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 (May 8)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
2	2	Apr 17	DET		SLB	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
3	3	Apr 18	DET		SLB	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
4	4	Apr 20	DET	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
5	5	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	9	0	1	10	1
6	6	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
7	7	Apr 23	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	2
8	8	Apr 25	DET	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
9	9	Apr 26	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	42	8.2	9	1	0	10	1
10	10	Apr 27	DET		CLE	W,5-4	CG	42	11.0	2	0	0	2	2
11	11	Apr 28	DET		CLE	L,1-3	CG	46	12.0	12	0	0	12	0
12	12	Apr 30	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	DET	@	BOS	L,1-13	GS	22	3.0	1	2	0	3	0
14	14	May 2	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
15	15	May 3	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
16	16	May 4	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
17	17	May 5 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-10	GS	26	4.0	4	0	1	5	0
18	18	May 5 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
19	19	May 6	DET	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
20	20	May 7	DET	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
21	21	May 8	DET	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	22	May 9	DET	@	WSH	W,9-8	CG	52	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	May 11	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
24	24	May 12	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
25	25	May 13	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 14	DET		WSH	L,1-15	CG	51	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	30 (3)	May 19 (1)	DET		BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
28	31	May 19 (2)	DET		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
29	32	May 21	DET		BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
30	33	May 22	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	4
31	34	May 23	DET		NYY	L,6-12	CG	48	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
32	35	May 24	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
33	36	May 26 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
34	37	May 26 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	7	1	1	9	0
35	38	May 28	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	39	May 29	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
37	40	May 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
38	41	May 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	42	Jun 1	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
40	44 (1)	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
41	45	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
42	46	Jun 5	DET	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	3
43	47	Jun 8	DET	@	BOS	L,4-15	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	2
44	48	Jun 9 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	3
45	49	Jun 9 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,6-11	CG	45	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
46	50	Jun 10	DET	@	NYY	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
47	51	Jun 11	DET	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
48	52	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
49	53	Jun 14	DET		WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	54	Jun 15	DET		WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
51	55	Jun 16	DET		WSH	L,3-6	CG	35	7.0	9	0	0	9	0
52	56	Jun 19	DET		PHA	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
53	57	Jun 20	DET		PHA	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	3
54	58	Jun 21	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	59	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
56	60	Jun 23	DET		NYY	L,8-10	CG	50	11.0	7	1	0	8	1
57	61	Jun 24	DET		BOS	T,5-5	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
58	62	Jun 25	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
59	63	Jun 26 (1)	DET		BOS	W,16-2	GS	0		5	0	0	5	1
60	64	Jun 26 (2)	DET		BOS	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
61	65	Jun 28	DET	@	SLB	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
62	66	Jun 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	68 (1)	Jul 1	DET		CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
64	69	Jul 2	DET		CHW	L,7-8	CG	0	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
65	70	Jul 3	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	71	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CLE	W,8-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	72	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,8-9	GS	22	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	73	Jul 5	DET		CLE	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
69	74	Jul 6	DET		SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
70	75	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	77 (1)	Jul 12	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
72	78	Jul 13	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	8	1	1	10	0
73	79	Jul 14 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
74	80	Jul 14 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
75	81	Jul 15	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
76	82	Jul 17	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	44	12.0	12	1	0	13	1
77	83	Jul 18	DET	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	1
78	84	Jul 19	DET	@	WSH	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
79	85	Jul 20	DET	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
80	86	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	9	0	0	9	0
81	88 (1)	Jul 23	DET		WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
82	89	Jul 24	DET		WSH	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
83	90	Jul 25	DET		WSH	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	3
84	91	Jul 26	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
85	92	Jul 27	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
86	93	Jul 28 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	13	2	1	16	1
87	94	Jul 28 (2)	DET		PHA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
88	96 (1)	Jul 30	DET		NYY	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
89	97	Jul 31	DET		NYY	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	98	Aug 1	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
91	99	Aug 2	DET		BOS	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
92	100	Aug 3	DET		BOS	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
93	101	Aug 4	DET		BOS	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	11	2	0	13	2
94	102	Aug 6	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	3
95	103	Aug 7	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
96	104	Aug 9	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
97	105	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	13	0	0	13	1
98	106	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	49	11.1	12	0	1	13	0
99	107	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	10.0	20	0	0	20	0
100	108	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
101	109	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	0	11.2	17	0	0	17	2
102	110	Aug 15	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	111	Aug 16	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
104	112	Aug 17	DET		SLB	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
105	113	Aug 18 (1)	DET		SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
106	115 (1)	Aug 20	DET	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
107	116	Aug 21	DET	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	119 (2)	Aug 24	DET	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
109	120	Aug 25	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
110	121	Aug 26	DET	@	NYY	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	6	1	1	8	1
111	122	Aug 27	DET	@	NYY	W,7-4	CG	46	10.0	14	2	0	16	0
112	123	Aug 28	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
113	124	Aug 29	DET	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	64	14.0	21	0	1	22	1
114	125	Aug 31	DET	@	SLB	W,11-3	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	126	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	17	2	0	19	1
116	127	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
117	129 (1)	Sep 4	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
118	130	Sep 5	DET		CLE	W,10-0	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
119	131	Sep 6	DET		CLE	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
120	132	Sep 7	DET		CHW	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
121	133	Sep 8 (1)	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
122	135 (1)	Sep 10	DET		BOS	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
123	136	Sep 11	DET		BOS	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	3
124	137	Sep 12	DET		NYY	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	1	12	3
125	138	Sep 13	DET		NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
126	139	Sep 14	DET		NYY	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
127	140	Sep 15	DET		WSH	L,5-15	CG	48	9.0	8	3	0	11	2
128	142 (1)	Sep 17	DET		WSH	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
129	143	Sep 18	DET		PHA	W,2-1	GS	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
130	144	Sep 19	DET		PHA	W,14-7	GS	0		6	0	0	6	1
131	145	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	W,15-1	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
132	146	Sep 21	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	47	11.0	15	1	0	16	2
133	147	Sep 22 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
134	149 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	DET		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
135	150	Sep 24 (2)	DET		SLB	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
136	151	Sep 25	DET		SLB	L,7-8	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
137	152	Sep 26	DET		SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
138	153	Sep 27	DET		CLE	L,8-9	CG	0	9.0	9	2	1	12	1
139	154	Sep 28	DET		CLE	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
140	155	Sep 29	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
							140gm		1246.0	1272	93	15	1380	110