Willie Greene
Willie Louis Greene
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 184 lb.

Born: September 23, 1971 in Milledgeville, GA
High School: Jones County (Gray, GA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1992
Final Game: October 1, 2000
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1992 20 CIN NL 29 104 93 10 25 5 2 2 13 0 2 10 23 .269 .337 .430 .767 114 40 1 0 0 1 0 5
1993 21 CIN NL 15 53 50 7 8 1 1 2 5 0 0 2 19 .160 .189 .340 .529 38 17 1 0 0 1 0 6/5
1994 22 CIN NL 16 44 37 5 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 6 14 .216 .318 .270 .588 57 10 1 0 0 1 1 5/7
1995 23 CIN NL 8 22 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 .105 .227 .105 .333 -8 2 1 0 0 0 0 /5
1996 24 CIN NL 115 325 287 48 70 5 5 19 63 0 1 36 88 .244 .327 .495 .822 113 142 5 0 1 1 6 5/7396
1997 25 CIN NL 151 578 495 62 125 22 1 26 91 6 0 78 111 .253 .354 .459 .812 110 227 10 1 1 3 5 59/376
1998 26 TOT MLB 135 470 396 65 102 19 1 15 54 7 3 69 90 .258 .370 .424 .794 107 168 9 3 0 2 2 597/D6
1998 26 CIN NL 111 417 356 57 96 18 1 14 49 6 3 56 80 .270 .372 .444 .816 112 158 7 3 0 2 2 59/76D
1998 26 BAL AL 24 53 40 8 6 1 0 1 5 1 0 13 10 .150 .358 .250 .608 65 10 2 0 0 0 0 9/D7
1999 27 TOR AL 81 248 226 22 46 7 0 12 41 0 0 20 56 .204 .266 .394 .660 65 89 4 0 0 2 0 D/59
2000 28 CHC NL 105 339 299 34 60 15 2 10 37 4 0 36 69 .201 .289 .365 .654 66 109 5 2 0 2 2 5
9 Seasons 655 2183 1902 254 446 76 12 86 307 17 6 260 477 .234 .326 .423 .749 94 804 37 6 2 13 16
162 Game Avg. 162 540 470 63 110 19 3 21 76 4 1 64 118 .234 .326 .423 .749 94 199 9 1 0 3 4
CIN (7 yrs) 445 1543 1337 190 334 53 10 63 224 12 6 191 342 .250 .343 .446 .789 106 596 26 4 2 9 14
CHC (1 yr) 105 339 299 34 60 15 2 10 37 4 0 36 69 .201 .289 .365 .654 66 109 5 2 0 2 2
BAL (1 yr) 24 53 40 8 6 1 0 1 5 1 0 13 10 .150 .358 .250 .608 65 10 2 0 0 0 0
TOR (1 yr) 81 248 226 22 46 7 0 12 41 0 0 20 56 .204 .266 .394 .660 65 89 4 0 0 2 0
NL (8 yrs) 550 1882 1636 224 394 68 12 73 261 16 6 227 411 .241 .334 .431 .764 98 705 31 6 2 11 16
AL (2 yrs) 105 301 266 30 52 8 0 13 46 1 0 33 66 .195 .282 .372 .655 66 99 6 0 0 2 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1992 20 CIN NL 104 72 13 4.9 95 .333 .269 .262 .337 .328 .430 .386 .767 .715 114 .576 1.6 0.2 .676 .247 .161 .0
1993 21 CIN NL 53 44 3 1.8 104 .200 .160 .272 .189 .338 .340 .415 .529 .752 38 .154 -4.9 -0.5 .442 .220 .180 .0
1994 22 CIN NL 44 31 3 2.6 108 .333 .216 .273 .318 .340 .270 .427 .588 .768 57 .236 -2.0 -0.2 .533 .216 .054
1995 23 CIN NL 22 18 1 1.5 107 .167 .105 .271 .227 .340 .105 .421 .333 .761 -8 .103 -3.0 -0.3 .278 .158 .000
1996 24 CIN NL 325 225 46 5.5 108 .282 .244 .271 .327 .340 .495 .424 .822 .764 113 .557 3.4 0.3 .794 .373 .251 .0
1997 25 CIN NL 578 384 84 5.9 110 .274 .253 .273 .354 .345 .459 .428 .812 .773 110 .584 7.0 0.7 .821 .376 .206 9.8
1998 26 TOT MLB 470 308 66 5.8 109 .297 .258 .271 .370 .342 .424 .428 .794 .770 107 .573 6.1 0.6 .797 .351 .167 9.5
1998 26 CIN NL 417 272 62 6.1 109 .311 .270 .271 .372 .342 .444 .428 .816 .770 112 .604 7.6 0.7 .815 .340 .174 8.4
1998 26 BAL AL 53 36 4 3.0 108 .172 .150 .269 .358 .338 .250 .429 .608 .766 65 .264 -1.6 -0.1 .667 .450 .100 1.0
1999 27 TOR AL 248 186 24 3.4 115 .213 .204 .276 .266 .349 .394 .442 .660 .791 65 .304 -13.4 -1.2 .592 .279 .190 .0
2000 28 CHC NL 339 246 33 3.6 114 .225 .201 .269 .289 .347 .365 .441 .654 .787 66 .327 -16.2 -1.5 .619 .298 .164 5.7
9 Seasons 2183 1514 273 4.8 110 .266 .234 .272 .326 .343 .423 .429 .749 .772 94 .488 -21.5 -2.0 .721 .331 .188 28.4
162 Game Avg. 540 374 68 4.8 110 .266 .234 .272 .326 .343 .423 .429 .749 .772 94 .488 -21.5 -2.0 .721 .331 .188 7
CIN (7 yrs) 1543 1046 212 5.4 108 .288 .250 .271 .343 .342 .446 .424 .789 .765 106 .556 9.7 0.9 .770 .343 .196 20.2
CHC (1 yr) 339 246 33 3.6 114 .225 .201 .269 .289 .347 .365 .441 .654 .787 66 .326 -16.2 -1.5 .619 .298 .164 5.7
BAL (1 yr) 53 36 4 3.0 108 .172 .150 .269 .358 .338 .250 .429 .608 .766 65 .264 -1.6 -0.1 .667 .450 .100 1.0
TOR (1 yr) 248 186 24 3.4 115 .213 .204 .276 .266 .349 .394 .442 .660 .791 65 .304 -13.4 -1.2 .592 .279 .190 .0
NL (8 yrs) 1882 1292 245 5.1 109 .276 .241 .271 .334 .343 .431 .427 .764 .769 98 .517 -6.5 -0.6 .741 .335 .190 26.2
AL (2 yrs) 301 222 28 3.4 114 .206 .195 .275 .282 .347 .372 .440 .655 .787 66 .298 -15.0 -1.4 .605 .305 .177 1.9

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1992 20 CIN NL 104 1.9% 22.1% 9.6% 8.7% 36% 2.30 4.0 46.5 7.2 0.58 0.55 66% 23% 5.0% 11%
1993 21 CIN NL 53 3.8% 35.9% 3.8% 7.6% 50% 9.50 2.6 25.0 10.0 1.42 1.50 57% 13% 25.0% 33%
1994 22 CIN NL 44 0.0% 31.8% 13.6% 4.6% 25% 2.33 2.6 12.3 0.85 0.89 55% 13% 0.0% 15%
1995 23 CIN NL 22 0.0% 31.8% 13.6% 0.0% 0% 2.33 2.7 1.40 2.67 55% 17% 0.0% 60%
1996 24 CIN NL 325 5.9% 27.1% 11.1% 8.9% 41% 2.44 3.3 15.1 4.6 0.82 1.33 56% 19% 21.8% 19%
1997 25 CIN NL 578 4.5% 19.2% 13.5% 8.5% 39% 1.42 4.5 19.0 5.4 0.96 1.35 62% 16% 17.3% 21%
1998 26 TOT MLB 470 3.2% 19.2% 14.7% 7.5% 34% 1.30 4.4 26.4 7.3 1.15 1.58 62% 19% 12.4% 15%
1998 26 CIN NL 417 3.4% 19.2% 13.4% 7.9% 34% 1.43 4.5 25.4 7.3 1.08 1.47 63% 21% 12.3% 14%
1998 26 BAL AL 53 1.9% 18.9% 24.5% 3.8% 33% 0.77 4.0 40.0 8.0 2.00 2.71 55% 3% 14.3% 30%
