To be a big league ball player, you have to love the game.

Slaughter played 19 seasons with the Cardinals Yankees Kansas City Athletics and Milwaukee Braves. In the decisive seventh game of that series Slaughter running with the pitch made a famous "Mad Dash" for home from first base on Harry Walker's hit in the eighth inning scoring the winning run after a delayed relay throw by the Red Sox' Johnny Pesky. Slaughter had 2383 hits in his career including 169 home runs and 1304 RBIs in 2380 games.

Louis Cardinals. During a 19-year baseball career he played from 1938–1942 and 1946-1959 for four different teams but is noted primarily for his time with the St.