The St. Louis Cardinals Encyclopedia by Bob Broeg

He was a happy guy and a hard hitter and a good catcher, and he always tried to distract me with a lot of conversation at the plate. And, of course, it’s an honor, too, to be inducted in the Hall of Fame with Roy Campanella, Waite Hoyt, and Stan Coveleski.Ĭampanella was a joy on the ball field. All of them were very close to me through the years. Fellows like Pie Traynor, Casey Stengel, Joe Cronin, Joe Medwick, and Dizzy Dean. Men that I’ve admired as players and many who have become my good friends through the years. And it’s an honor to be listed with all those great stars of yesterday and living Hall of Famers which some of them are here today. This is the greatest honor of the many that have been bestowed upon me.

For even if you’re confident, and I always felt I could play the game, it’s presumptuous until you put together many, many good seasons, to consider that one day you might have this fine day. And I really didn’t dream, honestly, that I’d ever be back at that time, proudly to be inducted in Baseball’s Hall of Fame. And at that time it was a thrill for me to meet Connie Mack for the first time here. Louis Cardinals I’ve been very, very impressed by this lovely setting in Cooperstown for Baseball’s Hall of Fame. I really don’t mind hitting last in this famous lineup of these Hall of Famers.Įver since I came to Cooperstown back in 1942 with the St. I appreciate all the fine, kind words that Commissioner Kuhn has just said about me. Stan Musial Hall of Fame Induction Speechįrom the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Musem website, the induction speech of Stan Musial:

The St. Louis Cardinals Encyclopedia by Bob Broeg