Stan "The Man" Musial, one of baseball's all-time great hitters, was born on Sixth Street. As a youth, he trained in gymnastics at the Polish Falcons and played on the Donora zinc mill men's baseball team. As a St. Louis Cardinal from 1941 to 1963, he tallied 3,630 total hits, 475 home runs, and a .331 batting average along with 3 MVP awards, 7 batting titles, and 3 World Series rings. He served in World War II from 1945 to 1946 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.