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Hank Sauer

Henry John Sauer (The Honker)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 198 lb.

Born: March 17, 1917 in Pittsburgh, PA
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1941
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Reds/Giants/Cardinals 1941-1959

Final Game: August 17, 1959
Died: August 24, 2001 in Burlingame, CA
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, CA
Relatives: Brother of Ed Sauer
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1937	20	NYY-min	D	64	235	235		63	7	3	3						.268	.268	.362	.630		85							BUT · PASA
1938	21	NYY-min	D	100	385	385		135	29	8	12						.351	.351	.561	.912		216							BUT · PASA
1939	22	NYY-min	C	127	472	472		142	31	8	13						.301	.301	.483	.784		228							AKR · MATL
1940	23	CIN-min	A1	118	384	384		112	17	10	9						.292	.292	.458	.750		176							BIR · SOUA
1941	24	CIN-min	A1	154	585	585		193	20	14	19						.330	.330	.509	.839		298							BIR · SOUA
1941	24	CIN	NL	9	34	33	4	10	4	0	0	5	0		1	4	.303	.324	.424	.748	109	14	1	0	0			/7O
1942	25	CIN-min	AA	82	332	291	35	62	9	2	11	44	1	0	39	44	.213	.306	.371	.677		108	3	0	2				SYR · IL
1942	25	CIN	NL	7	22	20	4	5	0	0	2	4	0		2	2	.250	.318	.550	.868	152	11	0	0	0			/3

1943	26	CIN-min	AA	154	635	571	73	157	32	9	12	75	8	3	56	62	.275	.344	.426	.769		243		4	4				SYR · IL
1944		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945	28	CIN	NL	31	122	116	18	34	1	0	5	20	2		6	16	.293	.328	.431	.759	112	50	0	0	0			7O/3

1946	29	CIN-min	AAA	140	603	517	99	146	29	2	21	90	13	3	76	59	.282	.380	.468	.848		242	11	5	5				SYR · IL
1947	30	CIN-min	AAA	146	629	542	130	182	28	1	50	141	4		75	74	.336	.428	.668	1.096		362		12	0				SYR · IL
1948	31	CIN	NL	145	597	530	78	138	22	1	35	97	2		60	85	.260	.340	.504	.844	129	267	10	4	4			*7O3	MVP-30
1949	32	TOT	NL	138	568	509	81	140	23	1	31	99	0		55	66	.275	.349	.507	.856	129	258	13	3	1			*7/39	MVP-19
1949	32	CIN	NL	42	170	152	22	36	6	0	4	16	0		18	19	.237	.318	.355	.673	79	54	8	0	0			7O/39
1949	32	CHC	NL	96	398	357	59	104	17	1	27	83	0		37	47	.291	.363	.571	.934	151	204	5	3	1			7O
1950	33	CHC	NL	145	603	540	85	148	32	2	32	103	1		60	67	.274	.350	.519	.868	126	280	15	3	0			*7O3	AS,MVP-29
1951	34	CHC	NL	141	574	525	77	138	19	4	30	89	2	1	45	77	.263	.325	.486	.810	113	255	10	3	1			*O7/9	MVP-23
1952	35	CHC	NL	151	649	567	89	153	31	3	37	*121*	1	2	77	92	.270	.361	.531	.892	143	301	14	4	1			*7O	AS,MVP-1
1953	36	CHC	NL	108	449	395	61	104	16	5	19	60	0	0	50	56	.263	.349	.473	.822	110	187	12	2	0			*O97
1954	37	CHC	NL	142	606	520	98	150	18	1	41	103	2	1	70	68	.288	.375	.563	.938	140	293	8	6	2	7		*97	MVP-26
1955	38	CHC	NL	79	290	261	29	55	8	1	12	28	0	0	26	47	.211	.286	.387	.673	77	101	8	2	0	1	0	7
1956	39	STL	NL	75	181	151	11	45	4	0	5	24	0	0	25	31	.298	.403	.424	.827	124	64	5	3	0	2	3	7/9
1957	40	NYG	NL	127	428	378	46	98	14	1	26	76	1	0	49	59	.259	.343	.508	.851	125	192	7	0	0	2	2	7
1958	41	SFG	NL	88	274	236	27	59	8	0	12	46	0	0	35	37	.250	.354	.436	.790	110	103	4	4	0	2	2	7
1959	42	SFG	NL	13	15	15	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	.067	.067	.267	.333	-15	4	0	0	0	0	0	/7
15 Yrs				1399	5412	4796	709	1278	200	19	288	876	11	4	561	714	.266	.347	.496	.843	123	2380	107	34	9	14	7
162 Game Avg.				162	627	555	82	148	23	2	33	101	1		65	83	.266	.347	.496	.843	123	276	12	4	1
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
CHC (7 yrs)				862	3569	3165	498	852	141	17	198	587	6	4	365	454	.269	.348	.512	.860	126	1621	72	23	5	8	0
CIN (5 yrs)				234	945	851	126	223	33	1	46	142	4		87	126	.262	.333	.465	.799	117	396	19	4	4
SFG (3 yrs)				228	717	629	74	158	22	1	39	123	1	0	84	103	.251	.341	.475	.817	117	299	11	4	0	4	4
STL (1 yr)				75	181	151	11	45	4	0	5	24	0	0	25	31	.298	.403	.424	.827	124	64	5	3	0	2	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1941	24	CIN	NL	9	34	0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.498	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	/7O
1942	25	CIN	NL	7	22	1	0	0	0	-0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.516	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$	/3

