Autographs of 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 (MLB), primarily for the Detroit Tigers as a first baseman in the 1930s and 1940s. A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and a two-time Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award winner, he was one of the premier power hitters of his generation and is widely considered one of the greatest sluggers in baseball history.
Greenberg played the first twelve of his 13 major league seasons for Detroit; with the Tigers, he was an All-Star for four seasons and was named the American League (AL) Most Valuable Player in 1935 and 1940. He had a batting average over .300 in eight seasons, and won two World Series championships with the Tigers (1935 and 1945). He was the AL home run leader four times and his 58 home runs for the Tigers in 1938 equaled Jimmie Foxx's 1932 mark for the most in one season by anyone other than Babe Ruth, and tied Foxx for the most home runs between Ruth's record 60 in 1927 and Roger Maris' record 61 in 1961. Greenberg was the first major league player to hit 25 or more home runs in a season in each league, and remains the AL record-holder for most runs batted in in a single season by a right-handed batter.
When the United States joined World War II, Greenberg was the first major leaguer to join the armed forces; he spent 47 months in military service, more than any other major league player, all of which took place during what would have been prime years in his major league career. Like many players who served in WWII, his career statistics suffered because of the war and would have certainly been higher had he not served in the armed services during wartime. In 1947, Greenberg signed a contract for a record $85,000 salary before being sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates, where he played his final MLB season that year. After retiring from playing, Greenberg continued to work in baseball as a team executive for the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox.
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Current items with a signature of Hank Greenberg
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Traded items with a signature of Hank Greenberg
The most expensive item with a signature of Hank Greenberg (Hank Greenberg Oversized Cut Signature Box Topper 2017 Topps Transcendent 1/1) was sold in August 2025 for £1,611.47 while the cheapest item (HANK GREENBERG #19 Sketch Card Limited 8/50 Edward Vela Hand Signed 2018 Tigers) found a new owner for £4.38 in March 2026. The month with the most items sold (18) was June 2025 with an average selling price of £161.59 for an autographed item of Hank Greenberg. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2021 with £246.26 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £10.00 was October 2015. In average, an autographed item from Hank Greenberg is worth £151.57.
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