21 Facts About Enos Slaughter

Enos Slaughter played for 19 seasons on four major league teams from 1938 to 1942 and 1946 to 1959.

Enos Slaughter 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.

When Enos Slaughter was a minor leaguer in Columbus, Georgia, he went running towards the dugout from his position in the outfield, slowed down near the infield, and began walking the rest of the way.

Enos Slaughter was renowned for his smooth swing that made him a reliable "contact" hitter.

Enos Slaughter had 2,383 hits in his major league career, including 169 home runs, and 1,304 RBI in 2,380 games.

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Enos Slaughter played 19 seasons with the Cardinals, Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, and Milwaukee Braves.

Enos Slaughter served for three years in the Army Air Corps during World War II.

Enos Slaughter helped set up baseball teams in Tinian and Saipan, and their games inspired the troops while drawing upwards of 20,000 spectators.

Immediately upon return from his military service in 1946, Enos Slaughter led the National League with 130 RBI and led the Cardinals to a World Series win over the Boston Red Sox.

Enos Slaughter was known for his hustle, especially for running hard to first base on walks, a habit later imitated by Pete Rose and David Eckstein.

Enos Slaughter was reported at the time as being one of the leaders in racial taunting against the first black major league player, Jackie Robinson and was accused of conspiring with teammate Terry Moore in an attempt to get the Cardinals to refuse to play Brooklyn with Robinson on the field.

Enos Slaughter later injured Robinson during a game by inflicting a seven-inch gash from his shoe spikes on Robinson's leg.

Enos Slaughter is one of the keenest competitors I know, and I admire him for it.

Enos Slaughter was a player-manager for the Houston Buffs of the Texas League in 1960 and for Raleigh Capitals of the Carolina League in 1961.

Enos Slaughter coached baseball for Duke University from 1971 to 1977.

Enos Slaughter provided aid to causes such as the Duke Children's Classic, the Person County Museum of History, and Piedmont Community College.

Enos Slaughter had four daughters: Gaye, Patricia, Rhonda, and Sharon.

Henry Enos Slaughter, his cousin, was a well-known southern gospel musician.

Enos Slaughter had battled non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and two weeks before his death, he had undergone colon surgery to fix torn stomach ulcers.

Enos Slaughter was buried at Allensville United Methodist Church in Person County, North Carolina.

Enos Slaughter was a fixture at statue dedications at Busch Stadium II for other Cardinal Hall of Famers during the last years of his life.