Editing Stan Musial (section)

==Early life==
Musial was born in [[Donora, Pennsylvania]], as Stanislaw Franciszek Musial, the fifth of the six children (four girls and two boys) of Lukasz Musial (originally Musiał; {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|uː|ʃ|aʊ}}) and Mary Lancos.<ref name="Musial6">[[#Mus64|Musial and Broeg 1964]]: 6</ref> His mother was of [[Rusyns|Carpatho-Rusyn]] descent. His father was a [[Polish people|Polish]] immigrant who always referred to his son by the Polish nickname Stasiu, pronounced "Stashu".<ref name="Musial6"/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Musial__Stan.html | title = Musial, Stanley Frank | publisher = Pennsylvania Center for the Book | access-date = January 22, 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130131133205/http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Musial__Stan.html | archive-date = January 31, 2013 }}</ref> Young Stan frequently played baseball with his brother Ed and other friends during his childhood, and considered [[Lefty Grove]] his favorite ballplayer.<ref>[[#Lan94|Lansche 1994]]: 6</ref><ref>[[#Mus64|Musial and Broeg 1964]]: pp. 10–11</ref> Musial also learned about baseball from his neighbor Joe Barbao, a former [[Minor League Baseball|minor league]] pitcher.<ref>[[#Mus64|Musial and Broeg 1964]]: p. 10</ref> When he enrolled in school, his name was formally changed to '''Stanley Frank Musial'''.<ref name="Musial6"/>

At age 15, Musial joined the Donora Zincs, a semi-professional team managed by Barbao. In his Zincs debut, he pitched six [[inning]]s and [[strikeout|struck out]] 13 batters, all of them adults.<ref name="Lansche7"> One of the outfielders on that team was Baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Junior’s grandfather.[[#Lan94|Lansche 1994]]: 7</ref> He played one season on the newly revived Donora High School baseball team, where one of his teammates was Buddy Griffey, father of MLB player [[Ken Griffey Sr.]] and grandfather to [[Ken Griffey Jr.]]<ref>[[#Gig01|Giglio 2001]]: 23–24</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=1825227|title=Reds star hits 500th career home run|access-date=February 28, 2009|agency=Associated Press|date=June 20, 2004|website=[[ESPN]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026125000/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=1825227|archive-date=October 26, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> His exploits as a rising player in Pennsylvania earned him the nickname "The Donora Greyhound".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/musiast01.php |title=Stan Musial player page |access-date=March 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316040830/http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/musiast01.php |archive-date=March 16, 2011  }}</ref>

Musial also played basketball and was offered an athletic scholarship in that sport by the [[University of Pittsburgh]].<ref name="Lansche7"/><ref>[[#Mus64|Musial and Broeg 1964]]: p. 14</ref> Meanwhile, the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] had scouted Musial as a pitcher and, in 1937, offered him a professional contract after a workout with their [[Minor league baseball|Class D]] Penn State League affiliate.<ref>[[#Lan94|Lansche 1994]]: p. 8</ref> Musial's father initially resisted the idea of his son pursuing a baseball career, but he reluctantly gave consent after lobbying by his son and his wife.<ref name="Giglio2627">[[#Gig01|Giglio 2001]]: 26–27</ref> Musial also credited his school librarian Helen Kloz for pointing out that baseball was his dream and advising him to pursue it professionally.<ref name=Giglio2627/> In what was then a common practice, the Cardinals did not file the contract with the [[Commissioner of Baseball|baseball commissioner]]'s office until June 1938. This preserved Musial's amateur eligibility, and he was still able to participate in high school sports, leading Donora High School's basketball team to a playoff appearance.<ref>[[#Mus64|Musial and Broeg 1964]]: 21</ref> He then reported to the Cardinals' Class D affiliate in [[West Virginia]], the [[Williamson Red Birds]].<ref>[[#Mus64|Musial and Broeg 1964]]: 24–25</ref><ref>[[#Gig01|Giglio 2001]]: 27–29</ref>