Hank Sauer stats
Last played for the San Francisco Giants, 1959
Bio
- Debut
- 1941
- NL MVP
- 1952
Bio
- Debut
- 1941
- NL MVP
- 1952
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,399
- AB
- 4,796
- R
- 709
- H
- 1,278
- HR
- 288
- RBI
- 876
- SB
- 11
- AVG
- .266
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | CIN | 9 | 33 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .303 |
| 1942 | CIN | 7 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .250 |
| 1945 | CIN | 31 | 116 | 18 | 34 | 5 | 20 | 2 | .293 |
| 1948 | CIN | 145 | 530 | 78 | 138 | 35 | 97 | 2 | .260 |
| 1949 |  CIN/CHC | 138 | 509 | 81 | 140 | 31 | 99 | 0 | .275 |
| 1950 | CHC | 145 | 540 | 85 | 148 | 32 | 103 | 1 | .274 |
| 1951 | CHC | 141 | 525 | 77 | 138 | 30 | 89 | 2 | .263 |
| 1952 | CHC | 151 | 567 | 89 | 153 | 37 | 121 | 1 | .270 |
| 1953 | CHC | 108 | 395 | 61 | 104 | 19 | 60 | 0 | .263 |
| 1954 | CHC | 142 | 520 | 98 | 150 | 41 | 103 | 2 | .288 |
| 1955 | CHC | 79 | 261 | 29 | 55 | 12 | 28 | 0 | .211 |
| 1956 | STL | 75 | 151 | 11 | 45 | 5 | 24 | 0 | .298 |
| 1957 | SF | 127 | 378 | 46 | 98 | 26 | 76 | 1 | .259 |
| 1958 | SF | 88 | 236 | 27 | 59 | 12 | 46 | 0 | .250 |
| 1959 | SF | 13 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .067 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 5,414
- TB
- 2,380
- XBH
- 507
- HBP
- 34
- IBB
- 7
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | CIN | 34 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | CIN | 22 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | CIN | 122 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | CIN | 598 | 267 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | CIN/CHC | 568 | 258 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | CHC | 603 | 280 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | CHC | 574 | 255 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | CHC | 649 | 301 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | CHC | 447 | 187 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | CHC | 605 | 293 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | CHC | 290 | 101 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | STL | 181 | 64 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | SF | 429 | 192 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | SF | 277 | 103 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | SF | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | CIN | 0.1 | 4.5 | 5.3 | .121 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | CIN | 0.2 | 3.6 | 6.5 | .300 | 0.4 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 1945 | CIN | 0.3 | 17 | 5.6 | .138 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 23.2 | 0 |
| 1948 | CIN | 3.2 | 94.1 | 6.4 | .243 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 15.1 | 0 |
| 1949 | CIN/CHC | 3.4 | 92.2 | 6.7 | .232 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 16.4 | 0 |
| 1950 | CHC | 2.1 | 100.2 | 6.9 | .244 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 16.9 | 0 |
| 1951 | CHC | 2.4 | 85 | 5.9 | .223 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 17.5 | 0 |
| 1952 | CHC | 5.4 | 110.6 | 7.2 | .261 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 15.3 | 0 |
| 1953 | CHC | 1.1 | 68 | 6.3 | .210 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 20.8 | 0 |
| 1954 | CHC | 3.2 | 112.1 | 8 | .275 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 12.7 | 0 |
| 1955 | CHC | 0.1 | 30.7 | 4 | .176 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 21.8 | 0 |
| 1956 | STL | 0.8 | 28.5 | 7.1 | .126 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 30.2 | 0 |
| 1957 | SF | 0.6 | 68.5 | 6.6 | .249 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 14.5 | 0 |
| 1958 | SF | 0.5 | 39.6 | 6 | .186 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 19.7 | 0 |
| 1959 | SF | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.2 | .200 | 0.2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
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 10,343 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.