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 and , he batted and threw right-handed.

Biography

Baseball records do not indicate that Green played minor league baseball. He appeared in a single major league game, for the

Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and became the Kansas City Athletics. Following another move in 1967, the team became the Oaklan ...

on July 2, 1924. The '' Altoona Tribune'' noted that Green had been playing for a

semi-professional Semi-professional sports are sports in which athletes are not participating on a full-time basis, but still receive some payment. Semi-professionals are not amateur because they receive regular payment from their team, but generally at a consid ...

team associated with the

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of Philadelphia as an outfielder. 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 In baseball, a pinch hitter is a substitute Batting (baseball), batter. Batters can be substituted at any time while the dead ball (baseball), ball is dead (not in active play); the manager (baseball), manager may use any player who has not yet ...

, batting for starting pitcher Fred Heimach. Green's

at bat In baseball, an at bat (AB) or time at bat is a batter's turn batting against a pitcher. An at bat is different from a plate appearance. A batter is credited with a plate appearance regardless of what happens during their turn at bat, but a batt ...

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. Green did not play defensively, as he was replaced by reliever

Bob Hasty Robert Keller Hasty (May 3, 1896 – May 28, 1972) was a professional baseball pitcher in the Major Leagues from to . Hasty played for the Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Phil ...

, who pitched the final seven innings for the Athletics. Pennock pitched a

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as the Yankees won, 10–1. By mid-July, Green was back playing with the Strawbridge and Clothier Store semi-professional team. Green was born in 1897 in Philadelphia. His draft registration card of September 1918 indicates that he was employed at the

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in Philadelphia as a mechanical draftsman. Green died in 1972 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and was interred in Arlington Cemetery in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Joe 1897 births 1972 deaths Baseball players from Philadelphia Philadelphia Athletics players Burials at Arlington Cemetery (Pennsylvania)