member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, he was one of the premier power hitters of his generation and is widely considered as one of the greatest sluggers in baseball history.[1] He served over four years in the United States Army Air Forces and in World War II which took place during his major league career.

Greenberg played the first twelve of his thirteen seasons in the major leagues on the Detroit team. He was an American League (AL) All-Star for four seasons[a] and an AL Most Valuable Player in 1935 (first baseman) and 1940 (left fielder).[2] He had a batting average in nine seasons over .300, and he was a member of four Tigers World Series teams which won two championships, in 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 but 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 f