Ken Griffey Jr. vs Stan Musial

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Ken Griffey Jr. and Stan Musial compared on their MLB careers: Ken Griffey Jr. played 22 seasons, 1989 to 2010, Stan Musial 22 seasons, 1941 to 1963. Ken Griffey Jr. has .284 batting average to Stan Musial's .331. Stan Musial won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Stan Musial leads in 7 of the 9 lines, Ken Griffey Jr. in 2. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Ken Griffey Jr. and Stan Musial career totals

2,671	GP	3,026
9,801	AB	10,972
1,662	R	1,949, better
2,781	H	3,630, better
630, better	HR	475
1,836	RBI	1,951, better
184, better	SB	78
0.3	AVG	0.3, better
0.4	OBP	0.4, better
0.5	SLG	0.6, better
0.9	OPS	1.0, better

How do they compare in the postseason?

Ken Griffey Jr. and Stan Musial postseason

18	GP	23
69	AB	86
12, better	R	9
20	H	22, better
6, better	HR	1
11, better	RBI	8
5, better	SB	1
0.3, better	AVG	0.3
0.4, better	OBP	0.3
0.6, better	SLG	0.4
0.9, better	OPS	0.7

Where each stands all time

Ken Griffey Jr. and Stan Musial all-time places

7th (630), better	Home runs	32nd (475)
52nd (2,781)	Hits	4th (3,630), better
15th (1,836)	RBI	7th (1,951), better

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Ken Griffey Jr. and Stan Musial titles and awards

—	Championships	3, better
—	NL MVP	3, better
10, better	AL Gold Glove	—
7, better	AL Silver Slugger	—
1, better	AL MVP	—

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Ken Griffey Jr. and Stan Musial season by season

1st	1989	.264	16, better	61, better	1941	.426, better	1	7
2nd	1990	.300	22, better	80, better	1942	.315, better	10	72
3rd	1991	.327	22, better	100, better	1943	.357, better	13	81
4th	1992	.308	27, better	103, better	1944	.347, better	12	94
5th	1993	.309	45, better	109, better	1946	.365, better	16	103
6th	1994	.323, better	40, better	90	1947	.312	19	95, better
7th	1995	.258	17	42	1948	.376, better	39, better	131, better
8th	1996	.303	49, better	140, better	1949	.338, better	36	123
9th	1997	.304	56, better	147, better	1950	.346, better	28	109
10th	1998	.284	56, better	146, better	1951	.355, better	32	108
11th	1999	.285	48, better	134, better	1952	.336, better	21	91
12th	2000	.271	40, better	118, better	1953	.337, better	30	113
13th	2001	.286	22	65	1954	.330, better	35, better	126, better
14th	2002	.264	8	23	1955	.319, better	33, better	108, better
15th	2003	.247	13	26	1956	.310, better	27, better	109, better
16th	2004	.253	20	60	1957	.351, better	29, better	102, better
17th	2005	.301	35, better	92, better	1958	.337, better	17	62
18th	2006	.252	27, better	72, better	1959	.255, better	14	44
19th	2007	.277, better	30, better	93, better	1960	.275	17	63
20th	2008	.249	18, better	71, better	1961	.288, better	15	70
21st	2009	.214	19	57	1962	.330, better	19	82, better
22nd	2010	.184	0	7	1963	.255, better	12, better	58, better

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI