Hank Greenberg

Henry Benjamin Greenberg (January 1, 1911 – September 4, 1986), nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank," "Hankus Pankus," and "the Hebrew Hammer," was an American professional baseball player and team executive. He played in Major League Baseball primarily as a first baseman for the Detroit Tigers during the 1930s and 1940s, and was one of the premier power hitters of his generation.

Greenberg spent the first twelve of his thirteen major league seasons with Detroit. He was named an All-Star for four seasons and won the American League Most Valuable Player Award twice, in 1935 and 1940. He batted over .300 in eight seasons and won two World Series championships with the Tigers, in 1935 and 1945.

Greenberg led the American League in home runs four times. His 58 home runs for the Tigers in 1938 equaled Jimmie Foxx's 1932 mark for the most in a single season by anyone other than Babe Ruth, and tied Foxx for the most home runs hit between Ruth's record 60 in 1927 and Roger Maris's record 61 in 1961.

A two-time Most Valuable Player and a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Greenberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest sluggers in the game's history.