Ed Sauer
1943–1949 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals
189G
.256AVG
.309OBP
.352SLG
More career statistics
117H
5HR
57RBI
3SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 457 | 458 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 77 | 75 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 500 | 501 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 189 | 500 | 457 | 45 | 117 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 57 | 33 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 161 | .256 | .309 | .352 | .661 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1949-09-11 to 1949-09-22
12longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1949-07-28 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 90 | 218 | 53 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 33 | .266 | .307 | .342 |
| Away | 99 | 283 | 64 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 42 | .247 | .293 | .359 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 25 | 75 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 15 | .299 | .360 | .478 |
| May | 37 | 83 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | .187 | .217 | .240 |
| June | 25 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | .192 | .263 | .288 |
| July | 26 | 66 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | .295 | .348 | .344 |
| August | 27 | 65 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 9 | .263 | .323 | .474 |
| September | 46 | 144 | 38 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 22 | .281 | .306 | .333 |
| October | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .273 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 35 | 109 | 26 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 19 | .263 | .303 | .424 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 29 | 91 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 15 | .318 | .352 | .400 |
| new-york-giants | 28 | 72 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 13 | .136 | .194 | .197 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 26 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | .191 | .220 | .213 |
| cincinnati-reds | 24 | 64 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | .386 | .453 | .596 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 19 | 50 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | .234 | .240 | .255 |
| chicago-cubs | 15 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .200 | .261 | .250 |
| boston-braves | 13 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .294 | .368 | .353 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 |  Chicago Cubs | 14 | 55 | 15 | – | 9 | 1 | .273 | – | – |
| 1944 | Chicago Cubs | 23 | 51 | 11 | – | 5 | – | .216 | – | – |
| 1945 | Chicago Cubs | 49 | 93 | 24 | 2 | 11 | 2 | .258 | – | – |
| 1949 | Boston Braves, St. Louis Cardinals | 103 | 259 | 67 | 3 | 32 | – | .259 | – | – |