Enos Bradsher Slaughter (April 27, 1916 – August 12, 2002), nicknamed "Country", was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder. During a 19-year baseball career, he played from 1938–1942 and 1946-1959 for four different teams, but is noted primarily for his time with the St. Louis Cardinals. He is best known for scoring the winning run in Game Seven of the 1946 World Series. Slaughter has been elected to both the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum.
On his dash home in the 1946 World Series: "When the ball went into left-center, I hit second base, and I said to myself, 'I can score.' I didn't know whether the ball had been cut off or not. I didn't know nothin'... It was a gutsy play. But, you know, two men out and the winning run. You can't let the grass grow under your feet."
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I played baseball at the best time in history. I've been to a lot of old-timers' games and, staying at the hotels with the visiting teams, you never see two players going out together. They're all too busy worrying about their money to have a good time.
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I learned early on to never walk while I was on the ball field. I ran everywhere I went.
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Made major league debut on 19 April 1938.
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Played primarily right field.
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Famous for his "mad dash" home from first on a Harry Walker double to win the 1946 World Series for the Cardinals.
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Professional baseball player.
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Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, 1985.
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Played for the National League's St. Louis Cardinals (1938-1942; 1946-1953) and Milwaukee Braves (1989); Americal League's New York Yankees (1954-1955; 1956-1959) and Kansas City Athletics (1955-1956).
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
ESPN SportsCentury
2001-2002
TV Series documentary
Himself
When It Was a Game
1991
TV Movie documentary
Himself (voice)
The Way It Was
1975
TV Series
Himself
1958 World Series
1958
TV Mini-Series
Himself - New York Yankees Pinch Hitter
1957 World Series
1957
TV Mini-Series
Himself - New York Yankees Left Fielder
The Arthur Murray Party
1957
TV Series
Himself
1956 World Series
1956
TV Series
Himself - New York Yankees Left Fielder
1953 MLB All-Star Game
1953
TV Special
Himself - NL Right Fielder
1952 MLB All-Star Game
1952
TV Special
Himself - NL Right Fielder
1951 MLB All-Star Game
1951
TV Special
Himself - NL Outfielder
1950 MLB All-Star Game
1950
TV Special
Himself - NL Center Fielder
1949 MLB All-Star Game
1949
TV Special
Himself - NL Outfielder
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
2004 World Series
2004
TV Mini-Series
Himself
100 Years of the World Series
2003
Video documentary
Himself
The Curse of the Bambino
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Boston Red Sox: 100 Years of Baseball History
2001
Video documentary
Himself
Baseball
1994
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
When It Was a Game 2
1992
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Known for movies
When It Was a Game (1991) as Himself
1952 MLB All-Star Game (1952) as Himself - NL Right Fielder
1953 MLB All-Star Game (1953) as Himself - NL Right Fielder
1951 MLB All-Star Game (1951) as Himself - NL Outfielder
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