Hank Greenberg

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: January 1, 1911 in New York, NY us

Died: September 4, 1986 in Beverly Hills, CA

Buried: Hillside Memorial Park, Los Angeles, CA

High School: James Monroe HS (New York, NY)

School: New York University (New York, NY)

Debut: September 14, 1930 (Age 19-256d, 7,129th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 18, 1947 (Age 36-260d)
vs. BRO 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1956. (Voted by BBWAA on 164/193 ballots)
View Hank Greenberg's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1933 season

Full Name: Henry Benjamin Greenberg

Nicknames: Hammerin' Hank

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

55.5

5193

1628

331

.314

1046

RBI

1274

OBP

.412

SLG

.605

OPS

1.017

OPS+

159

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 2 (Jul 21, Aug 12)

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
2	2	Apr 18	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
3	3	Apr 19	DET	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	41	8.1	14	1	0	15	0
4	4	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
5	5	Apr 24	DET		CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
6	6	Apr 25	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
7	7	Apr 26	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	15	1	0	16	2
8	8	Apr 28	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
9	9	Apr 29	DET		CLE	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
10	10	Apr 30	DET		SLB	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	1	13	2
12	12	May 2	DET		SLB	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
13	13	May 4	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
14	14	May 5	DET	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
15	15	May 6	DET	@	BOS	L,4-14	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
16	16	May 7	DET	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	44	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	17	May 8	DET	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
18	18	May 9	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	2
19	19	May 10	DET	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
20	20	May 11	DET	@	PHA	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
21	21	May 12	DET	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
22	22	May 13	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	23	May 14	DET	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	21	6.0	10	1	0	11	0
24	24	May 17	DET		NYY	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
25	25	May 18	DET		NYY	W,10-8	CG	48	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
26	26	May 19	DET		NYY	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
27	27	May 20	DET		WSH	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	1	6	2
28	28	May 21	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
29	29	May 22	DET		WSH	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
30	30	May 23	DET		PHA	L,5-11	CG	44	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
31	31	May 24	DET		PHA	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
32	32	May 25	DET		PHA	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
33	33	May 26	DET		BOS	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	34	May 27	DET		BOS	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	2
35	35	May 28	DET		BOS	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	10	2	0	12	2
36	36	May 29	DET	@	SLB	L,7-12	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
38	38	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	13	0	0	13	2
39	39	May 31	DET	@	SLB	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
41	41	Jun 2	DET	@	CHW	W,12-0	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
42	42	Jun 3	DET	@	CHW	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	3
43	43	Jun 5 (1)	DET		CLE	W,20-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	3
44	44	Jun 5 (2)	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
45	45	Jun 6	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
46	46	Jun 7	DET		CLE	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
47	47	Jun 8	DET		CHW	W,13-5	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
48	48	Jun 9	DET		CHW	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
49	49	Jun 10	DET		CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
50	50	Jun 12	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
51	51	Jun 13	DET	@	BOS	L,13-15	CG	46	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
52	52	Jun 15	DET	@	BOS	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
53	53	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
54	54	Jun 17 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	55	Jun 17 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
56	56	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
57	57	Jun 20	DET	@	WSH	W,13-10	CG	53	11.0	8	1	0	9	0
58	58	Jun 21	DET	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	59	Jun 22	DET	@	WSH	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	60	Jun 23 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	46	10.0	3	0	0	3	1
61	61	Jun 23 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
62	62	Jun 24	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
63	63	Jun 25	DET	@	PHA	L,11-13	CG	43	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
64	64	Jun 26	DET	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
65	65	Jun 28	DET		CHW	W,8-7	CG	45	10.0	10	1	0	11	1
66	66	Jun 30	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	37	9.1	15	0	0	15	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	67	Jul 1 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
68	68	Jul 1 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,12-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
69	69	Jul 2 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
70	70	Jul 2 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	10	0	0	10	2
71	71	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
72	72	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	8	0	2	10	0
73	73	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
74	74	Jul 6	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	21	5.0	7	0	0	7	0
