/2013.

Here are the hits and strikeout totals for Stan's full seasons

Stan Musial's Hits and Whiffs | Infographics