Hank Sauer
Henry John Sauer (The Honker)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 199 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
Final Game: August 17, 1959
Died: August 24, 2001 in Burlingame, CA
Relatives: Brother of Ed Sauer
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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 RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1941 CIN NL 24 OF 8 23 21 1 1 1 .957 2.75 .974 2.15 8-0-0
1942 CIN NL 25 1B 4 42 37 4 1 8 .976 10.25 .988 9.65
1945 CIN NL 28 OF 28 71 69 0 2 0 .972 2.46 .977 2.33 28-0-0
1945 CIN NL 28 1B 3 37 31 5 1 4 .973 12.00 .989 9.73
1948 CIN NL 31 OF 132 292 270 14 8 6 .973 2.15 .978 2.20 132-0-0 MVP-30
1948 CIN NL 31 1B 12 98 89 8 1 4 .990 8.08 .990 8.94 MVP-30
1949 TOT NL 32 OF 135 326 301 16 9 2 .972 2.35 .977 2.25 135-0-0 MVP-19
1949 CIN NL 32 OF 39 113 102 6 5 0 .956 2.77 .978 2.25 39-0-0
1949 CIN NL 32 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 1.000 9.00 MVP-19
1949 CHC NL 32 OF 96 213 199 10 4 2 .981 2.18 .977 2.25 96-0-0
1950 CHC NL 33 OF 125 257 236 12 9 1 .965 1.98 .978 2.14 125-0-0 AS,MVP-29
1950 CHC NL 33 1B 18 166 145 17 4 11 .976 9.00 .990 9.02 AS,MVP-29
1951 CHC NL 34 OF 132 311 286 19 6 2 .981 2.31 .981 2.23 131-0-1 MVP-23
1952 CHC NL 35 OF 151 350 327 17 6 3 .983 2.28 .981 2.10 151-0-0 AS,MVP-1
1953 CHC NL 36 OF 105 233 221 5 7 1 .970 2.15 .980 2.11 42-0-64
1954 CHC NL 37 OF 141 141 1243.0 301 282 8 11 2 .963 -7.4 -7.1 -1.4 -0.4 -1.0 -6 2.10 2.06 .975 2.36 2.18 MVP-26
1954 CHC NL 37 RF 135 135 1181.0 281 265 6 10 2 .964 -7.7 -7.8 -1.7 -0.7 -1.0 -6 2.07 2.01 .970 1.99 1.80 MVP-26
1954 CHC NL 37 LF 14 6 62.0 18 16 1 1 0 .944 0.3 5.8 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 2.47 1.21 .972 2.22 1.98 MVP-26
1955 CHC NL 38 LF 68 68 581.0 120 113 4 3 1 .975 3.7 7.6 2.7 1.3 1.5 1 1.81 1.72 .973 2.12 1.82
1955 CHC NL 38 OF 68 68 581.0 128 122 4 2 1 .984 3.7 7.6 2.7 1.3 1.5 1 1.95 1.85 .977 2.30 2.10
1956 STL NL 39 OF 37 34 287.2 57 55 2 0 1 1.000 1.9 7.9 0.9 -0.8 1.6 1 1.78 1.54 .977 2.28 2.05
1956 STL NL 39 LF 35 32 268.2 53 51 2 0 1 1.000 1.0 4.5 0.0 -1.7 1.6 1 1.78 1.51 .972 2.07 1.70
1956 STL NL 39 RF 2 2 19.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 56.8 0.9 0.9 0.0 0 2.37 2.50 .980 1.99 1.80
1957 NYG NL 40 LF 98 97 784.1 132 127 4 1 0 .992 -12.7 -19.4 -10.7 -6.1 -4.5 -2 1.50 1.34 .978 2.03 1.71
1957 NYG NL 40 OF 98 97 784.1 130 125 4 1 0 .992 -12.7 -19.4 -10.7 -6.1 -4.5 -2 1.48 1.32 .980 2.29 2.07
1958 SFG NL 41 LF 67 64 486.1 99 91 3 5 1 .949 -7.0 -17.3 -5.0 -3.9 -1.1 -2 1.74 1.40 .976 2.00 1.54
1958 SFG NL 41 OF 67 64 486.1 101 93 3 5 1 .950 -7.0 -17.3 -5.0 -3.9 -1.1 -2 1.78 1.43 .980 2.26 1.95
1959 SFG NL 42 LF 1 1 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -72.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.98 1.60
1959 SFG NL 42 OF 1 1 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -72.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.16 1.90
14 Seasons OF 1228 405 3387.1 2580 2408 105 67 21 .974 -21.8 -7.7 -13.8 -10.2 -3.5 -8 6.68 2.05 .979 2.31 2.15 1035-0-202
6 Seasons (incomplete) LF 283 268 2187.1 422 398 14 10 3 .976 -15.0 -8.2 -13.0 -10.4 -2.5 -2 1.70 1.46 .975 2.06 1.71
