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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
2	2	Apr 19	STL	@	CIN	L,9-10	CG	49	9.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	3	Apr 20	STL		MLN	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	4	Apr 21	STL		MLN	W,6-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	32 (27)	May 23	STL	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	33	May 25	STL		CHC	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	34	May 27 (1)	STL		CHC	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
8	35	May 27 (2)	STL		CHC	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	36	May 28	STL		MLN	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	37	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
11	38	May 30 (2)	STL		CIN	L,5-6	CG	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
12	39	May 31	STL		CIN	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	40	Jun 1	STL		PHI	L,2-5	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
14	41	Jun 2	STL		PHI	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
15	43 (1)	Jun 3 (2)	STL		PHI	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	47 (3)	Jun 8	STL		PIT	L,0-2	CG	42	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
17	48	Jun 9	STL		PIT	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
18	49	Jun 10 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-11	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	50	Jun 10 (2)	STL		PIT	W,3-0	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
20	51	Jun 11	STL		BRO	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
21	52	Jun 12	STL		BRO	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
22	53	Jun 15	STL	@	PIT	L,1-12	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	55 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
24	56	Jun 17 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-3	GS	20	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	57	Jun 19	STL	@	BRO	W,6-0	GS	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	61 (3)	Jun 23	STL	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
27	62	Jun 24 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-4	GS	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	81 (18)	Jul 15 (2)	STL		PHI	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
29	82	Jul 16	STL		PHI	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
30	83	Jul 17	STL		PIT	L,2-4	GS	25	7.0	4	2	0	6	1	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	118 (34)	Aug 19 (2)	STL		CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
32	123 (4)	Aug 24	STL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
33	124	Aug 25	STL		PIT	W,8-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	125	Aug 26 (1)	STL		NYG	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
35	126	Aug 26 (2)	STL		NYG	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
36	127	Aug 28	STL		PHI	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	153 (25)	Sep 26	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	39	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
							37gm		287.2	56	2	0	58	1