Always, in the abortive attacks upon Ruth's record, one man alone -- a Jimmy Foxx ( 58 in 1932 ) or a Hank Greenberg ( 58 in 1938 ) or a Hack Wilson ( 56 in 1930 ) -- made the bid.

`` Even on the basis of 154 games, this is the ideal situation '', insists Hank Greenberg, now vice-president of the Chicago White Sox.

Hank Greenberg, Stan Musial, Alex Rodriguez, and Robin Yount have won at different positions, while Rodriguez is the only player who has won the award with two different teams at two different positions.

Among the investors was Bob Hope, who had grown up in Cleveland, and former Tigers slugger, Hank Greenberg.

Indians executive Hank Greenberg was not happy about the trade and neither was Maris, who said that he could not stand Lane.

Henry Benjamin " Hank " Greenberg ( January 1, 1911 – September 4, 1986 ), nicknamed " Hammerin ' Hank " or " The Hebrew Hammer ," was an American professional baseball player in the 1930s and 1940s.

Seven of the American League's 1937 All-Star players, from left to right Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx, and Hank Greenberg.

In 1949, Larry Doby also recommended Greenberg scout three players Doby used to play with in the Negro leagues: Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, and Willie Mays.

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Some insurance industry insiders, most notably Hank Greenberg, do not believe that it is forever possible to sustain a profit from float without an underwriting profit as well, but this opinion is not universally held.

On September 6, Williams hit his 332nd career home run, passing Hank Greenberg for seventh all-time.

Among the many baseball players ( including well known stars ) who served during World War II were Moe Berg, Joe DiMaggio, Bob Feller, Hank Greenberg, Stan Musial ( in 1945 ), Warren Spahn, and Ted Williams.

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Seven of the American League's 1937 All-Star players, from left to right Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx, and Hank Greenberg.

Hank had gathered wood for a cookfire, and his wife was busy at it now.

Under the circumstances, I had difficulty keeping up with the conversation on the phone, but when I hung up I was reasonably certain that Francesca had wanted to remind me of our town meeting the next evening, and how important it was that Hank and I be there.

Hank was beginning to feel sharp concern for Mr. Black.

Unless he was stone-blind, the person who'd just left couldn't have missed seeing Hank through the open door of the brightly lighted room.

In fact, earlier in the 1908 season, the identical situation had been brought to the umpires ' attention by Evers ; the umpire that day was the same Hank O ' Day.

Ruth's lifetime record of 714 home runs stood until 1974 when it was surpassed by Hank Aaron.

Courtney Michelle Harrison was born in 1964 in San Francisco, California, to Linda Carroll, now a psychotherapist, and Hank Harrison, a publisher who had some association with the Grateful Dead ; consequently, Love was included in a group picture on the back of the band's album Aoxomoxoa ( 1969 ).

Atkins's first hit single was " Mr. Sandman ", followed by " Silver Bell ", which he did as a duet with Hank Snow.

In 1967 a tribute song called " Chet's Tune " was produced for his birthday, with contributions by a long list of RCA / Victor artists including Eddy Arnold, Connie Smith, Jerry Reed, Willie Nelson, Hank Snow, and others.

It came after the umpire allegedly told Hank that he was ready to call the game due to darkness, because the ump — former Yankee pitching star of the 1920s Murderers Row team, George Pipgras, supposedly said " Sorry Hank, but I'm gonna have to call the game.

Hank Aaron was born in Mobile, Alabama to Herbert and Estella ( Pritchett ) Aaron.

This was Hank Aaron Day in Wisconsin and the Braves played the Milwaukee Brewers in an exhibition game.

Many of his sidemen and supporting players, such as Fred Wesley & The J. B .' s, Bobby Byrd, Lyn Collins, Vicki Anderson and Hank Ballard, released records on the People label, an imprint founded by Brown that was purchased by Polydor as part of Brown's new contract.

Also in 2001, Voight joined Leelee Sobieski, Hank Azaria and David Schwimmer in the made-for-television movie Uprising, which was based on the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto.

Additionally his film work includes the role of Dr. Hank McCoy ( also known as the Beast ) in X-Men: The Last Stand, and he was the voice of Snowball in the live-action film adaptation of the George Orwell book Animal Farm.

Fielder was also awarded the Hank Aaron Award for reaching the amazing single year record.

Henry Louis " Hank " Aaron ( born February 5, 1934 ), nicknamed " Hammer ," or " Hammerin ' Hank ," is a retired American baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) from 1954 through 1976.

Other notable people born in or associated with Newcastle include: engineer and industrialist Lord Armstrong, engineer and father of the modern steam railways George Stephenson, his son, also an engineer, Robert Stephenson, engineer and inventor of the steam turbine Sir Charles Parsons, inventor of the incandescent light bulb Sir Joseph Swan, modernist poet Basil Bunting, Lord Chief Justice Peter Taylor, the Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz who was a diplomat in Newcastle from late 1874 until April 1879 — his most productive literary period, The Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva, singers Eric Burdon, Sting and Brian Johnson, lead singer of AC / DC from 1980 to the present, actors Charlie Hunnam multiple circumnavigator David Scott Cowper, Neil Tennant, Alan Hull, Mark Knopfler, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Cheryl Cole, entertainers Ant and Dec, and international footballers Peter Beardsley, Michael Carrick, Andy Carroll, Paul Gascoigne and Alan Shearer.

Hank Williams was born in Butler County in 1923.

" However, he thought enough of genealogy to include in his autobiography that his father, Hank Chrysler, " Canadian born, had been brought from Chatham, Ontario, to Kansas City when he was only five or six.

* Hank Patterson, born on October 9, 1888, who played Mr. Fred Ziffel, on Green Acres.

* Hank Liotart, former soccer player, was born in Baarn on 15 November 1943

* Hank Kuhlmann ( born 1937 ), college and professional football coach

* Hank Worden, born Norton Earl Worden, cowboy actor

* Hank Baskett ( born 1982 ), wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles.

* Hank Fraley ( born 1977 ), offensive lineman for the Cleveland Browns.

* Clifford Meth ( born 1961 ), author and editor, lived in Rockaway from 1963 – 1980 and often references the town as the home of his fictional character " Hank Magitz ".

Hank Hill was born 1953 at Yankee Stadium in New York City ( at 3: 07 pm, measuring 19. 5 in and weighing 7. 5 lbs ).

According to the episode " Yankee Hankie ," Hank proudly believed he was born in Texas to Tillie Mae Hill and Cotton Lyndal Hill but finds ( to his disgust ) that he was actually born in New York City.

Hank Williams (; September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953 ), born Hiram King Williams, was an American singer-songwriter and musician regarded as one of the most important country music artists of all time.

Their son, Randall Hank Williams, who would achieve fame in his own right as Hank Williams, Jr., was born on May 26, 1949.

Hank Ballard ( November 18, 1927 – March 2, 2003 ), born John Henry Kendricks, was a rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, the lead vocalist of Hank Ballard and The Midnighters and one of the first proto-rock ' n ' roll artists to emerge in the early 1950s.

George Thorogood ( born February 24, 1950 ) is an American blues rock vocalist / guitarist from Wilmington, Delaware, United States, known for his hit song " Bad to the Bone " as well as for covers of blues standards such as Hank Williams ' " Move It On Over " and John Lee Hooker's " House Rent Boogie / One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer ," and Bo Diddley's " Who Do You Love?

She was born in Montana, but moved to Texas as a teenager, where she met Hank Hill.