#17 Hank "The Honker" Sauer , Rightfield, 34 yrs, Houston Heifers
Friday, 7/25/2009 |
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| Hank Sauer
The Honker
1/1/1975
34
Pittsburgh, PA
6"0
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Rightfield
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2.5 Stars
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| Big League Contract
$ 7,500,000
2010
9 Year(s), 122 Days (1670 total Days)
120 Day(s)
10 Year(s), 108 Days (1828 total Days)
11 Year(s)
Not eligible
1 Option Year(s) left
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 59 | 39 | 74 | 67 | 44 |
| Versus LHP | 72 | 46 | 77 | 79 | 47 |
| Versus RHP | 54 | 36 | 72 | 62 | 42 |
| Talent | 55 | 44 | 72 | 74 | 41 |
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| Fielding Ratings
1B : 7 (Range), .949 (Fielding Pct.)
LF : 4 (Range), .948 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 5 (Range), .947 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 4 (Range), .948 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 5
Infield Arm : 4
Outfield Arm : 4
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| Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
| 7/14 | TH | L 1-3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
| 7/15 | TH | W 3-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #5 | | |
| 7/16 | TH | L 4-7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | #4 | | |
| 7/17 | TH | W 2-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #5 | | |
| 7/19 | CO | W 11-5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
| 7/20 | CO | W 5-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | #5 | | |
| 7/21 | CO | L 1-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
| 7/22 | @LA | W 9-3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | #4 | PoG | |
| 7/23 | @LA | W 5-1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | #5 | | |
| 7/24 | @LA | L 4-6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | #8 | | |
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| Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
| Overall | 98 | 358 | 80 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 53 | 40 | 41 | 109 | .223 | .301 | .372 | .673 | .610 | .148 |
| Projected | 156 | 569 | 127 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 84 | 64 | 65 | 173 | .223 | .301 | .372 | .673 | .610 | .148 |
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| Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
| Overall | 95 | 402 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 133 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 42.2 | 3.9 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHP | 70 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .369 | .400 | .769 |
| vs. RHP | 288 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 43 | 28 | 28 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .215 | .283 | .365 | .648 |
| Close/Late | 47 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .213 | .275 | .319 | .594 |
| Scoring Position | 102 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 15 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .265 | .350 | .431 | .781 |
| Pinch Hitting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Home | 50 | 181 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 52 | .188 | .261 | .276 | .537 |
| Road | 48 | 177 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 20 | 22 | 57 | .260 | .342 | .469 | .811 |
| This Week | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .267 | .313 | .733 | 1.046 |
| Last Week | 6 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .238 | .304 | .381 | .685 |
| March/April | 28 | 104 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 34 | .250 | .325 | .365 | .690 |
| May | 26 | 91 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 33 | .165 | .287 | .264 | .551 |
| June | 23 | 81 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 19 | .210 | .286 | .333 | .619 |
| July | 21 | 82 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 23 | .268 | .302 | .537 | .839 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1996 | 145 | 530 | 138 | 22 | 1 | 35 | 98 | 78 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 1 | 1 | .260 | .368 | .504 | .872 | NJ |
| 1997 | 24 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .364 | .326 | .690 | NJ |
| 2001 | 153 | 489 | 114 | 26 | 4 | 15 | 67 | 75 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 3 | 0 | .233 | .322 | .395 | .717 | MN NJ LN |
| 2002 | 140 | 358 | 81 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 62 | 54 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 0 | .226 | .323 | .372 | .694 | LN |
| 2003 | 143 | 379 | 91 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 85 | 67 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 1 | .240 | .356 | .430 | .786 | LN HF |
| 2004 | 161 | 628 | 165 | 32 | 5 | 50 | 143 | 122 | 99 | 0 | 8 | 136 | 9 | 1 | .263 | .359 | .568 | .928 | HF,ML |
| 2005 | 155 | 580 | 133 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 106 | 80 | 73 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 0 | 3 | .229 | .315 | .450 | .765 | HF |
| 2006 | 158 | 610 | 162 | 31 | 1 | 49 | 140 | 117 | 67 | 0 | 9 | 175 | 1 | 0 | .266 | .334 | .561 | .894 | HF,ML |
| 2007 | 160 | 613 | 177 | 22 | 4 | 54 | 157 | 113 | 85 | 0 | 6 | 159 | 1 | 0 | .289 | .372 | .602 | .974 | HF,ML |
| 2008 | 154 | 557 | 142 | 28 | 0 | 26 | 104 | 77 | 64 | 0 | 4 | 176 | 1 | 1 | .255 | .330 | .445 | .775 | HF |
| 2009 | 98 | 358 | 80 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 53 | 40 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 109 | 1 | 2 | .223 | .301 | .372 | .673 | HF |
| Total | 1491 | 5148 | 1294 | 230 | 21 | 305 | 1021 | 828 | 711 | 0 | 32 | 1129 | 19 | 9 | .251 | .340 | .482 | .822 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2006 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .556 | .778 |
| 2007 | 10 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .436 | .767 | 1.203 |
| 2008 | 10 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .132 | .132 | .342 | .474 |
| Total | 25 | 86 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .198 | .274 | .535 | .809 |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| First Base | 16 | 15 | 112 | 10 | 11 | 125 | 3 | .976 | 138.2 | 8.11 | | | | |
| Centerfield | 81 | 80 | 184 | 2 | 0 | 200 | 14 | .930 | 697.1 | 2.58 | | | | |
| Rightfield | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 4.50 | | | | |
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Traded from New Jersey to Absarokee on 5/18/2001 (Going to LN: CF H. Sauer . Going to NJ: P B. Degeorge)... Drove in 7 runs against Flint on 10/7/2002... Won World Series with Absarokee in 2002... T
raded from Absarokee to Houston on 6/9/2003 (Going to HF: CF H. Sauer , P L. Scovill. Going to LN: CF D. Ducey , 3B V. Stephens )... Drove in 6 runs against Springfield on 8/26/2003... Won Batter of
the Month award on 6/1/2004, hitting .366 with 18 HR, 41 RBI... Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game... Won Slick Fielder Award at Centerfield in 2005...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/2006, hitting .350 with 4 HR, 12 RBI...
Was selected to the 2006 Allstar game...
Drove in 7 runs against Chicago on 6/4/2007...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/2007, hitting .545 with 5 HR, 14 RBI...
6/30/2007: Signed a contract extension with Houston, $7,500,000 per year, for 3 years.
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2007, hitting .426 with 13 HR, 40 RBI...
Was selected to the 2007 Allstar game...
Drove in 8 runs against Los Angeles on 7/10/2007...
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| Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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OBP
2007 - .372 - 9th
| SLG
2004 - .568 - 5th
2006 - .561 - 8th
2007 - .602 - 4th
| OPS
2004 - .928 - 8th
2007 - .974 - 5th
| Triples
2004 - 5 - 9th
| Homeruns
2004 - 50 - 5th
2005 - 32 - 7th
2006 - 49 - 7th
2007 - 54 - 5th
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RBI
2004 - 143 - 7th
2005 - 106 - 7th
2006 - 140 - 4th
2007 - 157 - 3rd
2008 - 104 - 9th
| Runs
2004 - 122 - 9th
2006 - 117 - 6th
2007 - 113 - 7th
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