It was 1945 and the war was just ending, but the Cardinals needed someone to fill in for left fielder Stan Musial, who was serving in the U.S. Navy. Musial had followed up his 1943 MVP season by blistering NL pitchers for a .347 batting average in 1944, including a league-leading 197 hits and 51 doubles.
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