1945	28	CIN	NL	31	122	1	-0	0	0	-1	-0	-0.0	4	3	0.3	.499	.500	0.3	-0.1	3	$	7O/3

1948	31	CIN	NL	145	597	19	-0	-0	0	-7	12	1.2	21	33	3.2	.508	.508	3.3	-0.7	33	$	*7O3	MVP-30
1949	32	CIN	NL	42	170	-4	0	-1	2	-2	-5	-0.5	6	1	0.1	.488	.497	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	7O/39	MVP-19
1949	32	CHC	NL	96	398	24	-0	0	0	-4	20	1.9	14	33	3.3	.521	.512	3.3	-0.5	33	$	7O	MVP-19
1950	33	CHC	NL	145	603	19	-2	-2	-5	-7	3	0.1	20	23	2.1	.502	.502	2.7	-1.2	28	$	*7O3	AS,MVP-29
1951	34	CHC	NL	141	574	8	0	0	4	-6	6	0.6	19	25	2.4	.504	.504	2.2	-0.3	21	$	*O7/9	MVP-23
1952	35	CHC	NL	151	649	32	-1	-0	7	-7	30	3.2	22	52	5.4	.522	.520	4.7	0.0	45	$	*7O	AS,MVP-1
1953	36	CHC	NL	108	449	4	1	-2	-1	-5	-2	-0.3	15	12	1.1	.498	.498	1.4	-0.7	14	$	*O97
1954	37	CHC	NL	142	606	28	1	-1	-7	-7	13	1.2	20	34	3.2	.510	.508	4.1	-1.5	41	$	*97	MVP-26
1955	38	CHC	NL	79	290	-8	1	-1	4	-3	-8	-0.9	10	2	0.1	.490	.495	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	7
1956	39	STL	NL	75	181	5	-1	-1	2	-2	3	0.2	6	9	0.8	.504	.502	0.7	-0.1	7	$	7/9
1957	40	NYG	NL	127	428	12	-1	-1	-13	-4	-6	-0.8	14	8	0.6	.495	.496	2.1	-1.9	20	$	7
1958	41	SFG	NL	88	274	7	-0	-1	-7	-3	-4	-0.4	9	5	0.5	.495	.498	1.3	-1.0	12	$	7
1959	42	SFG	NL	13	15	-2	0	0	-0	0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.479	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/7
15 Seasons				1399	5412	145	-4	-8	-15	-58	59	5.2	182	242	23.2	.504	.502	25.9	-8.1	257	$