1999 27 TOR AL 248 4.8% 22.6% 8.1% 7.7% 41% 2.80 4.0 18.8 5.5 0.98 1.34 65% 14% 16.2% 15%
2000 28 CHC NL 339 3.0% 20.4% 10.6% 8.0% 45% 1.92 4.3 29.9 8.1 0.82 1.12 65% 23% 9.7% 16%
9 Seasons 2183 3.9% 21.9% 11.9% 8.0% 39% 1.83 4.0 22.1 6.2 0.94 1.29 62% 18% 14.4% 18%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1992 20 CIN NL 0 0 24% 32 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 50% 3 0 3 1 1 0 4 3 1
1993 21 CIN NL 0 0 63% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0% 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1994 22 CIN NL 0 0 36% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1995 23 CIN NL 0 0 20% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1996 24 CIN NL 4 0 33% 104 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 50% 16 11 5 4 1 3 8 2 6
1997 25 CIN NL 0 0 20% 224 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 37% 29 21 7 4 2 2 13 4 8
1998 26 TOT MLB 3 0 31% 202 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 15 30% 30 25 5 13 9 4 17 7 9
1998 26 CIN NL 3 0 31% 173 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 13 30% 27 22 5 11 8 3 15 6 8
1998 26 BAL AL 0 0 39% 29 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 29% 3 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 1
1999 27 TOR AL 2 0 19% 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 38% 10 4 4 5 3 1 1 0 1
2000 28 CHC NL 2 0 27% 104 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 27% 11 9 1 1 1 0 10 5 5
9 Seasons 11 0 27% 769 17 6 74% 17 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 21 46 36% 103 73 26 31 19 11 56 22 32
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1992 20 CIN NL 104 70% 25 7 0 4 0 0 0 0.79 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 28 1 4% 17 5 29% 61 12 20% 6 3 50% 8 8 100% 0
1993 21 CIN NL 53 68% 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 0.96 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 5 2 40% 28 3 11% 3 2 67% 3 0 0% 0
1994 22 CIN NL 44 82% 8 1 0 4 1 0 1 0.60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 2 2 100% 19 3 16% 3 2 67% 4 1 25% 0
1995 23 CIN NL 22 95% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 1 0 0% 9 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1996 24 CIN NL 325 83% 70 5 0 34 8 0 2 0.96 19 2 9 18 1 11 8 0 2 1 50% 63 5 8% 29 9 31% 238 47 20% 24 9 38% 29 11 38% 0
1997 25 CIN NL 578 79% 125 6 0 11 1 0 2 0.88 26 1 15 24 2 13 13 0 1 1 100% 101 10 10% 48 18 38% 396 67 17% 43 19 44% 38 20 53% 0
1998 26 TOT MLB 470 80% 102 24 0 20 5 1 4 1.33 15 0 13 12 3 9 6 0 0 0 90 9 10% 45 14 31% 283 39 14% 26 12 46% 28 8 29% 0
