On November 21, 1920, future Hall of Famer Stan Musial is born in Donora, Pennsylvania. Musial will make his major league debut 21 years later. Ironically, another standout player – Ken Griffey, Jr.– will be born in Donora exactly 49 years to the day after Musial’s birth.
Stan Musial Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman Bats: Left • Throws: Left 6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg) Born: November 21, 1920 in Donora, PA Died: January 19, 2013 in Ladue, MO Buried: Forever Bellerive Cemetery, Creve Coeur, MO High School: Donora HS (Donora, PA) Debut: September 17, 1941 (7,285th in MLB history) vs. BSN 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB Last Game: September 29, 1963 vs. CIN 3 AB, 2 H, 0…
1920 – Owners unanimously elect Kenesaw Mountain Landis chairman for seven years. The owners’ action comes in direct response to the Black Sox Scandal, which threatens the integrity of the game. Landis accepts, but only as sole Commissioner with final authority over the players and owners, while remaining a federal judge (with his $7,500 federal salary deducted from the baseball salary of $50,000).
1920 – At a meeting to depose Ban Johnson as the American League president, a new 12-team National League, made up of the dissenting 11 teams plus one of the five teams loyal to Johnson, is agreed to. John Heydler will be its president and federal judge Kenesaw Landis the proposed chairman of the new commission. This revolutionary plan for a new senior circuit will be discarded a few days later, after four of the five American League clubs still backing Johnson agree to a joint meeting on November 12th in Chicago, IL.
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