2 Seasons (incomplete) RF 137 137 1200.0 286 270 6 10 2 .965 -6.8 -6.8 -0.8 0.2 -1.0 -6 2.07 2.01 .970 1.99 1.80
5 Seasons 1B 38 344 303 34 7 27 .980 8.87 .990 9.12
15 Seasons TOT 1266 405 3387.1 2924 2711 139 74 48 .975 -21.8 -7.7 -13.8 -10.2 -3.5 -8 7.57 2.25 .955 2.31 2.36 1035-0-202
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF 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
1941 CIN NL 24 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8
1942 CIN NL 25 7 7 7 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 CIN NL 28 31 31 31 0 0 3 0 0 0 28 0 0 28
1948 CIN NL 31 145 145 145 0 0 12 0 0 0 132 0 0 132
1949 CHC NL 32 96 96 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 0 0 96
1949 CIN NL 32 42 42 42 0 0 1 0 0 0 39 0 0 39
1950 CHC NL 33 145 145 145 0 0 18 0 0 0 125 0 0 125
1951 CHC NL 34 141 141 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 0 1 132
1952 CHC NL 35 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 151
1953 CHC NL 36 108 108 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 64 105
1954 CHC NL 37 142 141 142 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 140 141 1 0
1955 CHC NL 38 79 68 79 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 0 1 68 11 0
1956 STL NL 39 75 34 75 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0 2 37 40 0
1957 NYG NL 40 127 97 127 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 0 98 22 0
1958 SFG NL 41 88 64 88 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 0 0 67 23 0
1959 SFG NL 42 13 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 0
15 Seasons 1399 405 1399 1399 0 0 38 0 0 0 1029 0 208 1228 109 0
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 -- 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 CHC NL 37 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 171 66% 81% 27% 13 77%
1955 CHC NL 38 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 6 3 0 2 2 0 19 11 57.9% 8 0 0.0% 1 1596 62% 74% 30% 115 73%
1956 STL NL 39 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 8 6 0 4 2 0 8 7 0 2 0 1 4 3 0 26 18 69.2% 7 1 3.8% 1 1166 63% 79% 27% 108 48%
1957 NYG NL 40 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 27 19 0 19 2 0 7 4 0 7 2 0 7 6 0 67 33 49.3% 34 0 0.0% 3 3028 63% 81% 27% 282 41%
1958 SFG NL 41 5 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 1 18 16 0 21 2 1 12 6 0 9 0 1 4 4 0 64 28 43.8% 34 2 3.1% 1 2143 63% 78% 29% 217 43%
1959 SFG NL 42 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 21 38% 86% 38% 2 0%
6 Seasons 9 0 7 2 2 10 0 5 1 2 58 45 0 50 8 1 28 17 0 24 5 2 17 15 0 177 90 50.8% 84 3 1.7% 7 8125 63% 79% 28% 737 48%
MLB Averages 56.5% 2.4% 62% 79% 29% 48%

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 CHC NL 37 7 0 7 0 1 5 0 1 1 1 34 14 0 12 0 0 9 3 1 19 3 0 20 16 0 94 36 38.3% 57 1 1.1% 4 3977 62% 80% 29% 338 57%
1956 STL NL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 81 62% 84% 32% 10 50%
2 Seasons 7 0 7 0 1 5 0 1 1 1 35 14 0 13 0 0 10 4 1 19 3 0 20 16 0 97 37 38.1% 59 1 1.0% 4 4058 62% 80% 29% 348 57%
MLB Averages 43.3% 3.2% 62% 79% 29% 53%

* 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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