DURHAM, North Carolina (Ticker) -- Hall of Fame outfielder Enos "Country" Slaughter died early Monday morning at Duke University Medical Center.

He was 86.

Slaughter has been in the intensive care unit since undergoing colon surgery on July 26 and also had an operation to repair perforated ulcers in his stomach on July 29.

"The Cardinals are very saddened by Enos' passing," St. Louis Cardinals chairman Frederick O. Hanser said. "He was a great ballplayer, a great friend to the organization and one of the most popular players ever to wear the Cardinals uniform. Enos was a treasure and he'll be sorely missed."

Slaughter was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in June and had undergone chemotherapy and radiation treatment. His family said the recent surgeries were not related to the lymphoma.

"We felt dad was comfortable and was not in any pain," said Gaye Currier, who is Slaughter's daughter and a nurse at Duke Hospital. "All of his daughters and sons-in-law were with him and when he passed we were singing `Take Me Out To The Ballgame.' I had told him, `Daddy you're rounding third and it's time to go home now.'"

A 10-time All-Star, Slaughter played 13 of his 19 major league seasons with the Cardinals and was a career .300 hitter. He joined the Cardinals in 1938 and, except for missing three years to serve in World War II, stayed in St. Louis until he was traded to the New York Yankees in 1954. He retired in 1959.

His No. 9 was retired by the Cardinals in 1996, 11 years after he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Slaughter led the National League with 130 RBI in 1946 and his most memorable moment came that year when he scored the go-ahead run in Game Seven of the World Series against Boston. Known in baseball lore as the "Mad Dash," Slaughter scored all the way from first on a single by Harry Walker in the eighth inning to snap a 3-3 tie.

It is the third death to a prominent member of the Cardinals organization this season. Hall of Fame broadcaster Jack Buck, who had been announcing St. Louis Cardinals games for nearly 50 years, died June 18. Just four days later, 33-year-old righthander Darryl Kile died suddenly due to a heart condition.