Enos Slaughter
Enos Bradsher Slaughter
Born: April 27, 1916
Roxboro, NC USA
Deceased: 2002
Durham, NC USA
Primary Position: RF
All Position(s) Played: RF, CF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: R
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 180
Career: 1938-1959
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985.
Minor League Statistics
Enos Slaughter compiled a career batting average of .300 with 169 home runs and 1304 RBI in his 2380-game career with the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics and Milwaukee Braves. He began playing during the 1938 season and last took the field during the 1959 campaign. Slaughter was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1938 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 112 | 431 | 395 | 59 | 109 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 38 | .276 | .330 | .438 | .768 | 173 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1939 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 149 | 664 | 604 | 95 | 193 | 52 | 5 | 12 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 53 | .320 | .371 | .482 | .852 | 291 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
1940 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 140 | 569 | 516 | 96 | 158 | 25 | 13 | 17 | 73 | 8 | 0 | 50 | 35 | .306 | .370 | .504 | .874 | 260 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1941 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 113 | 484 | 425 | 71 | 132 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 28 | .311 | .390 | .496 | .886 | 211 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1942 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 152 | 687 | 591 | 100 | 188 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 98 | 9 | 0 | 88 | 30 | .318 | .412 | .494 | .906 | 292 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1946 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 156 | 685 | 609 | 100 | 183 | 30 | 8 | 18 | 130 | 9 | 0 | 69 | 41 | .300 | .374 | .465 | .838 | 283 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1947 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 147 | 619 | 551 | 100 | 162 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 27 | .294 | .366 | .452 | .818 | 249 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1948 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 146 | 637 | 549 | 91 | 176 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 81 | 29 | .321 | .409 | .470 | .879 | 258 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1949 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 151 | 654 | 568 | 92 | 191 | 34 | 13 | 13 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 79 | 37 | .336 | .418 | .511 | .929 | 290 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1950 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 148 | 632 | 556 | 82 | 161 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 66 | 33 | .290 | .367 | .415 | .782 | 231 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1951 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 123 | 483 | 409 | 48 | 115 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 64 | 7 | 2 | 67 | 25 | .281 | .386 | .391 | .777 | 160 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1952 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 140 | 587 | 510 | 73 | 153 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 101 | 6 | 1 | 70 | 25 | .300 | .386 | .445 | .831 | 227 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 143 | 578 | 492 | 64 | 143 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 89 | 4 | 4 | 80 | 28 | .291 | .395 | .433 | .828 | 213 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | AL | New York Yankees | 69 | 154 | 125 | 19 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 8 | .248 | .386 | .336 | .722 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1955 | AL | New York Yankees | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1955 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | 108 | 315 | 267 | 49 | 86 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 17 | .322 | .408 | .453 | .861 | 121 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
1956 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | 91 | 255 | 223 | 37 | 62 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 20 | .278 | .362 | .395 | .757 | 88 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | 24 | 89 | 83 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .289 | .330 | .386 | .715 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | 96 | 256 | 209 | 24 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 19 | .254 | .369 | .368 | .737 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | 77 | 160 | 138 | 21 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 16 | .304 | .396 | .435 | .831 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1959 | AL | New York Yankees | 74 | 114 | 99 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 19 | .172 | .265 | .374 | .639 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1959 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 11 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 2380 | 9084 | 7946 | 1247 | 2383 | 413 | 148 | 169 | 1304 | 71 | 15 | 1018 | 538 | .300 | .382 | .453 | .834 | 3599 | 139 | 37 | 73 | 10 | 11 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1938 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 92 | 0 | 0.0 | 189 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .970 | 2.130 | |
1939 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 149 | 0 | 0.0 | 348 | 18 | 12 | 5 | .968 | 2.456 | |
1940 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 132 | 0 | 0.0 | 267 | 8 | 3 | 5 | .989 | 2.083 | |
1941 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 108 | 0 | 0.0 | 173 | 5 | 10 | 1 | .947 | 1.648 | |
1942 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 151 | 0 | 0.0 | 287 | 15 | 4 | 2 | .987 | 2.000 | |
1946 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 156 | 0 | 0.0 | 284 | 23 | 6 | 6 | .981 | 1.968 | |
1947 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 142 | 0 | 0.0 | 306 | 15 | 6 | 5 | .982 | 2.261 | |
1948 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 146 | 0 | 0.0 | 330 | 9 | 10 | 1 | .971 | 2.322 | |
1949 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 150 | 0 | 0.0 | 330 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .983 | 2.267 | |
1950 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 145 | 0 | 0.0 | 260 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .978 | 1.855 | |
1951 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 106 | 0 | 0.0 | 198 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .995 | 1.962 | |
1952 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 137 | 0 | 0.0 | 250 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .989 | 1.905 | |
1953 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | 137 | 0 | 0.0 | 235 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .996 | 1.730 | |
1954 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 30 | 22 | 225.3 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.478 | 1.233 |
1955 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | OF | 77 | 56 | 537.7 | 126 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .985 | 2.193 | 1.701 |
1956 | AL | Kansas City Athletics | OF | 56 | 47 | 430.0 | 105 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 2.219 | 1.893 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 20 | 18 | 150.3 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.736 | 1.450 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 64 | 43 | 432.3 | 97 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.061 | 1.547 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 35 | 23 | 230.7 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.717 | 1.257 |
1959 | AL | New York Yankees | OF | 26 | 13 | 135.7 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.791 | 1.038 |
1959 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | OF | 5 | 5 | 27.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 1.000 |
Totals | 2064 | 227 | 2169.0 | 3925 | 152 | 82 | 35 | .980 | 16.917 | 1.975 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1942 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 5 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .263 | .364 | .474 | .837 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1946 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | 7 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .320 | .433 | .560 | .993 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 6 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .350 | .440 | .500 | .940 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 5 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .333 | .733 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1958 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 27 | 96 | 79 | 17 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 8 | .291 | .406 | .468 | .875 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1942 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | RF | 5 | 5 | 45.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.000 | 2.000 |
1946 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | WS | RF | 7 | 7 | 60.0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.150 | 3.000 |
1956 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | LF | 6 | 6 | 52.7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.538 | 1.500 |
1957 | AL | New York Yankees | WS | LF | 5 | 4 | 35.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.400 |
Totals | 23 | 22 | 192.7 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .979 | 2.196 | 2.043 |
Awards
1941 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star RF
1942 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star RF
1946 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star RF
1947 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star CF
1948 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star CF
1949 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star RF
1949 - NL TSN Player of the Year
Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License