Hank Sauer Quotes

Hank Sauer — American Athlete born on March 17, 1917, died on August 24, 2001

Henry John "Hank" Sauer was a left fielder in Major League Baseball. From 1941 through 1959, Sauer played for the Cincinnati Reds , Chicago Cubs , St. Louis Cardinals , New York Giants and San Francisco Giants . He batted and threw right-handed. He and Johnny Bench are the only players in major league history ever to have hit three home runs in a single game twice against the same pitcher. He did it 1950 and 1952 while with the Chicago Cubs, both times against Philadelphia's Curt Simmons... (wikipedia)

I don't know how it started but someone must have noticed I was always chewing tobacco or smoking a pipe.

The first week Banks was with us, we knew he was going to be a star.

I lost the ball in the moon.

After I'd hit a home run and took my position in the field, the fans in the bleachers began throwing packages of tobacco at me. I stuffed them in my pocket.

But when I go to Chicago, I know I'm home.

Hank Sauer Quotes

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