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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
2	2	Apr 12	CHC		STL	W,14-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	3	Apr 14	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	46	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	4	Apr 16	CHC	@	STL	L,11-12	CG	0	13.0	5	0	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 17 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	GS	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 17 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-14	GS	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	Apr 18	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
8	8	Apr 19	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	9	Apr 20	CHC		MLN	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
10	10	Apr 22	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	11	Apr 23	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
12	12	Apr 24	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	13	Apr 27	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	14	Apr 28	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
15	15	Apr 30	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
17	17	May 1 susp	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	22 (4)	May 6	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
19	29 (6)	May 14	CHC		NYG	W,8-0	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	32 (2)	May 18 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
21	35 (2)	May 21	CHC	@	MLN	W,2-1	GS	22	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	46 (10)	Jun 2	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
23	61 (14)	Jun 17	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	66 (4)	Jun 22	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
25	67	Jun 23	CHC		BRO	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
26	68	Jun 24	CHC		PIT	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	69	Jun 25	CHC		PIT	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	70	Jun 26 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
29	71	Jun 26 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	72	Jun 28	CHC	@	MLN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
31	73	Jun 29	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-14	CG	47	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	74	Jun 30	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	75	Jul 1	CHC		STL	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
34	76	Jul 2	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
35	77	Jul 3 (1)	CHC		STL	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	78	Jul 3 (2)	CHC		STL	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	79	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	80	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
39	81	Jul 6	CHC		MLN	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	82	Jul 7	CHC		MLN	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	83	Jul 8	CHC	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	47	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	84	Jul 9	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	85	Jul 10	CHC	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	86	Jul 14	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	90 (3)	Jul 17 susp	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
46	92 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-10	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
47	93	Jul 20 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
48	94	Jul 21	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
49	95	Jul 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	96	Jul 23	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	97	Jul 24 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-12	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	98	Jul 24 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	9.1	0	0	0	0	0
53	99	Jul 26	CHC		NYG	L,5-6	CG	48	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
54	100	Jul 27 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,4-2	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	101	Jul 27 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,9-8	GS	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
56	102	Jul 28	CHC		NYG	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
57	103	Jul 29	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	LF
58	104	Jul 30	CHC		PHI	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	111 (6)	Aug 4	CHC		PIT	W,11-10	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	112	Aug 5	CHC		BRO	W,10-8	GS	37	7.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	123 (10)	Aug 17	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
62	124	Aug 18	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
63	125	Aug 19	CHC	@	MLN	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	126	Aug 20	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	127	Aug 21	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	138 (10)	Sep 3	CHC		STL	L,2-3	GS	30	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
67	149 (10)	Sep 18	CHC		CIN	L,5-12	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	153 (3)	Sep 24	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							68gm		581.0	114	4	2	120	1