How many home runs did Hank Sauer have in 1956?
51956 Regular Season
Hank Sauer recorded 5 home runs in the 1956 regular season, 119th in the MLB.
- 11th-best of Hank Sauer's 15 seasons on file; the high is 41 in 1954.
- Down 7 from 12 in 1955.
- 5% of the St. Louis Cardinals' home runs that regular season.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
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| 1941 |  CIN | 9 | 33 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .303 | .324 | .424 | .748 |
| 1942 | CIN | 7 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .250 | .318 | .550 | .868 |
| 1945 | CIN | 31 | 116 | 18 | 34 | 5 | 20 | 2 | .293 | .328 | .431 | .759 |
| 1948 | CIN | 145 | 530 | 78 | 138 | 35 | 97 | 2 | .260 | .340 | .504 | .844 |
| 1949 |  CIN/CHC | 138 | 509 | 81 | 140 | 31 | 99 | 0 | .275 | .349 | .507 | .856 |
| 1950 | CHC | 145 | 540 | 85 | 148 | 32 | 103 | 1 | .274 | .350 | .519 | .868 |
| 1951 | CHC | 141 | 525 | 77 | 138 | 30 | 89 | 2 | .263 | .325 | .486 | .810 |
| 1952 | CHC | 151 | 567 | 89 | 153 | 37 | 121 | 1 | .270 | .361 | .531 | .892 |
| 1953 | CHC | 108 | 395 | 61 | 104 | 19 | 60 | 0 | .263 | .349 | .473 | .822 |
| 1954 | CHC | 142 | 520 | 98 | 150 | 41 | 103 | 2 | .288 | .375 | .563 | .938 |
| 1955 | CHC | 79 | 261 | 29 | 55 | 12 | 28 | 0 | .211 | .286 | .387 | .673 |
| 1956 |  STL | 75 | 151 | 11 | 45 | 5 | 24 | 0 | .298 | .403 | .424 | .827 |
| 1957 |  SF | 127 | 378 | 46 | 98 | 26 | 76 | 1 | .259 | .343 | .508 | .851 |
| 1958 | SF | 88 | 236 | 27 | 59 | 12 | 46 | 0 | .250 | .354 | .436 | .790 |
| 1959 | SF | 13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .267 | .333 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS