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Hank Greenberg

1911 - 1986

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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 (MLB), primarily for the Detroit Tigers as a first baseman in the 1930s and 1940s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hank Greenberg has received more than 1,026,030 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hank Greenberg is the 38th most popular baseball player (down from 33rd in 2019), the 10,496th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,499th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Hank Greenberg ranks 38 out of 74Before her are Mariano Rivera, Bob Gibson, Sammy Sosa, Manny Ramirez, Greg Maddux, and Derek Jeter. After her are Ernie Banks, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Pedro Martínez, Ken Griffey Jr., Albert Pujols, and Miguel Cabrera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Hank Greenberg ranks 340Before her are Stephen McNally, Ann Doran, Phil Silvers, René Bougnol, Val Guest, and Sidney Wood. After her are Mitch Miller, Franz Wagner, Foy Draper, Hugh Marlowe, Ruth Ford, and Joseph Pevney. Among people deceased in 1986, Hank Greenberg ranks 249Before her are Susan Cabot, Carlo Biagi, Edmund Rubbra, Eduardo Risso, Howard Da Silva, and James Gentle. After her are Igor Tselovalnikov, Smita Patil, Chuck McKinley, Anna Neagle, Bessie Head, and Ted Knight.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hank Greenberg ranks 10,496 out of 18,182Before her are Max Baucus (1941), Shannyn Sossamon (1978), Mark Sandrich (1900), Eric Trump (1984), Charles W. Juels (1944), and Mary Anderson (1859). After her are Wally Ris (1924), Stephen Schwartz (1948), Scott Grimes (1971), Natalie Martinez (1984), James Williamson (1949), and Carmelita Geraghty (1901).

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Hank Greenberg ranks 32Before her are Mark McGwire (1963), Carl Yastrzemski (1939), Tom Seaver (1944), Bob Gibson (1935), Greg Maddux (1966), and Derek Jeter (1974). After her are Ernie Banks (1931), Ken Griffey Jr. (1969), Cal Ripken Jr. (1960), Curt Schilling (1966), Justin Verlander (1983), and Mike Trout (1991).