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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 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Reds/Giants/Cardinals 1941-1959

Final Game: August 17, 1959 (Age 42)
Died: August 24, 2001 in Burlingame, CA
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, CA
Relatives: Brother of Ed Sauer
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 11, 2013 11:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #479. Jeff Cirillo… #480. Terry Pendleton… #481. Kid Gleason… #482. HANK SAUER… #483. Nick Markakis… #484. Ken Caminiti… #485. Brady Anderson… 

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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
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 NL 7 22 20 4 5 0 0 2 4 0 2 2 .250 .318 .550 .868 152 11 0 0 0 /3
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
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 *O73 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 *O73 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

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1941 CIN NL 24 LF 8 8 5 23 21 1 1 1 .957 2.75 .976 2.34
1941 CIN NL 24 OF 8 8 5 23 21 1 1 1 .957 2.75 .975 2.31
1942 CIN NL 25 1B 4 4 4 42 37 4 1 8 .976 10.25 .989 10.18
1945 CIN NL 28 LF 28 28 27 70 68 0 2 0 .971 2.43 .970 2.33
1945 CIN NL 28 OF 28 28 27 71 69 0 2 0 .972 2.46 .978 2.45
1945 CIN NL 28 1B 3 2 2 37 31 5 1 4 .973 12.00 .990 10.17
1948 CIN NL 31 OF 132 130 130 292 270 14 8 6 .973 2.15 .978 2.39 MVP-30
1948 CIN NL 31 LF 131 130 130 291 270 12 9 4 .969 2.15 .970 2.31 MVP-30
1948 CIN NL 31 1B 12 11 10 98 89 8 1 4 .990 8.08 .990 9.61 MVP-30
1949 TOT NL 32 LF 135 135 128 308 286 14 8 2 .974 2.22 .974 2.39 MVP-19
1949 TOT NL 32 OF 135 135 128 326 301 16 9 2 .972 2.35 .977 2.48 MVP-19
1949 CIN NL 32 LF 39 39 36 104 95 5 4 0 .962 2.56 .974 2.39
1949 CIN NL 32 OF 39 39 36 113 102 6 5 0 .956 2.77 .977 2.48
1949 CIN NL 32 1B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .990 9.60 MVP-19
1949 CIN NL 32 RF 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 .980 2.10 MVP-19
1949 CHC NL 32 LF 96 96 92 204 191 9 4 2 .980 2.08 .974 2.39
1949 CHC NL 32 OF 96 96 92 213 199 10 4 2 .981 2.18 .977 2.48
1950 CHC NL 33 LF 126 126 116 1099.2 244 223 12 9 1 .963 1.92 1.87 .977 2.29 2.27 AS,MVP-29
1950 CHC NL 33 OF 125 126 116 1099.2 257 236 12 9 1 .965 2.03 1.98 .978 2.34 2.31 AS,MVP-29
1950 CHC NL 33 1B 18 16 16 146.2 166 145 17 4 11 .976 9.94 9.00 .990 9.71 9.61 AS,MVP-29
1951 CHC NL 34 OF 132 131 115 1153.2 311 286 19 6 2 .981 2.38 2.31 .981 2.42 2.41 MVP-23
1951 CHC NL 34 LF 131 130 114 1144.2 305 282 17 6 1 .980 2.35 2.28 .977 2.32 2.31 MVP-23
1951 CHC NL 34 RF 1 1 1 9.0 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 4.00 4.00 .980 2.00 2.00 MVP-23
1952 CHC NL 35 LF 151 151 149 1348.1 343 320 17 6 3 .983 2.25 2.23 .979 2.02 2.00 AS,MVP-1
1952 CHC NL 35 OF 151 151 149 1348.1 350 327 17 6 3 .983 2.30 2.28 .981 2.31 2.29 AS,MVP-1
1953 CHC NL 36 OF 105 103 101 901.1 233 221 5 7 1 .970 -1 -2 2.26 2.15 .980 2.37 2.32
1953 CHC NL 36 RF 70 69 67 601.2 148 141 2 5 1 .966 -0 -0 2.14 2.04 .981 2.00 1.96
1953 CHC NL 36 LF 36 34 34 299.2 75 70 3 2 1 .973 -1 -4 2.19 2.03 .976 2.14 2.10
1954 CHC NL 37 OF 141 141 121 1243.0 301 282 8 11 2 .963 -7 -7 2.10 2.06 .975 2.36 2.34 MVP-26
1954 CHC NL 37 RF 135 135 115 1179.0 267 251 6 10 2 .963 -8 -8 1.96 1.90 .970 1.96 1.95 MVP-26
1954 CHC NL 37 LF 14 6 6 64.0 18 16 1 1 0 .944 0 6 2.39 1.21 .971 2.18 2.17 MVP-26
1955 CHC NL 38 LF 68 68 55 581.0 121 114 4 3 1 .975 4 8 1.83 1.74 .972 2.04 2.02
1955 CHC NL 38 OF 68 68 55 581.0 128 122 4 2 1 .984 4 8 1.95 1.85 .977 2.30 2.28
1956 STL NL 39 OF 37 34 23 287.2 57 55 2 0 1 1.000 2 8 1.78 1.54 .977 2.28 2.25
1956 STL NL 39 LF 35 32 22 268.2 53 51 2 0 1 1.000 1 4 1.78 1.51 .973 2.06 2.04
1956 STL NL 39 RF 2 2 1 19.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 57 2.37 2.50 .974 1.99 1.95
1957 NYG NL 40 LF 98 97 54 783.1 132 127 4 1 0 .992 -13 -19 1.51 1.34 .978 2.03 2.05
1957 NYG NL 40 OF 98 97 54 783.1 130 125 4 1 0 .992 -13 -19 1.48 1.32 .980 2.29 2.31
1958 SFG NL 41 LF 67 64 25 486.1 99 91 3 5 1 .949 -7 -17 1.74 1.40 .975 2.01 2.00
1958 SFG NL 41 OF 67 64 25 486.1 101 93 3 5 1 .950 -7 -17 1.78 1.43 .980 2.26 2.25
1959 SFG NL 42 LF 1 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -72 0.00 0.00 1.98 2.00
1959 SFG NL 42 OF 1 1 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -72 0.00 0.00 2.16 2.20
14 Seasons OF 1228 1217 1049 7889.1 2580 2408 105 67 21 .974 -23 -4 2.08 2.05 .979 2.34 2.35
14 Seasons LF 1029 1010 865 6080.2 2082 1939 90 53 16 .975 -16 -3 2.01 1.97 .975 2.14 2.19
5 Seasons RF 209 207 184 1808.2 425 400 9 16 4 .962 -7 -5 2.04 1.96 .974 1.97 1.95
5 Seasons 1B 38 33 32 146.2 344 303 34 7 27 .980 9.94 8.87 .990 9.71 9.71
15 Seasons TOT 1266 1250 1081 8036.0 2924 2711 139 74 48 .975 -23 -3 2.22 2.25 .980 2.47 2.57
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (345th)

