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.

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1935 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	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
2	2	Apr 18	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
3	3	Apr 19	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 20	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	49	14.0	18	0	0	18	0
5	5	Apr 21	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	11	2	0	13	2
6	6	Apr 22	DET		CLE	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
7	7	Apr 23	DET	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
8	8	Apr 24	DET	@	CHW	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	8	3	0	11	1
9	9	Apr 25	DET	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
10	10	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	8	1	0	9	2
11	11	Apr 27	DET	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
12	12	Apr 28	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	43	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
13	13	Apr 29	DET	@	SLB	W,18-0	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
14	14	Apr 30	DET	@	SLB	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 4	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
16	16	May 7	DET		PHA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
17	17	May 8	DET		PHA	L,6-7	CG	47	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
18	18	May 10	DET		WSH	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
19	19	May 11	DET		WSH	L,7-10	CG	60	12.0	6	1	0	7	0
20	20	May 13	DET		NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	1	5	1
21	21	May 14	DET		NYY	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
22	22	May 15	DET		NYY	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	10	4	0	14	1
23	23	May 16	DET	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
24	24	May 17	DET	@	WSH	L,8-10	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
25	25	May 18	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
26	26	May 19	DET	@	WSH	W,16-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
27	27	May 20	DET	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	50	11.0	7	0	0	7	0
28	28	May 22	DET	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
29	29	May 23	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
30	30	May 24	DET	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
31	31	May 25	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
32	32	May 26	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
33	33	May 27	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	2
34	34	May 28	DET	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
35	35	May 30 (1)	DET		SLB	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
36	36	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
37	37	May 31	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
39	39	Jun 2	DET		CHW	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
40	40	Jun 5 (1)	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
41	41	Jun 5 (2)	DET		CLE	T,4-4	CG	28	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
42	42	Jun 6	DET		CLE	W,10-9	CG	46	10.0	13	1	0	14	1
43	43	Jun 7	DET	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	3
44	44	Jun 8	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
45	45	Jun 9	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	2
46	46	Jun 11 (1)	DET		BOS	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
47	47	Jun 11 (2)	DET		BOS	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
48	48	Jun 12	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
49	49	Jun 13	DET		BOS	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
50	50	Jun 14	DET		BOS	L,8-10	CG	46	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
51	51	Jun 15 (1)	DET		PHA	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
52	52	Jun 15 (2)	DET		PHA	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
53	53	Jun 16	DET		PHA	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
54	54	Jun 19 (1)	DET		NYY	L,3-13	CG	50	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
55	55	Jun 19 (2)	DET		NYY	L,6-7	CG	0	12.0	10	0	0	10	0
56	56	Jun 20	DET		NYY	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
57	57	Jun 21	DET		NYY	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
58	58	Jun 22 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
59	59	Jun 22 (2)	DET		WSH	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	3
60	60	Jun 23	DET		WSH	L,7-12	CG	50	9.0	8	2	0	10	3
61	61	Jun 24	DET		WSH	W,9-8	CG	63	14.0	6	1	0	7	2
62	62	Jun 25	DET		WSH	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	2
63	63	Jun 27	DET	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
64	64	Jun 28 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
65	65	Jun 28 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
66	66	Jun 29	DET	@	SLB	L,3-9	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
67	67	Jun 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,18-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
68	68	Jun 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	69	Jul 1	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
70	70	Jul 2	DET		CLE	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
71	71	Jul 3	DET		CLE	W,11-7	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
72	72	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	51	11.0	8	1	0	9	0
73	73	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
74	74	Jul 5	DET		SLB	W,16-1	CG	32	9.0	10	1	1	12	3
75	75	Jul 6	DET		SLB	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
76	76	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	3
77	77	Jul 10	DET	@	WSH	L,11-12	CG	45	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
78	78	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	0	10.0	9	0	0	9	2
79	79	Jul 12	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
80	80	Jul 13 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,5-18	CG	54	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
81	81	Jul 13 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
82	82	Jul 14	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	7	0	0	7	0
83	83	Jul 16	DET	@	PHA	L,2-8	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	2
84	84	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
85	85	Jul 19	DET	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
86	86	Jul 20	DET	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	3
87	87	Jul 21	DET	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	36	8.1	5	0	0	5	2
88	88	Jul 23 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	8	0	1	9	0
89	89	Jul 23 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	13	3	0	16	1
90	90	Jul 24	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
91	91	Jul 26	DET	@	CLE	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
92	92	Jul 27	DET	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
93	93	Jul 28	DET	@	CLE	W,14-6	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
94	94	Jul 29	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
95	95	Jul 30	DET		SLB	L,6-8	CG	37	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
96	96	Jul 31	DET		SLB	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	97	Aug 1	DET		SLB	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
98	98	Aug 3 (1)	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	51	12.0	13	0	0	13	0
99	99	Aug 3 (2)	DET		CLE	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
100	100	Aug 4	DET		CLE	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
101	101	Aug 8	DET		CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	4
102	102	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
103	103	Aug 10	DET		CHW	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
104	104	Aug 11	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
105	105	Aug 13	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	47	10.0	9	0	0	9	2
106	106	Aug 14	DET		WSH	W,18-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	3
107	107	Aug 15	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
108	108	Aug 16	DET		WSH	L,1-8	CG	49	9.0	9	2	2	13	0
109	109	Aug 17	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	9	1	0	10	0
110	110	Aug 18	DET		NYY	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	14	0	1	15	0
111	111	Aug 19	DET		NYY	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
112	112	Aug 20	DET		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
113	113	Aug 21 (1)	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
114	114	Aug 21 (2)	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
115	115	Aug 22	DET		BOS	L,9-10	CG	47	9.0	6	0	1	7	1
116	116	Aug 23	DET		BOS	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
117	117	Aug 24	DET		BOS	W,2-0	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
118	118	Aug 25	DET		PHA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
119	119	Aug 26 (1)	DET		PHA	W,13-7	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
120	120	Aug 26 (2)	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
121	121	Aug 27 (1)	DET		PHA	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
122	122	Aug 27 (2)	DET		PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
123	123	Aug 28	DET		PHA	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	3
124	124	Aug 29	DET	@	SLB	W,13-3	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
125	125	Aug 30	DET	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
126	126	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
127	127	Sep 2 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
128	128	Sep 2 (2)	DET		CHW	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
129	129	Sep 7 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
130	130	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,15-1	CG	29	9.0	16	1	0	17	0
131	131	Sep 8	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	41	8.1	5	0	0	5	2
132	132	Sep 9	DET	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	30	7.0	13	1	0	14	1
133	133	Sep 10	DET	@	WSH	L,0-6	CG	44	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
134	134	Sep 11	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	52	11.0	13	2	0	15	1
135	135	Sep 12	DET	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	13	2	0	15	1
136	136	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	W,13-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
137	137	Sep 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	8	2	0	10	1
138	138	Sep 14 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
139	139	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	44	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
140	140	Sep 16	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
141	141	Sep 17	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
142	142	Sep 18	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
143	143	Sep 19	DET	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	6	2	0	8	2
144	144	Sep 21 (1)	DET		SLB	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
145	145	Sep 21 (2)	DET		SLB	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
146	146	Sep 22	DET		SLB	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
147	147	Sep 24	DET	@	CLE	L,7-14	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
148	148	Sep 25	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
149	149	Sep 28 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	11	1	1	13	0
150	150	Sep 28 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
151	151	Sep 29 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	1	0	0	1	1
152	152	Sep 29 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-14	CG	34	5.0	2	0	0	2	1
							152gm		1364.0	1437	99	13	1549	142