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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CIN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 20	CIN	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 21	CIN	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	42	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
4	4	Apr 22	CIN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
5	5	Apr 23	CIN		PIT	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 24	CIN		PIT	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 25 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
8	8	Apr 25 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,10-13	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 27	CIN		CHC	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 28	CIN		CHC	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	Apr 29	CIN		STL	W,5-4	CG	52	14.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 30	CIN		STL	L,7-13	CG	51	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	May 2	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	15	May 3	CIN		NYG	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	16	May 5	CIN		NYG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
17	17	May 7	CIN		BSN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	18	May 8	CIN		BSN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	19	May 9 (1)	CIN		PHI	L,2-14	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	20	May 9 (2)	CIN		PHI	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	21	May 11	CIN		PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	22	May 12	CIN		BRO	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	23	May 13	CIN		BRO	L,3-9	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	24	May 14	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	25	May 15	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 16	CIN	@	CHC	W,13-11	CG	47	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	27	May 18	CIN	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	28	May 19	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	29	May 20	CIN	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	30	May 22	CIN	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	31	May 23	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
32	32	May 24	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-9	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	33	May 26	CIN	@	BSN	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	34	May 28	CIN		CHC	L,8-10	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
35	35	May 29	CIN		CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	36	May 30 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	37	May 30 (2)	CIN		CHC	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	38	May 31 (1)	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
39	39	May 31 (2)	CIN		STL	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 2	CIN		NYG	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
41	41	Jun 3	CIN		NYG	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
42	42	Jun 4	CIN		NYG	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	43	Jun 5	CIN		NYG	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
44	44	Jun 6	CIN		BRO	L,0-5	CG	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	45	Jun 8	CIN		BRO	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	46	Jun 9	CIN		PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	47	Jun 11	CIN		PHI	W,12-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	48	Jun 12 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
49	49	Jun 12 (2)	CIN		BSN	W,11-9	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
50	50	Jun 13 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,7-8	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	51	Jun 13 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	52	Jun 15	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	45	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
53	53	Jun 16	CIN	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
54	54	Jun 17	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 18	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
56	57 (1)	Jun 20 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	58	Jun 20 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
58	59	Jun 21	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	60	Jun 22	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	61	Jun 23	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	62	Jun 25	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	63	Jun 26	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	64	Jun 27	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	65	Jun 29	CIN		PIT	W,6-5	CG	55	14.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	66	Jul 1	CIN		PIT	L,2-5	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	67	Jul 2	CIN		STL	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	68	Jul 4 (1)	CIN		STL	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
68	69	Jul 4 (2)	CIN		STL	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	70	Jul 5 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	71	Jul 5 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	72	Jul 6	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	73	Jul 7	CIN	@	CHC	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
73	74	Jul 8	CIN	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	75	Jul 9	CIN	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
75	76	Jul 10	CIN	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	77	Jul 11	CIN	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	78	Jul 15	CIN		BRO	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	79	Jul 16	CIN		BRO	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	80	Jul 17 (1)	CIN		BRO	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	81	Jul 17 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	82	Jul 18 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	83	Jul 18 (2)	CIN		NYG	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	84	Jul 19	CIN		NYG	L,2-14	CG	52	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	85	Jul 20	CIN		BSN	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	86	Jul 21	CIN		BSN	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	87	Jul 23	CIN		PHI	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	88	Jul 24	CIN		PHI	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
88	89	Jul 25 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,11-8	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	91 (1)	Jul 27	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
90	92	Jul 28	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	93	Jul 29	CIN	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	94	Jul 30	CIN	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	95	Jul 31 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
94	96	Jul 31 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	101 (4)	Aug 6	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	102	Aug 7	CIN	@	BRO	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	103	Aug 8	CIN	@	BRO	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	104	Aug 9	CIN		STL	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
99	105	Aug 11	CIN		STL	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
100	111 (5)	Aug 18	CIN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	3	1	0	4	1
101	112	Aug 19	CIN	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	113	Aug 20	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-5	GF	17	3.0	3	1	0	4	0
103	114	Aug 21	CIN	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
104	115	Aug 22	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-10	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	116	Aug 23	CIN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
106	117	Aug 25	CIN		PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	118	Aug 26	CIN		BRO	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	119	Aug 27	CIN		BRO	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	120	Aug 28	CIN		BRO	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	121	Aug 29 (1)	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	122	Aug 29 (2)	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	CG	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	123	Aug 31	CIN		BSN	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	124	Sep 1 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
114	125	Sep 1 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,1-11	CG	50	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
115	126	Sep 4	CIN		STL	W,3-1	GS	33	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
116	127	Sep 5	CIN		STL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
117	128	Sep 6 (1)	CIN		CHC	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
118	129	Sep 6 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
119	130	Sep 8	CIN		PIT	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	131	Sep 9	CIN		PIT	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	132	Sep 10	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
122	133	Sep 11	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	134	Sep 12	CIN	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	135	Sep 15 (1)	CIN	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
125	136	Sep 15 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	137	Sep 16	CIN	@	BRO	L,6-12	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
127	138	Sep 17	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
128	139	Sep 18	CIN	@	NYG	L,7-12	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
129	140	Sep 19	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
130	141	Sep 21 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
131	142	Sep 21 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	2
132	143	Sep 22	CIN	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
133	144	Sep 23	CIN	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
134	145	Sep 24	CIN	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
135	146	Sep 25	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-16	CG	50	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
136	147	Sep 26 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
137	148	Sep 26 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
138	149	Sep 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	8	3	0	11	1
139	150	Sep 29	CIN	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
140	151	Sep 30	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
141	152	Oct 1	CIN		PIT	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
142	153	Oct 3	CIN		PIT	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
							143gm		1238.1	355	20	10	385	9