CHC (7 yrs)				862	3569	106	-0	-6	1	-39	62	5.8	120	182	17.6	.507	.506	18.2	-4.2	181	$
CIN (5 yrs)				234	945	17	-0	-1	2	-11	8	0.7	32	40	3.9	.503	.501	3.8	-0.9	38	$
SFG (3 yrs)				228	717	17	-2	-1	-20	-7	-13	-1.5	24	11	0.9	.494	.497	3.2	-2.9	31	$
STL (1 yr)				75	181	5	-1	-1	2	-2	3	0.2	6	9	0.8	.504	.502	0.7	-0.1	7	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1941	24	CIN	NL	34	24	5	5.6	94	.345	.303	.266	.324	.336	.424	.375	.748	.711	109	.632	0.4	0.0	.625	.152	.121
1942	25	CIN	NL	22	15	4	7.2	87	.188	.250	.256	.318	.328	.550	.356	.868	.684	152	.762	1.1	0.1	.867	.400	.300	.0

1945	28	CIN	NL	122	82	16	5.2	95	.305	.293	.271	.328	.340	.431	.374	.759	.714	112	.591	0.9	0.1	.707	.207	.138	2.9

1948	31	CIN	NL	597	406	90	5.9	99	.251	.260	.265	.340	.339	.504	.393	.844	.732	129	.626	19.0	1.9	.828	.360	.243	3.8
1949	32	TOT	NL	568	383	90	6.3	102	.265	.275	.267	.349	.341	.507	.400	.856	.741	129	.641	19.5	1.9	.827	.340	.232	.0
1949	32	CIN	NL	170	124	17	3.7	105	.248	.237	.272	.318	.345	.355	.406	.673	.752	79	.400	-4.5	-0.4	.581	.237	.118	.0
1949	32	CHC	NL	398	259	73	7.5	100	.272	.291	.266	.363	.338	.571	.397	.934	.736	151	.714	24.0	2.3	.946	.384	.280	.0
1950	33	CHC	NL	603	407	97	6.4	107	.263	.274	.268	.350	.345	.519	.416	.868	.761	126	.633	19.2	1.8	.845	.357	.244	1.9
1951	34	CHC	NL	574	399	82	5.5	105	.258	.263	.270	.325	.344	.486	.409	.810	.753	113	.591	6.8	0.7	.764	.310	.223	3.8
1952	35	CHC	NL	649	431	107	6.6	98	.265	.270	.263	.361	.336	.531	.391	.892	.727	143	.703	33.1	3.4	.886	.395	.261	1.9
1953	36	CHC	NL	449	303	65	5.7	112	.266	.263	.277	.349	.348	.473	.431	.822	.779	110	.574	5.4	0.5	.789	.337	.210	.0
1954	37	CHC	NL	606	388	109	7.5	110	.261	.288	.275	.375	.347	.563	.426	.938	.772	140	.696	30.5	2.9	.976	.412	.275	3.8
1955	38	CHC	NL	290	215	28	3.5	106	.212	.211	.266	.286	.337	.387	.420	.673	.757	77	.368	-9.6	-0.9	.603	.276	.176	.0
1956	39	STL	NL	181	113	27	6.4	102	.342	.298	.263	.403	.330	.424	.415	.827	.745	124	.658	6.8	0.7	.829	.291	.126	.0
1957	40	NYG	NL	428	289	67	6.3	103	.244	.259	.269	.343	.332	.508	.416	.851	.748	125	.636	13.1	1.3	.843	.381	.249	1.9
1958	41	SFG	NL	274	183	39	5.7	104	.249	.250	.267	.354	.335	.436	.418	.790	.753	110	.593	4.3	0.4	.785	.335	.186	.0
1959	42	SFG	NL	15	14	0	0.0	102	.000	.067	.267	.067	.332	.267	.413	.333	.745	-15	.000	-2.6	-0.2	.286	.200	.200	.0
15 Yrs				5412	3652	826	6.0	104	.260	.266	.268	.347	.340	.496	.409	.843	.749	123	.626	148.0	14.6	.822	.348	.230	21.2
162 Game Avg.				627	423	96	6.0	104	.260	.266	.268	.347	.340	.496	.409	.843	.749	123	.626	17	2	.822	.348	.230	2
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
CHC (7 yrs)				3569	2402	561	6.2	105	.259	.269	.269	.348	.342	.512	.412	.860	.755	126	.637	109.4	10.7	.842	.359	.243	11.6
CIN (5 yrs)				945	651	132	5.4	99	.261	.262	.267	.333	.340	.465	.391	.799	.731	117	.590	16.9	1.7	.759	.310	.203	7.4
SFG (3 yrs)				717	486	106	5.9	104	.242	.251	.268	.341	.333	.475	.416	.817	.750	117	.607	14.8	1.5	.805	.359	.224	2.0
STL (1 yr)				181	113	27	6.4	102	.342	.298	.263	.403	.330	.424	.415	.827	.745	124	.658	6.8	0.7	.829	.291	.126	.0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1950	CHC	NL	33	as RF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1952	CHC	NL	35	as LF	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	2.000	2.500	4	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 GP)					4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	4	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1941	24	CIN	NL	34	0.0%	11.8%	2.9%	11.8%	40%	4.00	8.3		6.6			85%
1942	25	CIN	NL	22	9.1%	9.1%	9.1%	9.1%	40%	1.00	10.0	10.0	5.0			73%