75	75	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	76	Jul 8	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
77	77	Jul 11	DET		WSH	W,13-7	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
78	78	Jul 12	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
79	79	Jul 13	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
80	80	Jul 14	DET		NYY	W,12-11	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
81	81	Jul 15	DET		NYY	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	4
82	82	Jul 16	DET		WSH	L,8-10	CG	48	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
83	83	Jul 17	DET		WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
84	84	Jul 18	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
85	85	Jul 20	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
86	86	Jul 21	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
87	87	Jul 22 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
88	88	Jul 22 (2)	DET		PHA	W,17-8	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
89	89	Jul 23	DET		BOS	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
90	90	Jul 24	DET		BOS	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
91	91	Jul 25	DET		BOS	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
92	92	Jul 26	DET		BOS	L,2-11	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	3
93	93	Jul 28	DET	@	CHW	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
94	94	Jul 29 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,16-15	CG	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
95	95	Jul 29 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
96	96	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	40	8.0	7	0	1	8	1
97	97	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	4
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	98	Aug 1	DET	@	CLE	W,10-7	CG	50	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
99	99	Aug 2	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
100	100	Aug 3	DET		CHW	W,14-0	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
101	101	Aug 4	DET		CHW	W,16-4	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
102	102	Aug 5	DET		CHW	W,7-0	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
103	103	Aug 7	DET		SLB	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	6	1	2	9	1
104	104	Aug 8	DET		SLB	W,7-6	CG	42	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
105	105	Aug 9	DET		SLB	W,13-2	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
106	106	Aug 10	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	13	1	0	14	2
107	107	Aug 11	DET		CLE	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
108	108	Aug 12	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	10	2	0	12	2
109	109	Aug 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	2
110	110	Aug 14 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
111	111	Aug 15	DET	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
112	112	Aug 17 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	9	0	1	10	0
113	113	Aug 17 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
114	114	Aug 18	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
115	115	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
116	116	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
117	117	Aug 21	DET	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
118	118	Aug 22	DET	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
119	119	Aug 23	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
120	120	Aug 24	DET	@	WSH	W,12-6	CG	42	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
121	121	Aug 25	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
122	122	Aug 26	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	40	10.0	10	1	0	11	3
123	123	Aug 27	DET	@	PHA	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	13	1	0	14	3
124	124	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,12-7	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
125	125	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,5-13	CG	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
126	126	Aug 30	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	127	Sep 1	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	41	11.0	8	0	0	8	0
128	128	Sep 2	DET	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
129	129	Sep 5	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
130	130	Sep 7 (1)	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
131	131	Sep 7 (2)	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
132	132	Sep 8 (1)	DET		PHA	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
133	133	Sep 8 (2)	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
134	134	Sep 9	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	45	10.0	5	0	0	5	1
135	135	Sep 10	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	18	0	0	18	0
136	136	Sep 11	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	45	11.0	12	0	0	12	1
137	137	Sep 12	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
138	138	Sep 13	DET		WSH	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
139	139	Sep 14	DET		WSH	W,6-4	CG	51	12.0	13	2	1	16	0
140	140	Sep 15	DET		WSH	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
141	141	Sep 16	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
142	142	Sep 17	DET		NYY	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
143	143	Sep 18	DET		NYY	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
144	145 (1)	Sep 20	DET		NYY	L,7-11	CG	45	9.0	8	1	1	10	1
145	146	Sep 22 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	13	1	1	15	1
146	147	Sep 22 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,15-1	CG	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
147	148	Sep 23 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
148	149	Sep 23 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	1
149	150	Sep 26 (1)	DET		CHW	W,12-10	CG	43	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
150	151	Sep 26 (2)	DET		CHW	W,10-3	CG	35	8.0	13	0	0	13	1
151	152	Sep 27	DET		CHW	L,0-11	GS	31	6.0	8	0	0	8	1
152	153	Sep 30 (1)	DET		SLB	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
153	154	Sep 30 (2)	DET		SLB	W,6-2	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
							153gm		1353.0	1454	84	16	1554	124