Charles Albert "Joe" Green (July 26, 1878 – September 18, 1962) was an American
baseball
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outfielder
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and
manager
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in the pre-
Negro leagues
The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relativel ...
and the beginning of the
Negro National League.
Green began his baseball career with the Chicago Clippers in 1900.
["Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910](_blank)
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In 1903, he played for the Columbia Giants, then the Chicago Union Giants
The Leland Giants, originally the Chicago Union Giants, were a Negro league baseball team that competed independently during the first decade of the 20th century. The team was formed via a merge of the Chicago Unions and the Chicago Columbia Gi ...
, the Leland Giants
The Leland Giants, originally the Chicago Union Giants, were a Negro league baseball team that competed independently during the first decade of the 20th century. The team was formed via a merge of the Chicago Unions and the Chicago Columbia Gia ...
, then spent most of the rest of his playing career for the Chicago Giants
The Chicago Giants were a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois which played in the Negro leagues from 1910 to 1921.
History
The team was founded by Frank Leland after he and his partner, Rube Foster, split up the Leland Gi ...
where he also managed the team. He took over the team after Frank Leland
Frank C. Leland (1869 – November 14, 1914) was an American baseball player, field manager and club owner in the Negro leagues.
Early life and career beginnings
Leland was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended Fisk University in Nashville, ...
died on November 14, 1914.["Certificate and Record of Death of Frank Leland" Chicago Department of Health, Chicago, IL, November 14, 1914](_blank)
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Later in his life, Green put his own name on the team, calling them "Joe Green's Chicago Giants," a team typically made up of popular ex-players of the Negro leagues
The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relativel ...
and pre-Negro leagues.
References
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Chicago Giants players
Leland Giants players
Negro league baseball managers
1878 births
1962 deaths
Baseball players from Chicago
20th-century African-American sportsmen
20th-century American sportsmen
Baseball outfielders
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