1945	28	CIN	NL	122	4.1%	13.1%	4.9%	4.9%	18%	2.67	7.3	23.2	5.8			78%

1948	31	CIN	NL	597	5.9%	14.2%	10.1%	9.7%	42%	1.42	6.2	15.1	5.5		0.49	69%
1949	32	TOT	NL	568	5.5%	11.6%	9.7%	9.7%	39%	1.20	7.7	16.4	5.1		0.52	73%
1949	32	CIN	NL	170	2.4%	11.2%	10.6%	5.9%	28%	1.06	8.0	38.0	9.5		0.79	76%
1949	32	CHC	NL	398	6.8%	11.8%	9.3%	11.3%	43%	1.27	7.6	13.2	4.3		0.41	71%
1950	33	CHC	NL	603	5.3%	11.1%	10.0%	11.0%	45%	1.12	8.1	16.9	5.2		0.65	73%
1951	34	CHC	NL	574	5.2%	13.4%	7.8%	9.2%	38%	1.71	6.8	17.5	5.9		0.73	73%
1952	35	CHC	NL	649	5.7%	14.2%	11.9%	10.9%	46%	1.19	6.2	15.3	4.7		0.71	67%
1953	36	CHC	NL	449	4.2%	12.5%	11.1%	8.9%	39%	1.12	7.1	20.8	6.6		0.65	71%
1954	37	CHC	NL	606	6.8%	11.2%	11.6%	9.9%	40%	0.97	7.6	12.7	5.0		0.63	69%
1955	38	CHC	NL	290	4.1%	16.2%	9.0%	7.2%	38%	1.81	5.6	21.8	9.3		0.46	70%
1956	39	STL	NL	181	2.8%	17.1%	13.8%	5.0%	20%	1.24	4.9	30.2	6.3		0.52	65%
1957	40	NYG	NL	428	6.1%	13.8%	11.5%	9.6%	42%	1.20	6.4	14.5	5.0		0.60	69%
1958	41	SFG	NL	274	4.4%	13.5%	12.8%	7.3%	34%	1.06	6.4	19.7	5.1		0.64	69%
1959	42	SFG	NL	15	6.7%	46.7%	0.0%	6.7%	100%		2.1	15.0	15.0		0.75	47%
15 Yrs				5412	5.3%	13.2%	10.4%	9.4%	40%	1.27	6.7	16.7	5.5		0.62	70%
MLB Averages					1.8%	10.4%	9.3%	6.3%	27%	1.12	8.6	49.8	8.4		0.98	77%
				PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1941	24	CIN	NL	0.4	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	25	CIN	NL	1.1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1945	28	CIN	NL	0.9	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1948	31	CIN	NL	19.0	1.9	248	1.4	6.1	-4.7	1.13	0.7	0.5	14.3	1.4	0.97	11.3		0
1949	32	TOT	NL	19.0	1.8	345	2.7	8.3	-5.7	1.02	2.2	0.4	21.8	2.2	0.93	27.4	2.36	2
1949	32	CIN	NL	-4.5	-0.4	98	-0.2	1.8	-2.0	1.12	-0.2	0.1	-3.6	-0.4	0.97	-1.5	2.36	2
1949	32	CHC	NL	23.4	2.3	247	2.8	6.5	-3.7	.98	2.5	0.5	25.4	2.5	0.92	28.9		0
1950	33	CHC	NL	19.2	1.8	498	2.4	11.0	-8.7	1.00	2.5	-0.1	20.7	2.0	0.94	26.5	1.71	3
1951	34	CHC	NL	6.8	0.7	471	1.6	10.7	-9.1	1.13	1.7	-0.3	11.7	1.1	0.97	18.2	2.60	6
