This day in baseball: Musial named NL MVP
Posted: December 2, 2018 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Johnny Mize, Major League Baseball, Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, MLB, National League, Ralph Kiner, sports, St. Louis Cardinals, Stan Musial Leave a commentOn December 2, 1948, Cardinals outfielder Stan Musial was named the National League Most Valuable Player. Musial led the NL with a .376 batting average and 131 RBIs. He narrowly missed the Triple Crown, however, as his 39 home runs were one less than the totals by Johnny Mize and Ralph Kiner.
