Sports
To Cardinals, with love, from the family of Enos Slaughter
Oct. 26, 2013
ST. LOUIS — This is the fourth time the St.
Outfielder Enos Slaughter, the “Charlie Hustle” of the 1940s, and Arky Vaughan, a shortstop with a lifetime batting average of .318, were elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame today by the shrine’s Committee on Veterans.
March 6, 1985
Outfielder Enos Slaughter, who turned hustle into a baseball art form, and shortstop Arky Vaughan, owner of the highest National League batting average of the last 50 years, were voted into the Hall of Fame Wednesday.
March 7, 1985
Enos “Country” Slaughter, the hustling Hall of Famer who made a “Mad Dash” home to win the 1946 World Series, died Monday at age 86.
Aug. 13, 2002
Hall of Fame outfielders Lou Brock and Enos Slaughter combined to produce the decisive run in the first inning Monday night as the National League beat the American League, 3-0, in the ninth annual national old-timers’ baseball game.
June 26, 1990
Pitcher Kevin Gross was put on the 15-day disabled list by the Texas Rangers because of a slight ligament tear in his back.
May 26, 1996
In the 1941 All-Star game, Ted Williams hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning at Tiger Stadium to give the American League a 7-5 win over the National League.
July 29, 1985
Enos Slaughter, who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame today, played out his career with the New York Yankees after 13 productive years with the St.
July 28, 1985
Five Nashville “athletes.” * Billy Ray Cyrus--got college baseball scholarship. * Roy Acuff--got major league baseball tryout. * Charlie Pride--played pro baseball. * Bill Anderson--originally a sportswriter. * Jim Reeves--got college baseball scholarship.
Sept. 30, 1997