David Green
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David Alejandro Green Casaya
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 3", Weight 170 lb.
- Debut September 4, 1981
- Final Game October 4, 1987
- Born December 4, 1960 in Managua, Nicaragua
[edit] Biographical Information
David Green, born in Nicaragua, was a highly talented player who played six seasons in the majors but never achieved the superstardom that was predicted for him. He had great tools but he also had personal problems that interfered with his success.
In the 1978 Amateur World Series, David Green hit .310/.341/.452 and scored 9 runs in 10 games but was only successful stealing in 3 of 6 attempts.
Green was signed by the Milwaukee Brewers organization in 1978, only a couple years after the first Nicaraguan-born player, Dennis Martinez, came to the majors. Green was touted as a can't miss-prospect by the Brewers in the early '80s, but they traded him to the Cardinals in a seven player trade involving Ted Simmons and Rollie Fingers.
The Cardinals Encyclopedia indicates that there was some question about his age. When he broke into the majors in 1981, he might have been the youngest player in the league, if he was born in 1960.
Green spent part of 1982 at Louisville, hitting .345 and slugging .575, and played half a season with the major-league Cardinals, later appearing in all seven games of the 1982 World Series.
After playing for the Cardinals in 1983-84, Green was traded in February 1985, thus missing the Cardinals' pennant-winning 1985 year. He was traded to the San Francisco Giants in the Jack Clark trade.
After the 1985 season he was traded back to the Brewers but ended up playing in 1986 for the Kintetsu Buffaloes in Japan. In 1987 he played much of the season in the minors (hitting .356 for Louisville in 50 games), but came up for 14 games with the Cardinals, although he did not appear in post-season play with them. He continued to play in the minors through 1991.
The Cardinals Encyclopedia states he also played in Mexico.
He is the son of Eduardo Green.
[edit] Notable Achievement
- Won a World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1982
