He was announced co-winner of the Hank Greenberg Most Valuable Player Award of the inaugural IBL season.
Lou Gehrig, Jim Thorpe, Leo Durocher, Hank Greenberg, Warren Spahn and Johnny Sain all played for these teams at one point in their careers.
The series was narrated by Liev Schreiber, and featured many well-known American Jews, including Louis D. Brandeis, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Henry Morgenthau, Hank Greenberg, Betty Friedan, Molly Goldberg, Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar, and Tony Kushner.
Hank Aaron | Hank Williams, Jr. | Hank Williams | Hank Jones | Hank Greenberg | Richard Greenberg | Hank Snow | Hank Marvin | Hank Green | Clement Greenberg | Joseph Greenberg | Hank Roberts | Hank Locklin | Greenberg Traurig | Hank the Cowdog | Hank Ballard | Ron Greenberg | Oscar W. Greenberg | Hank Williams, Jr | Hank Garland | Hank | Greenberg | Peter Greenberg | Noah Greenberg | Jerry L. Greenberg | Jeff Greenberg | Hank Willis Thomas | Hank Brown | Hank Azaria | Hank Adams |
The 1940 Tigers were led by: Hank Greenberg, who won his second American League MVP award; Rudy York, who was #2 in the AL behind Greenberg in RBIs, total bases and extra base hits; Barney McCosky, who led the major leagues in hits and triples; and Bobo Newsom, who led the major leagues in Adjusted ERA+ and was #2 in the AL behind Bob Feller in ERA, wins, and winning percentage.
On March 5, 1949, Indians minority owner Bob Hope donned a Cleveland Indians uniform and posed with manager Lou Boudreau and vice president Hank Greenberg as the World Series champions opened spring training camp in Tucson, Arizona.
All the famous players of the time came to play exhibitions at Dexter Park including Dizzy Dean, Hank Greenberg, Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Joe Medwick.
He was the umpire behind the plate in one of baseball's most dramatic wins ever: on September 30, 1945, at St. Louis' Sportsman's Park, when Hank Greenberg hit a ninth inning Grand Slam, after Pipgras suggested to Greenberg that the game should be called on account of darkness.