:Steve Slayton

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Steve Slayton

|image=Foster_Herbert_Slayton.jpg

|image_size=

|caption=

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|mf=yes|1902|4|26}}

|birth_place=Barre, Vermont

|death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|1984|12|20|1902|4|26}}

|death_place=Manchester, New Hampshire

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 21

|debutyear=1928

|debutteam=Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 28

|finalyear=1928

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–0

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.86

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=2

|teams=

Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1928}})

}}

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Foster Herbert "Steve" Slayton (April 26, 1902 – December 20, 1984) was a professional baseball relief pitcher who played briefly for the 1928 Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at {{convert|6|ft|0|in|m}} and {{convert|163|lb|kg}}, Slayton batted and threw right-handed.

Biography

A native of Barre, Vermont, Slayton attended the University of New Hampshire where he played college baseball and college basketball.{{Cite news |date=December 21, 1984 |title=Foster Slayton, 83 (sic) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55765388/foster-slayton-83-sic/ |access-date=July 20, 2020 |work=The Boston Globe |page=80 |via=newspapers.com}} He was a member of the varsity baseball team in 1926, 1927, and 1928.{{Cite book |url=https://www.library.unh.edu/find/digital/object/yearbook:1928 |title=The Granite |date=1928 |publisher=University of New Hampshire |location=Durham, New Hampshire |page=253 |quote=Varsity Team of 1926 |via=library.unh.edu |accessdate=July 20, 2020}}{{Cite book |url=https://www.library.unh.edu/find/digital/object/yearbook:1929 |title=The Granite |date=1929 |publisher=University of New Hampshire |location=Durham, New Hampshire |page=245 |quote=Varsity Team of 1927 |via=library.unh.edu |accessdate=July 20, 2020}}{{Cite book |url=https://www.library.unh.edu/find/digital/object/yearbook:1930 |title=The Granite |date=1930 |publisher=University of New Hampshire |location=Durham, New Hampshire |page=201 |quote=Varsity Baseball (1928) |via=library.unh.edu |accessdate=July 20, 2020}}

Slayton played minor league baseball during 1928 and 1929 for four different teams. He pitched in 28 games, compiling a win–loss record of 4–14.{{Cite web |title=Steve Slayton Minor League Statistics & History |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=slayto001fos |access-date=July 20, 2020 |website=Baseball-Reference.com}} Slayton's major league career was limited to three appearances for the Boston Red Sox during a one-week period in July 1928.{{Cite web |title=The 1928 BOS A Regular Season Pitching Log for Steve Slayton |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1928/Kslays1010011928.htm |access-date=July 20, 2020 |website=Retrosheet}} On July 21, he pitched the final inning of a Boston home loss to the Cleveland Indians, allowing no runs.{{Cite web |date=July 21, 1928 |title=Cleveland Indians 5, Boston Red Sox 1 (2) |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1928/B07212BOS1928.htm |access-date=July 20, 2020 |website=Retrosheet}} On July 25, he pitched the final {{frac|4|1|3}} innings of a Boston road loss to Cleveland, allowing one run.{{Cite web |date=July 25, 1928 |title=Cleveland Indians 10, Boston Red Sox 2 (1) |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1928/B07251CLE1928.htm |access-date=July 20, 2020 |website=Retrosheet}} One July 28, he pitched {{frac|1|2|3}} innings of a Boston road loss to the Detroit Tigers, allowing two runs.{{Cite web |date=July 28, 1928 |title=Detroit Tigers 7, Boston Red Sox 1 (1) |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1928/B07281DET1928.htm |access-date=July 20, 2020 |website=Retrosheet}} His total of seven innings pitched while allowing three runs yielded a 3.86 ERA. He recorded two strikeouts while allowing six hits and three walks, without registering a decision or a save.

Following his professional baseball career, Slayton was a high school coach in Vermont and New Hampshire; he coached the Spaulding High School baseball team in his hometown to four state championships; he retired in 1966. Slayton died in 1984 at the age of 82 in Manchester, New Hampshire. He was inducted to the University of New Hampshire's athletic hall of fame in 1986.{{Cite web |title=Hall of Fame |url=https://unhwildcats.com/sports/2015/7/23/Development_0723150850.aspx |access-date=July 20, 2020 |website=unhwildcats.com}}