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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1917-03-17 · Played 1941–1959 · Career WAR 25.3 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=sauerha01, LAHMAN=sauerha01, MLBAM=121710, RETROSHEET=saueh101

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1941	CIN	NL	9	33	4	10	4	0	0	5	0		1	4	.303	.324	.424	.748	0.1
1942	CIN	NL	7	20	4	5	0	0	2	4	0		2	2	.250	.318	.550	.868	0.2
1945	CIN	NL	31	116	18	34	1	0	5	20	2		6	16	.293	.328	.431	.759	0.4
1948	CIN	NL	145	530	78	138	22	1	35	97	2		60	85	.260	.340	.504	.844	3.4
1949	CIN	NL	42	152	22	36	6	0	4	16	0		18	19	.237	.318	.355	.673	3.5
1949	CHN	NL	96	357	59	104	17	1	27	83	0		37	47	.291	.363	.571	.934
1950	CHN	NL	145	540	85	148	32	2	32	103	1		60	67	.274	.350	.519	.869	2.5
1951	CHN	NL	141	525	77	138	19	4	30	89	2	1	45	77	.263	.325	.486	.811	2.8
1952	CHN	NL	151	567	89	153	31	3	37	121	1	2	77	92	.270	.361	.531	.892	5.6
1953	CHN	NL	108	395	61	104	16	5	19	60	0	0	50	56	.263	.349	.473	.822	1.1
1954	CHN	NL	142	520	98	150	18	1	41	103	2	1	70	68	.288	.375	.563	.938	3.4
1955	CHN	NL	79	261	29	55	8	1	12	28	0	0	26	47	.211	.286	.387	.673	0.2
1956	SLN	NL	75	151	11	45	4	0	5	24	0	0	25	31	.298	.403	.424	.827	0.9
1957	NY1	NL	127	378	46	98	14	1	26	76	1	0	49	59	.259	.343	.508	.851	0.8
1958	SFN	NL	88	236	27	59	8	0	12	46	0	0	35	37	.250	.354	.436	.790	0.6
1959	SFN	NL	13	15	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	.067	.067	.267	.334	-0.2
Total			1399	4796	709	1278	200	19	288	876	11	4	561	714	.266	.343	.496	.840	25.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1941	CIN	NL	OF	8			21	1	1	1
1942	CIN	NL	1B	4			37	4	1	8
1945	CIN	NL	1B	3			31	5	1	4
1945	CIN	NL	OF	28			69	0	2	0
1948	CIN	NL	1B	12			89	8	1	4
1948	CIN	NL	OF	132			270	14	8	6
1949	CIN	NL	1B	1			1	0	0	0
1949	CIN	NL	OF	39			102	6	5	0
1949	CHN	NL	OF	96			199	10	4	2
1950	CHN	NL	1B	18			145	17	4	11
1950	CHN	NL	OF	125			236	12	9	1
1951	CHN	NL	OF	132			286	19	6	2
1952	CHN	NL	OF	151			327	17	6	3
1953	CHN	NL	OF	105			221	5	7	1
1954	CHN	NL	OF	141	141	1243.0	282	8	11	2
1955	CHN	NL	OF	68	68	581.0	122	4	2	1
1956	SLN	NL	OF	37	34	287.2	55	2	0	1
1957	NY1	NL	OF	98	97	784.1	125	4	1	0
1958	SFN	NL	OF	67	64	486.1	93	3	5	1
1959	SFN	NL	OF	1	1	5.0	0	0	0	0
Total				1266	405	3387.1	2711	139	74	48

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1952	Most Valuable Player	NL
1952	TSN All-Star	ML
1952	TSN Player of the Year	NL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1966	BBWAA	4	227	No
2003	Veterans - Players			No
2005	Veterans - Players			No

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