- Born
- Died
- Birth nameHenry Benjamin Greenberg
- Nicknames
- Hammerin' Hank
- Hankus Pankus
- The Moses of Baseball
- Height1.92 m
- Hank Greenberg was born on January 1, 1911 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998), The Kid from Cleveland (1949) and Major League Baseball on ABC (1953). He was married to Linda Douglas and Caral Gimbel. He died on September 4, 1986 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesLinda Douglas(November 18, 1966 - September 4, 1986) (his death)Caral Gimbel(February 19, 1946 - 1958) (divorced, 3 children)
- Number 5 jersey with the Detroit Tigers
- His record for runs batted in in a single season
- Though primarily a first baseman, Greenberg played left field in 1940, 1941 and 1945.
- Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1956.
- Attended James Monroe High School in the Bronx, later the alma mater of the original Mr. Met, Ed Kranepool.
- While in Pittsburgh in 1947, he recorded the song "Goodbye Mr. Ball, Goodbye" with Bing Crosby, who at the time was minority owner of the Pirates.
- Lost four seasons due to WW II.
- "It's just as well. There was no way I could have eaten all that gefilte fish." Greenberg on falling three short of breaking Babe Ruth's single season home run record in 1938. If he broke the record, his mother promised him 61 baseball-shaped pieces of gefilte fish.
- When I was playing, I used to resent being singled out as a Jewish ballplayer. I wanted to be known as a great ballplayer, period. I'm not sure why or when I changed, because I'm still not a particularly religious person. Lately, though, I find myself wanting to be remembered not only as a great ballplayer, but even more as a great Jewish ballplayer.
- Home run hitters drive Cadillacs; singles hitters drive Fords. ("Tribe Memories: The First Century" by Russell Schneider, Moonlight Publishing, 2000)
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