1952	35	CHC	NL	33.1	3.4	533	1.3	10.7	-9.4	1.04	2.2	-1.0	25.7	2.6	0.96	28.3		0
1953	36	CHC	NL	5.4	0.5	386	0.1	7.3	-7.2	1.03	0.4	-0.3	2.6	0.2	0.97	9.2	2.40	3
1954	37	CHC	NL	30.5	2.9	502	1.0	9.5	-8.5	1.01	2.2	-1.2	25.0	2.4	0.95	28.9	2.83	1
1955	38	CHC	NL	-9.6	-0.9	227	-0.7	3.7	-4.3	1.02	-0.2	-0.5	-8.2	-0.8	0.92	-1.0	1.07	9
1956	39	STL	NL	6.6	0.7	183	-0.0	3.1	-3.1	1.02	0.5	-0.5	8.4	0.8	0.97	4.6	1.40	30
1957	40	NYG	NL	13.1	1.3	407	2.0	9.7	-7.8	1.12	1.2	0.6	19.7	1.9	0.94	12.5	2.07	19
1958	41	SFG	NL	4.3	0.4	275	1.1	6.0	-4.9	1.10	1.2	-0.2	17.1	1.7	0.98	16.6	1.86	18
1959	42	SFG	NL	-2.6	-0.3	15	-0.6	0.0	-0.6	1.55	-0.2	-0.1	-3.5	-0.4	1.12	-2.2	1.68	12
15 Yrs				147.2	14.5	4090	12.2	86.2	-74.0	1.06	14.5	-3.0	155.3	15.3	0.96	180.3	1.75	103
				BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	31	CIN	NL	2	26%	86	2			0	0	0	1	3	2	30%	11	11	0	4	3	1	8	1	6
1949	32	TOT	NL	7	30%	128	0			0	1	0	1	1	0	32%	21	19	2	5	4	1	11	2	9
1949	32	CIN	NL	1	36%	33	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	43%	8	7	1	2	1	1	4	0	4
1949	32	CHC	NL	6	27%	95	0			0	1	0	1	1	0	26%	13	12	1	3	3	0	7	2	5
1950	33	CHC	NL	3	30%	183	1			0	1	0	3	2	3	31%	26	20	5	7	6	1	12	4	8
1951	34	CHC	NL	6	30%	155	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	9	2	42%	25	16	6	4	3	1	16	3	12
1952	35	CHC	NL	2	26%	174	1	2	33%	1	1	1	1	7	2	38%	36	26	9	6	3	3	13	4	9
1953	36	CHC	NL	4	31%	120	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	4	42%	19	12	7	3	3	0	11	4	7
1954	37	CHC	NL	4	31%	166	2	1	67%	1	1	0	0	3	9	30%	29	21	7	6	5	1	11	5	6
1955	38	CHC	NL	3	24%	72	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	2	42%	6	5	1	0	0	0	6	2	4
1956	39	STL	NL	0	9%	68	0	0		0	0	0	0	4	3	33%	9	6	2	0	0	0	6	1	3
1957	40	NYG	NL	3	17%	111	1	0	100%	1	0	0	2	3	3	38%	10	8	2	3	3	0	8	1	6
1958	41	SFG	NL	7	17%	92	0	0		0	0	0	0	3	2	27%	9	8	1	3	2	1	3	1	2
1959	42	SFG	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15 Yrs				41	27%	1355	11	4	110%	5	5	1	9	36	32	35%	201	152	42	41	32	9	105	28	72

