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2007-06-23 13:32:07 · 6 answers · asked by Sherry P 2 in Sports Baseball

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Yes, there are two:
Hank Greenberg(Tigers and Pirates) &
Sandy Koufax(Dodgers-Los Angeles and Brooklyn)

Other Baseball Hall of Famers that have Jewish connections:

Rod Carew- married a Jewish woman and raised his kids in that faith, but he didn't convert.

Lou Boudreau - his mother was Jewish but he was raised Christian by his adoptive parents who raised him

2007-06-23 13:36:47 · answer #1 · answered by sum1 w/ @n @nsw3r 5 · 0 0

Greenberg (who played in the 30s-40s, not 50s) and Koufax (whose birth name was Braun) for sure, and as I understand it Carew is indeed a convert.
Yeager was a good player, but he's not in the Hall. Other Jewish players of note include no-hit pitcher Ken Holtzmann and mysterious Moe Berg. Berg was the player about whom it was first said "good field, no hit" (in a telegram by a scout). He was also a brilliant man, spoke several languages, and was a US government spy. Examples: in a major-leaguers' tour of Japan in the prewar years, Berg was assigned to photograph military installations, and he later posed as a nuclear physicist to enter a postwar conference on the atomic bomb, supposedly with a gun and orders to kill enemy scientists if necessary.

2007-06-23 22:30:29 · answer #2 · answered by greyguy 6 · 0 0

Hank Greenberg...played for the Tigers in the 50's. Sandy Kofax was Jewish also I believe.

And Steve Yeager... he converted to Judaism though.

2007-06-23 20:42:42 · answer #3 · answered by limick32 2 · 0 0

Greenberg and Koufax.

Rod Carew married a Jewish woman but reportedly never converted, or if he has he's kept it private.

2007-06-23 20:51:46 · answer #4 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 0 0

hammerin hank greenberg of the tigers

2007-06-24 20:25:21 · answer #5 · answered by RICH T 2 · 0 0

first one that comes to mind is the tiger's great first baseman, hammerin' hank greenberg.

2007-06-24 00:34:44 · answer #6 · answered by joe 6 · 0 0

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