"A top outfielder in the major leagues, he is also a potent man with a bat. He played 112 games his rookie year and batted .276. He ran that average up in four years to .318 and then entered the armed services.
From the war, he returned to lead the National League in runs batted in 1946. Enos has been three times an All-Star and twice in the World Series. Last season he batted .294."
-1948 Bowman No. 17
"A top outfielder in the major leagues, he is also a potent man with a bat. He played 112 games his rookie year and batted .276. He ran that average up in four years to .318 and then entered the armed services.
From the war, he returned to lead the National League in runs batted in 1946. Enos has been four times an All-Star and twice in the World Series. Last season he batted .321 and batted in 90 runs."
-1949 Bowman No. 65
"Enos rates among the top hitters. He is also an excellent fly chaser.
He piled up a .321 average last season getting 176 hits which were good for 27 doubles, 11 triples and 11 home runs. He drove in 90 runs. His 130-RBI mark in 1946 gave him league honors in this department."
-1949 Leaf No. 127
"Country Slaughter, veteran outfielder, had one of his best seasons in 1949. His .336 batting average was third best in the league. He drove in 96 runs with 34 doubles, 13 triples and 13 homers.
His rookie year with the Cardinals was 1938. He was in military service from 1943-45. In 1946 Enos led the National League in runs batted in. He has been on six all-star teams.
Enos has tremendous fighting spirit."
-1950 Bowman No. 35
He batted .290 in 148 games in 1950 (his tenth active season with the Cardinals). In 1949 Enos had one of his best seasons. His .336 average was third best in the league and accounted for 34 doubles, 13 triples and 13 homers. In 1946, Enos led the Cardinals in runs batted in.
He was in military service for three seasons."
-1951 Bowman No. 58 (Bowman Gum, Inc.)
"Enos is nicknamed 'Country' because he can hit a ball 'a country mile.'
He batted .281 for 123 games in 1951 and his 115 hits were good for 160 total bases. He drove in 64 runs and hit four home runs, eight triples and 17 doubles.
Enos has been in baseball since 1935 and with the Cardinals since 1938. He has been in eight All-Star Games."
-1952 Bowman No. 252
"Country is the Cardinals' captain and has been a Cardinal longer than any other player on the team. He broke in with the Cardinals in 1938 after leading the American Association in batting with .382 in 1937. In his 11 full seasons in the majors, he's hit over .300 seven times and in 1939 led the league in doubles with 52.
A World War II veteran, Enos was chosen for the Major League All-Star Team in 1942 and 1946."
-1952 Topps No. 65
"One of the hustlingest players in baseball, and one of the best.
Enos appeared in 123 games for the 1951 Cardinals, batting .281 and driving in 64 runs. He tied for the league lead in triples in 1949 with 13.
He's been with the Cardinals since 1938, although he spent three of those years in military service. His lifetime batting average for the majors is .306."
-1952 Red Man No. NL-20
"The fighting veteran, in his 12th active season in the major leagues in 1952, had a great year and was voted 'Comeback of the Year.' Enos batted in 101 and he scored 75.
Enos is the personification of the word 'Hustle.' He first played organized ball in 1935. He joined the Cardinals in 1938 and has been with them ever since, except for three years which were spent in military service."
-1953 Bowman No. 81
"1952 was Country's 12th active season with the Cardinals. It was the eighth time in those 12 years that he has hit .300 or better. Only four players in the National League batted in more runs than he did in '52 and only one player hit more triples.
Enos has been named to every All-Star team since he was discharged from the Service in 1946. He started his pro career in 1935 and was bought up to the Cards after batting .387 for Columbus in 1937."
-1953 Topps No. 31
"Enos, in spite of his 'old man' status, had one of his best seasons in 1952. He was in 140 games for the '52 Cards, batting an even .300. He batted in 101 runs and had 17 doubles, 12 triples and 11 homers.
He's the fighting type of ball player who refuses to give up- the epitome of the old Gas House Gang spirit."
-1953 Red Man No. NL-13
"Enos is a great hustler and a real pro in every sense of the word. He gives it all he's got every second. He's called 'Country' and hits the ball a country mile.
His reputation as a hustler is such that once when he was thrown out of a game at the Polo Grounds- a rare happening for him- he ran across the field to the clubhouse. This prompted a newspaperman to say, 'That Slaughter even hustles when he's thrown out of a game.' "
-1954 Bowman No. 62
"Enos is one of the real pros in baseball. He's a great fielder, specializing in a tumbling, sliding catch that he makes look easy.
He's also a dangerous man with a bat. He was in 141 games for the Cardinals in 1953, batting a neat .291. He had 89 runs-batted-in to his credit.
A great hustler."
-1954 Red Man No. NL-19
"Enos Bradsher Slaughter, nicknamed 'Country,' is one of the old-timers in the majors with 13 years. He broke in with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1938 where he has been ever since, having appeared in nine All-Star Games (having a batting average of .333).
In 1942 he led the National League in hits (188) and triples (17); in 1946 he led in games played (155) and R.B.I. (130); in 1949 he led in triples (13); in 1953 he led in fielding (.996)."
-1954 Red Heart
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