Enos
Slaughter
 
Nickname: Country
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 192
 
Born: April 27, 1916 in Usa, NC, ROXBORO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1941   
All-Star Selections 1940    1941   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1938 22 SLC NL     7 7 6 4 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 9 9 9
1939 23 SLC NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 9 10 9
1940 24 SLC NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 6 8 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
1941 25 SLC NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 6 8 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
1942 26 SLC NL $ 1,278,571   8 8 7 4 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
1943 27 TAM AL $ 2,078,571   7 7 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1944 28 BOS AL $ 2,600,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1945 29 BOS AL $ 2,600,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 7 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1946 30 BOS AL $ 2,600,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 7 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1947 31 BOS AL $ 2,600,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1948 32 BOS AL $ 2,600,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8
1949 33 BOS AL $ 2,600,000   6 6 5 2 3 3 5 6 5 5 7 6 7 8 8
1950 34 BSN NL $ 1,000,000   4 4 4 1 2 2 3 5 4 3 5 4 6 6 6
1951 35 BSN NL $ 1,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 5 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 5 4 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,600,000   8 8 7 4 5 5 6 8 7 6 7 7 9 10 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1938 22 AAA   135 480 73 143 32 10 14 75 12 7 91 33 .298 .410 .494 .904 95.6  
1939 23 SLC NL 152 563 77 167 29 5 9 57 13 6 56 38 .297 .359 .414 .772 82.5 14.2
1940 24 SLC NL 155 566 93 162 43 6 14 92 2 4 68 31 .286 .361 .458 .819 88.3 19.7
1941 25 SLC NL 156 545 82 139 27 5 11 88 3 1 70 54 .255 .337 .383 .721 71.3 10.6
1942 26 SLC NL 138 392 54 109 19 5 8 64 3 2 44 25 .278 .346 .413 .759 53.9 9.8
1943 27 STL NL 56 158 21 44 6 4 1 19 1 1 28 13 .278 .390 .386 .776 23.2 4.2
  TAM AL 77 291 41 78 12 1 1 30 3 3 27 25 .268 .331 .326 .658 28.0 2.2
  TOT   133 449 62 122 18 5 2 49 4 4 55 38 .272 .353 .347 .700 51.2 6.4
1944 28 BOS AL 137 321 32 64 11 4 3 31 1 1 45 40 .199 .295 .287 .581 29.7 0.5
1945 29 BOS AL 122 299 40 81 13 3 8 44 0 2 37 34 .271 .349 .415 .764 43.4 6.3
1946 30 BOS AL 68 58 9 16 3 1 1 18 0 0 11 2 .276 .391 .414 .805 8.1 1.2
1947 31 BOS AL 60 58 7 18 2 0 1 14 1 0 7 7 .310 .379 .397 .775 9.0 1.4
1948 32 BOS AL 40 36 9 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 6 2 .306 .405 .361 .766 5.7 0.9
1949 33 BOS AL 92 105 26 33 3 1 4 29 2 0 22 9 .314 .433 .476 .909 22.1 3.8
1950 34 BSN NL 95 275 34 89 10 0 4 37 5 10 33 32 .324 .395 .404 .799 40.0 5.1
1951 35 AAA   5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .500 .750 .500 1.250 0.8  
12 Years Sim 1348 3667 525 1011 180 35 65 527 34 30 454 312 .276 .354 .397 .751 505.1 80.1
2 Years AAA 140 482 75 144 32 10 14 75 12 8 93 33 .299 .412 .494 .906 96.4  
162 Game Average 440 63 121 21 4 7 63 4 3 54 37 .276 .354 .397 .751 60.7  
Career Highs 156 566 93 167 43 6 14 92 13 10 70 54 .324 .433 .476 .909 88.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2783 418 813 141 29 50 429 28 26 352 224 .292 .369 .418 .787 427.5
vs LH   884 107 198 39 6 15 98 6 4 102 88 .224 .303 .333 .636 93.5
Home 670 1754 262 473 93 20 26 258 15 16 224 155 .270 .351 .390 .741 243.0
Away 678 1913 263 538 87 15 39 269 19 14 230 157 .281 .356 .404 .759 278.0
RISP   985 0 287 52 10 20 436 0 0 142 81 .291 .372 .425 .798 160.4
Pinch Hitting   324 49 105 17 3 6 73 1 0 53 22 .324 .417 .451 .868 60.7
Close/Late   466 77 142 29 5 9 73 0 0 64 43 .305 .386 .446 .832 79.2
Mar/Apr 208 528 88 157 33 7 13 92 9 6 69 33 .297 .374 .460 .834 89.3
May 238 638 80 180 32 6 14 107 5 6 76 51 .282 .355 .417 .772 94.3
June 228 575 83 155 26 5 11 78 7 5 75 53 .270 .352 .390 .742 81.1
July 221 615 100 174 30 7 8 78 6 4 84 62 .283 .367 .393 .760 90.9
