Hank Greenberg
1930–1947 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates
1,394G
.313AVG
.412OBP
.605SLG
More career statistics
1,628H
331HR
1,276RBI
58SB
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 5,193 | 5,194 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 26 | 30 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 844 | 846 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,096 | 6,098 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,051 | 1,046 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,276 | 1,274 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 58 | 60 |
| Batting · Walks | 852 | 853 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,394 | 6,096 | 5,193 | 1,051 | 1,628 | 379 | 71 | 331 | 1,276 | 852 | 844 | 58 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 3,142 | .313 | .412 | .605 | 1.017 |
Streaks
18longest hitting streak · 1940-05-05 to 1940-06-02
37longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Two Homers, Three Strikeouts | 1937-09-21 | 1 in 2,570 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Three Intentional Walks | 1947-07-13 | 1 in 1,129 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1939-07-30 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 711 | 3087 | 876 | 205 | 733 | 469 | 403 | .338 | .436 | .681 |
| Away | 683 | 3011 | 752 | 126 | 541 | 384 | 443 | .289 | .377 | .529 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 116 | 519 | 122 | 16 | 80 | 84 | 78 | .284 | .397 | .510 |
| May | 221 | 967 | 246 | 61 | 196 | 138 | 148 | .299 | .397 | .616 |
| June | 248 | 1108 | 299 | 63 | 239 | 143 | 164 | .314 | .399 | .621 |
| July | 264 | 1134 | 323 | 54 | 232 | 164 | 148 | .336 | .429 | .618 |
| August | 283 | 1243 | 339 | 58 | 254 | 154 | 142 | .315 | .397 | .565 |
| September | 254 | 1094 | 290 | 77 | 264 | 167 | 160 | .315 | .418 | .656 |
| October | 8 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 6 | .300 | .364 | .567 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 190 | 826 | 243 | 53 | 179 | 93 | 130 | .333 | .407 | .667 |
| st-louis-browns | 186 | 837 | 243 | 63 | 228 | 118 | 99 | .339 | .431 | .696 |
| boston-red-sox | 182 | 811 | 211 | 42 | 175 | 98 | 133 | .299 | .381 | .567 |
| chicago-white-sox | 181 | 780 | 187 | 36 | 144 | 120 | 103 | .288 | .394 | .556 |
| cleveland-guardians | 179 | 786 | 196 | 25 | 119 | 108 | 113 | .291 | .387 | .507 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 176 | 763 | 227 | 42 | 171 | 96 | 86 | .345 | .423 | .664 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 175 | 785 | 221 | 45 | 184 | 116 | 108 | .335 | .429 | .645 |
| new-york-giants | 20 | 90 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 17 | .290 | .444 | .638 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 |  Detroit Tigers | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1933 | Detroit Tigers | 117 | 450 | 135 | 12 | 85 | 6 | .300 | – | – |
| 1934 | Detroit Tigers | 153 | 593 | 201 | 26 | 139 | 9 | .339 | – | – |
| 1935 | Detroit Tigers | 152 | 619 | 203 | 36 | 168 | 4 | .328 | – | – |
| 1936 | Detroit Tigers | 12 | 46 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | .348 | – | – |
| 1937 | Detroit Tigers | 154 | 594 | 200 | 40 | 184 | 8 | .337 | – | – |
| 1938 | Detroit Tigers | 155 | 556 | 175 | 58 | 147 | 8 | .315 | – | – |
| 1939 | Detroit Tigers | 138 | 500 | 156 | 33 | 113 | 9 | .312 | – | – |
| 1940 | Detroit Tigers | 148 | 573 | 195 | 41 | 150 | 6 | .340 | – | – |
| 1941 | Detroit Tigers | 19 | 67 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 1 | .269 | – | – |
| 1945 | Detroit Tigers | 78 | 270 | 84 | 13 | 60 | 3 | .311 | – | – |
| 1946 | Detroit Tigers | 142 | 523 | 145 | 44 | 127 | 5 | .277 | – | – |
| 1947 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 125 | 402 | 100 | 25 | 74 | – | .249 | – | – |