1950's Player Quiz

[Cliff Bowman]

1 Stan Musial? 2 Bob Feller? 3 Robin Roberts? 4 Don Newcombe? He was the NL MVP so I imagine he was the Cy Young Award winner.

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

1 Stan Musial? 2 Bob Feller? 3 Robin Roberts? 4 Don Newcombe? He was the NL MVP so I imagine he was the Cy Young Award winner.

3 of 4....#2 is not Bob Feller. Good work!

Story on #1, Stan Musial -

Musial had just clinched his sixth batting crown for the Cardinals in 1952. The player that he battled for the crown throughout the season was Frank Baumholtz of the Cubs. Musial didn't appreciate comments that Baumholtz had made through the season, so Stan went to manager Eddie Stanky and told him that he wanted to pitch against the Cubs and Baumholtz. So, on September 28 in the final game of the season, Musial made his pitching debut. Harvey Haddix started the game and pitched to one batter, then Musial pitched against Baumholtz. Baumholtz got to first base on a ground ball error by Cardinal third baseman Solly Hemus. Haddix then took over again after Musial pitched to Baumholtz. The Cubs won the game 3-0, and that was it for Musial's pitching career.