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Hank Greenberg
Henry Benjamin Greenberg (Hammerin' Hank)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 210 lb.

Debut September 14, 1930
Final Game September 18, 1947
Born January 1, 1911 in New York, NY
Died September 4, 1986 in Beverly Hills, CA

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1956.

Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers in 1929. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1930 19 DET AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1933 22 DET AL 117  449   59  135  33  3  12   87   6  2  46  78  .301  .367  .468  118  210   2           1    
 1934 23 DET AL 153  593  118  201  63  7  26  139   9  5  63  93  .339  .404  .600  156  356   9           2     MVP-6
 1935 24 DET AL 152  619  121  203  46 16  36  170   4  3  87  91  .328  .411  .628  169  389   4           0     MVP-1
 1936 25 DET AL  12   46   10   16   6  2   1   16   1  0   9   6  .348  .455  .630  165   29   0           0    
 1937 26 DET AL 154  594  137  200  49 14  40  183   8  3 102 101  .337  .436  .668  172  397   2           3     MVP-3,AS
 1938 27 DET AL 155  556  144  175  23  4  58  146   7  5 119  92  .315  .438  .683  169  380   3           3     MVP-3,AS
 1939 28 DET AL 138  500  112  156  42  7  33  112   8  3  91  95  .312  .420  .622  156  311  11           2   8 MVP-18,AS
 1940 29 DET AL 148  573  129  195  50  8  41  150   6  3  93  75  .340  .433  .670  171  384   3           1  15 MVP-1,AS
 1941 30 DET AL  19   67   12   18   5  1   2   12   1  0  16  12  .269  .410  .463  121   31   0           0   1
 1945 34 DET AL  78  270   47   84  20  2  13   60   3  1  42  40  .311  .404  .544  167  147   0           0   9 MVP-14,AS
 1946 35 DET AL 142  523   91  145  29  5  44  127   5  1  80  88  .277  .373  .604  163  316   1           0  17 MVP-8
 1947 36 PIT NL 125  402   71  100  13  2  25   74   0    104  73  .249  .408  .478  132  192   0           4  16
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons         5193      1628     71     1276     26     844  .313  .412  .605  158       35   0   0  16  66
               1394      1051      379    331       58    852                            3142
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        603  122  189  44  8  38  148   7  3  99  98  .313  .412  .605  158  365   4   0   0   2   8
 Career High    155  619  144  203  63 16  58  183   9  5 119 101  .340  .438  .683  172  397  11   0   0   4  17
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1930 19 DET AL    1    1    0   0.0   118| .000  .298| .000  .362| .000  .438| .000  .800|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1933 22 DET AL  498  318   77   6.5   108| .301  .283| .367  .355| .468  .408| .835  .763| 118  .639  11.7   1.1  75%
 1934 23 DET AL  667  406  143   9.4   112| .339  .288| .404  .362| .600  .415|1.004  .777| 156  .759  49.0   4.5  64%
 1935 24 DET AL  710  423  159  10.1   109| .328  .284| .411  .356| .628  .410|1.039  .766| 169  .781  61.2   5.7  57%
 1936 25 DET AL   55   30   13  11.5   121| .348  .299| .455  .374| .630  .439|1.085  .813| 165  .792   5.1   0.4 100%
 1937 26 DET AL  701  399  172  11.4   119| .337  .292| .436  .368| .668  .436|1.104  .804| 172  .805  66.9   6.0  72%
 1938 27 DET AL  681  389  164  11.1   124| .315  .299| .438  .379| .683  .445|1.121  .824| 169  .796  60.8   5.4  58%
 1939 28 DET AL  604  366  130   9.4   120| .312  .295| .420  .371| .622  .436|1.042  .807| 156  .757  43.9   4.0  72%
 1940 29 DET AL  670  399  166  11.0   119| .340  .290| .433  .364| .670  .439|1.103  .804| 171  .812  63.8   5.9  66%
