Hank Greenberg

Full Name: Henry Benjamin Greenberg	Primary Position: 1B,OF
Height/Weight: 6' 3.5"/210	First Game: September 14, 1930
Birthdate: January 1, 1911	Final Game: September 18, 1947
Birthplace: New York, New York	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: September 4, 1986
Deathplace: Beverly Hills, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1956

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Hank Greenberg (Henry Benjamin Greenberg) was born on January 1, 1911 in New York, New York. He made his Major League debut on September 14, 1930 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1933, his rookie year, he hit .301 with 12 home runs and 87 RBI. Greenberg played for the Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Hank Greenberg's best season was 1937, when he slugged 40 home runs, hit for a .337 average and knocked in 183 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1930	DET	A	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1933	DET	A	117	449	59	135	12	87	.301	.367	.468	33	3	46	78	1	2	6	0
1934	DET	A	153	593	118	201	26	139	.339	.404	.600	63	7	63	93	2	9	9	0
1935	DET	A	152	619	121	203	36	170	.328	.411	.628	46	16	87	91	0	4	4	0
1936	DET	A	12	46	10	16	1	16	.348	.455	.630	6	2	9	6	0	0	1	0
1937	DET	A	154	594	137	200	40	183	.337	.436	.668	49	14	102	101	3	2	8	0
1938	DET	A	155	556	144	175	58	146	.315	.438	.683	23	4	119	92	3	3	7	0
1939	DET	A	138	500	112	156	33	112	.312	.420	.622	42	7	91	95	2	11	8	8
1940	DET	A	148	573	129	195	41	150	.340	.433	.670	50	8	93	75	1	3	6	15
1941	DET	A	19	67	12	18	2	12	.269	.410	.463	5	1	16	12	0	0	1	1
1945	DET	A	78	270	47	84	13	60	.311	.404	.544	20	2	42	40	0	0	3	9
1946	DET	A	142	523	91	145	44	127	.277	.373	.604	29	5	80	88	0	1	5	17
1947	PIT	N	125	402	71	100	25	74	.249	.408	.478	13	2	104	73	4	0	0	16
Total	NL		125	402	71	100	25	74	.249	.408	.478	13	2	104	73	4	0	0	16
Total	AL		1269	4791	980	1528	306	1202	.319	.412	.616	366	69	748	771	12	35	58	50
Total			1394	5193	1051	1628	331	1276	.313	.412	.605	379	71	852	844	16	35	58	66

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1933	DET	A	1B	117	1133	63	14	111	.988
1934	DET	A	1B	153	1454	84	16	124	.990
1935	DET	A	1B	152	1437	99	13	142	.992
1936	DET	A	1B	12	119	9	1	14	.992
1937	DET	A	1B	154	1477	102	13	133	.992
1938	DET	A	1B	155	1484	120	14	146	.991
1939	DET	A	1B	136	1205	75	9	108	.993
1940	DET	A	OF	148	298	14	15	1	.954
1941	DET	A	OF	19	32	0	3	0	.914
1945	DET	A	OF	72	129	3	0	0	1.000
1946	DET	A	1B	140	1272	93	15	110	.989
1947	PIT	N	1B	119	983	79	9	85	.992
Total			1B	1138	10564	724	104	973	.991
Total			OF	239	459	17	18	1	.964

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Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Detroit Tigers (September, 1929).
Sold by Detroit Tigers to Pittsburgh Pirates for $75000 (January 18, 1947).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (September 29, 1947).

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