Hank Sauer stats

Last played for the San Francisco Giants, 1959

Age 109

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Hank Sauer played 15 MLB seasons, 1941 to 1959.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,399
AB
4,796
R
709
H
1,278
HR
288
RBI
876
SB
11
AVG
.266
Standard by season
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.
1941CIN933410050.303
1942CIN72045240.250
1945CIN3111618345202.293
1948CIN1455307813835972.260
1949CIN/CHC1385098114031990.275
1950CHC14554085148321031.274
1951CHC1415257713830892.263
1952CHC15156789153371211.270
1953CHC1083956110419600.263
1954CHC14252098150411032.288
1955CHC79261295512280.211
1956STL7515111455240.298
1957SF127378469826761.259
1958SF88236275912460.250
1959SF131511110.067

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
5,414
TB
2,380
XBH
507
HBP
34
IBB
7
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1941CIN341440000
1942CIN221120000
1945CIN1225060000
1948CIN598267584000
1949CIN/CHC568258553000
1950CHC603280663000
1951CHC574255533000
1952CHC649301714000
1953CHC447187402000
1954CHC605293606000
1955CHC290101212000
1956STL1816493300
1957SF429192410200
1958SF277103204200
1959SF15410000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
23.2
RC
854.1
RC/27
6.50
ISOP
.230
SECA
.348
BB/K
0.79
AB/HR
16.7
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1941CIN0.14.55.3.1210.20.300
1942CIN0.23.66.5.3000.41100
1945CIN0.3175.6.1380.20.423.20
1948CIN3.294.16.4.2430.40.715.10
1949CIN/CHC3.492.26.7.2320.30.816.40
1950CHC2.1100.26.9.2440.40.916.90
1951CHC2.4855.9.2230.30.617.50
1952CHC5.4110.67.2.2610.40.815.30
1953CHC1.1686.3.2100.30.920.80
1954CHC3.2112.18.2750.41.012.70
1955CHC0.130.74.1760.30.621.80
1956STL0.828.57.1.1260.30.830.20
1957SF0.668.56.6.2490.40.814.50
1958SF0.539.66.1860.31.019.70
1959SF-0.2-0.1-0.2.2000.20150

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
109 yearsMar 17, 1917
Debut
1941
NL MVP
1952

What were Hank Sauer's career stats?

Hank Sauer played 15 seasons for the Reds, the Cubs, the Cardinals and the Giants. He was a career .266 hitter with 1,278 hits, 288 home runs and 876 RBI. His best season was 1941: a .303 batting average, 0 home runs and 5 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

15 seasons, 1941 to 1959

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 184th in home runs (288)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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