 1941 30 DET AL   83   50   13   7.0   115| .269  .287| .410  .365| .463  .423| .873  .789| 121  .669   2.8   0.3 100%
 1945 34 DET AL  312  196   60   8.2    93| .311  .268| .404  .342| .544  .365| .948  .706| 167  .798  24.4   2.6  75%
 1946 35 DET AL  604  397  118   7.9   101| .277  .271| .373  .346| .604  .389| .977  .735| 163  .765  43.2   4.4  83%
 1947 36 PIT NL  510  318   77   6.4   108| .249  .278| .408  .353| .478  .412| .886  .765| 132  .645  22.6   2.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6096 3692 1292   9.3   113| .313  .286| .412  .361| .605  .419|1.017  .780| 158  .765 455.1  42.5     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1933 22 DET AL 1B 117 1133 63 14 111 .988 .989 10.22 8.55 1934 23 DET AL 1B 153 1454 84 16 124 .990 .991 10.05 6.54 1935 24 DET AL 1B 152 1437 99 13 142 .992 .992 10.11 6.58 1936 25 DET AL 1B 12 119 9 1 14 .992 .991 10.67 9.74 1937 26 DET AL 1B 154 1477 102 13 133 .992 .991 10.25 6.49 AS 1938 27 DET AL 1B 155 1484 120 14 146 .991 .990 10.35 6.45 AS 1939 28 DET AL 1B 136 1205 75 9 108 .993 .990 9.41 7.35 AS 1940 29 DET AL OF 148 298 14 15 1 .954 .970 2.11 2.32 148 0 0 AS 1941 30 DET AL OF 19 32 0 3 0 .914 .973 1.68 2.33 19 0 0 1945 34 DET AL OF 72 129 3 0 0 1.000 .978 1.83 2.27 72 0 0 AS 1946 35 DET AL 1B 140 1272 93 15 110 .989 .989 9.75 7.14 1947 36 PIT NL 1B 119 983 79 9 85 .992 .991 8.92 8.40
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1933 22 DET AL 1B 117 1133 63 14 111 .988 .989 10.22 8.55 1934 23 DET AL 1B 153 1454 84 16 124 .990 .991 10.05 6.54 1935 24 DET AL 1B 152 1437 99 13 142 .992 .992 10.11 6.58 1936 25 DET AL 1B 12 119 9 1 14 .992 .991 10.67 9.74 1937 26 DET AL 1B 154 1477 102 13 133 .992 .991 10.25 6.49 1938 27 DET AL 1B 155 1484 120 14 146 .991 .990 10.35 6.45 1939 28 DET AL 1B 136 1205 75 9 108 .993 .990 9.41 7.35 1946 35 DET AL 1B 140 1272 93 15 110 .989 .989 9.75 7.14 1947 36 PIT NL 1B 119 983 79 9 85 .992 .991 8.92 8.40 1940 29 DET AL OF 148 298 14 15 1 .954 .970 2.11 2.32 148 0 0 1941 30 DET AL OF 19 32 0 3 0 .914 .973 1.68 2.33 19 0 0 1945 34 DET AL OF 72 129 3 0 0 1.000 .978 1.83 2.27 72 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 1B 1138 10564 724 104 973 .991 .990 9.92 7.13 OF 239 459 17 18 1 .964 .972 1.99 2.31 239 0 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1377 11023 741 122 974 .990 .990 8.54 6.29
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1934   WS    DET STL     L   7  28   4   9  2  1  1   7   4   9  .321  .406  .571   1  0   0   0   0 
 1935   WS    DET CHC     W   2   6   1   1  0  0  1   2   1   0  .167  .375  .667   0  0   0   0   1 
 1940   WS    DET CIN     L   7  28   5  10  2  1  1   6   2   5  .357  .400  .607   0  0   0   0   0 
 1945   WS    DET CHC     W   7  23   7   7  3  0  2   7   6   5  .304  .467  .696   0  0   1   0   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 World Series        2-2  23  85  17  27  7  2  5  22  13  19  .318  .420  .624   1  0   1   0   2 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1945   DET AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1937   DET AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1938   DET AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1939   DET AL   *   3   1   1  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1940   DET AL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/5      1   5   1   1  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0  .200  .333  .200 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1937
1938
1939 (1B)
1940 *
1945

