BASEBALL PLAYER

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 1,122,418 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hank Greenberg is the 42nd most popular baseball player (down from 38th in 2019), the 12,062nd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,473rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Baseball Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Hank Greenberg ranks 42 out of 91. Before her are Mariano Rivera, Hideki Matsui, Sammy Sosa, Ernie Banks, Albert Pujols, and Manny Ramirez. After her are Ken Griffey Jr., Derek Jeter, Yu Darvish, Greg Maddux, David Ortiz, and Daisuke Matsuzaka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Hank Greenberg ranks 389. Before her are Harry Golombek, Mitch Miller, Foy Draper, Jean Muir, Rudi Ball, and Vaughn Monroe. After her are Maribel Vinson, Ludwig Schuberth, József Moravetz, Maurice Perrin, Fe del Mundo, and Stephen McNally. Among people deceased in 1986, Hank Greenberg ranks 290. Before her are Harry Voigt, Edwin Graves, Howard Da Silva, Rudy Vallée, Robert Helpmann, and Dinny Pails. After her are Dorothy Ashby, Anna Neagle, Bessie Head, Richard van der Riet Woolley, Romeo Rivers, and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hank Greenberg ranks 12,062 out of 20,380. Before her are Hudson Leick (1969), Al Sharpton (1954), Phil Lesh (1940), Salli Richardson (1967), Genesis Rodriguez (1987), and Kathleen Sebelius (1948). After her are Daniel Frank (1882), Lacey Chabert (1982), Hope Solo (1981), George D. Zamka (1962), GZA (1966), and Grant Gustin (1990).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Hank Greenberg ranks 32. Before her are Rogers Hornsby (1896), Tom Seaver (1944), Carl Yastrzemski (1939), Bob Gibson (1935), Curt Schilling (1966), and Ernie Banks (1931). After her are Ken Griffey Jr. (1969), Derek Jeter (1974), Greg Maddux (1966), Cal Ripken Jr. (1960), Mike Trout (1991), and Justin Verlander (1983).

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