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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	41-35 / in Starts: 39-32
Longest Hitting Streak	15 games
Longest On Base Streak	16 games
Most Games w/o HR	16 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	1 in 8 bases loaded PA and 8 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	10

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 312 PAs	60
Actual Runners on Base	166 (90-40-36) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 312 PAs	31
Avg. Runners on Base	206 (107-66-33)

Most Driven In
Self	11
D Cramer	8
E Mayo	7
S Webb	7
J Hoover	5
R Borom	3
R Cullenbine	3
J Outlaw	2

Most Driven In By
Self	11
R York	9
R Cullenbine	8
D Cramer	2
J Outlaw	1

1945 Batting Game Log

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1945 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1050	62 (61)	Jul 1 (1)	DET		PHA	W,9-5	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	1.000	1.400	4	1.25	-0.067	6.25	-0.20%	0.37	LF
2	1051	64 (1)	Jul 3	DET		BOS	L,0-4	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0			0	0	0	.143	.400	.571	.971	4						LF
3	1052	65	Jul 4 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.357	.727	1.084	4	1.34	-0.046	8.74	-0.18%	0.25	LF
4	1053	67 (1)	Jul 5	DET		BOS	W,9-8	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.750	1.150	1	8.19	0.766	53.66	3.01%	1.64	PH
5	1054	68	Jul 6	DET		NYY	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.375	.692	1.067	8	3.38	-0.074	23.92	-0.31%	-0.35	PH
6	1055	70 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	DET		NYY	L,6-8	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.222	.333	.722	1.056	4						LF
7	1056	71	Jul 8 (2)	DET		NYY	W,3-2	GS-0	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.286	.375	.762	1.137	4						LF
8	1057	72	Jul 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.393	.708	1.101	4	1.52	0.035	9.95	0.14%	0.32	LF
9	1058	73	Jul 13	DET	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.250	.344	.607	.951	4	.93	-0.124	6.23	-0.50%	-1.82	LF
10	1059	74	Jul 14	DET	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.333	.548	.882	4	.87	-0.069	5.85	-0.28%	-0.49	LF
11	1060	75	Jul 15	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.325	.500	.825	4	1.07	-0.091	7.00	-0.36%	-0.52	LF
12	1061	76	Jul 16	DET	@	NYY	W,9-4	GS-8	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.333	.513	.846	4	.51	0.137	3.23	0.52%	0.65	LF
13	1062	77	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.340	.488	.828	4	.90	0.097	6.34	0.41%	0.60	LF
14	1063	79 (1)	Jul 20 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.346	.489	.835	4	1.29	0.020	9.60	0.09%	0.22	LF
15	1064	81 (1)	Jul 21	DET	@	PHA	T,1-1	22-22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.358	.489	.847	6	4.34	0.057	25.70	0.20%	0.32	PH
16	1065	82	Jul 22 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,9-1	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.333	.449	.782	4	.38	-0.039	2.26	-0.14%	-0.70	LF
17	1066	84 (1)	Jul 23	DET	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.328	.434	.762	4	1.58	-0.025	9.73	-0.09%	0.00	LF
18	1067	85	Jul 27	DET		CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.214	.313	.411	.723	4						LF
19	1068	86	Jul 28	DET		CHW	W,8-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.213	.304	.393	.698	4						LF
20	1069	87	Jul 29	DET		CHW	W,4-2	GS-9	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.301	.375	.676	4	.99	-0.002	7.07	-0.01%	-0.34	LF
21	1070	88	Jul 31	DET		SLB	W,5-4	GS-0	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.209	.312	.403	.715	4						LF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	1071	89	Aug 1	DET		SLB	W,9-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.211	.309	.437	.745	4	1.33	0.045	9.07	0.19%	0.44	LF
