Enos Slaughter

Hall of Fame

Right Field

1938—1959

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Player LeveL
Superstar
Top 100 Rank
NR
Right Field RANK
#18

Player Detail

Enos Bradsher
GIVEN NAME
Slaughter
SURNAME
April 27, 1916, in Roxboro, NC
BORN
August 12, 2002, in Durham, NC, USA
DIED
1938—1959
Playing Career
Played from 22-43
PLAYING AGE
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Yankees
Milwaukee Braves
Teams Played For
Right Field
PRIMARY POSITION
St. Louis Cardinals
PRIMARY TEAM
1942, 1946, 1956, 1958
World Series titles
Country
NICKNAME
9
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-9 / 180
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 19, 1938
Major League Debut
September 29, 1959
FINAL GAME
— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —
— Top 50 Right Fielder —
— Cardinals ALL-TIME TEAM —

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WHO IS Enos Slaughter?

Hustling ballplayer who scored key run from first base on a short double in the 1946 World Series, in what became known as “Slaughter’s Mad Dash.”
Slaughter missed his age 27-29 seasons while serving as a sergeant in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
  • Enos Slaughter Scouting Report

60

HITTING

40

POWER

70

RUNNING

60

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2380
2383
169
1304
.300
10 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
45.7
58.5

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.834
.773
108.0

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.300
.382
.453

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Bill Nicholson
Elmer Valo

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.309
.395
.477

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Yogi Berra
Johnny Mize
Red Schoendienst
Marty Marion
Whitey Kurowski
Stan Musial
Mickey Mantle
Hank Aaron
Mort Cooper
Whitey Ford
Billy Southworth

Enos Slaughter Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Slaughter
525
157
82
27
10
11
86
67
36
5
238
227
.300
.382
.453
834
AVG RF
531
147
75
24
6
14
59
57
5
225
208
.276
.350
.423
.773

Enos Slaughter Rankings

AT Right Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
18
25
29
23
22
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Right Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
22
34
36
51
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Enos Slaughter PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
57.0
34.5
25.6
17.5
3.87
73.7
43.4
30.3
21.5
5.03
BLUE = Enos Slaughter
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
326.5
190.1
144.3
97.6
22.2
389.8
205.2
143.3
96.9
26.7
BLUE = Enos Slaughter
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF