I just completed a 1948 single season progressive (the same one with italyprof's virgil trucks) and thought I would share my stan musials incredible year.  We played in Wrigley: BOLDED stats are league leaders/ITALICS are 2nd place

Rank	Name	SN	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	STRK	L STRK
1	Musial, Stan	1948	162	685	177	301	60	19	65	247	86	40	4	0	2	.439	.503	.867	1.370	4	36
2	Williams, Ted	1948	155	597	160	228	45	3	31	145	154	62	8	1	0	.382	.510	.623	1.134	0	18
3	Valo, Elmer	1948	113	457	115	174	34	2	7	78	82	11	4	0	1	.381	.478	.510	.988	2	23
4	Majeski, Hank	1948	162	674	144	246	63	3	25	184	74	52	6	0	4	.365	.430	.579	1.009	3	15
5	Mitchell, Dale	1948	162	671	112	244	38	5	4	74	48	10	2	1	0	.364	.407	.453	.860	4	28
6	Boudreau, Lou	1948	161	683	175	248	34	6	23	118	117	11	1	1	3	.363	.455	.531	.986	0	19
7	Pafko, Andy	1948	157	637	143	230	41	0	37	174	64	45	7	0	0	.361	.424	.600	1.024	5	13
8	Rojek, Stan	1948	162	732	162	262	44	1	10	94	94	41	5	39	34	.358	.434	.462	.896	9	16
9	Keltner, Ken	1948	161	641	153	224	33	5	49	178	112	53	1	2	4	.349	.445	.646	1.091	8	18
10	Zarilla, Al	1948	152	618	117	214	57	0	21	131	63	61	9	0	1	.346	.413	.540	.953	4	13
11	Platt, Whitey	1948	141	474	81	164	38	5	10	93	36	46	2	0	1	.346	.392	.511	.903	3	10
12	Henrich, Tommy	1948	162	614	125	211	55	10	24	151	116	50	3	0	0	.344	.444	.583	1.027	3	18
13	Dillinger, Bob	1948	162	735	166	252	43	11	1	73	74	33	0	49	14	.343	.403	.435	.838	29	29
14	Lowrey, Peanuts	1948	129	525	62	178	16	2	4	69	38	37	3	0	1	.339	.384	.400	.784	1	9
15	Slaughter, Enos	1948	161	635	104	215	33	8	14	92	114	24	2	2	2	.339	.440	.482	.922	0	10
16	Doby, Larry	1948	155	514	128	174	32	4	19	96	73	95	6	0	0	.339	.426	.527	.953	1	10
17	Holmes, Tommy	1948	162	686	98	230	38	5	6	98	61	20	3	0	1	.335	.390	.431	.821	3	17
18	McCosky, Barney	1948	140	614	130	205	31	4	1	69	64	27	2	1	1	.334	.398	.402	.800	10	12
19	Priddy, Jerry	1948	161	659	149	220	49	6	10	87	110	72	4	0	2	.334	.431	.472	.903	14	14
20	Philley, Dave	1948	150	574	115	191	48	3	9	99	45	36	2	0	1	.333	.381	.474	.855	11	15
21	Murtaugh, Danny	1948	143	571	105	190	20	4	4	73	72	35	3	1	0	.333	.408	.403	.811	1	14
22	Dimaggio, Joe	1948	160	678	171	225	27	4	50	193	80	34	7	1	1	.332	.403	.605	1.008	7	29
23	Dark, Alvin	1948	157	647	89	212	50	4	4	109	42	47	1	1	2	.328	.368	.436	.804	1	15
24	Appling, Luke	1948	136	572	121	187	29	2	1	66	118	30	0	4	3	.327	.442	.390	.832	2	12
25	Evers, Hoot	1948	154	667	125	217	38	1	16	104	46	34	3	0	0	.325	.369	.457	.827	8	26

and some extended stats (Just for Musial this time) - 

Rank	Name	SN	G	PA	IBB	SF	SH	GIDP	IH	BH	GB/FB	NP	NP/PA	PH	PH AB	IsoP	SecA	RC	RC27
1	Musial, Stan	1948	162	777	16	2	0	19	8	0	1.39	2690	3.5	0	0	.428	.550	292.51	19.32

Awesome.  Musial is my favorite baseball player of all-time.

