Player

Hank Sauer

Player Info
Full Name
Henry John
Born
March 17, 1917
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Died
August 24, 2001
Size
6'3" / 198 lbs
B/T
R / R
Debut
September 9, 1941
Final Game
August 17, 1959
Career
19 years
Teams
Honors
2 x All-Star
1952, 1950
1952 - Sporting News Player of the Year (NL)
1952 - Sporting News All-Star (ML)
1952 - Most Valuable Player (NL)
Career Batting
1,399
G
.266
AVG
1,278
H
288
HR
876
RBI
.840
OPS
131
OPS vs Lg
75% of the career qualification threshold · about these stats
Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1959 San Francisco Giants 13 15 1 0 0 1 1 .067
1958 San Francisco Giants 88 236 59 8 0 12 27 .250
1957 New York Giants 127 378 98 14 1 26 46 .259
1956 St. Louis Cardinals 75 151 45 4 0 5 11 .298
1955 Chicago Cubs 79 261 55 8 1 12 29 .211
1954 Chicago Cubs 142 520 150 18 1 41 98 .288
1953 Chicago Cubs 108 395 104 16 5 19 61 .263
1952 Chicago Cubs 151 567 153 31 3 37 89 .270
1951 Chicago Cubs 141 525 138 19 4 30 77 .263
1950 Chicago Cubs 145 540 148 32 2 32 85 .274
1949 Cincinnati Reds 42 152 36 6 0 4 22 .237
1949 Chicago Cubs 96 357 104 17 1 27 59 .291
1948 Cincinnati Reds 145 530 138 22 1 35 78 .260
1945 Cincinnati Reds 31 116 34 1 0 5 18 .293
1942 Cincinnati Reds 7 20 5 0 0 2 4 .250
1941 Cincinnati Reds 9 33 10 4 0 0 4 .303
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1959 NL 15 .200 .000 0.0 46.7 -13 1.1
1958 NL 277 .186 .249 12.6 13.4 115 12.6
1957 NL 429 .249 .244 11.4 13.8 133 27.4
1956 NL 181 .126 .342 13.8 17.1 131 5.2
1955 NL 290 .176 .212 9.0 16.2 82 12.6
1954 NL 605 .275 .261 11.6 11.2 150 43.1 ✓
1953 NL 447 .210 .266 11.2 12.5 119 19.9
1952 NL 649 .261 .265 11.9 14.2 153 38.7 ✓
1951 NL 574 .223 .258 7.8 13.4 123 31.4 ✓
1950 NL 603 .244 .263 10.0 11.1 134 33.7 ✓
1949 NL 568 .232 .265 9.7 11.6 135 32.5 ✓
1948 NL 598 .243 .251 10.0 14.2 134 37.1 ✓
1945 NL 122 .138 .305 4.9 13.1 116 5.3
1942 NL 22 .300 .188 9.1 9.1 160 2.1
1941 NL 34 .121 .345 2.9 11.8 117 0.0
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
OF 1,228 2,408 105 67 21 .974
1B 38 303 34 7 27 .980
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1959 San Francisco Giants OF 1 0 0 0 0 .000
1958 San Francisco Giants OF 67 93 3 5 1 .950
1957 New York Giants OF 98 125 4 1 0 .992
1956 St. Louis Cardinals OF 37 55 2 0 1 1.000
1955 Chicago Cubs OF 68 122 4 2 1 .984
1954 Chicago Cubs OF 141 282 8 11 2 .963
1953 Chicago Cubs OF 105 221 5 7 1 .970
1952 Chicago Cubs OF 151 327 17 6 3 .983
1951 Chicago Cubs OF 132 286 19 6 2 .981
1950 Chicago Cubs 1B 18 145 17 4 11 .976
1950 Chicago Cubs OF 125 236 12 9 1 .965
1949 Cincinnati Reds 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1949 Chicago Cubs OF 96 199 10 4 2 .981
1949 Cincinnati Reds OF 39 102 6 5 0 .956
1948 Cincinnati Reds 1B 12 89 8 1 4 .990
1948 Cincinnati Reds OF 132 270 14 8 6 .973
1945 Cincinnati Reds 1B 3 31 5 1 4 .973
1945 Cincinnati Reds OF 28 69 0 2 0 .972
1942 Cincinnati Reds 1B 4 37 4 1 8 .976
1941 Cincinnati Reds OF 8 21 1 1 1 .957