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: 1 (Apr 26)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PIT	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	16	1	0	17	0
2	2	Apr 17	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
3	3	Apr 18	PIT		CIN	W,12-11	CG	49	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 19	PIT		CIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
5	5	Apr 20 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-13	CG	47	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
6	6	Apr 20 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,7-3	CG	24	6.0	4	3	0	7	0
7	7	Apr 23	PIT	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 24	PIT		CHC	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
9	9	Apr 26	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	2
10	10	Apr 27 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	13	1	0	14	1
11	11	Apr 27 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	46	11.2	14	1	0	15	2
12	12	Apr 29	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
13	13	Apr 30	PIT	@	PHI	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 6	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-6	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	2
15	17 (2)	May 10	PIT		STL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
16	18	May 11 (1)	PIT		STL	L,6-10	CG	44	10.0	11	0	0	11	2
17	19	May 11 (2)	PIT		STL	T,3-3	CG	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	20	May 15	PIT		BRO	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
19	21	May 16	PIT		BRO	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
20	22	May 17	PIT		BRO	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	4
21	23	May 18 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
22	24	May 18 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,6-11	CG	36	7.0	6	0	0	6	1
23	25	May 20	PIT		BSN	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	8	1	0	9	1
24	26	May 22	PIT	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	27	May 23	PIT	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	28	May 25 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	9	0	1	10	0
27	29	May 25 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
28	30	May 26	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
29	31	May 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	9	0	1	10	1
30	32	May 28	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
31	33	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	1
32	34	May 30 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	35	May 31	PIT	@	NYG	L,9-10	CG	43	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	36	Jun 1 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
35	37	Jun 1 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,7-8	GF	7	1.1	2	0	0	2	0
36	38	Jun 2	PIT	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
37	39	Jun 3 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-11	CG	43	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
38	40	Jun 3 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
39	41	Jun 4	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-9	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
40	42	Jun 5	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
41	43	Jun 6	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	31	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
42	44	Jun 8 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	11	2	0	13	0
43	45	Jun 8 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	46	Jun 9	PIT	@	NYG	L,10-13	GS	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
45	47	Jun 10	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	46	11.1	13	1	0	14	1
46	50 (2)	Jun 13	PIT		BSN	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
47	51	Jun 15 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,4-13	CG	50	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
48	52	Jun 15 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,3-12	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
49	53	Jun 18	PIT		NYG	L,5-12	CG	50	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
50	54	Jun 19	PIT		NYG	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
51	55	Jun 20	PIT		PHI	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
52	56	Jun 21	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
53	59 (2)	Jun 25	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
54	60	Jun 26	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
55	61	Jun 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,12-8	GS	20	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	62	Jun 28 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
57	64 (1)	Jun 29	PIT	@	CHC	W,10-4	GS	27	7.0	9	1	0	10	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	65	Jul 1	PIT		STL	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
59	66	Jul 2	PIT		CIN	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
60	67	Jul 3	PIT		CIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
61	69 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	8.1	8	1	0	9	2
62	70	Jul 5	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	GS	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
63	71	Jul 6 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,6-2	GS	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
64	73 (1)	Jul 10 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
65	75 (1)	Jul 11	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-2	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	76	Jul 12	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	5	2	1	8	0
67	77	Jul 13 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,6-3	GS	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
68	79 (1)	Jul 14	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
69	81 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-3	GS	32	6.0	7	1	0	8	0
70	82	Jul 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-10	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
71	83	Jul 17	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-1	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	1
72	84	Jul 18	PIT	@	BSN	W,2-1	GS	27	7.0	9	1	0	10	0
73	85	Jul 19	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
74	86	Jul 20	PIT	@	BSN	W,9-1	GS	25	7.0	10	0	0	10	1
75	87	Jul 21	PIT		PHI	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
76	88	Jul 23	PIT		PHI	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
77	90 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
78	91	Jul 25	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	14	1	1	16	1
79	92	Jul 26	PIT		BRO	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	98 (5)	Aug 1	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
81	99	Aug 2 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
82	100	Aug 2 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
83	101	Aug 3 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,8-11	CG	47	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
84	102	Aug 3 (2)	PIT		NYG	T,6-6	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
85	103	Aug 4	PIT		CIN	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
86	104	Aug 5	PIT		CIN	W,12-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
87	105	Aug 6	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
88	106	Aug 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
89	107	Aug 8	PIT	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
90	108	Aug 9	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
91	109	Aug 10 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
92	111 (1)	Aug 11	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
93	113 (1)	Aug 13	PIT		CHC	W,10-2	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
94	114	Aug 14	PIT		STL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
95	115	Aug 15	PIT		STL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
96	116	Aug 16	PIT		STL	W,12-7	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
97	117	Aug 17	PIT		STL	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
98	118	Aug 19	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-7	GS	35	8.0	6	1	2	9	1
99	119	Aug 20	PIT	@	BSN	W,16-10	GS	26	6.0	6	1	0	7	1
100	120	Aug 21	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
101	121	Aug 22	PIT	@	NYG	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
102	122	Aug 23 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,11-10	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
103	124 (1)	Aug 24	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
104	125	Aug 25	PIT	@	BRO	L,10-11	CG	47	8.0	10	2	0	12	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	134 (8)	Sep 4	PIT		CIN	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
106	135	Sep 6	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	CG	44	10.0	12	1	0	13	1
107	136	Sep 7	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
108	137	Sep 8	PIT		NYG	L,8-10	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
109	138	Sep 9	PIT		NYG	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
110	139	Sep 10	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
111	140	Sep 11 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,4-3	CG	54	13.0	14	2	0	16	1
112	141	Sep 11 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
113	142	Sep 12	PIT		BSN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
114	143	Sep 13	PIT		BSN	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	12	0	1	13	0
115	144	Sep 14 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
116	146 (1)	Sep 15	PIT		PHI	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
117	147	Sep 16	PIT		PHI	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
118	148	Sep 17	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
119	149	Sep 18	PIT		BRO	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
							119gm		1015.0	983	79	9	1071	85