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 (119th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1948 NL  .844 (10th)
1952 NL  .892 (4th)
1954 NL  .938 (7th)
Career  .843 (198th)

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 (146th)

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)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1949 NL  2.2 (10th)
1952 NL  2.2 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1952 NL  2.6 (9th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 NL  131 (2nd)
1949 NL  135 (5th)
1950 NL  126 (3rd)
1951 NL  131 (1st)
1952 NL  151 (1st)
1957 NL  98 (3rd)
Career  1,029 (58th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 NL  270 (2nd)
1949 NL  286 (5th)
1950 NL  223 (5th)
1951 NL  282 (1st)
1952 NL  320 (1st)
Career  1,939 (55th)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 NL  12 (1st)
1949 NL  14 (2nd)
1950 NL  12 (1st)
1951 NL  17 (1st)
1952 NL  17 (1st)
Career  90 (31st)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 NL  9 (3rd)
1949 NL  8 (3rd)
1950 NL  9 (2nd)
1951 NL  6 (3rd)
1952 NL  6 (4th)
1958 NL  5 (4th)
Career  53 (46th)

Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 NL  4 (1st)
1949 NL  2 (2nd)
1950 NL  1 (5th)
1952 NL  3 (1st)
1955 NL  1 (4th)
1956 NL  1 (2nd)
1958 NL  1 (5th)
Career  16 (34th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 NL  135 (4th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 NL  251 (3rd)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 NL  5 (4th)
1954 NL  10 (2nd)

Double Plays Turned as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1953 NL  1 (5th)
1954 NL  2 (5th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1952 NL  151 (2nd)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1952 NL  327 (4th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1948 NL  14 (3rd)
1949 NL  16 (1st)
1951 NL  19 (2nd)
1952 NL  17 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1950 NL  9 (3rd)
1954 NL  11 (2nd)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1948 NL  6 (1st)
1952 NL  3 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1955 NL  4 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1950 NL  1.92 (5th)
1951 NL  2.35 (3rd)
1952 NL  2.25 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 NL  2.15 (4th)
1949 NL  2.22 (4th)
1950 NL  1.87 (5th)
1951 NL  2.28 (2nd)
1952 NL  2.23 (2nd)
Career  1.97 (87th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 NL  .969 (4th)
1949 NL  .974 (4th)
1950 NL  .963 (4th)
1951 NL  .980 (4th)
1952 NL  .983 (4th)
1957 NL  .992 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1954 NL  1.96 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 NL  1.90 (3rd)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1954 NL  .963 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1957 NL  .992 (2nd)

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 1945-1973, 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

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (285), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 73 (339), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 45 (430), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (629), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (78th), 23.2 career WAR/20.7 7yr-peak WAR/22.0 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 61.7 career WAR/39.7 7yr-peak WAR/50.7 JAWS

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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