{{Short description|American baseball player (born 1941)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Sterling Slaughter |position=Pitcher |image= |caption= |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1941|11|18}} |birth_place=Danville, Illinois, U.S. |death_date= |death_place= |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=April 19 |debutyear=1964 |debutteam=Chicago Cubs |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 13 |finalyear=1964 |finalteam=Chicago Cubs |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=2–4 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=5.75 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=32 |teams= *Chicago Cubs ({{baseball year|1964}}) }} '''Sterling Feore Slaughter Jr.''' (born November 18, 1941) is an American former professional baseball player who pitched for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball in 1964. Slaughter stood {{convert|5|ft|11|in}} tall, weighed {{convert|165|lb}} and graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in education in 1963.<ref name="Spin">Spink, C.C. Johnson, pub., ''1965 Official Baseball Guide'', St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1965, page 303</ref>
In 1963, he had led the Double-A Texas League in earned run average (3.00).<ref name="Spin"/> In 1964 he appeared in 20 Major League games pitched, six as a starting pitcher, and won two of six decisions, giving up 64 hits and 32 bases on balls in 51{{fraction|2|3}} innings pitched. He also recorded 32 strikeouts.
Both of his wins came against the Milwaukee Braves, including a complete game, 5–2 victory at Milwaukee County Stadium on June 5. Slaughter gave up only one earned run on six hits and three walks, striking out eight.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chicago Cubs 5, Milwaukee Braves 2|url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1964/B06050MLN1964.htm|website=retrosheet.org|accessdate=November 4, 2015|date=June 5, 1964}}</ref>
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