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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-51 / in Starts: 13-21
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 181 PAs	24
Actual Runners on Base	125 (63-33-29)
Avg. MLBer w/ 181 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	114 (60-35-18)

Most Driven In
K Boyer	5
S Musial	5
Self	5
W Moon	3
A Dark	3
D Blasingame	1
H Wehmeier	1
R Repulski	1

Most Driven In By
Self	5
B Morgan	1
B Sarni	1
A Dark	1
H Smith	1
J Brandt	1
G Hatton	1

1956 Batting Game Log

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1956 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1097	1	Apr 17	STL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	4	.64	-0.061	1.62	-0.09%	-0.48	LF
2	1098	2	Apr 19	STL	@	CIN	L,9-10	CG(10)	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	4	1.23	0.008	3.39	0.01%	0.48	LF
3	1099	3	Apr 20	STL		MLN	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.357	.250	.607	4	1.51	-0.194	3.94	-0.30%	-1.77	LF
4	1100	4	Apr 21	STL		MLN	W,6-5	7-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	4	1.47	0.033	3.34	0.05%	0.20	PH LF
5	1101	5	Apr 22 (1)	STL		MLN	W,10-4	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.438	.250	.688	1	4.17	0.163	11.04	0.26%	1.00	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	1102	10 (4)	May 1	STL		PIT	L,2-4	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.471	.250	.721	7	1.59	0.042	4.78	0.08%	0.11	PH
7	1103	20 (9)	May 12	STL	@	CHC	L,10-14	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.231	.444	.231	.675	1	1.63	-0.068	5.38	-0.14%	-0.50	PH
8	1104	23 (2)	May 15	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.421	.214	.635	9	.98	-0.025	4.29	-0.07%	-0.17	PH
9	1105	24	May 16	STL	@	BRO	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.400	.200	.600	9	1.54	-0.040	6.32	-0.10%	-0.24	PH
10	1106	26 (1)	May 18	STL	@	PHI	L,2-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.381	.188	.568	9	1.01	-0.026	3.68	-0.06%	-0.10	PH
11	1107	28 (1)	May 20 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,0-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.364	.176	.540	9	1.13	-0.032	4.40	-0.07%	-0.22	PH
12	1108	29	May 20 (2)	STL	@	NYG	L,2-5	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.391	.176	.568	9	1.48	0.076	5.56	0.17%	0.60	PH
13	1109	32 (2)	May 23	STL	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.370	.190	.561	6	.48	-0.026	1.93	-0.06%	-0.39	LF
14	1110	33	May 25	STL		CHC	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.355	.167	.522	6	.57	-0.020	1.97	-0.04%	-0.68	LF
15	1111	34	May 27 (1)	STL		CHC	W,11-9	CG	5	3	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.417	.296	.713	5	.78	0.058	2.88	0.13%	2.02	LF
16	1112	35	May 27 (2)	STL		CHC	W,12-2	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.463	.355	.818	6	.60	0.126	2.24	0.28%	2.41	LF
17	1113	36	May 28	STL		MLN	L,3-10	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.457	.343	.799	5	.53	-0.006	2.61	-0.02%	-0.55	LF
18	1114	37	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.440	.316	.756	6	1.96	-0.107	8.40	-0.28%	-1.27	LF
19	1115	38	May 30 (2)	STL		CIN	L,5-6	CG(7)	3	3	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.472	.463	.935	5	.83	0.137	3.32	0.33%	2.76	LF
20	1116	39	May 31	STL		CIN	W,9-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.474	.455	.928	6	.28	0.073	1.09	0.17%	0.81	LF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
21	1117	40	Jun 1	STL		PHI	L,2-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.450	.426	.876	5	1.11	-0.086	3.77	-0.18%	-0.79	LF
22	1118	41	Jun 2	STL		PHI	L,4-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.443	.417	.859	8	3.26	-0.089	10.81	-0.18%	-0.48	PH LF
23	1119	43 (1)	Jun 3 (2)	STL		PHI	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.415	.385	.800	5	.54	-0.054	1.76	-0.10%	-0.70	LF
24	1120	46 (2)	Jun 6	STL		NYG	W,3-2	11-11	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.424	.396	.820	9	2.23	0.074	7.92	0.16%	0.38	PH
