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Damn Yankees
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4} - 1942-46 Cardinals - 3 titles, 4 World Series appearances
A 21 year old Stanley Musial played his first full season in 1942 and batted .315. It would be one of just two times that his average dipped below the .320 mark in his first 12 big league seasons. Despite the outfielder's growing pains, Stan the Man helped propel a 106 win Cardinals team to a five game World Series victory over the Yankees.
"In '42, we played together and fought together," Musial later said. "We had that Cardinal spirit; we thought we could beat anybody, and we did."
Over the next four years, Musial would win two National League MVP Awards, and St. Louis would win two more championships in