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Hank Greenberg's number 5 was retired by the Detroit Tigers in 1983. Greenberg was elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1956 on his eighth ballot, garnering 85% of the votes. He was the first Jewish player elected to the Hall of Fame.
Greenberg and Lawrence A. Cunningham wrote The AIG Story, published in 2013. [61] Greenberg's career is chronicled in the 2006 book Fallen Giant: The Amazing Story of Hank Greenberg and the History of AIG. [62] He and his son, Jeffrey, are also discussed in the 2011 book All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis. [63]
After the attack, Greenberg immediately reenlisted in the United States Army Air Forces. In 1947, Greenberg, as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates and playing his final season, was one of the few ballplayers to give a warm welcome to Brooklyn Dodgers' Jackie Robinson, the majors' first black player in many years. Robinson later said, "Class tells.
Hank Greenberg stormed the beaches of Normandy, took part in the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp, and returned home to spend five decades building AIG into the world's largest ...
Hank Greenberg served 47 total months for the US Army during World War II. - AP. Greenberg returned to the diamond in 1945, smashing two home runs in another World Series win with the Tigers, but ...
Hank Greenberg was the CEO of AIG (AIG) for 1968 to 2005, building the firm into the largest insurance company in the world. After being pushed out as an accounting scandal rocked the company, he ...
For many, the history of AIG starts in September, 2008, when it collapsed and was bailed out by the U.S. government. That's unfortunate, because the company has a deep history spanning nearly a ...
Ted Williams (.6338), Lou Gehrig (.6324), Mule Suttles (.6179), Turkey Stearnes (.6165), Oscar Charleston (.6145), Jimmie Foxx (.6093), Barry Bonds (.6069), and Hank Greenberg (.6050) are the only other players with a career slugging percentage over .600. With the inclusion of Negro league players in MLB statistics, Josh Gibson becomes the ...