Steve Green (baseball)
Steve Green | |||||||||||||||
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Relief pitcher | |||||||||||||||
Born: Greenfield Park, Quebec | January 26, 1978|||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
April 7, 2001, for the Anaheim Angels | |||||||||||||||
Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
April 7, 2001, for the Anaheim Angels | |||||||||||||||
MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
Win–loss record | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||
Earned run average | 3.00 | ||||||||||||||
Strikeouts | 4 | ||||||||||||||
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Steve Green (born January 26, 1978) is a Canadian former professional baseball relief pitcher. He has played one game in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Anaheim Angels in 2001.
Career
Green was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 47th round of the 1995 MLB Draft but chose not to sign. He was drafted out of Fort Scott Community College by the Anaheim Angels in the 10th round of the 1997 MLB Draft.
He began his professional career in 1998, pitching for the single-A Cedar Rapids Kernals. He pitched to a 2–6 win-loss record, 4.54 earned run average (ERA) and struck out 61 batters over 831⁄3 innings.
Over the next three seasons, Green ascended the Angels minor league system, reaching triple-A Salt Lake in 2001.
On April 7, 2001, Green made his major league debut against the Oakland Athletics. He pitched 6 innings and allowed 2 runs with 4 strikeouts, 4 hits and 6 walks. He received a no decision in what would be his only Major League appearance.
After missing the entire 2002 season due to having
In
In February 2009, he signed a minor league deal with the Boston Red Sox. He was later released. On April 15, 2009, Green signed a minor league contract with the Phillies and was sent to Triple-A Lehigh Valley for a second year in a row, but got released by the Phillies soon after and had surgery, putting an end to his 2009 season.
In 2010, Green signed a contract with the
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- Olympics at Sports Reference
- Pelota Binaria (Venezuelan Winter League)