Awards
1935-AL-MVP
1940-AL-MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1934-AL-6-0.36
1935-AL-1-1.00
1937-AL-3-0.60
1938-AL-3-0.48
1939-AL-18-0.04
1940-AL-1-0.87
1945-AL-14-0.07
1946-AL-8-0.27
Car-17-3.69 shares

Batting Average
1934 AL-.339-6
1935 AL-.328-7
1937 AL-.337-7
1940 AL-.340-5
Car-.314-77

On-base %
1934 AL-.404-9
1935 AL-.411-6
1937 AL-.436-3
1938 AL-.438-3
1939 AL-.420-9
1940 AL-.433-2
1946 AL-.373-8
1947 NL-.408-7
Car-.412-31

Slugging %
1934 AL-.600-3
1935 AL-.628-2
1937 AL-.668-2
1938 AL-.683-2
1939 AL-.622-3
1940 AL-.670-1
1946 AL-.604-2
1947 NL-.478-10
Car-.605-7

OPS
1934 AL-1.005-3
1935 AL-1.039-3
1937 AL-1.105-2
1938 AL-1.122-2
1939 AL-1.042-4
1940 AL-1.103-1
1946 AL-.977-2
1947 NL-.885-9
Car-1.017-7

Games
1934 AL-153-8
1935 AL-152-3
1937 AL-154-7
1938 AL-155-3

At Bats
1934 AL-593-9
1935 AL-619-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1934 AL-667-10
1935 AL-710-3
1937 AL-701-7
1938 AL-681-10
1940 AL-670-8

Runs
1934 AL-118-6
1935 AL-121-3
1937 AL-137-4
1938 AL-144-1
1939 AL-112-6
1940 AL-129-2
1946 AL-91-7

Hits
1934 AL-201-5
1935 AL-203-4
1937 AL-200-8
1940 AL-195-6

Total Bases
1934 AL-356-3
1935 AL-389-1
1937 AL-397-2
1938 AL-380-2
1939 AL-311-5
1940 AL-384-1
1946 AL-316-2

Doubles
1934 AL-63-1
1935 AL-46-2
1937 AL-49-2
1939 AL-42-3
1940 AL-50-1
1946 AL-29-10

Triples
1935 AL-16-3
1937 AL-14-5

Home Runs
1934 AL-26-7
1935 AL-36-1
1937 AL-40-2
1938 AL-58-1
1939 AL-33-2
1940 AL-41-1
1945 AL-13-7
1946 AL-44-1
1947 NL-25-8
Car-331-90

RBI
1934 AL-139-3
1935 AL-170-1
1937 AL-183-1
1938 AL-146-2
1939 AL-112-4
1940 AL-150-1
1946 AL-127-1

Bases on Balls
1935 AL-87-6
1937 AL-102-2
1938 AL-119-1
1939 AL-91-6
1940 AL-93-6
1946 AL-80-7
1947 NL-104-1

Strikeouts
1933 AL-78-3
1934 AL-93-2
1935 AL-91-3
1937 AL-101-2
1938 AL-92-3
1939 AL-95-1
1940 AL-75-6
1946 AL-88-4
1947 NL-73-4

Adjusted OPS+
1934 AL-156-4
1935 AL-169-3
1937 AL-172-2
1938 AL-169-2
1939 AL-156-4
1940 AL-171-2
1946 AL-163-2
1947 NL-132-9
Car-158-16

Runs Created
1934 AL-143-4
1935 AL-159-1
1937 AL-172-1
1938 AL-164-2
1939 AL-130-5
1940 AL-166-1
1946 AL-118-2

Adjusted Batting Runs
1934 AL-49-4
1935 AL-61-3
1937 AL-67-2
1938 AL-61-2
1939 AL-44-5
1940 AL-64-1
1945 AL-24-9
1946 AL-43-4
Car-455-56

Batting Wins
1934 AL-4.5-4
1935 AL-5.7-3
1937 AL-6.0-2
1938 AL-5.4-2
1939 AL-4.0-5
1940 AL-5.9-1
1945 AL-2.6-8
1946 AL-4.4-4
Car-42.5-60

Extra-Base Hits
1934 AL-96-1
1935 AL-98-1
1937 AL-103-1
1938 AL-85-2
1939 AL-82-2
1940 AL-99-1
1946 AL-78-2

Times on Base
1934 AL-266-6
1935 AL-290-4
1937 AL-305-2
1938 AL-297-2
1939 AL-249-9
1940 AL-289-2

Offensive Win%
1934 AL-.759-3
1935 AL-.781-3
1937 AL-.805-2
1938 AL-.796-2
1939 AL-.757-4
1940 AL-.812-1
1946 AL-.765-2
1947 NL-.645-10
Car-.765-16

Hit By Pitch
1947 NL-4-8

Grounded into Double Plays
1946 AL-17-4
1947 NL-16-6

Power/Speed Number
1934 AL-13.4-5
1937 AL-13.3-3
1938 AL-12.5-8
1939 AL-12.9-7
1946 AL-9.0-3

At Bats per Home Run
1933 AL-37.4-10
1934 AL-22.8-8
1935 AL-17.2-2
1937 AL-14.9-3
1938 AL-9.6-1
1939 AL-15.2-2
1940 AL-14.0-1
1946 AL-11.9-1
1947 NL-16.1-4
Car-15.7-23

Youngest Player
1930 AL-19-1

         

Black Ink: Batting - 46 (30) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 171 (60) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 45.5 (101) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 187.5 (49) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

September, 1929: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

January 18, 1947: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Detroit Tigers for $75,000.

September 29, 1947: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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