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	31	CIN	NL	597	45%	138			0	0	0	0		35	1	6	7	6	22	13	0	0	4		55	10	18%	24	6	25%	172	31	18%	17	7	41%	6	1	17%	0
1949	32	TOT	NL	568	43%	140			2	0	0	1	2.36	31	0	6	11	12	22	9	0	1	1	100%	49	13	27%	29	10	34%	220	42	19%	23	12	52%	8	3	38%	0
1949	32	CIN	NL	170	42%	36			2	0	0	1	2.36	4	0	2	1	3	2	2	0	0	0		21	8	38%	10	3	30%	68	8	12%	4	2	50%	3	2	67%	0
1949	32	CHC	NL	398	44%	104			0	0	0	0		27	0	4	10	9	20	7	0	1	1	100%	28	5	18%	19	7	37%	152	34	22%	19	10	53%	5	1	20%	0
1950	33	CHC	NL	603	37%	148			3	2	0	0	1.71	32	0	11	17	11	18	14	0	1	0	0%	91	15	16%	44	11	25%	311	63	20%	31	17	55%	15	7	47%	0
1951	34	CHC	NL	574	19%	138			6	1	0	0	2.60	30	0	11	22	4	14	16	0	3	1	33%	98	10	10%	41	14	34%	318	49	15%	30	14	47%	14	9	64%	0
1952	35	CHC	NL	649	26%	153			0	0	0	0		37	1	7	23	7	23	14	0	2	1	50%	109	14	13%	45	15	33%	348	66	19%	38	20	53%	15	10	67%	0
1953	36	CHC	NL	449	28%	104			3	0	0	0	2.40	19	0	14	8	8	13	6	0	0	0		76	12	16%	33	6	18%	259	36	14%	28	10	36%	11	3	27%	0
1954	37	CHC	NL	606	21%	150			1	0	0	0	2.83	41	0	9	27	5	21	20	0	1	2	200%	84	8	10%	31	9	29%	314	45	14%	29	11	38%	19	8	42%	0
1955	38	CHC	NL	290	27%	55			9	0	0	0	1.07	12	0	4	3	7	5	7	0	0	0		40	8	20%	20	2	10%	127	13	10%	6	3	50%	7	2	29%	0
1956	39	STL	NL	181	48%	45			30	6	1	3	1.40	5	0	4	2	3	4	1	0	0	0		33	5	15%	15	3	20%	125	21	17%	20	7	35%	5	1	20%	0
1957	40	NYG	NL	429	28%	98			19	4	1	3	2.07	26	0	8	20	5	15	11	0	1	0	0%	73	7	10%	35	8	23%	251	51	20%	21	13	62%	18	9	50%	-1
1958	41	SFG	NL	274	39%	59			18	2	1	4	1.86	12	0	8	5	7	6	6	0	0	0		47	4	9%	28	8	29%	185	35	19%	27	16	59%	15	8	53%	0
1959	42	SFG	NL	15	47%	1			12	1	1	1	1.68	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	1	50%	14	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
15 Yrs				5235	31%	1278			103	16	4	12	1.75	288	2	90	145	76	164	117	0	9	9	100%	758	107	14%	347	93	27%	2644	452	17%	271	130	48%	134	62	46%	-1
MLB Averages					49%																			152%			18%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1941	24	9	34	33	4	10	4	0	0	5	0		1	4	.303	.324	.424	.748	109	14	1	0	0
1942	25	16	56	53	8	15	4	0	2	9	0		3	6	.283	.321	.472	.793	125	25	1	0	0
1943	26	16	56	53	8	15	4	0	2	9	0		3	6	.283	.321	.472	.793	125	25	1	0	0
1944	27	16	56	53	8	15	4	0	2	9	0		3	6	.283	.321	.472	.793	125	25	1	0	0
1945	28	47	178	169	26	49	5	0	7	29	2		9	22	.290	.326	.444	.770	116	75	1	0	0
1946	29	47	178	169	26	49	5	0	7	29	2		9	22	.290	.326	.444	.770	116	75	1	0	0
1947	30	47	178	169	26	49	5	0	7	29	2		9	22	.290	.326	.444	.770	116	75	1	0	0
1948	31	192	775	699	104	187	27	1	42	126	4		69	107	.268	.337	.489	.826	126	342	11	4	4
1949	32	330	1343	1208	185	327	50	2	73	225	4		124	173	.271	.342	.497	.839	127	600	24	7	5
1950	33	475	1946	1748	270	475	82	4	105	328	5		184	240	.272	.344	.503	.848	127	880	39	10	5
1951	34	616	2520	2273	347	613	101	8	135	417	7	1	229	317	.270	.340	.499	.839	124	1135	49	13	6
1952	35	767	3169	2840	436	766	132	11	172	538	8	3	306	409	.270	.344	.506	.850	128	1436	63	17	7
1953	36	875	3618	3235	497	870	148	16	191	598	8	3	356	465	.269	.345	.502	.847	125	1623	75	19	7
1954	37	1017	4224	3755	595	1020	166	17	232	701	10	4	426	533	.272	.349	.510	.859	127	1916	83	25	9	7
1955	38	1096	4514	4016	624	1075	174	18	244	729	10	4	452	580	.268	.345	.502	.847	124	2017	91	27	9	8	0
1956	39	1171	4695	4167	635	1120	178	18	249	753	10	4	477	611	.269	.347	.499	.847	124	2081	96	30	9	10	3
1957	40	1298	5123	4545	681	1218	192	19	275	829	11	4	526	670	.268	.347	.500	.847	124	2273	103	30	9	12	5
1958	41	1386	5397	4781	708	1277	200	19	287	875	11	4	561	707	.267	.347	.497	.844	124	2376	107	34	9	14	7
1959	42	1399	5412	4796	709	1278	200	19	288	876	11	4	561	714	.266	.347	.496	.843	123	2380	107	34	9	14	7

