Shawn Green

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Shawn David Green

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 4", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 28, 1993
Final Game September 29, 2007
Born November 10, 1972 in Des Plaines, IL USA

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Compared to John Olerud early in his career, Shawn Green hit .306 in the 1994-1995 Venezuelan Winter League. His 1994 regular minor league season was even more impressive - he won the International League batting championship by hitting .344, all the while ranking third in runs, hits and on-base percentage. He was voted a Triple-A All-Star that year, as well as the league's best batting prospect and also the league's most exciting player.

In 2000, Green drove in 99 runs, which tied the Los Angeles Dodgers record for most RBI by a left-handed hitter. He also knocked 44 doubles that year as well, which was the second highest total in Dodgers history.

On May 23, 2002, Green hit four home runs in one game against the Milwaukee Brewers - a rare feat. On that same day, he also set the record for most total bases in a game - 19 - after going 6-for-6, with a single and double to complement his four home runs (one of which was the 200th of his career). Green was the last National League player to get six hits in one game, and the only one to do it in this decade. He hit 9 total home runs that week, setting a NL record, only one short of tying Frank Howard's Major League record. Green also set a major league record (which he holds by himself) of hitting 7 home runs in 3 consecutive games. In 2003, no doubt because of what he did the season before, he was elected to the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

Hailed by Tom Glavine as, "one of those rare, special hitters...[who] can hurt you with power, but doesn't [...] swing at a lot of bad pitches," Green was traded to the New York Mets in August, 2006, where he became Glavine's teammate.