| TEAM: 5-1-1990 SIGNER: Enos Slaughter APPROXIMATE SIZE: 5"x8" MARKS / STAMPING: Handwritten letter and signature by Enos Slaughter. Includes original return mailing envelope (with additional signature in return address). ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original COMMENTS / CONDITION: As with all of my signed items, the signature is guaranteed to pass further inspection by any major authenticator, or your money back. See scans for conition and signature quality. BIO: Enos Bradsher Slaughter (Country) was born in Roxboro, NC and died in 2002 in Durham, NC. He played major league baseball from 1938 to 1959 as outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics and the Milwaukee Braves, appeared in the 1942, 1946, 1956, 1957 and 1958 World Series, was selected 10 times as an All-Star, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985. In 1946 he led the National League with 130 RBI and led the Cardinals to a World Series win over the Boston Red Sox. In the seventh game of that series, Slaughter made a famous "Mad Dash" for home from first base on Harry Walker's double in the eighth inning of game seven with two outs and the game tied 3-3. This play was named #10 on the Sporting News list of Baseball's 25 Greatest Moments in 2001. Slaughter was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985; his jersey number nine was retired by the Cardinals in 1996, and the team dedicated a statue depicting his famous Mad Dash in 1999. SKU: L14060
Item: L14060
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