25	1121	47	Jun 8	STL		PIT	L,0-2	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.408	.379	.788	6	1.01	-0.066	4.20	-0.16%	-0.19	LF
26	1122	48	Jun 9	STL		PIT	W,8-3	CG	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.434	.373	.807	6	.23	0.029	.88	0.07%	0.86	LF
27	1123	49	Jun 10 (1)	STL		PIT	L,3-11	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.425	.365	.790	5	1.45	-0.031	6.32	-0.08%	-0.47	LF
28	1124	50	Jun 10 (2)	STL		PIT	W,3-0	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.269	.417	.358	.775	6	.83	-0.020	3.25	-0.05%	-0.44	LF
29	1125	51	Jun 11	STL		BRO	L,6-8	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.420	.400	.820	6	.98	0.211	4.23	0.55%	0.73	LF
30	1126	52	Jun 12	STL		BRO	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.435	.419	.854	5	1.35	0.139	5.49	0.34%	0.80	LF
31	1127	53	Jun 15	STL	@	PIT	L,1-12	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.417	.397	.814	6	.20	-0.020	.74	-0.05%	-0.96	LF
32	1128	55 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,3-1	GS-8	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.430	.407	.837	5	.65	0.050	2.08	0.10%	0.79	LF
33	1129	56	Jun 17 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,8-3	GS-7	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.433	.447	.880	5	.43	0.034	1.46	0.07%	3.33	LF
34	1130	57	Jun 19	STL	@	BRO	W,6-0	GS-7	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.426	.432	.858	5	.39	-0.020	1.48	-0.05%	-1.11	LF
35	1131	58	Jun 20	STL	@	BRO	L,2-4	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.431	.432	.863	9	.54	0.020	2.38	0.05%	0.13	PH
36	1132	61 (2)	Jun 23	STL	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.434	.429	.862	5	.41	-0.004	1.10	-0.01%	1.45	RF
37	1133	62	Jun 24 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-4	GS-5	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.431	.426	.857	5	1.04	-0.080	2.68	-0.12%	-0.87	LF
38	1134	64 (1)	Jun 26	STL	@	NYG	L,0-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.295	.427	.421	.848	9	1.10	-0.043	2.27	-0.05%	-0.50	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
39	1135	68 (3)	Jul 1 (1)	STL		CIN	L,15-19	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.432	.427	.859	9	.70	0.030	2.29	0.06%	0.26	PH
40	1136	69	Jul 1 (2)	STL		CIN	L,1-7	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.429	.423	.851	9	.37	-0.011	1.05	-0.02%	-0.22	PH
41	1137	71 (1)	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	L,4-7	5-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.433	.429	.862	9	1.40	0.079	2.42	0.08%	0.73	PH
42	1138	74 (2)	Jul 6	STL	@	CIN	L,4-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.430	.424	.854	9	2.07	-0.062	4.02	-0.07%	-0.44	PH
43	1139	78 (3)	Jul 13	STL		NYG	W,7-5	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.426	.420	.846	9	1.50	-0.041	1.47	-0.02%	-0.22	PH
44	1140	81 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	STL		PHI	L,5-7	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.425	.429	.854	6	1.60	-0.107	2.51	-0.10%	0.22	LF
45	1141	82	Jul 16	STL		PHI	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.420	.422	.842	5	1.40	-0.004	1.38	0.00%	0.37	LF
46	1142	83	Jul 17	STL		PIT	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.414	.414	.828	7	.72	-0.035	.55	-0.02%	-0.30	LF
47	1143	84	Jul 18	STL		PIT	T,1-1	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.418	.420	.838	7	.97	-0.025	.66	-0.01%	-0.42	PH
48	1144	86 (1)	Jul 21	STL		BRO	W,13-6	8-9	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.307	.419	.447	.866	7	.01	0.003	.01	0.00%	0.52	PH
49	1145	88 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	STL		BRO	L,3-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.416	.443	.860	9	1.66	-0.041	.79	-0.01%	-0.22	PH
50	1146	89	Jul 24	STL	@	PHI	L,3-7	7-7	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.420	.448	.869	9	.37	0.025	.08	0.00%	1.10	PH
51	1147	90	Jul 25	STL	@	PHI	W,8-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.417	.444	.862	9	3.72	-0.140	.66	-0.02%	-0.66	PH
