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Ed
Sauer		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 188
 
Born: January 3, 1919 in Usa, PA, PITTSBURGH
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 24 BRK NL     4 4 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 3 3 5 5 5
1944 25 BRK NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 3 3 5 5 5
1945 26 BRK NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 3 3 5 5 5
1946 27 BRK NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 7 4 3 3 5 5 5
1947 28 BRK NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 6 4 3 3 5 5 5
1948 29 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 3 5 4 4
1949 30 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 5 4 3 3 4 4 4
1950 31 BRK NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 5 4 3 3 4 4 4
1951 32 BRK NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 3 4
1952 33 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 3 4
1953 34 OAK AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 5 5 4 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 3 3 5 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1943 24 AA   95 390 47 115 31 2 10 73 1 0 23 63 .295 .334 .462 .796 56.4  
1944 25 AA   137 531 60 163 35 2 14 71 1 1 56 89 .307 .373 .460 .833 87.0  
1945 26 AAA   137 522 55 137 27 1 13 56 0 3 39 91 .262 .314 .393 .706 62.5  
1946 27 AAA   137 534 65 156 37 1 10 71 0 2 46 103 .292 .348 .421 .770 74.8  
1947 28 AAA   137 564 70 154 31 2 9 66 0 0 49 95 .273 .331 .383 .714 70.7  
1948 29 BRK NL 40 99 14 26 5 0 0 17 0 0 4 21 .263 .291 .313 .604 8.0 0.4
1949 30 BRK NL 72 205 23 55 9 0 1 10 0 0 19 53 .268 .329 .327 .656 21.1 2.0
1950 31 BRK NL 43 81 12 21 5 0 1 9 0 0 6 19 .259 .310 .358 .668 8.0 0.8
1951 32 BRK NL 71 240 21 62 10 2 0 23 0 0 19 56 .258 .312 .317 .628 22.5 1.7
    AAA   31 122 7 32 6 0 0 5 0 0 8 26 .262 .308 .311 .619 11.4  
1952 33 OAK AL 26 49 6 12 6 0 0 4 0 0 5 15 .245 .315 .367 .682 5.2 0.6
1953 34 AAA   136 509 51 140 28 1 5 65 0 0 40 122 .275 .328 .363 .691 59.6  
5 Years Sim 252 674 76 176 35 2 2 63 0 0 53 164 .261 .314 .328 .642 64.7 5.4
5 Years AAA 578 2251 248 619 129 5 37 263 0 5 182 437 .275 .330 .386 .716 279.0  
2 Years AA 232 921 107 278 66 4 24 144 2 1 79 152 .302 .357 .460 .817 143.4  
7 Years Minors 810 3172 355 897 195 9 61 407 2 6 261 589 .283 .338 .408 .745 422.4  
162 Game Average 433 48 113 22 1 1 40 0 0 34 105 .261 .314 .328 .642 41.6  
Career Highs 72 240 23 62 10 2 1 23 0 0 19 56 .268 .329 .367 .682 22.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   372 40 90 17 1 1 22 0 0 30 96 .242 .299 .301 .600 33.3
vs LH   302 36 86 18 1 1 41 0 0 23 68 .285 .333 .361 .694 35.5
Home 130 348 41 91 19 2 2 38 0 0 24 78 .261 .308 .345 .653 36.1
Away 122 326 35 85 16 0 0 25 0 0 29 86 .261 .320 .310 .630 32.7
RISP   163 0 42 5 0 0 53 0 0 12 44 .258 .305 .288 .593 14.6
Pinch Hitting   48 7 17 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 6 .354 .380 .396 .776 6.6
Close/Late   70 4 17 1 0 0 3 0 0 7 18 .243 .312 .257 .569 6.0
Mar/Apr 28 74 10 22 3 0 0 7 0 0 7 18 .297 .358 .338 .696 9.0
May 32 95 10 23 4 0 0 11 0 0 3 24 .242 .265 .284 .550 6.5
June 40 107 12 34 6 2 0 22 0 0 6 15 .318 .351 .411 .762 14.4
July 58 175 25 52 11 0 2 11 0 0 16 37 .297 .354 .394 .748 23.9
August 61 145 14 29 7 0 0 9 0 0 12 48 .200 .261 .248 .509 9.0
Sep/Oct 33 78 5 16 4 0 0 3 0 0 9 22 .205 .287 .256 .544 6.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1948 29 BRK NL RF 27 22 185.3 54 0 0 0 1.000 2.62   0.7
    LF 6 4 35.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.31    
    CF 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1949 30 BRK NL RF 50 43 381.0 91 1 0 0 1.000 2.17   0.8
    CF 7 3 38.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.42    
    LF 2 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1950 31 BRK NL RF 22 10 109.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.90   0.2
    CF 7 5 51.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.12    
    LF 2 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
1951 32 BRK NL CF 55 54 436.0 107 0 1 0 .991 2.21   1.3
    RF 15 13 118.7 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.44    
    LF 3 1 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1952 33 OAK AL CF 10 7 70.0 34 0 0 0 1.000 4.37   0.4
    RF 3 1 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    SS 1 0 6.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
  RF 117 89 805.0 190 1 0 0 1.000 2.14   1.7
  CF 81 69 601.0 159 0 1 0 .994 2.38   1.7
  LF 14 7 70.7 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.91    
  SS 1 0 6.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   213 165 1482.7 364 4 1 1 .997 2.23   3.5
Career Highs   73 68 566.7 128 3 1 1 1.000 3.84    
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  1. Herschel Bennett (986)
  2. Gary Thomasson (980)
  3. Frenchy Uhalt (979)
  4. Larry Harlow (978)
  5. Jim Wilhelm (976)
  6. Bubba Morton (976)
  7. Russ Snyder (975)
  8. Rick Sofield (974)
  9. Al Libke (973)
  10. Angel Bravo (973)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 57th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1943
Injured on 4/7/1943 with a Broken Foot, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 8/1/1946 with a Bruised Foot, out for 4 days
Injured on 8/11/1947 with a Concussion, out for 6 days
Had first career hit (double) on 4/6/1948, off Hugh Mulcahy (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 7/20/1949, off Jack Hallett (CIN)
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Brooklyn on 10/12/1951
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 7/31/1952 to a minor league deal
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/2/1953 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 3 days
 
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