23	1072	90	Aug 2	DET		SLB	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.306	.440	.746	4	.45	-0.035	3.09	-0.14%	1.01	LF
24	1073	91	Aug 3	DET	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.303	.430	.734	4	.51	-0.046	3.42	-0.19%	-0.30	LF
25	1074	92	Aug 4	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.312	.427	.739	4	1.27	0.020	8.73	0.08%	-0.15	LF
26	1075	93	Aug 5 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,8-12	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.327	.465	.792	4	1.20	0.261	8.39	1.09%	2.06	LF
27	1076	94	Aug 5 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.324	.449	.773	4	1.52	-0.106	10.60	-0.44%	-0.93	LF
28	1077	95	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	2		2	0	0			0	0	0	.228	.336	.457	.793	4						LF
29	1078	96	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.219	.324	.438	.762	4						LF
30	1079	97	Aug 8 (1)	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	4	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.240	.339	.470	.809	4	.61	0.141	4.20	0.59%	1.55	LF
31	1080	98	Aug 8 (2)	DET		BOS	L,4-7	CG(12)	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.347	.467	.814	4	1.49	0.077	10.27	0.32%	0.87	LF
32	1081	99	Aug 9	DET		BOS	W,11-5	GS-0	4	4	1	3	2	0	0	2	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.266	.360	.495	.855	4						LF
33	1082	100	Aug 10	DET		BOS	L,0-9	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			1	0	0	.268	.364	.491	.855	4						LF
34	1083	101	Aug 11	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			1	0	0	.270	.368	.487	.855	4						LF
35	1084	102	Aug 12 (1)	DET		NYY	W,9-6	CG(11)	5	4	2	3	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	0			1	0	0	.286	.384	.521	.905	4						LF
36	1085	103	Aug 12 (2)	DET		NYY	W,8-2	GS-0	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.295	.394	.525	.919	4						LF
37	1086	104	Aug 13 (1)	DET		NYY	W,15-4	GS-7	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.304	.404	.528	.932	4	.45	-0.006	3.88	-0.03%	1.11	LF
38	1087	105	Aug 13 (2)	DET		NYY	W,11-9	GS-9	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.302	.404	.519	.923	4	1.65	0.177	14.02	0.90%	1.08	LF
39	1088	106	Aug 15	DET		WSH	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.406	.519	.925	4	.27	0.041	2.80	0.26%	0.43	LF
40	1089	107	Aug 16	DET		WSH	W,9-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.307	.403	.511	.913	4	1.49	0.035	16.45	0.23%	-0.07	LF
41	1090	108	Aug 17	DET		WSH	L,1-3	GS-9	4	3	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.411	.529	.940	4	1.56	0.009	17.00	0.06%	0.67	LF
42	1091	109	Aug 18	DET		WSH	L,5-11	GS-8	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.326	.419	.535	.954	4	.58	0.067	6.71	0.47%	1.19	LF
43	1092	110	Aug 19 (1)	DET		PHA	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.327	.421	.551	.972	4	.71	0.058	5.37	0.27%	0.89	LF
44	1093	111	Aug 19 (2)	DET		PHA	L,3-8	CG(11)	5	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.336	.438	.557	.995	4	1.83	0.276	13.94	1.26%	2.53	LF
45	1094	112	Aug 20 (1)	DET		PHA	W,4-0	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.331	.439	.550	.989	4	.61	0.014	4.65	0.07%	0.26	LF
46	1095	113	Aug 20 (2)	DET		PHA	W,4-1	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.325	.432	.539	.971	4	.95	-0.064	7.28	-0.29%	-0.97	LF
47	1096	114	Aug 21 (1)	DET		PHA	L,6-7	GS-0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		1	0	0			0	0	0	.321	.436	.532	.968	4						LF
48	1097	115	Aug 21 (2)	DET		PHA	W,7-6	CG	5	5	0	3	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.329	.440	.553	.993	4	1.76	0.409	13.29	1.85%	3.23	LF
49	1098	116	Aug 22	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	1	2	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.333	.442	.576	1.017	4						LF
50	1099	117	Aug 23	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.325	.433	.562	.995	4						LF
