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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	49	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
2	2	Apr 17	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 18	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
4	4	Apr 19	CHC		STL	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
5	5	Apr 20	CHC		STL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	6	Apr 21	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	7	Apr 22	CHC	@	PIT	W,13-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 25	CHC		CIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
9	9	Apr 26	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	44	10.1	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 27	CHC	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
11	11	Apr 28	CHC	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	12	Apr 29	CHC		PHI	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	13	Apr 30	CHC		PHI	W,9-8	CG	52	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	CHC		BRO	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
15	15	May 2	CHC		BRO	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
16	16	May 3	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
17	17	May 4	CHC		NYG	L,3-6	CG	48	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
18	18	May 5	CHC		NYG	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	19	May 6	CHC		BSN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	20	May 8	CHC		BSN	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	21	May 10	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
22	22	May 11 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
23	23	May 11 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,2-11	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
24	24	May 13	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	25	May 14	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-9	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	26	May 16 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	27	May 16 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	28	May 17	CHC	@	NYG	L,8-9	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
29	29	May 18	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
30	30	May 19	CHC	@	BRO	T,1-1	CG	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
31	31	May 22 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	32	May 22 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
33	33	May 23	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	0	12.1	1	0	0	1	0
34	34	May 24	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	35	May 25	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
36	36	May 26	CHC		STL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	37	May 27	CHC		STL	L,5-8	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
38	38	May 28	CHC		STL	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
39	39	May 30 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
40	40	May 30 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,11-0	CG	28	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	41	Jun 1	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
42	42	Jun 2	CHC		BRO	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
43	43	Jun 3	CHC		NYG	L,4-17	CG	50	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
44	44	Jun 4	CHC		NYG	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
45	45	Jun 5	CHC		NYG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
46	46	Jun 6	CHC		BSN	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
47	47	Jun 7	CHC		BSN	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
48	48	Jun 8 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
49	49	Jun 8 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	50	Jun 10	CHC		PHI	W,10-5	GS	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
51	51	Jun 11	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
52	52	Jun 12	CHC		PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	LF
53	53	Jun 13	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	54	Jun 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	52	15.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
55	55	Jun 15 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
56	56	Jun 15 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
57	57	Jun 17	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-9	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
58	58	Jun 18	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	43	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	59	Jun 19	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	60	Jun 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	38	9.1	4	0	0	4	0	LF
61	61	Jun 21	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	LF
62	62	Jun 24 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	63	Jun 24 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	64	Jun 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	65	Jun 27	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	66	Jun 28	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	67	Jun 29 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	69 (1)	Jun 30	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	70	Jul 1	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	71	Jul 2 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	72	Jul 2 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,3-0	CG	26	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	73	Jul 3	CHC	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	74	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,7-13	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	75	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	76	Jul 5	CHC		CIN	L,1-7	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
76	77	Jul 6 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
77	78	Jul 6 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	79	Jul 10	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
79	80	Jul 11	CHC		BRO	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	81	Jul 12	CHC		BRO	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
81	82	Jul 13 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
82	83	Jul 13 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
83	84	Jul 15	CHC		BSN	L,3-10	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
84	85	Jul 16	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	55	13.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	86	Jul 17	CHC		BSN	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
86	87	Jul 19	CHC		NYG	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
87	88	Jul 20	CHC		NYG	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
88	89	Jul 22	CHC	@	BSN	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
89	90	Jul 23	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
90	91	Jul 24	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
91	92	Jul 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	93	Jul 26	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
93	94	Jul 27 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,8-12	CG	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
94	95	Jul 27 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
95	96	Jul 29	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
96	97	Jul 30 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
97	98	Jul 30 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
98	99	Jul 31	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-8	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	100	Aug 1	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
100	101	Aug 3 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	41	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	102	Aug 3 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
102	103	Aug 5	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	104	Aug 6	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
104	105	Aug 8	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	9.2	5	0	0	5	0
105	106	Aug 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
106	107	Aug 10 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	108	Aug 10 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
108	109	Aug 11	CHC		STL	W,10-2	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
109	110	Aug 12	CHC		STL	L,0-1	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
110	114 (3)	Aug 16	CHC		PIT	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
111	115	Aug 17 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
112	116	Aug 17 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	117	Aug 18	CHC		PIT	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
114	118	Aug 19 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,0-5	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
115	119	Aug 19 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
116	120	Aug 21 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	121	Aug 21 (2)	CHC		NYG	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
118	122	Aug 22	CHC		BSN	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
119	123	Aug 23	CHC		BSN	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
120	124	Aug 24 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
121	125	Aug 24 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,4-14	CG	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
122	126	Aug 25	CHC		PHI	L,3-6	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
123	127	Aug 26	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	CG	53	13.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
124	128	Aug 27	CHC		BRO	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
125	129	Aug 28	CHC		BRO	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
126	130	Aug 29	CHC		BRO	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
127	131	Aug 30	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
128	132	Aug 31 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
129	133	Aug 31 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	134	Sep 1 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
131	135	Sep 1 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	51	10.1	0	0	0	0	0
132	136	Sep 3	CHC	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
133	137	Sep 4	CHC	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	138	Sep 6	CHC		CIN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
135	139	Sep 7	CHC		CIN	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
136	140	Sep 9	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
137	141	Sep 10 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
138	142	Sep 10 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
139	143	Sep 11	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
140	144	Sep 12 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
141	145	Sep 12 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
142	146	Sep 14 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	30	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
143	147	Sep 14 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	41	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
144	148	Sep 16	CHC	@	NYG	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
145	149	Sep 17	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
146	150	Sep 19	CHC		STL	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
147	151	Sep 20	CHC		STL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
148	152	Sep 21	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
149	153	Sep 26	CHC	@	STL	L,3-10	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
150	154	Sep 27	CHC	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
151	155	Sep 28	CHC	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
							151gm		1348.1	322	17	6	345	3