Born:(1916-04-27)April 27, 1916 Roxboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Died: August 12, 2002(2002-08-12) (aged 86) Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 19, 1938, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
September 29, 1959, for the Milwaukee Braves
MLB statistics
Batting average
.300
Hits
2,383
Home runs
169
Runs batted in
1,304
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (1938–1942, 1946–1953)
New York Yankees (1954–1955)
Kansas City Athletics (1955–1956)
New York Yankees (1956–1959)
Milwaukee Braves (1959)
Career highlights and awards
10× All-Star (1941, 1942, 1946–1953)
4× World Series champion (1942, 1946, 1956, 1958)
NL RBI leader (1946)
St. Louis Cardinals No. 9 retired
St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1985
Election method
Veterans Committee
Enos Bradsher Slaughter (April 27, 1916 – August 12, 2002), nicknamed "Country", was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder. He played for 19 seasons on four major league teams from 1938 to 1942 and 1946 to 1959. He is noted primarily for his playing for the St. Louis Cardinals and famously scored the winning run in Game 7 of the 1946 World Series for the Cardinals. A ten-time All-Star, he has been elected to both the National Baseball Hall of Fame and St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame.
Enos Bradsher Slaughter (April 27, 1916 – August 12, 2002), nicknamed "Country", was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder. He played...
In the eighth inning of Game 7, with the score 3–3, the Cardinals' EnosSlaughter opened the inning with a single but two batters failed to advance him...
the lead in the bottom half when EnosSlaughter doubled with two outs and scored on Stan Musial's single. Slaughter threw out Tuck Stainback going from...
since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. EnosSlaughter and Bobby Thomson were on the ballot for the final time. The newly-eligible...
some of the most memorable moments in World Series history, including EnosSlaughter's "mad dash" in 1946, the "Impossible Dream" of 1967, Carlton Fisk's...
game, scattering eight hits, and got the support he needed from an EnosSlaughter three-run homer in the sixth that gave the Yankees a 4–2 lead; they...
there were some opportunities, including the Yankees' first inning when EnosSlaughter reached third and Yogi Berra got to second on Buhl's wild pitch. Buhl...
Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Tommy Lasorda. August 25, 1956: EnosSlaughter was selected off waivers by the Yankees from the Kansas City Athletics...
Harry Walker doubled to center field in the bottom of the inning, with EnosSlaughter scoring from first base in his famed "Mad Dash" to win the game and...
Johnson, Jim Fridley, and Dick Kryhoski to the Yankees. May 11, 1955: EnosSlaughter and Johnny Sain were traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics...
a number of great players, including Hall of Famers EnosSlaughter and Billy Southworth. Slaughter (who batted .382 for the 1937 Red Birds with 245 hits)...
(minors) were traded by the Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for EnosSlaughter. May 11, 1954: Jim Brideweser was traded by the Yankees to the Baltimore...
safely in all 29 games he played, setting a franchise record and tying EnosSlaughter for the third-longest on-base streak to start a major league career...
City Athletics for Ralph Terry and Héctor López. September 11, 1959: EnosSlaughter was selected off waivers from the Yankees by the Milwaukee Braves. Note:...
Archived from the original on March 26, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2022. "EnosSlaughter". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original...
Chuck Klein Tommy McCarthy Mel Ott Sam Rice Babe Ruth Frank Robinson EnosSlaughter Sam Thompson Larry Walker Paul Waner Dave Winfield Ross Youngs Baseball...
depleted. Johnny Beazley, Jimmy Brown, Creepy Crespi, Terry Moore and EnosSlaughter were no longer on the Cardinals' roster. Joe DiMaggio, Phil Rizzuto...
artists. Henry Slaughter is a cousin of EnosSlaughter, St. Louis Cardinals baseball player and member of MLB Hall Of Fame. Slaughter died from complications...
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