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Description:

White metal pin featuring Detroit Tiger Hank Greenberg. The pin is part of the 1938 Our National Game series. It was originally was affixed to a cardboard backing.

Hank Greenberg (b. 1911-1986) played Major League baseball from 1930-1947, missing the 1942-1944 seasons due to military service. The catcher played the Detroit Tigers for the entirety of his career, except for his final season, spent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

A five time All-Star, Greenberg won two American League MVP awards (1935,1940) and helped lead the Tigers to two World Series Championships (1935, 1945.) The Hebrew Hammer, Greenberg, baseball's first Jewish American superstar, had a .313 lifetime batting average, with 331 home runs and 1,276 runs batted in.

In 1956 he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Depicted: Greenberg, HankAssociated Institution: Detroit Tigers

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: BaseballWeb Subject: SportsSubject: Judaism

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See more items in: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1982.0566.26Catalog Number: 1982.0566.26Accession Number: 1982.0566

Object Name: buttonpinpin, baseball

Physical Description: plastic (overall material)white (overall color)Measurements: average spatial: 7/8 in; x 2.2225 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-1344-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1064080

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