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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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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 /O
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
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 O/3
1948 31 CIN NL 145 598 530 78 138 22 1 35 97 2 60 85 .260 .340 .504 .844 129 267 10 4 4 *O3 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 *O/3 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 O/3
1949 32 CHC NL 96 398 357 59 104 17 1 27 83 0 37 47 .291 .363 .571 .934 150 204 5 3 1 O
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 *O3 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 *O 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 *O AS,MVP-1
1953 36 CHC NL 108 447 395 61 104 16 5 19 60 0 0 50 56 .263 .349 .473 .822 110 187 12 2 0 *O
1954 37 CHC NL 142 605 520 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 127 429 378 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 88 277 236 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 -16 4 0 0 0 0 0 /7
15 Seasons 1399 5414 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 3566 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) 234 946 851 126 223 33 1 46 142 4 87 126 .262 .333 .465 .799 117 396 19 4 4
SFG (3 yrs) 228 721 629 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

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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 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 (332nd)

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 (191st)

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 (135th)

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 (4th)
1954 NL  31 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1952 NL  3.4 (4th)
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 (41st)

Oldest s c a p y
1954 NL  born 1917-03-17 (9th)
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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (276), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 73 (327), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 45 (412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (609), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1937 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

October 14, 1939: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds from the New York Yankees in the 1939 minor league draft.

June 15, 1949: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Frank Baumholtz to the Chicago Cubs for Peanuts Lowrey and Harry Walker.

March 30, 1956: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Pete Whisenant.

October 16, 1956: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 26, 1956: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Giants.

August 25, 1959: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

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