Hank Sauer
Hank Sauer
Full name: Henry John Sauer
Born: March 17, 1917, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died August 24, 2001, Burlingame, California
Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, California
First Game: September 9, 1941; Final Game: August 17, 1959
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 3" Weight: 198
Brother of Ed Sauer
NL MVP (1952)
TSN NL Player of the Year (1952)
Minor League Player of the Year (1947)
OF on TSN All-Star Team (1952)
Hank Sauer
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1941 CIN N 9 33 4 10 4 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 1 0 .303 .324 .424 0.0 1941 CIN N
1942 CIN N 7 20 4 5 0 0 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .318 .550 0.1 1942 CIN N
1945 CIN N 31 116 18 34 1 0 5 20 6 16 0 0 0 2 .293 .328 .431 -0.1 1945 CIN N
1948 CIN N 145 530 78 138 22 1 35 97 60 85 4 4 10 2 .260 .340 .504 1.5 1948 CIN N
1949 CIN N 42 152 22 36 6 0 4 16 18 19 0 0 8 0 .237 .318 .355 -0.4 1949 CIN N
1949 CHI N 96 357 59 104 17 1 27 83 37 47 3 1 5 0 .291 .363 .571 1.7 1949 CHI N
1949 TOT N 138 509 81 140 23 1 31 99 55 66 3 1 13 0 .275 .349 .507 1.3 1949 TOT N
1950 CHI N 145 540 85 148 32 2 32 103 60 67 3 0 15 1 .274 .350 .519 0.6 1950 CHI N
1951 CHI N 141 525 77 138 19 4 30 89 45 77 3 1 10 2 1 .263 .325 .486 0.6 1951 CHI N
1952 CHI N 151 567 89 153 31 3 37 121 77 92 4 1 14 1 2 .270 .361 .531 3.1 1952 CHI N
1953 CHI N 108 395 61 104 16 5 19 60 50 56 2 0 12 0 0 .263 .349 .473 0.0 1953 CHI N
1954 CHI N 142 520 98 150 18 1 41 103 70 68 6 2 7 8 2 1 .288 .375 .563 2.2 1954 CHI N
1955 CHI N 79 261 29 55 8 1 12 28 26 0 47 2 0 1 8 0 0 .211 .286 .387 -1.3 1955 CHI N
1956 STL N 75 151 11 45 4 0 5 24 25 3 31 3 0 2 5 0 0 .298 .403 .424 0.4 1956 STL N
1957 NY N 127 378 46 98 14 1 26 76 49 2 59 0 0 2 7 1 0 .259 .343 .508 0.0 1957 NY N
1958 SF N 88 236 27 59 8 0 12 46 35 2 37 4 0 2 4 0 0 .250 .354 .436 -0.3 1958 SF N
1959 SF N 13 15 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067 .067 .267 -0.3 1959 SF N
Total 1399 4796 709 1278 200 19 288 876 561 7i 714 34 9 14i107 11 4i .266 .347 .496 7.8 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1950 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1950 NL
1952 NL Daily Splits 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 1952 NL
Total Splits 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1941 CIN N OF 8 21 1 1 1 .957 8 0 0
1942 CIN N 1B 4 37 4 1 8 .976
1945 CIN N OF 28 69 0 2 0 .972 28 0 0
1945 CIN N 1B 3 31 5 1 4 .973
1948 CIN N OF 132 270 14 8 6 .973 132 0 0
1948 CIN N 1B 12 89 8 1 4 .990
1949 CIN N OF 39 102 6 5 0 .956 39 0 0
1949 CIN N 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1949 CHI N OF 96 199 10 4 2 .981 96 0 0
1949 TOT N LF -
1949 TOT N OF 135 301 16 9 2 .972 135 0 0
1950 CHI N OF 125 236 12 9 1 .965 125 0 0
1950 CHI N 1B 18 145 17 4 11 .976
1951 CHI N OF 132 286 19 6 2 .981 131 0 1
1952 CHI N OF 151 327 17 6 3 .983 151 0 0
1953 CHI N OF 105 221 5 7 1 .970 42 0 64
1954 CHI N OF 141 282 8 11 2 .963 9 0 140
1955 CHI N OF 68 122 4 2 1 .984 67 0 1
1956 STL N OF 37 55 2 0 1 1.000 35 0 2
1957 NY N OF 98 125 4 1 0 .992 98 0 0
1958 SF N OF 67 93 3 5 1 .950 67 0 0
1959 SF N OF 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
Total OF 1228 2408 105 67 21 .974 1029 0 208
Total 1B 38 303 34 7 27 .980
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1950 NL Daily OF 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1950 NL RF 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 NL Daily OF 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1952 NL LF 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total OF 2 2 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 1
Total RF 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total LF 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1937).
Selected by Cincinnati Reds from New York Yankees in the minor league draft (October 14, 1939 ).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Frank Baumholtz to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Harry
Walker and Peanuts Lowrey (June 15, 1949 ).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Pete Whisenant (March
30, 1956 ).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 16, 1956 ).
Signed by New York Giants (October 26, 1956 ).
Released by San Francisco Giants (August 25, 1959 ).
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