Joe Hauser Joseph John Hauser Bats Left Throws Left Height 5'10.5 Weight 175 Born January 12, 1899 Milwaukee, WI Died July 11, 1997 Sheboygan, WI

Batting  

 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 29 MON        71   16   7   1   2   11    7                     0      .225  .278  .437  .376   31 
 1929 30 MON        17    4   0   0   2    3    4                     1      .235  .265  .588  .391   10 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
  2 Seasons         88   20   7   1   4   14   11                     1      .227  .275  .466  .379   41
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 

Transactions January 1, 1928: Drafted 29th round (221th overall) by Montgomery.

Biography In 1928, Philadelphia Athletic first baseman Joe Hauser was nearing the end of a noteworthy major league career, but on the verge of a legendary minor league career. Hauser came up to the show in 1922 with the Athletics. The first three years there, he showed promise with raw slugging ability. His rookie season he hit .323 in 368 AB. In 1923, he batted .307 with 17 home runs and 94 RBI and in 1924 he batted .288, with 27 home runs and 115 runs batted in. On August 2 of that year, he hit three home runs and a double in one game, good enough for 14 total bases and an American League record. This record stood only for a year, as Ty Cobb wound up with 16 total bases in a game in 1925. In April of 1925, "Unser Choe" (German for "Our Joe") broke his kneecap and missed the entire season. He only hit .192 in 1926 and found himself in the minor leagues the next year. After coming back to the Athletics in 1928, he got off to a great start but his season fell apart after Ty Cobb, his teammate in Philly, insisted he stand closer to the plate. By 1929 he was in the minors for good, where he became the first professional player to ever hit 60 or more home runs in a season twice. In 1930, while playing with the Baltimore Orioles of the International League, Hauser hit 63 home runs. Three years later, while with Minneapolis of the American Association, he hit 69. After Hauser retired, he owned and operated a successful sporting goods store in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He died in July of 1997 at 98, just four days after receiving word that he would finally be receiving his Major League pension.