Henry Benjamin Greenberg

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Henry Benjamin Greenberg, better known as Hank Greenberg, was a Hall of Fame American Major League Baseball slugger and one of the sport’s first prominent Jewish stars, primarily for the Detroit Tigers in the 1930s and 1940s.

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instanceOf Jewish American sportsperson
human
professional baseball player
AllStarSelectionCount 5
alsoKnownAs Hammerin’ Hank
Hank Greenberg
The Hebrew Hammer
bats right
battingAverage .313
birthName Henry Benjamin Greenberg
conflict World War II
countryOfBirth United States of America
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1911-01-01
dateOfDeath 1986-09-04
ethnicGroup Jewish American
executiveRole Chicago White Sox part-owner
Cleveland Indians general manager
familyName Greenberg
finalMLBTeam Pittsburgh Pirates
finalMLBYear 1947
givenName Henry
HallOfFameInductionYear 1956
HallOfFameMethod Baseball Writers’ Association of America election
height 6 ft 4 in
homeRuns 331
league Major League Baseball
middleName Benjamin
militaryService United States Army
MLBDebutLeague American League
MLBDebutTeam Detroit Tigers
MLBDebutYear 1930
MVPAward American League Most Valuable Player
MVPYear 1935
1940
notableFor being one of Major League Baseball’s first prominent Jewish stars
power hitting
occupation baseball executive
placeOfBirth New York
New York City
placeOfDeath Beverly Hills
California
position outfielder
primaryPosition first baseman
religion Judaism
runsBattedIn 1276
team Detroit Tigers
Pittsburgh Pirates
throws right
WorldSeriesChampion 1935
1945

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Hank Greenberg fullName Henry Benjamin Greenberg
Henry Benjamin Greenberg birthName Henry Benjamin Greenberg