Grant Green
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Grant Green
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 3", Weight 180 lb.
- School University of Southern California
- High School Canyon High School (Anaheim)
- Born September 27, 1987
Grant Green was a first-round pick in 2009.
Green hit .455 as a high school junior with 30 RBI in 88 games, following a .430 season as a sophomore. His senior year, he batted .453. In the 2005 Junior Pan American Championship, Green hit .412 for the USA.
Green batted .316/.388/.491 as a freshman, starting at shortstop for USC. He set a school record with 10 triples. He was named Pacific-10 Conference Co-Freshman of the Year with Gabe Cohen. In the summer, he batted .291/.362/.449 for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod League. He was 5th in the circuit with 11 steals. Baseball America rated him the #18 prospect in the Cape Cod League.
In 2008, the sophomore batted .390/.438/.644 and was named to the All-Pac-10 team as the best shortstop in the Conference. He was named third-team All-American by Baseball America, behind Gordon Beckham and Reese Havens at short. Back in the Cape Cod league, he hit .348/.451/.571 with 37 runs in 41 games for the Chatham A's. He was 4th in the league in average, 3rd in hits (56), tied for second in doubles (12), 5th in OBP, second to A.J. Pollock in slugging and second in runs. He was named the top pro prospect in the league.
Green hit .374/.435/.592 as a junior and stole 16 bases in 24 attempts. He finished his college career tied for 5th in Pac-10 history with 20 triples, a USC record. The Oakland A's took him with the 13th pick of the 2009 amateur draft.
