Hank Bauer

1948–1961 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees

1,544G

.277AVG

.346OBP

.439SLG

More career statistics

1,424H

164HR

703RBI

50SB

7Rare feats

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 · Caught stealing	33	40
Batting · Doubles	229	230
Batting · Strikeouts	638	639
Batting · Plate appearances	5,776	5,777
Batting · RBI	703	704
Batting · Walks	521	523

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,544	5,776	5,145	833	1,424	229	57	164	703	521	638	50	33	34	25	2,259	.277	.346	.439	.785

Streaks

15longest hitting streak · 1950-08-13 to 1950-08-29

19longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
61	Five Runs Scored	1953-08-12	1 in 688 games	box score ↗
57	Triple Play	1952-08-22	1 in 498 games	box score ↗
48	12 total bases	1952-05-10	1 in 4,532 player-games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	757	2755	686	70	326	244	274	.279	.338	.433
Away	787	3022	738	94	378	279	365	.275	.337	.445

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	135	562	130	20	76	60	61	.265	.338	.460
May	270	1027	237	29	117	108	111	.261	.336	.423
June	293	1038	264	30	133	86	107	.284	.337	.445
July	284	1048	281	28	130	83	116	.299	.347	.464
August	307	1152	297	32	128	94	130	.287	.339	.441
September	250	938	214	25	118	90	114	.256	.324	.411
October	5	12	1	0	2	2	0	.100	.250	.100

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
chicago-white-sox	230	796	186	22	83	81	87	.265	.335	.420
boston-red-sox	226	905	228	29	132	87	105	.284	.348	.469
detroit-tigers	223	853	232	24	110	76	101	.303	.361	.469
washington-senators-1901-60	210	828	216	28	109	78	74	.297	.355	.487
cleveland-guardians	210	726	156	15	70	57	92	.239	.293	.354
baltimore-orioles	112	424	91	6	35	39	52	.239	.307	.336
philadelphia-athletics	109	431	115	16	55	37	42	.296	.353	.495
kansas-city-athletics	100	393	90	16	55	27	47	.254	.298	.458

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1948	New York Yankees	19	50	9	1	10	1	.180	–	–
1949	New York Yankees	103	301	82	10	45	2	.272	–	–
1950	New York Yankees	113	415	133	13	70	2	.320	–	–
1951	New York Yankees	118	348	103	10	54	5	.296	–	–
1952	New York Yankees	141	553	162	17	74	6	.293	–	–
1953	New York Yankees	133	437	133	10	57	2	.304	–	–
1954	New York Yankees	114	377	111	12	54	4	.294	–	–
1955	New York Yankees	139	492	137	20	53	8	.278	–	–
1956	New York Yankees	147	539	130	26	84	4	.241	–	–
1957	New York Yankees	137	479	124	18	65	7	.259	–	–
1958	New York Yankees	128	452	121	12	50	3	.268	–	–
1959	New York Yankees	114	341	81	9	39	4	.238	–	–
1960	Kansas City Athletics	95	255	70	3	31	1	.275	–	–
1961	Kansas City Athletics	43	106	28	3	18	1	.264	–	–