Mickey Mantle vs Stan Musial

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Mickey Mantle and Stan Musial compared on their MLB careers: Mickey Mantle played 18 seasons, 1951 to 1968, Stan Musial 22 seasons, 1941 to 1963. Mickey Mantle has .298 batting average to Stan Musial's .331. Mickey Mantle won 7 titles, Stan Musial won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Stan Musial leads in 5 of the 9 lines, Mickey Mantle in 4. Bold marks the better figure; playing time — games, minutes, at-bats, innings — is not scored.

Mickey Mantle and Stan Musial career totals

2,401	GP	3,026
8,102	AB	10,972
1,677	R	1,949, better
2,415	H	3,630, better
536, better	HR	475
1,509	RBI	1,951, better
153, better	SB	78
0.3	AVG	0.3, better
0.4, better	OBP	0.4
0.6	SLG	0.6, better
1.0, better	OPS	1.0

How do they compare in the postseason?

Mickey Mantle and Stan Musial postseason

65	GP	23
230	AB	86
42, better	R	9
59, better	H	22
18, better	HR	1
40, better	RBI	8
3, better	SB	1
0.3, better	AVG	0.3
0.4, better	OBP	0.3
0.5, better	SLG	0.4
0.9, better	OPS	0.7

Where each stands all time

Mickey Mantle and Stan Musial all-time places

18th (536), better	Home runs	32nd (475)
123rd (2,415)	Hits	4th (3,630), better
47th (1,509)	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

Mickey Mantle and Stan Musial titles and awards

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

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.

Mickey Mantle and Stan Musial season by season

1st	1951	.267	13, better	65, better	1941	.426, better	1	7
2nd	1952	.311	23, better	87, better	1942	.315, better	10	72
3rd	1953	.295	21, better	92, better	1943	.357, better	13	81
4th	1954	.300	27, better	102, better	1944	.347, better	12	94
5th	1955	.306	37, better	99	1946	.365, better	16	103, better
6th	1956	.353, better	52, better	130, better	1947	.312	19	95
7th	1957	.365	34	94	1948	.376, better	39, better	131, better
8th	1958	.304	42, better	97	1949	.338, better	36	123, better
9th	1959	.285	31, better	75	1950	.346, better	28	109, better
10th	1960	.275	40, better	94	1951	.355, better	32	108, better
11th	1961	.317	54, better	128, better	1952	.336, better	21	91
12th	1962	.321	30	89	1953	.337, better	30	113, better
13th	1963	.314	15	35	1954	.330, better	35, better	126, better
14th	1964	.303	35, better	111, better	1955	.319, better	33	108
15th	1965	.255	19	46	1956	.310, better	27, better	109, better
16th	1966	.288	23	56	1957	.351, better	29, better	102, better
17th	1967	.245	22, better	55	1958	.337, better	17	62, better
18th	1968	.237	18, better	54, better	1959	.255, better	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