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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-9	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 18	NYG		PHI	W,6-2	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 20	NYG		PHI	L,5-6	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
4	4	Apr 21 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	5	Apr 21 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,5-8	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
6	6	Apr 22	NYG		PIT	W,3-1	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
7	7	Apr 23	NYG		PIT	W,1-0	GS	20	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	8	Apr 24	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
9	9	Apr 26	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	10	Apr 27	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-2	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	11	Apr 28 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-11	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	12	Apr 28 susp	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-7	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
13	13	Apr 30	NYG		MLN	W,4-0	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	NYG		MLN	L,1-5	CG	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
15	15	May 2	NYG		CIN	L,7-9	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	16	May 3	NYG		CIN	L,10-11	GS	37	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	17	May 4	NYG		CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
18	18	May 5 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,3-8	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 5 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,6-2	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	20	May 6	NYG		CHC	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
21	21	May 7	NYG		STL	W,8-5	GS	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	25 (3)	May 12	NYG		BRO	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
23	26	May 14	NYG	@	STL	W,5-3	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	27	May 15	NYG	@	STL	L,5-6	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	28	May 16	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	29	May 17	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	30	May 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	31	May 19	NYG	@	MLN	W,6-3	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	32	May 21	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
30	34 (1)	May 24	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
31	35	May 25	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
32	36	May 26	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-5	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	39 (2)	May 30 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,1-2	CG	37	10.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
34	41 (1)	May 31	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	47 (5)	Jun 5	NYG		MLN	L,8-9	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
36	48	Jun 6	NYG		MLN	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	49	Jun 7	NYG		STL	L,3-5	CG	45	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
38	50	Jun 8	NYG		STL	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	51	Jun 9 (1)	NYG		STL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
40	52	Jun 9 (2)	NYG		STL	L,7-10	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	53	Jun 11	NYG		CHC	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	56 (2)	Jun 14	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	67 (10)	Jun 26	NYG	@	CIN	W,17-7	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	68	Jun 27	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
45	69	Jun 28	NYG	@	STL	W,4-1	GF	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
46	71 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,5-3	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	75 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	94 (18)	Jul 25	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
49	95	Jul 26	NYG	@	MLN	L,3-6	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	96	Jul 27	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	97	Jul 28 (1)	NYG	@	MLN	W,2-0	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	99 (1)	Jul 29	NYG	@	MLN	L,8-9	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	100	Jul 30	NYG	@	STL	L,3-7	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	101	Jul 31	NYG	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	102	Aug 1	NYG	@	STL	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	103	Aug 2	NYG	@	CIN	L,6-9	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	104	Aug 3	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	50	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
58	105	Aug 4 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-6	GS	43	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
59	107 (1)	Aug 5	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	108	Aug 6	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	110 (1)	Aug 8	NYG	@	BRO	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	111	Aug 9	NYG		PHI	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
63	112	Aug 11 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
64	114 (1)	Aug 13	NYG		BRO	W,4-2	GS	26	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	115	Aug 14	NYG		BRO	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	116	Aug 15	NYG		BRO	W,9-4	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	117	Aug 16	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	118	Aug 17	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
69	119	Aug 18 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
70	120	Aug 18 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
71	121	Aug 20 (1)	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
72	123 (1)	Aug 21	NYG		STL	W,13-6	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	124	Aug 22	NYG		CHC	W,6-2	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
74	125	Aug 23	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	58	16.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	127 (1)	Aug 25	NYG		CIN	W,10-1	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
76	128	Aug 26	NYG		CIN	W,17-3	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
77	129	Aug 27	NYG		MLN	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
78	130	Aug 28	NYG		MLN	W,12-6	GS	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
79	131	Aug 30	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-10	GS	28	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	132	Aug 31	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	133	Sep 1	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-5	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
82	134	Sep 2 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,11-5	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
83	135	Sep 2 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	136	Sep 3	NYG		PIT	W,6-5	CG	46	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
85	137	Sep 4	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
86	139 (1)	Sep 6	NYG		BRO	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
87	140	Sep 7	NYG		BRO	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
88	141	Sep 8	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
89	142	Sep 10	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
90	143	Sep 13	NYG	@	STL	W,7-3	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
91	144	Sep 14	NYG	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
92	145	Sep 15 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	146	Sep 15 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
94	147	Sep 17	NYG	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
95	148	Sep 18	NYG	@	MLN	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
96	149	Sep 21 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	152 (2)	Sep 24	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
98	153	Sep 28	NYG		PIT	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							98gm		781.1	126	4	1	131	0