Enos Slaughter (Enos Bradsher Slaughter) was born on April 27, 1916 in Roxboro, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1938 for the St. Louis Cardinals. In 1938, his rookie year, he hit .276 with 8 home runs and 58 RBI. Slaughter played for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics and Milwaukee Braves over the course of his 19 year career.
Most people believe that Enos Slaughter's best season was 1946, when he slugged 18 home runs, hit for a .300 average and knocked in 130 runs.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1938
STL
N
112
395
59
109
8
58
.276
.330
.438
20
10
32
38
0
4
1
0
11
1939
STL
N
149
604
95
193
12
86
.320
.371
.482
52
5
44
53
5
11
2
0
11
1940
STL
N
140
516
96
158
17
73
.306
.370
.504
25
13
50
35
2
1
8
0
4
1941
STL
N
113
425
71
132
13
76
.311
.390
.496
22
9
53
28
2
4
4
0
5
1942
STL
N
152
591
100
188
13
98
.318
.412
.494
31
17
88
30
6
2
9
0
6
1946
STL
N
156
609
100
183
18
130
.300
.374
.465
30
8
69
41
2
5
9
0
7
1947
STL
N
147
551
100
162
10
86
.294
.366
.452
31
13
59
27
4
5
4
0
10
1948
STL
N
146
549
91
176
11
90
.321
.409
.470
27
11
81
29
1
6
4
0
11
1949
STL
N
151
568
92
191
13
96
.336
.418
.511
34
13
79
37
1
6
3
0
7
1950
STL
N
148
556
82
161
10
101
.290
.367
.415
26
7
66
33
2
8
3
0
12
1951
STL
N
123
409
48
115
4
64
.281
.386
.391
17
8
67
25
3
4
7
0
10
1952
STL
N
140
510
73
153
11
101
.300
.386
.445
17
12
70
25
1
6
6
0
11
1953
STL
N
143
492
64
143
6
89
.291
.395
.433
34
9
80
28
5
1
4
0
10
1954
NY
A
69
125
19
31
1
19
.248
.386
.336
4
2
28
8
0
1
0
0
0
1955
NY
A
10
9
1
1
0
1
.111
.200
.111
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1955
KC
A
108
267
49
86
5
34
.322
.408
.453
12
4
40
17
2
1
2
4
8
1955
TOT
A
118
276
50
87
5
35
.315
.401
.442
12
4
41
18
2
1
2
4
8
1956
NY
A
24
83
15
24
0
4
.289
.330
.386
4
2
5
6
0
1
1
0
0
1956
KC
A
91
223
37
62
2
23
.278
.362
.395
14
3
29
20
1
1
1
1
6
1956
TOT
A
115
306
52
86
2
27
.281
.354
.392
18
5
34
26
1
2
2
1
6
1957
NY
A
96
209
24
53
5
34
.254
.369
.368
7
1
40
19
0
4
0
5
5
1958
NY
A
77
138
21
42
4
19
.304
.396
.435
4
1
21
16
0
1
2
0
3
1959
NY
A
74
99
10
17
6
21
.172
.265
.374
2
0
13
19
0
1
1
1
2
1959
MIL
N
11
18
0
3
0
1
.167
.286
.167
0
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
1959
Total
85
117
10
20
6
22
.171
.269
.342
2
0
16
22
0
1
1
1
2
Total
NL
1831
6793
1071
2067
146
1149
.304
.384
.462
366
135
841
432
34
63
64
0
115
Total
AL
549
1153
176
316
23
155
.274
.369
.397
47
13
177
106
3
10
7
11
24
Total
2380
7946
1247
2383
169
1304
.300
.382
.453
413
148
1018
538
37
73
71
11
139
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1938
STL
N
OF
92
0
0
189
7
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
.970
1939
STL
N
OF
149
0
0
348
18
12
5
0
0
0
0
0
.968
1940
STL
N
OF
132
0
0
267
8
3
5
0
0
0
0
0
.989
1941
STL
N
OF
108
0
0
173
5
10
1
0
0
0
0
0
.947
1942
STL
N
OF
151
0
0
287
15
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
.987
1946
STL
N
OF
156
0
0
284
23
6
6
0
0
0
0
0
.981
1947
STL
N
OF
142
0
0
306
15
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
.982
1948
STL
N
OF
146
0
0
330
9
10
1
0
0
0
0
0
.971
1949
STL
N
OF
150
0
0
330
10
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
.983
1950
STL
N
OF
145
0
0
260
9
6
1
0
0
0
0
0
.978
1951
STL
N
OF
106
0
0
198
10
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
.995
1952
STL
N
OF
137
0
0
250
11
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
.989
1953
STL
N
OF
137
0
0
235
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.996
1954
NY
A
OF
30
0
0
37
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.974
1955
KC
A
OF
77
0
0
126
5
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
.985
1956
NY
A
OF
20
0
0
28
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1956
KC
A
OF
56
0
0
105
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.981
1956
TOT
A
OF
76
0
0
133
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.985
1956
TOT
A
RF
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1956
TOT
A
LF
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1957
NY
A
LF
57
41
396
87
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1957
NY
A
RF
9
2
36.1
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1957
NY
A
OF
65
43
432.1
97
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1958
NY
A
RF
20
11
114.2
19
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1958
NY
A
LF
16
12
116
26
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.929
1958
NY
A
OF
35
23
230.2
43
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.957
1959
NY
A
RF
18
10
97.1
15
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.938
1959
NY
A
LF
9
3
38.1
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1959
NY
A
OF
26
13
135.2
27
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.964
1959
MIL
N
LF
5
5
27
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1959
MIL
N
OF
5
5
27
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1959
Total
OF
31
18
162.2
32
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.970
1959
Total
LF
14
8
65.1
17
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
Total
RF
47
23
248.1
43
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.978
Total
LF
87
61
577.1
130
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.985
Total
OF
2065
84
825.2
3925
152
82
35
0
0
0
0
0
.980
Transactions[]
Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1935).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to New York Yankees in exchange for Bill Virdon, Mel Wright and Emil Tellinger (April 11, 1954).
Traded by New York Yankees with Johnny Sain to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Sonny Dixon and cash (May 11, 1955).
Claimed on waivers by New York Yankees from Kansas City Athletics (August 25, 1956).
Claimed on waivers by Milwaukee Braves from New York Yankees (September 11, 1959).
