Enos Slaughter
1938–1959 · bats L / throws R · Kansas City Athletics, Milwaukee Braves, NLS, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals
2,380G
.300AVG
.382OBP
.453SLG
More career statistics
2,383H
169HR
1,304RBI
71SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 7,946 | 7,947 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 15 | 64 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 538 | 539 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 9,084 | 9,086 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,304 | 1,308 |
| Batting · Sacrifice flies | 10 | 12 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,380 | 9,084 | 7,946 | 1,247 | 2,383 | 413 | 148 | 169 | 1,304 | 1,018 | 538 | 71 | 15 | 37 | 10 | 3,599 | .300 | .382 | .453 | .835 |
Streaks
21longest hitting streak · 1940-09-08 to 1940-09-26
32longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1946-08-11 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1948-05-27 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | 11 total bases | 1946-05-16 | 1 in 2,522 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1198 | 4515 | 1210 | 97 | 708 | 537 | 268 | .309 | .387 | .477 |
| Away | 1182 | 4571 | 1173 | 72 | 600 | 481 | 271 | .291 | .362 | .429 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 177 | 690 | 181 | 10 | 80 | 89 | 53 | .307 | .391 | .420 |
| May | 427 | 1678 | 432 | 33 | 232 | 214 | 91 | .300 | .385 | .454 |
| June | 439 | 1711 | 422 | 28 | 258 | 213 | 101 | .285 | .371 | .428 |
| July | 464 | 1761 | 474 | 40 | 257 | 177 | 113 | .305 | .370 | .462 |
| August | 463 | 1698 | 453 | 34 | 251 | 172 | 98 | .302 | .368 | .471 |
| September | 403 | 1523 | 412 | 24 | 226 | 150 | 82 | .304 | .369 | .458 |
| October | 7 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .409 | .480 | .636 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 267 | 1110 | 309 | 27 | 173 | 108 | 78 | .314 | .376 | .490 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 265 | 1150 | 324 | 17 | 190 | 131 | 52 | .322 | .396 | .481 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 264 | 1144 | 301 | 18 | 168 | 130 | 47 | .303 | .377 | .468 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 264 | 1117 | 276 | 19 | 151 | 112 | 76 | .279 | .347 | .425 |
| new-york-giants | 255 | 1081 | 287 | 23 | 155 | 125 | 50 | .303 | .381 | .454 |
| chicago-cubs | 247 | 1015 | 267 | 18 | 139 | 110 | 59 | .298 | .371 | .443 |
| boston-braves | 241 | 1021 | 285 | 24 | 170 | 113 | 61 | .320 | .390 | .495 |
| cleveland-guardians | 89 | 236 | 50 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 18 | .239 | .314 | .359 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 112 | 395 | 109 | 8 | 58 | 1 | .276 | – | – |
| 1939 | St. Louis Cardinals | 149 | 604 | 193 | 12 | 86 | 2 | .320 | – | – |
| 1940 | St. Louis Cardinals | 140 | 517 | 158 | 17 | 73 | 8 | .306 | – | – |
| 1941 | St. Louis Cardinals | 113 | 425 | 132 | 13 | 77 | 4 | .311 | – | – |
| 1942 | St. Louis Cardinals | 152 | 591 | 188 | 13 | 100 | 9 | .318 | – | – |
| 1946 | St. Louis Cardinals | 156 | 609 | 183 | 18 | 130 | 9 | .300 | – | – |
| 1947 | St. Louis Cardinals | 147 | 551 | 162 | 10 | 86 | 4 | .294 | – | – |
| 1948 | St. Louis Cardinals | 146 | 549 | 176 | 11 | 90 | 4 | .321 | – | – |
| 1949 | St. Louis Cardinals | 151 | 568 | 191 | 13 | 96 | 3 | .336 | – | – |
| 1950 | St. Louis Cardinals | 148 | 556 | 161 | 10 | 102 | 3 | .290 | – | – |
| 1951 | St. Louis Cardinals | 123 | 409 | 115 | 4 | 64 | 7 | .281 | – | – |
| 1952 | St. Louis Cardinals | 140 | 510 | 153 | 11 | 101 | 6 | .300 | – | – |
| 1953 | St. Louis Cardinals | 143 | 492 | 143 | 6 | 89 | 4 | .291 | – | – |
| 1954 |  New York Yankees | 69 | 125 | 31 | 1 | 19 | – | .248 | – | – |
| 1955 | Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees | 118 | 276 | 87 | 5 | 35 | 2 | .315 | – | – |
| 1956 | Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees | 115 | 306 | 86 | 2 | 27 | 2 | .281 | – | – |
| 1957 | New York Yankees | 96 | 209 | 53 | 5 | 34 | – | .254 | – | – |
| 1958 | New York Yankees | 77 | 138 | 42 | 4 | 19 | 2 | .304 | – | – |
| 1959 | Milwaukee Braves, New York Yankees | 85 | 117 | 20 | 6 | 22 | 1 | .171 | – | – |