Posted by zubinsum on 8/24/2012 1:08:00 AM (view original):
Awesome.  Musial is my favorite baseball player of all-time.

One of mine as well, although I like the Babe, Yaz, and Kaline quite a bit too.    It seems to me that the conversation of "Greatest Living Ballplayer" always starts and ends with Willie Mays.     I would vote for Musial and give strong consideration to Hank Aaron too.     It's at least an arguable point. 

Still has to be Mays. It's the defense. You could maybe give Musial or Aaron an edge in hitting, but when you add in defense, well the fact that Mays played Gold Glove centerfield just seals the debate for me.

I loved Joe Posnanski's line from the article I linked in the Jeter thread - "Hank Aaron was Willlie Mays without having his cap fly off".

Man I love this site. The number 3 OPS guy in the original post was Ken Keltner. Who? He was a star of the 40's playing for the vaunted Clevland Indians. Mostly batted 6th behind Lou Boudreau. Didn't walk much but otherwise held his own hitting, finishing with a career .276 / .338 / .441 line. He was heralded as having one of the best gloves of the decade. That was on display fully during Keltner's big brush with history:

"On July 17, before the largest night crowd to that point in history, Joe DiMaggio attempted to extend his record 56-game hitting streak. 67,468 awaited the Yankees at Municipal Stadium. Ken Keltner, unworried about DiMaggio bunting, was strategically stationed close to the third base line and deep to prevent doubles. Gold Glove backhanded stops of two hot grounders down the line and powerful throws enabled Keltner to retire the Hall of Famer by a step in both the first and seventh innings. "The Yankee Clipper" walked and grounded out sharply to shortstop Lou Boudreau for a double play in his other at-bats. Only this contest prevented DiMaggio from extending his streak to 73 as he continued his torrid hitting for 16 more games. DiMaggio was slowed a step by a damp field and stopped by the man Bob Feller claimed "was simply the best in the American League. He could go to his right better than anyone and had a great, great arm.""
- Above text from Ken's SABR page.

Just finished a league with all teams playing at Coors, 100M. I made the mistake of a Kahuna like 70+ million on offense and won 40 games but had fun doing it. 4 guys with 300 hits and 2 more above 275.

Aaron, Hank	1959	R	162	796	176	329	68	8	30	236	33	58	8	0	0	.413	.438	.632	1.070	6	30
Gwynn, Tony	1987	L	156	735	222	318	28	21	14	138	80	40	5	0	0	.433	.488	.585	1.073	7	39
McGee, Willie	1985	S	148	758	195	309	32	30	19	133	31	92	4	0	0	.408	.433	.604	1.037	13	20
Puckett, Kirby	1988	R	162	784	154	305	70	6	17	166	19	104	4	0	0	.389	.405	.559	.964	21	21
Simmons, Ted	1972	S	162	725	129	275	58	11	20	156	19	70	2	0	0	.379	.396	.572	.968	0	22
Yount, Robin	1982	R	162	766	133	272	51	8	28	209	45	85	4	0	0	.355	.390	.552	.942	12	32

Most ridiculous pitching stats
 

Figueroa, Ed

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Posted by loma_prieta on 8/24/2012 3:43:00 PM (view original):
Still has to be Mays. It's the defense. You could maybe give Musial or Aaron an edge in hitting, but when you add in defense, well the fact that Mays played Gold Glove centerfield just seals the debate for me.

I loved Joe Posnanski's line from the article I linked in the Jeter thread - "Hank Aaron was Willlie Mays without having his cap fly off".

Yeah, I have to agree...  Mays, Musial, Aaron (and Speaker)  all have pretty similar career offensive value in my book, but Mays breaks the tie with his defense.  Still Aaron or May never really had a year to rival Musial's 1948 season-- at least not in absolute terms.