When Stan Musial celebrates his 90th birthday on Sunday he'll have the additional honor of being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the White House.

That will complete the "Stand for Stan" campaign launched by the St. Louis Cardinals last May to get Musial the most prestigious honor the U.S. awards to civilians.

Other baseball greats to win it are Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente and Ted Williams.

Musial's honor was reported first by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill helped spread the word on her Twitter page.

Musial was a three-time MVP (and a four-time runnerup) who played his entire 22-year career with the Cardinals. When "Stan the Man" retired in 1963 he held 29 NL records and 17 for all of MLB. His 3,630 hits still rank fourth all-time, and he won seven batting titles.