SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24 -- Hank Sauer, the 1952 National League Most ... 1955 and spent the 1956 season with the Cardinals. He was signed by the New York Giants before the 1957 season and responded ...

“My dad was a very gregarious guy,” said Hank Sauer Jr., a real estate agent who played minor-league baseball. “He treated everyone the same, from the owner to the fan.” From childhood ...

Hank Sauer, a slugging star with the Chicago Cubs ... and didn't blossom until he was traded to the Cubs in 1949. He became a lasting baseball hero in Chicago -- where his death was announced ...