Sam Musial was from one of the mill towns, Donora, as I recall. He said in an interview years ago that he signed with St. Louis to get away
Yes, Stan Musial was from Donora, a mill town about 30 miles south of Pittsburgh. So was Ken Griffey, Sr. In 1948 they had a toxic smog event that allegedly killed 30 people. (I’ll say allegedly as just as with COVID I suspect comorbidities were involved).