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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 16	SFG		LAD	L,1-13	CG	51	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
2	4 (1)	Apr 18	SFG	@	LAD	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
3	5	Apr 19	SFG	@	LAD	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	6	Apr 20	SFG	@	LAD	W,12-2	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	9 (2)	Apr 24	SFG		STL	W,6-5	GS	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
6	10	Apr 25	SFG		CHC	W,2-0	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	11	Apr 26	SFG		CHC	W,3-1	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
8	12	Apr 27	SFG		CHC	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
9	13	Apr 29	SFG		PHI	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
10	14	Apr 30	SFG		PHI	W,10-1	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	15	May 1	SFG		PHI	L,0-7	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	LF
12	16	May 2	SFG		PHI	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
13	17	May 3	SFG		PHI	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
14	18	May 4 (1)	SFG		PIT	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
15	19	May 4 (2)	SFG		PIT	W,4-3	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
16	20	May 5	SFG		PIT	L,10-11	CG	45	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
17	21	May 6	SFG		PIT	W,7-0	GS	20	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
18	22	May 7	SFG		PIT	W,8-6	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
19	23	May 9	SFG		LAD	W,11-3	GS	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	24	May 10	SFG		LAD	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
21	25	May 12	SFG	@	LAD	W,12-3	GS	21	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
22	26	May 13	SFG	@	LAD	W,16-9	GS	28	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
23	27	May 14	SFG	@	STL	L,2-3		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
24	29 (1)	May 16	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
25	30	May 17	SFG	@	CHC	W,9-4	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	31	May 18 (1)	SFG	@	CHC	W,7-3	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
27	33 (1)	May 20	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-2	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	34	May 21	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
29	35	May 22	SFG	@	MLN	L,3-9	GS	15	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	36	May 23	SFG	@	MLN	W,5-3	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
31	38 (1)	May 25 (1)	SFG	@	PIT	W,5-2	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
32	41 (2)	May 28	SFG	@	PHI	W,7-6	GS	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
33	42	May 30 (1)	SFG	@	STL	L,6-7	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	44 (1)	May 31	SFG	@	STL	L,9-10	GS	30	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	45	Jun 1	SFG	@	STL	W,7-2	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	46	Jun 3	SFG		MLN	L,6-7	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	47	Jun 4	SFG		MLN	L,9-10	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
38	48	Jun 5	SFG		MLN	W,5-4	GS	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	49	Jun 6	SFG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	50	Jun 7	SFG		CIN	W,7-3	GS	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	LF
41	51	Jun 8	SFG		CIN	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
42	53 (1)	Jun 10	SFG		PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	56 (2)	Jun 13	SFG		PHI	W,6-1		16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
44	58 (1)	Jun 15	SFG		PHI	W,3-1	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	60 (1)	Jun 18	SFG	@	PIT	W,2-1	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
46	61	Jun 19	SFG	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	62	Jun 20	SFG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	43	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
48	63	Jun 22 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
49	66 (2)	Jun 24	SFG	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	68 (1)	Jun 26	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-1	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	70 (1)	Jun 28	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	73 (2)	Jul 2	SFG	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	74	Jul 3	SFG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	80 (5)	Jul 11	SFG		CIN	W,7-4	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	81	Jul 12	SFG		MLN	W,5-3	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	103 (21)	Aug 3 (2)	SFG	@	MLN	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	108 (4)	Aug 8	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	109	Aug 9	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-3	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	110	Aug 10	SFG	@	LAD	W,12-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
60	112 (1)	Aug 13	SFG		STL	W,11-2	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
61	113	Aug 14	SFG		STL	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
62	114	Aug 15	SFG		CHC	L,1-3	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
63	120 (5)	Aug 22	SFG		CIN	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	133 (12)	Sep 2	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
65	134	Sep 3	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
66	143 (8)	Sep 13	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
67	147 (3)	Sep 19	SFG	@	STL	W,8-1	GS	17	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							67gm		486.1	91	3	5	99	1