52	1148	92 (1)	Jul 27	STL	@	NYG	L,5-6	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.308	.414	.444	.859	9	3.41	0.054	.81	0.01%	0.06	PH
53	1149	94 (1)	Jul 29	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.418	.444	.863	6	1.66	0.006	.32	0.00%	0.17	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
54	1150	99 (4)	Aug 4	STL	@	BRO	L,4-12	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.415	.441	.856	9	.06	-0.001	.05	0.00%	-0.11	PH
55	1151	101 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,3-5	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.420	.441	.860	9	1.25	0.038	.65	0.01%	0.21	PH
56	1152	103 (1)	Aug 7	STL	@	CIN	W,8-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.417	.437	.854	9	1.25	-0.031	.24	0.00%	-0.16	PH
57	1153	104	Aug 8 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,1-10	5-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.421	.437	.858	9	1.14	0.041	.29	0.01%	0.38	PH
58	1154	106 (1)	Aug 9 (1)	STL	@	MLN	L,1-4	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.425	.437	.862	9	1.37	0.066	.34	0.01%	0.37	PH
59	1155	110 (3)	Aug 12 (1)	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.422	.433	.855	9	.40	-0.010	.11	0.00%	-0.15	PH
60	1156	113 (2)	Aug 15	STL		MLN	L,1-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.419	.430	.849	9	.29	-0.007	.08	0.00%	-0.10	PH
61	1157	114	Aug 16	STL		MLN	L,0-8	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.416	.426	.842	9	.09	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-0.15	PH
62	1158	118 (3)	Aug 19 (2)	STL		CHC	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.414	.424	.838	4	1.10	-0.022	.07	0.00%	0.06	LF
63	1159	119	Aug 21	STL		BRO	L,1-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.412	.421	.832	9	2.66	-0.074	.08	0.00%	-0.31	PH
64	1160	123 (3)	Aug 24	STL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.420	.426	.847	4	.76	0.033	.01	0.00%	0.11	LF
65	1161	124	Aug 25	STL		PIT	W,8-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.418	.423	.841	9	.07	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.15	LF
66	1162	125	Aug 26 (1)	STL		NYG	W,4-3	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299	.414	.440	.854	4	1.31	0.171	.02	0.00%	1.54	LF
67	1163	126	Aug 26 (2)	STL		NYG	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.406	.431	.837	4	1.08	-0.085	.02	0.00%	-0.67	LF
68	1164	127	Aug 28	STL		PHI	L,4-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.293	.402	.429	.831	4	1.35	0.167	.01	0.00%	1.90	LF
69	1165	128	Aug 29	STL		PHI	L,6-8	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.400	.426	.826	9	1.43	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.35	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
70	1166	138 (9)	Sep 9	STL		CIN	W,6-5	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.398	.423	.820	9	4.33	-0.109	.00	0.00%	-0.42	PH
71	1167	144 (5)	Sep 16 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-9	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.395	.420	.815	2	.40	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.28	PH
72	1168	146 (1)	Sep 19	STL	@	BRO	L,2-17	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.393	.417	.810	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.30	PH
73	1169	147	Sep 21	STL	@	CIN	L,1-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.391	.414	.805	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.23	PH
74	1170	148	Sep 22	STL	@	CIN	L,4-6	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.389	.411	.800	9	1.22	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.29	PH
75	1171	153 (4)	Sep 26	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-12	6	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.403	.424	.827	4	1.90	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.71	RF
							23-51		181	151	11	45	4	0	5	24	25	3	31	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	.298	.403	.424	.827		1.02	-0.006	2.25	0.45%	8.50

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