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In the final game of the regular season, Greenberg hit a grand slam in the dying light of the ninth inning against the Cardinals to clinch the pennant The Tigers beat the Cubs in the World Series
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In 1946 Hank led the AL in homers and RBIs, but a disagreement over salary led to the sale of his contract to the Pirates in 1947. Bing Crosby, a co-owner of the team, wrote a song that he performed with Groucho Marx to welcome him to Pittsburgh called "Goodbye Mr. baseball"
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