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1941	24	9	36	35	5	11	4	0	0	6	0	1	4	.314	.333	.429	.762	5	9
1942	25	7	24	22	5	6	0	0	2	5	0	2	2	.273	.333	.545	.879	4	7

1945	28	32	128	122	20	36	1	0	5	22	2	6	17	.295	.328	.426	.754	18	31

1948	31	152	629	557	84	147	23	1	37	104	2	64	89	.264	.344	.508	.852	96	145
1949	32	143	590	529	84	146	24	1	32	103	0	57	69	.276	.350	.507	.856	93	138
1950	33	152	625	561	85	151	33	2	33	103	1	61	70	.269	.344	.512	.856	97	145
1951	34	146	592	542	77	140	19	4	30	89	2	46	80	.258	.320	.474	.794	82	141
1952	35	158	686	598	98	165	33	3	40	133	1	83	96	.276	.368	.542	.910	118	151
1953	36	112	455	404	58	102	16	5	19	57	0	49	58	.252	.336	.458	.794	61	108
1954	37	149	630	543	99	154	18	1	42	104	2	72	72	.284	.369	.552	.922	110	142
1955	38	83	304	274	30	57	8	1	12	29	0	27	49	.208	.283	.376	.659	29	79
1956	39	78	192	160	12	49	4	0	5	27	0	27	32	.306	.411	.425	.836	28	75
1957	40	133	450	396	49	103	15	1	27	81	1	52	62	.260	.344	.508	.852	70	127
1958	41	93	292	249	29	63	9	0	13	50	0	37	39	.253	.356	.446	.802	39	88
1959	42	14	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	13
15 Yrs		1461	5649	5008	735	1330	207	19	297	913	11	584	746	.266	.345	.492	.838	850	1399
162 Game Avg.		162	626	555	81	147	23	2	33	101	1	65	83	.266	.345	.492	.838	94	1399

