Hall-of-Famers as Seen Through Player Won-Lost Records: Enos Slaughter

• Enos Slaughter was named to ten All-Star teams. He received MVP votes eight times with five top-10 finishes including three top-3 finishes.


• On offense, Slaughter had a career batting line of .300/.382/.453 and led his league in triples twice and in doubles, hits, and RBI once each. Defensively, Slaughter led his league in putouts, assists, and double plays by a right fielder twice each and in fielding percentage by a right fielder three times.


• Slaughter played in five World Series. In 27 World Series games, Slaughter batted .291/.406/.468 with 3 home runs, 8 RBI, and 17 runs scored. His team won four of the five World Series.


• Enos Slaughter is one of two players (Moose Skowron is the other) to hit a World Series home run both for and against the New York Yankees. Slaughter hit a home run against the Yankees in Game 5 of the 1942 World Series and he hit one for the Yankees in Game 3 of the 1956 World Series.


• At age 42, Slaughter was the oldest player in the American League in 1958. In 1959, Slaughter was the oldest player to play in the American League and was also the oldest player to play in the National League as he finished his career with 11 games with the Milwaukee Braves.