After beating Baumholtz of the Chicago Cubs to win his sixth batting title, Musial faced his adversary from the mound. Frankie was a left-handed hitter, but that day he batted right handed, the only time he ever did, ‘to even the playing field’. On the first pitch from Musial, Baumholtz hit a ball so hard that it ricocheted off the shin of third baseman Solly Hemus ending up in the left field corner.  Baumholtz reached base on what was ruled an error. A gracious Musial maintained that it was as clean a hit as he ever saw.

   Musial won the batting title that year with a .336 average.  Baumholtz came in second with an average of .325.

Rest in peace Stan Musial.