Enos Slaughter

Enos Slaughter
Enos Slaughter
	Slaughter with the Cardinals in 1948
	Right fielder
	Born: April 27, 1916; Roxboro, North Carolina, U.S.
	Died: August 12, 2002 (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.

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