Hank Bauer
Henry Albert Bauer
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 192 lb.

Born: July 31, 1922 in East St. Louis, IL
High School: Central Catholic (East St. Louis, IL)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1948
Final Game: July 21, 1961
Died: February 9, 2007 in Lenexa, KS
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1948 NYY AL 25 OF 14 28 26 1 1 0 .964 1.93 .975 2.36 8-0-7
1949 NYY AL 26 OF 95 171 156 11 4 3 .977 1.76 .980 2.27 21-25-60
1950 NYY AL 27 OF 110 239 228 8 3 3 .987 2.15 .979 2.34 36-0-82
1951 NYY AL 28 OF 107 197 188 7 2 1 .990 1.82 .977 2.23 51-1-62
1952 NYY AL 29 OF 139 253 233 16 4 2 .984 1.79 .980 2.18 18-0-122 AS,MVP-21
1953 NYY AL 30 OF 126 245 230 13 2 3 .992 1.93 .981 2.18 3-1-124 AS,MVP-12
1954 NYY AL 31 OF 108 90 828.2 187 179 6 2 1 .989 4.1 5.9 3.1 -2.4 5.5 1 2.01 1.71 .979 2.39 2.17 AS,MVP-23
1954 NYY AL 31 RF 104 87 774.0 175 168 5 2 1 .989 5.2 8.1 4.2 -1.3 5.5 1 2.01 1.66 .975 2.05 1.82 AS,MVP-23
1954 NYY AL 31 LF 8 3 54.2 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -24.1 -1.1 -1.1 0.0 0 1.65 1.25 .980 2.26 1.92 AS,MVP-23
1955 NYY AL 32 OF 133 122 1097.1 266 248 13 5 3 .981 15.5 17.0 12.5 6.6 5.9 3 2.14 1.96 .982 2.40 2.08 MVP-8
1955 NYY AL 32 RF 130 116 1056.1 255 238 12 5 3 .980 15.0 17.0 12.0 6.5 5.5 3 2.13 1.92 .981 2.05 1.73 MVP-8
1955 NYY AL 32 LF 7 6 41.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 14.6 0.5 0.1 0.4 0 2.85 1.86 .977 2.26 1.79 MVP-8
1955 NYY AL 32 C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70 1 0 0 0 MVP-8
1956 NYY AL 33 OF 146 135 1200.0 260 242 10 8 2 .969 3.6 3.6 -2.4 2.3 -4.7 6 1.89 1.73 .979 2.34 2.04 MVP-23
1956 NYY AL 33 RF 143 128 1146.0 248 230 10 8 2 .968 2.8 2.9 -2.2 2.1 -4.3 5 1.88 1.68 .973 2.09 1.80 MVP-23
1956 NYY AL 33 LF 7 7 54.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 17.8 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 1 1.50 1.29 .978 2.10 1.69 MVP-23
1957 NYY AL 34 OF 135 123 1084.0 210 200 7 3 1 .986 -3.1 -3.4 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 -3 1.72 1.53 .980 2.24 1.97
1957 NYY AL 34 RF 133 120 1065.0 207 197 7 3 1 .986 -2.3 -2.6 0.7 0.1 0.6 -3 1.72 1.53 .976 1.93 1.68
1957 NYY AL 34 LF 4 3 19.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -50.5 -0.8 0.3 -1.1 0 0.95 0.50 1.000 2.08 1.70
1958 NYY AL 35 OF 123 109 949.1 197 186 7 4 0 .980 7.5 9.5 6.5 7.7 -1.2 1 1.83 1.57 .982 2.27 1.94
1958 NYY AL 35 RF 120 106 922.1 201 190 7 4 0 .980 8.5 11.1 7.5 7.7 -0.2 1 1.92 1.64 .980 1.99 1.69
1958 NYY AL 35 LF 3 3 27.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -44.4 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 0.67 0.67 1.000 2.10 1.63
1959 NYY AL 36 OF 111 83 795.0 145 139 2 4 0 .972 -3.1 -4.7 -0.1 -2.9 2.8 -3 1.60 1.27 .980 2.22 1.96
1959 NYY AL 36 RF 107 80 765.1 145 139 2 4 0 .972 -2.8 -4.4 0.2 -2.9 3.1 -3 1.66 1.32 .976 1.89 1.64
1959 NYY AL 36 LF 5 3 29.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -12.1 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.30 0.20 1.000 2.06 1.68
1960 KCA AL 37 OF 67 60 515.1 91 85 4 2 1 .978 -13.0 -30.3 -9.0 -5.4 -3.6 -4 1.55 1.33 .982 2.25 1.95
1960 KCA AL 37 RF 67 60 515.1 91 85 4 2 1 .978 -13.0 -30.3 -9.0 -5.4 -3.6 -4 1.55 1.33 .974 1.95 1.68
1961 KCA AL 38 OF 35 24 223.0 48 44 2 2 0 .958 -4.3 -23.1 -2.3 -1.4 -0.8 -2 1.86 1.31 .977 2.25 1.98
1961 KCA AL 38 RF 27 20 176.2 36 32 2 2 0 .944 -3.5 -23.8 -2.5 -1.4 -1.1 -1 1.73 1.26 .978 2.06 1.75
1961 KCA AL 38 LF 11 2 29.1 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 40.9 1.0 0.7 0.3 0 3.07 0.91 .970 1.99 1.62
1961 KCA AL 38 CF 2 2 17.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -127.1 -0.8 -0.7 0.0 -1 0.53 0.50 1.000 2.59 2.25
14 Seasons OF 1449 746 6692.2 2537 2384 107 46 20 .982 7.2 1.3 8.2 4.9 3.4 -1 3.35 1.72 .980 2.31 2.11 182-29-1288
8 Seasons (incomplete) RF 831 717 6421.0 1358 1279 49 30 8 .978 9.9 1.9 10.9 5.4 5.5 -1 1.86 1.60 .977 2.00 1.72
7 Seasons (incomplete) LF 45 27 254.2 47 46 1 0 0 1.000 -0.9 -4.2 -1.9 0.2 -2.1 1 1.66 1.04 .979 2.14 1.72
1 Season (incomplete) CF 2 2 17.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -127.1 -0.8 -0.7 0.0 -1 0.53 0.50 1.000 2.59 2.25
1 Season C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70 1 0 0 0
