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Willie Greene
Willie Louis Greene

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 184 lb.

Debut September 1, 1992
  vs. MON 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 1, 2000
Born September 23, 1971 in Milledgeville, GA

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1989. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1992 20 CIN NL  29   93   10   25   5  2   2   13   0  2  10  23  .269  .337  .430  114   40   0   1   0   0   1
 1993 21 CIN NL  15   50    7    8   1  1   2    5   0  0   2  19  .160  .189  .340   38   17   0   1   0   0   1
 1994 22 CIN NL  16   37    5    8   2  0   0    3   0  0   6  14  .216  .318  .270   57   10   0   1   1   0   1
 1995 23 CIN NL   8   19    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   7  .105  .227  .105   -8    2   0   0   0   0   1
 1996 24 CIN NL 115  287   48   70   5  5  19   63   0  1  36  88  .244  .327  .495  113  142   1   1   6   0   5
 1997 25 CIN NL 151  495   62  125  22  1  26   91   6  0  78 111  .253  .354  .459  110  227   1   3   5   1  10
 1998 26 TOT    135  396   65  102  19  1  15   54   7  3  69  90  .258  .370  .424  107  168   0   2   2   3   9
         CIN NL 111  356   57   96  18  1  14   49   6  3  56  80  .270  .372  .444  112  158   0   2   2   3   7
         BAL AL  24   40    8    6   1  0   1    5   1  0  13  10  .150  .358  .250   65   10   0   0   0   0   2
 1999 27 TOR AL  81  226   22   46   7  0  12   41   0  0  20  56  .204  .266  .394   65   89   0   2   0   0   4
 2000 28 CHC NL 105  299   34   60  15  2  10   37   4  0  36  69  .201  .289  .365   66  109   0   2   2   2   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      655 1902  254  446  76 12  86  307  17  6 260 477  .234  .326  .423   94  804   2  13  16   6  37
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        470   63  110  19  3  21   76   4  1  64 118  .234  .326  .423   94  199   0   3   4   1   9
 Career High    151  495   65  125  22  5  26   91   7  3  78 111  .258  .370  .495  113  227   1   3   6   3  10
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1992 20 CIN NL  104   72   13   4.9    95| .269  .262| .337  .328| .430  .386| .767  .715| 114  .576   1.6   0.2   0%
 1993 21 CIN NL   53   44    3   1.8   104| .160  .272| .189  .338| .340  .415| .529  .752|  38  .154  -4.9  -0.5   0%
 1994 22 CIN NL   44   31    3   2.6   108| .216  .273| .318  .340| .270  .427| .588  .768|  57  .236  -2.0  -0.2   0%
 1995 23 CIN NL   22   18    1   1.5   107| .105  .271| .227  .340| .105  .421| .332  .761|  -8  .103  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1996 24 CIN NL  325  225   46   5.5   108| .244  .271| .327  .340| .495  .424| .822  .764| 113  .557   3.4   0.3   0%
 1997 25 CIN NL  578  384   84   5.9   110| .253  .273| .354  .345| .459  .428| .813  .773| 110  .584   7.0   0.7 100%
 1998 26 TOT     470  308   66   5.8   109| .258  .271| .370  .342| .424  .428| .794  .770| 107  .573   6.1   0.6  70%
         CIN NL  417  272   62   6.1   109| .270  .271| .372  .342| .444  .428| .816  .770| 112  .604   7.6   0.7  66%
         BAL AL   53   36    4   3.0   108| .150  .269| .358  .338| .250  .429| .608  .766|  65  .264  -1.6  -0.1 100%
 1999 27 TOR AL  248  186   24   3.4   115| .204  .276| .266  .349| .394  .442| .660  .791|  65  .304 -13.4  -1.2   0%
