Joe Green | |
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Pinch hitter | |
Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | September 17, 1897|
Died: February 2, 1972 Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania | (aged 74)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
July 2, 1924, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 2, 1924, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .000 (0-for-1) |
Games played | 1 |
Teams | |
Joseph Henry Green (September 17, 1897 – February 2, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who made a single appearance with the 1924 Philadelphia Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) and 170 pounds (77 kg), he batted and threw right-handed.
Baseball records do not indicate that Green played minor league baseball. [1] He appeared in a single major league game, for the Philadelphia Athletics on July 2, 1924. [2] The Altoona Tribune noted that Green had been playing for a semi-professional team associated with the Strawbridge and Clothier Store of Philadelphia as an outfielder. [3] With the Athletics facing the New York Yankees in the second game of a home doubleheader at Shibe Park, Green entered the game as a pinch hitter, batting for starting pitcher Fred Heimach. [2] Green's at bat came in the bottom of the second inning with the Yankees holding a 3–0 lead; facing pitcher Herb Pennock with two outs and runners at first and third, Green hit into a force out at second base, ending the inning. [4] Green did not play defensively, as he was replaced by reliever Bob Hasty, who pitched the final seven innings for the Athletics. [2] Pennock pitched a complete game as the Yankees won, 10–1. [2] By mid-July, Green was back playing with the Strawbridge and Clothier Store semi-professional team. [5]
Green was born in 1897 in Philadelphia. [6] His draft registration card of September 1918 indicates that he was employed at the Budd Company in Philadelphia as a mechanical draftsman. [7] Green died in 1972 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and was interred in Arlington Cemetery in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. [6]