Hank Sauer

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 198lb (190cm, 89kg)

Born: March 17, 1917 in Pittsburgh, PA us

Died: August 24, 2001 in Burlingame, CA

Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, CA

Debut: September 9, 1941 (Age 24-176d, 9,097th in major league history)
vs. BSN 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 17, 1959 (Age 42-153d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1945 season

Full Name: Henry John Sauer

Nicknames: The Honker

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Relatives: Brother of Ed Sauer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.2

4796

1278

288

.267

709

RBI

876

OBP

.347

SLG

.496

OPS

.843

OPS+

123

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CHC		CIN	W,8-3	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 19	CHC		CIN	W,3-0	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
3	3	Apr 20	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 22	CHC	@	STL	W,10-5	GS	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 23	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
6	6	Apr 24	CHC		PIT	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 25	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 27	CHC		STL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
9	9	Apr 28	CHC		STL	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	10	Apr 29	CHC		STL	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	12	May 2	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	13	May 3	CHC	@	BSN	W,9-3	GS	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
14	14	May 4	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	15	May 5	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-0	GS	31	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
16	16	May 6 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	17	May 6 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
18	18	May 8	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-1	GS	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
19	19	May 9	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	20	May 10	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	21	May 11	CHC	@	PIT	W,10-4	GS	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	May 12	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	23	May 13 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	24	May 13 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-0	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
25	25	May 15	CHC		BRO	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
26	26	May 16	CHC		BRO	W,14-4	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	27	May 17	CHC		BRO	W,7-0	GS	29	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	LF
28	28	May 18	CHC		PHI	W,18-9	GS	38	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	29	May 19	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
30	30	May 20 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
31	31	May 20 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
32	32	May 23	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
33	33	May 25	CHC		PIT	L,1-10	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	34	May 26	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	CG	43	10.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
35	35	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	36	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-1	GS	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 1	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	38	Jun 2	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	39	Jun 3 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
40	40	Jun 3 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	38	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	41	Jun 5	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
42	42	Jun 6	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-9	CG	46	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
43	43	Jun 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
44	45 (1)	Jun 10 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
45	46	Jun 10 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
46	47	Jun 12	CHC		PHI	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
47	48	Jun 13	CHC		PHI	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
48	49	Jun 14	CHC		PHI	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
49	59 (9)	Jun 26	CHC	@	STL	W,7-5	GS	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	60	Jun 27	CHC	@	STL	L,2-14	CG	45	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
51	61	Jun 28	CHC	@	STL	W,8-0	CG	27	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
52	62	Jun 29	CHC	@	STL	T,6-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	68 (5)	Jul 5	CHC		STL	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
54	71 (2)	Jul 12	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-9	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
55	72	Jul 13	CHC	@	BRO	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
56	73	Jul 14 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
57	74	Jul 14 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
58	75	Jul 15 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
59	76	Jul 15 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	77	Jul 16	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	78	Jul 17	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
62	79	Jul 18	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	80	Jul 20	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	0	10.1	4	0	0	4	0
64	81	Jul 21	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	82	Jul 22 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-7	GS	55	13.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
66	83	Jul 22 susp	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	46	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
67	84	Jul 24	CHC		BRO	L,3-6	CG	47	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
68	85	Jul 25	CHC		BRO	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
69	86	Jul 26	CHC		BRO	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	87	Jul 27	CHC		PHI	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
71	88	Jul 28	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	89	Jul 29 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
73	90	Jul 29 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	91	Jul 30	CHC		NYG	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
75	92	Jul 31	CHC		NYG	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	93	Aug 1 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
77	94	Aug 1 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
78	97 (2)	Aug 4	CHC		BSN	W,7-6	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
79	98	Aug 5 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	99	Aug 5 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	100	Aug 7	CHC		CIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
82	101	Aug 8 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
83	102	Aug 8 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
84	103	Aug 9	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
85	104	Aug 10	CHC		PIT	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
86	105	Aug 11 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
87	106	Aug 11 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
88	107	Aug 12 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
89	108	Aug 12 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
90	109	Aug 13	CHC	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	110	Aug 14	CHC	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
92	111	Aug 15	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	112	Aug 16	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
94	113	Aug 17	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
95	114	Aug 18	CHC	@	PIT	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
96	115	Aug 19 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
97	116	Aug 19 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
98	117	Aug 21	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	118	Aug 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
100	119	Aug 24	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
101	120	Aug 25	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
102	121	Aug 26 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	35	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	LF
103	122	Aug 26 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
104	123	Aug 27 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	52	11.2	4	0	0	4	0	LF
105	124	Aug 27 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
106	125	Aug 28	CHC	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
107	126	Aug 29	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
108	127	Aug 30	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-16	CG	48	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	128	Sep 1	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
110	129	Sep 2 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	130	Sep 2 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	131	Sep 3 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,11-10	CG	55	12.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
113	132	Sep 3 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	133	Sep 5 (1)	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	47	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
115	134	Sep 5 (2)	CHC		STL	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
116	135	Sep 6	CHC		STL	L,2-10	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
117	136	Sep 7	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	80	17.2	4	0	0	4	0
118	137	Sep 8	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	47	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
119	138	Sep 9 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
120	139	Sep 9 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	140	Sep 11	CHC		BSN	W,13-11	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
122	141	Sep 12	CHC		BSN	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
123	142	Sep 14	CHC		NYG	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
124	143	Sep 15	CHC		NYG	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	LF
125	144	Sep 16	CHC		BRO	L,1-6	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
126	145	Sep 17	CHC		BRO	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
127	146	Sep 18	CHC		PHI	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
128	147	Sep 19	CHC		PHI	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
129	152 (4)	Sep 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	153	Sep 29	CHC		STL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
131	154	Sep 30 (1)	CHC		STL	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	155	Sep 30 (2)	CHC		STL	L,0-3	CG	0	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
							132gm		1153.2	286	19	6	311	2