51	1100	118	Aug 24	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	.318	.424	.549	.974	4	1.27	-0.058	9.68	-0.26%	-0.60	LF
52	1101	119	Aug 26 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.311	.416	.537	.953	4	2.14	-0.276	16.67	-1.29%	-1.53	LF
53	1102	121 (1)	Aug 28	DET	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.309	.416	.547	.963	4	.31	0.119	2.79	0.65%	1.49	LF
54	1103	122	Aug 29	DET	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.306	.411	.538	.949	4						LF
55	1104	123	Aug 31	DET		CLE	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.413	.542	.955	4	1.14	0.176	9.47	0.88%	1.09	LF
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
56	1105	124	Sep 1	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.309	.412	.536	.948	4						LF
57	1106	125	Sep 2	DET		CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	1	.310	.414	.533	.947	4	1.99	-0.007	17.87	-0.04%	0.04	LF
58	1107	126	Sep 3 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.313	.415	.537	.953	4						LF
59	1108	127	Sep 3 (2)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.314	.417	.534	.951	4						LF
60	1109	128	Sep 4	DET	@	NYY	W,10-0	GS-6	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.314	.418	.546	.964	4	.52	0.071	6.03	0.50%	1.69	LF
61	1110	129	Sep 5 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,10-7	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.418	.557	.974	4	.92	0.107	10.65	0.74%	0.71	LF
62	1111	130	Sep 5 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.411	.546	.957	4	.69	-0.063	7.37	-0.40%	-0.95	LF
63	1112	131	Sep 6 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-14	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.309	.411	.541	.952	4	.84	0.022	9.71	0.15%	0.00	LF
64	1113	132	Sep 6 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.308	.408	.536	.944	4	2.25	0.130	27.76	0.96%	0.13	LF
65	1114	133	Sep 7	DET	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.410	.535	.945	4	.99	0.093	11.00	0.62%	1.23	LF
66	1115	134	Sep 8	DET	@	NYY	W,11-4	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.413	.549	.963	4	.99	0.173	10.29	1.08%	3.03	LF
67	1116	135	Sep 9 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.312	.407	.540	.947	4						LF
68	1117	136	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	BOS	T,3-3	GS-0	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.317	.410	.546	.956	4						LF
69	1118	144 (7)	Sep 15 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.315	.409	.544	.952	9	1.50	-0.084	38.29	-1.29%	-1.09	PH
70	1119	146 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.407	.541	.948	7	1.24	-0.030	17.85	-0.26%	-0.08	PH
71	1120	148 (1)	Sep 18	DET	@	WSH	L,5-12	6-6	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.317	.409	.547	.957	9	.88	0.075	10.26	0.52%	1.00	PH
72	1121	149	Sep 19	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.407	.541	.948	4	.78	-0.012	8.54	-0.08%	-0.06	LF
73	1122	150	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS-0	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.313	.408	.542	.950	4						LF
74	1123	151	Sep 22	DET		SLB	W,9-0	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.412	.542	.953	4	.29	0.149	3.28	1.02%	2.81	LF
75	1124	152	Sep 23	DET		SLB	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.409	.537	.946	4	.51	-0.019	5.75	-0.13%	-0.41	LF
76	1125	153	Sep 26 (1)	DET		CLE	W,11-0	GS-9	5	4	2	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.409	.544	.953	4	.22	0.024	.00	0.00%	2.30	LF
77	1126	154	Sep 26 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.309	.404	.536	.940	4	1.92	-0.185	.00	0.00%	-1.62	LF
78	1127	155	Sep 30	DET	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.404	.544	.948	4	2.78	0.483	.00	0.00%	2.31	LF
							41-35		312	270	46	84	20	2	13	60	42	3	40	0	0		3	9	3	1	.311	.404	.544	.948		1.15	2.836	8.74	12.21%	26.55

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