Hank Greenberg

Henry Benjamin "Hank" Greenberg (January 1, 1911 – September 4, 1986), nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank" or "The Hebrew Hammer," was an American professional baseball player in the 1930s and 1940s. A first baseman primarily for the Detroit Tigers, Greenberg was one of the premier power hitters of his generation. He hit 58 home runs in 1938, equaling Jimmie Foxx's 1932 mark for the most home runs in one season by any player between 1927 (when Babe Ruth set a record of 60) and 1961 (when Roger Maris surpassed it).

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Filmography

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Selected Hank Greenberg film and TV show credits.

Acting Credits

1949

The Kid from Cleveland

Hank Greenberg - Cleveland Indians Outfilder

Soundtrack Credits

1998

The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

Self

1984

1984 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

1960

World Wide '60

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Show)

Quotes

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List of Hank Greenberg quotes.

The Pied Piper enjoyed people enjoying themselves. He was colorblind and race-blind and religion-blind.

Bill brought baseball into the 20th century. Before Bill, baseball was just win or lose. But he made it fun to be at the ballpark.

I am looking at investments in China as I used to in a different incarnation,

Dating History

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List of Hank Greenberg relationships, in date order.

Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Hank Greenberg.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1930	DET	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1933	DET	117	449	59	135	33	3	12	87	6	46	78	0.301	0.367	0.468
1934	DET	153	593	118	201	63	7	26	139	9	63	93	0.339	0.404	0.600
1935	DET	152	619	121	203	46	16	36	170	4	87	91	0.328	0.411	0.628
1936	DET	12	46	10	16	6	2	1	16	1	9	6	0.348	0.455	0.630
1937	DET	154	594	137	200	49	14	40	183	8	102	101	0.337	0.436	0.668
1938	DET	155	556	144	175	23	4	58	146	7	119	92	0.315	0.438	0.683
1939	DET	138	500	112	156	42	7	33	112	8	91	95	0.312	0.420	0.622
1940	DET	148	573	129	195	50	8	41	150	6	93	75	0.340	0.433	0.670
1941	DET	19	67	12	18	5	1	2	12	1	16	12	0.269	0.410	0.463
1945	DET	78	270	47	84	20	2	13	60	3	42	40	0.311	0.404	0.544
1946	DET	142	523	91	145	29	5	44	127	5	80	88	0.277	0.373	0.604
1947	PIT	125	402	71	100	13	2	25	74	0	104	73	0.249	0.408	0.478
Career		1394	5193	1051	1628	379	71	331	1276	58	852	844	-	-	-

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Hank Greenberg.

Year	Team	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1933	DET	117	-	1133	63	14	111	0.988
1934	DET	153	-	1454	84	16	124	0.990
1935	DET	152	-	1437	99	13	142	0.992
1936	DET	12	-	119	9	1	14	0.992
1937	DET	154	-	1477	102	13	133	0.992
1938	DET	155	-	1484	120	14	146	0.991
1939	DET	138	-	1205	75	9	108	0.993
1940	DET	148	-	298	14	15	1	0.954
1941	DET	19	-	32	0	3	0	0.914
1945	DET	78	-	129	3	0	0	1.000
1946	DET	142	-	1272	93	15	110	0.989
1947	PIT	125	-	983	79	9	85	0.992
Career		1393	-	11023	741	122	974	-

First Name	Henry
Middle Name	Benjamin
Last Name	Greenberg
Full Name at Birth	Henry Benjamin Greenberg
Other Names	Hammerin' Hank
Age	75 (age at death)
Date of Birth	January 1, 1911
Birthplace	New York, NY
Date of Death	September 4, 1986
Location of Death	Beverly Hills, CA
Cause of Death	unspecified
Buried	Hillside Memorial Park, Los Angeles, CA
Height	6' 3" (190 cm)
Weight	210 lbs (95.3 kg)
Build	Athletic
Star Sign	Capricorn
Religion	Jewish
Ethnicity	White
Nationality	American
High School	James Monroe (Bronx, NY)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	First Baseman, Leftfielder
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	14 September 1930
Last MLB Game	18 September 1947
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1956 (164/193 ballots).
Claim to Fame	Two-time American League MVP