Lou Gehrig vs Stan Musial

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Lou Gehrig and Stan Musial compared on their MLB careers: Lou Gehrig played 17 seasons, 1923 to 1939, Stan Musial 22 seasons, 1941 to 1963. Lou Gehrig has .340 batting average to Stan Musial's .331. Lou Gehrig won 8 titles, Stan Musial won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

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

Lou Gehrig and Stan Musial career totals

2,164	GP	3,026
8,001	AB	10,972
1,888	R	1,949, better
2,721	H	3,630, better
493, better	HR	475
1,995, better	RBI	1,951
102, better	SB	78
0.3, better	AVG	0.3
0.4, better	OBP	0.4
0.6, better	SLG	0.6
1.1, better	OPS	1.0

How do they compare in the postseason?

Lou Gehrig and Stan Musial postseason

34	GP	23
119	AB	86
30, better	R	9
43, better	H	22
10, better	HR	1
35, better	RBI	8
0	SB	1, better
0.4, better	AVG	0.3
0.5, better	OBP	0.3
0.7, better	SLG	0.4
1.2, better	OPS	0.7

Where each stands all time

Lou Gehrig and Stan Musial all-time places

29th (493), better	Home runs	32nd (475)
63rd (2,721)	Hits	4th (3,630), better
5th (1,995), better	RBI	7th (1,951)

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

Lou Gehrig and Stan Musial titles and awards

8, better	Championships	3
1, better	AL MVP	—
—	NL MVP	3, better

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.

Lou Gehrig and Stan Musial season by season

1st	1923	.423	1	9, better	1941	.426, better	1	7
2nd	1924	.500, better	0	5	1942	.315	10, better	72, better
3rd	1925	.295	20, better	68	1943	.357, better	13	81, better
4th	1926	.313	16, better	112, better	1944	.347, better	12	94
5th	1927	.373, better	47, better	175, better	1946	.365	16	103
6th	1928	.374, better	27, better	142, better	1947	.312	19	95
7th	1929	.300	35	126	1948	.376, better	39, better	131, better
8th	1930	.379, better	41, better	174, better	1949	.338	36	123
9th	1931	.341	46, better	184, better	1950	.346, better	28	109
10th	1932	.349	34, better	151, better	1951	.355, better	32	108
11th	1933	.334	32, better	139, better	1952	.336, better	21	91
12th	1934	.363, better	49, better	165, better	1953	.337	30	113
13th	1935	.329	30	119	1954	.330, better	35, better	126, better
14th	1936	.354, better	49, better	152, better	1955	.319	33	108
15th	1937	.351, better	37, better	159, better	1956	.310	27	109
16th	1938	.295	29	114, better	1957	.351, better	29	102
17th	1939	.143	0	1	1958	.337, better	17, better	62, better
18th	—	—	—	—	1959	.255	14	44
19th	—	—	—	—	1960	.275	17	63
20th	—	—	—	—	1961	.288	15	70
21st	—	—	—	—	1962	.330	19	82
22nd	—	—	—	—	1963	.255	12	58

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI