Editor’s note: The following is a story about Stan Musial’s 3,000th hit on May 13, 1958, written by the late Bob Broeg, former Post-Dispatch Cardinals writer/columnist/sports editor.
Stan Musial, a dramatic artist exceeded by few at the difficult science of solidly meeting a round ball with a round bat, today turned toward another tremendous baseball challenge – a .400 season – after having become only the eighth player in history to achieve 3,000 hits.
A happy Musial, leading grinning Cardinal teammates back into town after a series sweep at Chicago, couldn’t talk in detail about .