Hank Greenberg Traditional Cache

I have loved Baseball as long as I can remember and wanted to do a series of caches to honor the Greats of the past. Most of the players are (or in my opinion should be) in the Hall of Fame.  

Henry Benjamin "Hank" Greenberg (January 1, 1911 – September 4, 1986), nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank," "Hankus Pankus" or "The Hebrew Hammer," was an American pro baseball player in the 1930s and 1940s. A 1^st baseman primarily for the Detroit Tigers, Greenberg was one of the premier power hitters of his generation. He hit 58 home runs in 1938, equaling Jimmie Foxx’s 1932 mark for the most home runs in one season by any player between 1927  (when Babe Ruth set a record of 60) and 1961  (when Roger Maris surpassed it).

Greenberg was a five-time all-star, was twice named the American League MVP, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1956. He became the first major league player to hit 25 or more home runs in a season in each league, and remains the American League (AL) record-holder for most RBIs in a single season by a right-handed batter (183 in 1937, a 154-game schedule). In 1947 Greenberg's contract was sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates, making him the first baseball player to earn over $80,000 a year. (He was paid $100,000, about $1,028,000 today, plus $25,000 stipulated by his Detroit contract in the event of sale or trade). He was one of the few opposing players to publicly welcome Jackie Robinson to the major leagues.

Greenberg was the first Jewish superstar in all of American professional sports. He attracted national attention in 1934 when he refused to play on Yom Kippur, the holiest of Jewish holidays, even though the Tigers were in the middle of a pennant race and he never claimed to be a religiously observant, practicing Jew.

Greenberg is widely considered as one of the greatest sluggers in baseball history.

 "When I was playing, I used to resent being singled out as a Jewish ballplayer. I wanted to be known as a great ballplayer, period. I'm not sure why or when I changed, because I'm still not a particularly religious person. Lately, though, I find myself wanting to be remembered not only as a great ballplayer, but even more as a great Jewish ballplayer.”

— Hank Greenberg, after his career