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1966 BBWAA ( 1.3%)	All-Star Games 1950 (RF) 1952 (LF)	Awards (yr lg award) 1952 NL MVP	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1948 NL (30, 0%) 1949 NL (19, 2%) 1950 NL (29, 1%) 1951 NL (23, 0%) 1952 NL (1, 67%) 1954 NL (26, 0%) 1 MVP 0.70 Career Shares (343rd)
Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1952 NL 5.4 (8th)	WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1952 NL 5.4 (5th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1952 NL 4.7 (5th) 1954 NL 4.1 (10th)	Slugging % s c a p y 1948 NL .504 (7th) 1949 NL .507 (7th) 1950 NL .519 (8th) 1951 NL .486 (10th) 1952 NL .531 (2nd) 1954 NL .563 (7th) Career .496 (118th)
On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1948 NL .844 (10th) 1952 NL .892 (4th) 1954 NL .938 (7th) Career .843 (195th)	Games Played s c a p y 1952 NL 151 (10th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1948 NL 267 (7th) 1950 NL 280 (8th) 1952 NL 301 (2nd) 1954 NL 293 (6th)	Doubles s c a p y 1950 NL 32 (9th) 1952 NL 31 (4th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1948 NL 35 (4th) 1949 NL 31 (3rd) 1950 NL 32 (3rd) 1951 NL 30 (6th) 1952 NL 37 (1st) 1954 NL 41 (3rd) 1957 NL 26 (10th) Career 288 (143rd)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1948 NL 97 (7th) 1949 NL 99 (9th) 1950 NL 103 (9th) 1952 NL 121 (1st) 1954 NL 103 (8th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1952 NL 77 (8th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1948 NL 85 (1st) 1949 NL 66 (6th) 1951 NL 77 (6th) 1952 NL 92 (3rd)
Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1948 NL 129 (10th) 1949 NL 129 (10th) 1952 NL 143 (4th) 1954 NL 140 (7th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1952 NL 107 (2nd) 1954 NL 109 (7th)	Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y 1952 NL 33 (3rd) 1954 NL 31 (7th)	Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y 1952 NL 3.4 (3rd) 1954 NL 2.9 (7th)
Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1948 NL 58 (6th) 1949 NL 55 (8th) 1950 NL 66 (6th) 1952 NL 71 (1st)	Times On Base s c a p y 1952 NL 234 (9th)	Offensive Win % s c a p y 1952 NL .703 (4th) 1954 NL .696 (7th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1948 NL 4 (7th) 1954 NL 6 (4th)
Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1950 NL 15 (9th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1948 NL 15.1 (3rd) 1949 NL 16.4 (2nd) 1950 NL 16.9 (4th) 1951 NL 17.5 (6th) 1952 NL 15.3 (2nd) 1954 NL 12.7 (3rd) Career 16.7 (42nd)	Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y 1952 NL 25.68 (9th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1949 NL 2.7 (10th)
Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1949 NL 2.2 (9th) 1952 NL 2.2 (8th)	Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y 1952 NL 2.6 (9th)	Oldest s c a p y 1954 NL born 1917-03-17 (10th) 1955 NL born 1917-03-17 (6th) 1956 NL born 1917-03-17 (6th) 1957 NL born 1917-03-17 (3rd) 1958 NL born 1917-03-17 (1st) 1959 NL born 1917-03-17 (2nd)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink	Batting - 8 (286), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 73 (338), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 45 (428), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 22 (624), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Matt Stairs (943) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Matt Stairs (937) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Matt Stairs (926) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Matt Stairs (918) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Matt Stairs (908) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Matt Stairs (902) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Matt Stairs (908) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Matt Stairs (900) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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