Hank Bauer

Right Field

1948—1961

hank-bauer
Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Right Field RANK
#82

Player Detail

Henry Albert
GIVEN NAME
Bauer
SURNAME
July 31, 1922, in East St. Louis, IL
BORN
February 9, 2007, in Lenexa, KS, USA
DIED
1948—1961
Playing Career
Played from 25-38
PLAYING AGE
New York Yankees
Kansas City A's
Teams Played For
Right Field
PRIMARY POSITION
New York Yankees
PRIMARY TEAM
1949-53, 1956, 1958
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
9
UNIFORM NUMBER
#1 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-0 / 192
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
September 6, 1948
Major League Debut
July 21, 1961
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Hank Bauer?

Someone once said his face looked “like a clenched fist.” Bauer was a hero in World War II, and leader of Yankees who won record five straight World Series.
Hank won 11 campaign ribbons, two Bronze Stars, and two Purple Hearts as a Marine in World War II. He later won seven World Series as a player and one as manager of the 1966 Orioles.
  • Hank Bauer Scouting Report

60

HITTING

50

POWER

60

RUNNING

60

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1544
1424
164
703
.277
3 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
26.1
58.5

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.785
.771
102.0

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.277
.346
.439

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Jackie Jensen
Vic Wertz
Jim Lemon

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.279
.348
.433

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Hank Bauer Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Bauer
534
148
87
24
6
17
73
54
66
5
235
206
.277
.346
.439
785
AVG RF
528
142
76
24
6
15
62
65
6
223
207
.270
.348
.422
.771

Hank Bauer Rankings

AT Right Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
82
82
79
82
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Right Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
86
79
63
76
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Hank Bauer PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
27.3
24.9
20.4
14.3
2.86
73.7
43.4
30.3
21.5
5.03
BLUE = Hank Bauer
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
181.6
127.7
UNK
62.8
19.0
389.8
205.2
143.3
96.9
26.7
BLUE = Hank Bauer
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF