Dick Green

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Dick Green
Second baseman
Born: (1941-04-21) April 21, 1941 (age 83)
Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 9, 1963, for the Kansas City Athletics
Last MLB appearance
October 2, 1974, for the Oakland Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average.240
Home runs80
Runs batted in422
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Richard Larry Green (born April 21, 1941) is an American former professional baseball player.[1] He played as a second baseman in Major League Baseball from 1963 through 1974, most notably as a member of the Oakland Athletics dynasty that won three consecutive World Series championships between 1972 and 1974.[1]

Early years

Born in Sioux City, Iowa, Green was raised in Yankton and Mitchell, South Dakota, where his ability as a baseball player was first noted.[2]

Professional career

An outstanding high school quarterback, Green was offered a scholarship by Michigan State University, but did not attend college, and was signed by the

Kansas City Athletics before the 1960 season as an amateur free agent. Green spent a few seasons in the minor leagues before being called up on September 9, 1963. Green played minimally in 13 games, but did pick up 10 hits, including his first major league home run
.

In

second base and finished the season with a .990 fielding percentage. The following season, Green finished with a batting average of .232 and 110 hits
in 133 games.

In

RBIs
.

After the season, the

RBIs, and 61 runs scored
.

Green was a member of the

ground ball double play to end the game.[4] In game four, Green also started a game-ending double play.[4] In the eighth inning of the clinching game five, Green made a perfect relay throw to get Bill Buckner, representing the tying run, out at third base.[4] The six double plays Green participated in during the 1974 World Series tied the record for most defensive double plays in a five-game series.[4]

Before the

RBIs and 427 runs scored
.

On September 19, 2009, another rare South Dakota Major Leaguer--Mark Ellis passed Green for the franchise record for homers by a second baseman with his 77th home run playing second base for the A's.[6]

In 2018, he was named to the Oakland Athletics' 50th anniversary All-Time Team.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Dick Green statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  2. ^ Buskirk, Frank (March 8, 1967). "Dark says A's Dick Green just reaching his maturity". Sarasota Herald. (Florida). p. 19.
  3. ^ a b Bock, Hal (February 3, 1975). "Brock Man of Year". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-1-57028-188-4
    .
  5. ^ "Green is Hopeful of Quick Series". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. October 17, 1974. p. 37. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  6. ^ "Cleveland Indians vs. Oakland Athletics". CNN.

External links

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