 2000 28 CHC NL  339  246   33   3.6   114| .201  .269| .289  .347| .365  .441| .654  .787|  66  .327 -16.2  -1.5 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2183 1514  273   4.8   110| .234  .272| .326  .343| .423  .429| .749  .772|  94  .488 -21.5  -1.9  73%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1992 20 CIN NL 3B 25 15 40 3 6 .948 .952 2.20 2.29 2.29 2.67 24 216.3 1993 21 CIN NL SS 10 17 28 1 8 .978 .966 4.50 4.04 5.15 4.69 10 78.7 3B 5 2 9 0 0 1.000 .948 2.20 2.32 2.36 2.70 4 42.0 1994 22 CIN NL 3B 13 2 21 1 1 .958 .950 1.77 2.24 2.28 2.65 10 90.7 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1995 23 CIN NL 3B 7 1 13 0 1 1.000 .946 2.00 2.33 2.50 2.77 6 50.3 1996 24 CIN NL 3B 74 45 146 15 13 .927 .948 2.58 2.21 3.20 2.71 58 536.7 OF 10 10 0 1 0 .909 .980 1.00 1.80 1.56 2.14 6 57.7 LF 9 10 0 1 0 .909 .971 1.11 1.44 1.62 1.84 6 55.7 1B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 8.35 4.50 9.45 0 2.0 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 SS 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.00 9.00 4.50 0 2.0 1997 25 CIN NL 3B 103 55 172 16 7 .934 .946 2.20 2.19 2.41 2.66 100 848.0 OF 39 74 1 1 1 .987 .980 1.92 1.77 2.43 2.13 33 277.7 RF 33 71 1 1 1 .986 .977 2.18 1.64 2.70 2.04 29 239.7 1B 7 47 2 0 2 1.000 .994 7.00 8.16 8.32 9.53 6 53.0 LF 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 1.48 0.71 1.94 4 38.0 SS 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.87 0.00 4.63 0 7.0 1998 26 TOT OF 42 59 2 1 0 .984 .981 1.45 1.86 1.90 2.22 34 289.7 TOT RF 35 49 1 1 0 .980 .978 1.43 1.71 1.97 2.10 27 228.0 TOT LF 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 .971 1.00 1.41 1.46 1.90 7 61.6 TOT DH 2 CIN NL 3B 76 48 128 12 20 .936 .957 2.32 2.37 2.57 2.73 69 617.3 OF 28 43 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.57 1.78 2.02 2.17 23 195.7 RF 22 34 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.55 1.66 2.23 2.08 17 137.3 LF 9 9 1 0 0 1.000 .971 1.11 1.38 1.54 1.88 6 58.3 SS 2 1 3 1 1 .800 .976 2.00 3.90 9.00 4.50 0 4.0 DH 1 BAL AL OF 14 16 1 1 0 .944 .983 1.21 2.02 1.63 2.31 11 94.0 RF 13 15 1 1 0 .941 .982 1.23 1.81 1.59 2.14 10 90.7 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.18 1 3.3 DH 1 1999 27 TOR AL DH 52 3B 7 4 7 1 0 .917 .948 1.57 2.21 1.88 2.58 5 52.7 RF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.83 1.80 2.10 2 15.0 2000 28 CHC NL 3B 90 46 159 7 18 .967 .950 2.28 2.18 2.69 2.64 77 686.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1996 24 CIN NL 1B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 8.35 4.50 9.45 0 2.0 1997 25 CIN NL 1B 7 47 2 0 2 1.000 .994 7.00 8.16 8.32 9.53 6 53.0 1992 20 CIN NL 3B 25 15 40 3 6 .948 .952 2.20 2.29 2.29 2.67 24 216.3 1993 21 CIN NL 3B 5 2 9 0 0 1.000 .948 2.20 2.32 2.36 2.70 4 42.0 1994 22 CIN NL 3B 13 2 21 1 1 .958 .950 1.77 2.24 2.28 2.65 10 90.7 1995 23 CIN NL 3B 7 1 13 0 1 1.000 .946 2.00 2.33 2.50 2.77 6 50.3 1996 24 CIN NL 3B 74 45 146 15 13 .927 .948 2.58 2.21 3.20 2.71 58 536.7 1997 25 CIN NL 3B 103 55 172 16 7 .934 .946 2.20 2.19 2.41 2.66 100 848.0 1998 26 CIN NL 3B 76 48 128 12 20 .936 .957 2.32 2.37 2.57 2.73 69 617.3 1999 27 TOR AL 3B 7 4 7 1 0 .917 .948 1.57 2.21 1.88 2.58 5 52.7 2000 28 CHC NL 3B 90 46 159 7 18 .967 .950 2.28 2.18 2.69 2.64 77 686.0 1998 26 TOT DH 2 CIN NL DH 1 BAL AL DH 1 1999 27 TOR AL DH 52 1994 22 CIN NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.40 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1996 24 CIN NL LF 9 10 0 1 0 .909 .971 1.11 1.44 1.62 1.84 6 55.7 1997 25 CIN NL LF 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 1.48 0.71 1.94 4 38.0 1998 26 TOT LF 