August 237 673 89 172 35 4 5 85 3 6 81 59 .256 .334 .342 .676 78.6
Sep/Oct 216 638 85 173 24 6 14 87 4 3 69 54 .271 .343 .393 .737 86.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1939 23 SLC NL LF 120 116 1025.3 222 12 7 1 .971 2.05   2.8
    RF 28 25 222.3 47 4 1 1 .981 2.06    
    SS 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1940 24 SLC NL RF 145 144 1290.0 269 27 10 2 .967 2.07   2.4
    LF 7 0 10.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.87    
1941 25 SLC NL RF 141 136 1193.7 274 9 3 2 .990 2.13   2.9
    LF 13 11 106.0 28 3 2 1 .939 2.63    
1942 26 SLC NL RF 114 101 879.3 203 6 8 0 .963 2.14   1.3
    3B 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    LF 4 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1943 27 STL NL LF 33 32 242.2 63 1 1 0 .985 2.38   1.2
    RF 20 18 137.5 35 2 1 1 .974 2.42   0.0
  TAM AL LF 45 43 415.8 107 3 2 0 .982 2.38   1.3
    RF 27 25 236.1 60 3 2 1 .969 2.40   0.0
  TOT   LF 78 75 658.0 170 4 3 0 .983 2.38   2.6
      RF 47 43 373.6 95 5 3 2 .971 2.41   0.0
1944 28 BOS AL RF 68 64 534.3 115 6 4 0 .968 2.04   1.4
    LF 15 12 101.0 17 2 1 0 .950 1.69    
1945 29 BOS AL RF 60 52 452.7 97 9 4 2 .964 2.11   1.9
    LF 22 19 169.0 42 1 3 0 .935 2.29    
    CF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1946 30 BOS AL LF 2 2 16.0 0 2 1 2 .667 1.13   0.1
    RF 2 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1947 31 BOS AL LF 6 2 22.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.02   0.1
    RF 2 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
1948 32 BOS AL LF 4 2 20.7 3 2 0 1 1.000 2.18   0.1
    RF 4 1 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75    
    1B 1 1 9.0 11 0 0 3 1.000 11.00   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1949 33 BOS AL LF 15 12 102.7 23 1 0 1 1.000 2.10   0.6
    RF 8 7 61.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.66    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1950 34 BSN NL LF 76 70 583.0 130 7 3 0 .979 2.11   0.9
    RF 9 5 46.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.78    
  RF 628 580 5082.9 1128 66 33 9 .973 2.11   10.0
  LF 362 321 2820.3 643 34 20 6 .971 2.16   7.2
  CF 5 0 9.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.89    
  1B 1 1 9.0 11 0 0 3 1.000 11.00   0.0
  SS 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  3B 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
Career Totals   998 904 7937.6 1789 104 53 18 .973 2.15   17.2
Career Highs   154 147 1300.3 302 27 10 4 1.000 3.48    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1948 32 BOS AL 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1940-9-.458
XR
1940-7-88.3
Games
1940-6-155
1941-4-156
At-Bats
1939-8-563
Runs
1940-4-93
Hits
1939-10-167
Total Bases
1940-7-259
Singles
1939-9-124
Doubles
1940-1-43
RBIs
1940-4-92
1941-7-88
Stolen Bases
1939-4-13
Caught Stealing
1939-8-6
1950-4-10
Walks
1940-10-68
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by St. Louis (C) in 1938
Had first career hit on 4/2/1939, off Bill Swift (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 4/11/1939, off Larry French (BOS)
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1941
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/11/1943 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Traded from St. Louis to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1943 (Going to STL: 3B Connie Ryan, 2B Babe Barna, P Junior Thompson, P Ed Klieman. Going to TAM: 1B Les Fleming, P Ken Heintzelman, P Sam Nahem, RF Enos Slaughter)
7/1/1943: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $2,600,000 per year, for 6 years
Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (A) on 3/3/1944 (Going to TAM: 3B Chuck Aleno. Going to BOS: LF Enos Slaughter)
Won World Series with Boston (A) in 1948
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/10/1950 to a 1-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
Injured on 4/1/1950 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
7/1/1950: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $1,000,000 per year, for 2 years
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 7/11/1950