14 Seasons TOT 1450 746 6693.2 2537 2384 107 46 20 .982 7.2 1.3 8.2 4.9 3.4 -1 0 3.35 1.72 .962 2.31 2.11 182-29-1288 1 0 0 0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1948 NYY AL 25 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 7 14
1949 NYY AL 26 103 103 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 25 60 95
1950 NYY AL 27 113 113 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 82 110
1951 NYY AL 28 118 118 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 1 62 107
1952 NYY AL 29 141 141 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 122 139
1953 NYY AL 30 133 133 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 124 126
1954 NYY AL 31 114 90 114 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 104 108 14 0
1955 NYY AL 32 139 122 139 139 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 131 133 6 2
1956 NYY AL 33 147 135 147 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 143 146 7 0
1957 NYY AL 34 137 123 137 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 133 135 4 1
1958 NYY AL 35 128 109 128 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 120 123 6 2
1959 NYY AL 36 114 83 114 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 107 111 8 0
1960 KCA AL 37 95 60 95 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 67 34 0
1961 KCA AL 38 43 24 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 27 35 12 1
14 Seasons 1544 746 1544 1544 0 1 0 0 0 0 180 29 1289 1449 91 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 NYY AL 31 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 0 29 16 1 16 2 0 4 3 0 4 1 0 14 12 0 67 34 50.7% 32 1 1.5% 2 3063 66% 80% 29% 256 62%
1955 NYY AL 32 5 0 5 0 0 12 0 4 2 5 38 26 0 28 6 2 13 9 0 16 4 1 22 18 1 117 63 53.8% 50 4 3.4% 8 4529 66% 75% 29% 405 60%
1956 NYY AL 33 8 0 8 0 4 10 0 3 3 1 56 27 2 37 14 0 22 15 2 13 6 0 16 10 1 144 72 50.0% 67 5 3.5% 5 5028 63% 77% 27% 465 51%
1957 NYY AL 34 3 0 3 0 2 7 0 4 1 2 51 22 1 29 2 0 8 4 0 15 5 1 15 11 0 118 44 37.3% 72 2 1.7% 5 4555 64% 76% 26% 386 52%
1958 NYY AL 35 4 0 4 0 3 7 0 3 2 1 32 14 2 25 6 0 21 12 1 5 3 0 12 9 0 95 44 46.3% 48 3 3.2% 4 3911 66% 77% 28% 360 55%
1959 NYY AL 36 4 0 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 41 16 1 17 1 0 2 1 0 9 2 0 12 8 0 81 28 34.6% 52 1 1.2% 1 3324 62% 75% 25% 274 51%
1960 KCA AL 37 2 0 2 0 1 4 0 1 1 1 20 6 1 17 2 0 7 2 1 5 0 0 8 6 0 57 16 28.1% 39 2 3.5% 2 2313 64% 80% 29% 194 45%
1961 KCA AL 38 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 12 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 18 5 27.8% 12 1 5.6% 1 801 64% 79% 25% 65 51%
8 Seasons 29 0 29 0 12 47 0 17 12 10 279 129 9 169 33 2 78 46 4 68 21 2 103 77 2 697 306 43.9% 372 19 2.7% 28 27524 64% 77% 27% 2405 54%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.2% 62% 78% 29% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 NYY AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 1 245 73% 80% 27% 26 38%
1955 NYY AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 181 74% 74% 34% 22 59%
1956 NYY AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 9 7 77.8% 2 0 0.0% 0 231 64% 76% 24% 25 36%
1957 NYY AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 76 67% 80% 28% 8 25%
1958 NYY AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 105 76% 79% 27% 7 29%
1959 NYY AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 74% 77% 29% 6 17%
1961 KCA AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 4 0 6 5 83.3% 1 0 0.0% 0 119 65% 85% 30% 17 59%
7 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 8 0 9 2 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 5 5 0 29 18 62.1% 11 0 0.0% 1 1074 70% 78% 28% 111 42%
MLB Averages 56.5% 2.3% 62% 78% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1961 KCA AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 78 53% 78% 18% 9 11%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 78 53% 78% 18% 9 11%
MLB Averages 42.9% 2.1% 62% 78% 29% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1955 NYY AL 32 6 0.00 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 6 0.00 9.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.93 4.44 96% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1955 NYY AL 32 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 Season 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MLB Averages 42% 1.17 1.16

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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