311 with 10 triples, 70 RBIs and had struck out just 28 times in 405 at-bats. The resulting injury knocked him out of the lineup for three weeks and off the pitching staff for good.Īt the time, though, the newly-wed Musial also was batting. While making a shoe-string catch on a sinking line drive, he tumbled forward onto his left shoulder. With only 14 players on the roster, Musial was written into the lineup at center field for the second game of a double-header in Orlando. 11, his budding prospects as a big-league pitcher suddenly came crashing down. He started 18-5 with a 2.62 ERA over 223 innings, but on Aug. Inconsistency both on the mound and at the plate made for a slow ascension through the Cardinals’ minor league ranks, until he reached Daytona Beach of the Florida State League in 1940.
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