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 .971 1.00 1.41 1.46 1.90 7 61.6 CIN NL LF 9 9 1 0 0 1.000 .971 1.11 1.38 1.54 1.88 6 58.3 BAL AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.18 1 3.3 1994 22 CIN NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1996 24 CIN NL OF 10 10 0 1 0 .909 .980 1.00 1.80 1.56 2.14 6 57.7 1997 25 CIN NL OF 39 74 1 1 1 .987 .980 1.92 1.77 2.43 2.13 33 277.7 1998 26 TOT OF 42 59 2 1 0 .984 .981 1.45 1.86 1.90 2.22 34 289.7 CIN NL OF 28 43 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.57 1.78 2.02 2.17 23 195.7 BAL AL OF 14 16 1 1 0 .944 .983 1.21 2.02 1.63 2.31 11 94.0 1999 27 TOR AL OF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.03 1.80 2.28 2 15.0 1996 24 CIN NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 2.25 0 2.0 1997 25 CIN NL RF 33 71 1 1 1 .986 .977 2.18 1.64 2.70 2.04 29 239.7 1998 26 TOT RF 35 49 1 1 0 .980 .978 1.43 1.71 1.97 2.10 27 228.0 CIN NL RF 22 34 0 0 0 1.000 .977 1.55 1.66 2.23 2.08 17 137.3 BAL AL RF 13 15 1 1 0 .941 .982 1.23 1.81 1.59 2.14 10 90.7 1999 27 TOR AL RF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.83 1.80 2.10 2 15.0 1993 21 CIN NL SS 10 17 28 1 8 .978 .966 4.50 4.04 5.15 4.69 10 78.7 1996 24 CIN NL SS 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.00 9.00 4.50 0 2.0 1997 25 CIN NL SS 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.87 0.00 4.63 0 7.0 1998 26 CIN NL SS 2 1 3 1 1 .800 .976 2.00 3.90 9.00 4.50 0 4.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 400 218 695 55 66 .943 .950 2.28 2.24 2.62 2.68 353 3140.0 OF* 95 146 3 3 1 .980 .981 1.57 1.82 2.09 2.17 75 642.0 26 0 72# RF* 72 123 2 2 1 .984 .977 1.74 1.68 2.32 2.07 58 484.7 DH 54 Games not counted in Overall Total below LF* 26 22 1 1 0 .958 .970 0.88 1.44 1.32 1.89 17 157.3 SS* 16 18 33 2 9 .962 .966 3.19 3.99 5.01 4.67 10 91.7 1B* 9 48 2 0 2 1.000 .994 5.56 8.20 8.18 9.52 6 55.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 520 430 733 60 78 .951 .956 2.24 2.32 2.66 2.74 444 3929
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1992 NL-20-4

HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2075) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 5, 1989: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1989.

August 8, 1990: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with a player to be named later and Scott Ruskin to the Montreal Expos for Zane Smith. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Moises Alou (August 16, 1990) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

December 11, 1991: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Dave Martinez and Scott Ruskin to the Cincinnati Reds for John Wetteland and Bill Risley.

August 10, 1998: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Baltimore Orioles for Jeffrey Hammonds.

December 21, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

January 19, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

October 15, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

January 19, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

October 11, 2000: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1994Cincinnati Reds$125,000
1995Cincinnati Reds$130,000
1996Cincinnati Reds$130,000
1997Cincinnati Reds$300,000
1998Cincinnati Reds$1,750,000
1999Toronto Blue Jays$1,000,000
2000Chicago Cubs$395,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,830,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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