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.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	DET		CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
2	2	Apr 20	DET		CHW	W,8-7	CG	57	14.0	14	0	0	14	1
3	3	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
4	4	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
5	5	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
6	6	Apr 24	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
7	7	Apr 25	DET		SLB	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
8	8	Apr 26	DET		SLB	W,7-6	CG	48	10.0	7	0	0	7	1
9	9	Apr 27	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	54	12.1	10	1	0	11	0
10	10	Apr 29	DET		CLE	L,1-7	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
11	11	Apr 30	DET		CLE	W,14-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 2	DET		NYY	L,2-22	CG	56	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
13	13	May 3	DET		NYY	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
14	14	May 4	DET		BOS	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
15	15	May 5	DET		BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	10	0	1	11	2
16	16	May 6	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
17	17	May 7	DET		PHA	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
18	18	May 8	DET		PHA	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
19	19	May 10	DET		WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
20	20	May 11	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	44	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
21	21	May 12	DET	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
22	22	May 13	DET	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
23	23	May 14 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,14-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	24	May 14 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
25	25	May 16	DET	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
26	26	May 17	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
27	27	May 18	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	7	0	0	7	0
28	28	May 19	DET	@	PHA	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
29	29	May 20	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	2
30	30	May 21	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	31	May 23	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	2
32	32	May 24	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	33	May 25	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
34	34	May 27	DET		SLB	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
35	35	May 28	DET		SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	2
36	36	May 29	DET		SLB	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	9	2	0	11	0
38	38	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 1	DET		BOS	L,5-14	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
40	40	Jun 2	DET		BOS	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
41	41	Jun 4	DET		NYY	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	3
42	42	Jun 5	DET		NYY	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
43	43	Jun 6	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
44	44	Jun 7	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
45	45	Jun 8	DET		PHA	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	46	Jun 9	DET		PHA	W,14-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
47	47	Jun 10 (1)	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
48	48	Jun 10 (2)	DET		WSH	W,17-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
49	49	Jun 11	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
50	50	Jun 14 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
51	51	Jun 14 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	3
52	52	Jun 15	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	3
53	53	Jun 16	DET	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
54	54	Jun 17	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	39	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
55	55	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	13	2	0	15	1
56	56	Jun 19	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
57	57	Jun 20	DET	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
58	58	Jun 22	DET	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	47	8.2	6	1	0	7	0
59	59	Jun 23	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	10	1	1	12	2
60	60	Jun 24	DET	@	WSH	L,4-12	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	61	Jun 25	DET	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
62	62	Jun 26	DET	@	CLE	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	2
63	63	Jun 27	DET	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
64	64	Jun 30	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	65	Jul 1 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
66	66	Jul 1 (2)	DET		CHW	L,3-4	GS	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	1
67	67	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	68	Jul 3	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
69	69	Jul 4	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
70	70	Jul 6	DET	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	4
71	71	Jul 7	DET	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
72	72	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
73	73	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.1	8	1	0	9	0
74	74	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	2
75	75	Jul 13	DET		NYY	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	76	Jul 14	DET		NYY	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
77	77	Jul 15	DET		NYY	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
78	78	Jul 16 (1)	DET		BOS	L,2-9	CG	49	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
79	79	Jul 16 (2)	DET		BOS	L,0-3	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
80	80	Jul 17	DET		BOS	W,13-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
81	81	Jul 18	DET		WSH	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
82	82	Jul 19	DET		WSH	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	2
83	83	Jul 20	DET		WSH	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
84	84	Jul 21	DET		PHA	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
85	85	Jul 22 (1)	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
86	86	Jul 22 (2)	DET		PHA	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	14	1	0	15	2
87	87	Jul 23	DET		PHA	W,16-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
88	88	Jul 25	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
89	89	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
90	90	Jul 27	DET	@	WSH	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	91	Jul 28	DET	@	PHA	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	11	2	0	13	0
92	92	Jul 29	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	6	2	1	9	2
93	93	Jul 30 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,14-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
94	94	Jul 30 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	95	Aug 1	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
96	96	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
97	97	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
98	98	Aug 5	DET	@	BOS	W,16-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	99	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
100	100	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
101	101	Aug 8	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
102	102	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
103	103	Aug 10	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
104	104	Aug 11	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
105	105	Aug 12	DET		SLB	L,3-17	CG	52	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
106	112 (6)	Aug 19	DET	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
107	113	Aug 20	DET	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	116 (2)	Aug 24	DET		WSH	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	2
109	118 (1)	Aug 26	DET		WSH	W,6-3	GS	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	128 (9)	Sep 4 (1)	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
111	129	Sep 4 (2)	DET		SLB	T,5-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
112	130	Sep 5	DET		SLB	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
113	131	Sep 6	DET	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
114	132	Sep 7	DET	@	CLE	L,8-9	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
115	133	Sep 10 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
116	134	Sep 10 (2)	DET		CHW	L,9-11	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	135	Sep 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
118	136	Sep 13	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
119	137	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
120	138	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	49	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
121	139	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	8	0	2	10	0
122	140	Sep 17	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	12	1	0	13	2
123	141	Sep 18	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
124	142	Sep 19	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
125	143	Sep 20	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	52	12.1	7	1	0	8	0
126	144	Sep 21	DET	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	15	0	1	16	2
127	145	Sep 22	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
128	147 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
129	148	Sep 24 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	20	5.0	6	0	0	6	1
130	149	Sep 26 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
131	150	Sep 26 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	0	7.0	12	0	0	12	1
132	151	Sep 27	DET	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
133	152	Sep 29 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	16	0	0	16	0
134	153	Sep 29 (2)	DET		CLE	L,0-3	CG	22	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
135	154	Oct 1 (1)	DET		CLE	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
136	155	Oct 1 (2)	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	18	5.0	2	2	0	4	1
							136gm		1185.0	1205	75	9	1289	108