Louis batters, yielding just one run in a pair of complete games coming in Game 2 and Game 5. After all, Lonborg had already shut down St. With Cy Young Award winner Jim Lonborg scheduled to pitch the deciding Game 7, the city was sure the Red Sox would capture the championship. When the Red Sox won Game 6 of the 1967 World Series agains the Cardinals, the headlines in Boston screamed, “Lonborg and Champagne!”. Known for his genuine niceness, Musial took time out of his day to send the letter to an AL player he would never face. In that game, Musial tied Cap Anson for 6th on the all-time doubles list. Musial wrote the letter on the same day his Cardinals downed the New York Giants 6-5 in ten innings. Dated just eight days after Score was knocked from the mound, the note is addressed to Score in care of Lakeland Hospital in Cleveland. In the collection is this get-well letter from Cardinals legend Stan Musial. The hurler missed the rest of the season, never to regain his All Star form. With one away in the top of the first, Score was struck between his nose and right eye by a screaming line drive off of the bat of Yankee shortstop Gil McDougald. Score was again an All Star, once more pacing the AL in strikeouts while posting a 20-9 record and a 2.53 ERA.
The Cleveland pitcher earned the Rookie of the Year Award in 1955, leading the league in strikeouts and making the All Star team. Herb Score accomplished a great deal in his first two big league seasons. Musial rewarded the team by leading the league in hits, doubles, triples, total bases, batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage.Īt season’s end Stan Musial was named the National League’s Most Valuable Player. The Cardinals signed Musial $6,250, a full $750 more than Breadon offered. Louis, and if you do not sign a contract, and want to stay out of baseball in 1943, we will pay for your round-trip expenses.” In his final paragraph, Breadon makes his strongest push, writing, “We could write letters until the end of the season and get no place, therefore, I suggest that you come to St. Of course we expect the same in 1943, if you sign a contract with us.”
I thought you were the kind of ballplayer that gave all you had in every ballgame.
“You will have no more to do this year than you had last year. He tells Musial, “it is impossible to consider the sum you ask for 1943,” and process to blast the young star. After Musial again rejected the owner’s proposal, Sam Breadon called the response, “a disappointment”.
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