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.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1930
DET
A
1
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
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
0
1934
DET
A
153
593
118
201
26
139
.339
.404
.600
63
7
63
93
2
9
9
0
0
1935
DET
A
152
619
121
203
36
170
.328
.411
.628
46
16
87
91
0
4
4
0
0
1936
DET
A
12
46
10
16
1
16
.348
.455
.630
6
2
9
6
0
0
1
0
0
1937
DET
A
154
594
137
200
40
183
.337
.436
.668
49
14
102
101
3
2
8
0
0
1938
DET
A
155
556
144
175
58
146
.315
.438
.683
23
4
119
92
3
3
7
0
0
1939
DET
A
138
500
112
156
33
112
.312
.420
.622
42
7
91
95
2
11
8
0
8
1940
DET
A
148
573
129
195
41
150
.340
.433
.670
50
8
93
75
1
3
6
0
15
1941
DET
A
19
67
12
18
2
12
.269
.410
.463
5
1
16
12
0
0
1
0
1
1945
DET
A
78
270
47
84
13
60
.311
.404
.544
20
2
42
40
0
0
3
0
9
1946
DET
A
142
523
91
145
44
127
.277
.373
.604
29
5
80
88
0
1
5
0
17
1947
PIT
N
125
402
71
100
25
74
.249
.408
.478
13
2
104
73
4
0
0
0
16
Total
NL
125
402
71
100
25
74
.249
.408
.478
13
2
104
73
4
0
0
0
16
Total
AL
1269
4791
980
1528
306
1202
.319
.412
.616
366
69
748
771
12
35
58
0
50
Total
1394
5193
1051
1628
331
1276
.313
.412
.605
379
71
852
844
16
35
58
0
66
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1933
DET
A
1B
117
0
0
1133
63
14
111
0
0
0
0
0
.988
1934
DET
A
1B
153
0
0
1454
84
16
124
0
0
0
0
0
.990
1935
DET
A
1B
152
0
0
1437
99
13
142
0
0
0
0
0
.992
1936
DET
A
1B
12
0
0
119
9
1
14
0
0
0
0
0
.992
1937
DET
A
1B
154
0
0
1477
102
13
133
0
0
0
0
0
.992
1938
DET
A
1B
155
0
0
1484
120
14
146
0
0
0
0
0
.991
1939
DET
A
1B
136
0
0
1205
75
9
108
0
0
0
0
0
.993
1940
DET
A
OF
148
0
0
298
14
15
1
0
0
0
0
0
.954
1941
DET
A
OF
19
0
0
32
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.914
1945
DET
A
OF
72
0
0
129
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1946
DET
A
1B
140
0
0
1272
93
15
110
0
0
0
0
0
.989
1947
PIT
N
1B
119
0
0
983
79
9
85
0
0
0
0
0
.992
Total
1B
1138
0
0
10564
724
104
973
0
0
0
0
0
.991
Total
OF
239
0
0
459
17
18
1
0
0
0
0
0
.964
Transactions[]
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).