1998 26 CIN NL 417 78% 96 22 0 12 4 1 2 1.39 14 0 10 11 3 8 6 0 0 0 77 7 9% 39 11 28% 240 35 15% 21 10 48% 25 8 32% 0
1998 26 BAL AL 53 92% 6 2 0 8 1 0 2 1.25 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 2 15% 6 3 50% 43 4 9% 5 2 40% 3 0 0% 0
1999 27 TOR AL 248 91% 46 3 0 17 5 3 6 2.29 12 0 9 12 0 8 4 0 0 0 50 4 8% 24 10 42% 178 29 16% 15 9 60% 22 11 50% 0
2000 28 CHC NL 339 86% 60 2 0 14 2 0 1 2.25 10 0 6 10 0 7 3 0 0 0 59 5 8% 24 7 29% 216 28 13% 16 7 44% 24 10 42% 0
9 Seasons 2183 82% 446 50 1 106 22 4 16 1.39 86 3 56 79 7 52 34 0 3 2 67% 407 37 9% 195 67 34% 1428 228 16% 136 63 46% 157 69 44% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1992 20 CIN NL 104 361 3.47 219 61% 23% 23% 21% 32% 77% 0% 47% 70% 39% 3% 3 1 13% 13 8 11% 11 7 17% 0 0 0
1993 21 CIN NL 49 185 3.78 114 62% 30% 23% 23% 25% 70% 0% 43% 68% 33% 2% 1 0 6% 3 1 10% 5 4 37% 4 0 0
1994 22 CIN NL 43 169 3.93 92 54% 29% 26% 18% 25% 70% 4% 38% 62% 26% 14% 6 0 21% 9 2 14% 6 4 21% 1 0 1
1995 23 CIN NL 6 27 4.50 15 56% 27% 47% 7% 20% 73% 0% 41% 36% 0% 0% 0 0 33% 2 2 0% 0 0 0% 16 0 0
1996 24 CIN NL 289 1118 3.87 658 59% 27% 23% 22% 27% 72% 3% 42% 68% 29% 8% 24 5 15% 44 18 10% 29 17 36% 36 0 4
1997 25 CIN NL 494 1884 3.81 1061 56% 26% 21% 22% 31% 73% 1% 41% 71% 29% 7% 36 2 20% 97 48 14% 67 45 30% 84 0 4
1998 26 TOT MLB 470 1924 4.09 1050 55% 29% 20% 21% 29% 71% 1% 39% 71% 25% 8% 36 1 23% 107 47 13% 63 42 28% 0 0 0
1998 26 CIN NL 417 1699 4.07 937 55% 29% 20% 21% 30% 71% 1% 39% 72% 25% 7% 28 1 23% 95 45 14% 57 37 30% 0 0 0
1998 26 BAL AL 53 225 4.25 113 50% 31% 23% 19% 27% 69% 0% 35% 67% 28% 15% 8 0 23% 12 2 11% 6 5 10% 0 0 0
1999 27 TOR AL 248 968 3.90 570 59% 25% 21% 24% 30% 75% 0% 44% 72% 34% 4% 10 2 20% 50 31 12% 29 22 38% 0 0 0
2000 28 CHC NL 339 1272 3.75 718 56% 23% 21% 24% 32% 77% 1% 43% 73% 32% 5% 18 0 17% 57 27 10% 34 21 30% 0 0 0
9 Seasons 2042 7908 3.87 4497 57% 26% 21% 22% 30% 73% 1% 42% 71% 30% 7% 134 11 19% 382 184 12% 244 162 31% 141 0 9
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1992 20 29 104 93 10 25 5 2 2 13 0 2 10 23 .269 .337 .430 .767 114 40 1 0 0 1 0
1993 21 44 157 143 17 33 6 3 4 18 0 2 12 42 .231 .287 .399 .685 87 57 2 0 0 2 0
1994 22 60 201 180 22 41 8 3 4 21 0 2 18 56 .228 .294 .372 .666 80 67 3 0 0 3 1
1995 23 68 223 199 23 43 8 3 4 21 0 2 21 63 .216 .287 .347 .634 72 69 4 0 0 3 1
1996 24 183 548 486 71 113 13 8 23 84 0 3 57 151 .233 .311 .434 .745 96 211 9 0 1 4 7
1997 25 334 1126 981 133 238 35 9 49 175 6 3 135 262 .243 .333 .446 .779 103 438 19 1 2 7 12
1998 26 469 1596 1377 198 340 54 10 64 229 13 6 204 352 .247 .344 .440 .784 104 606 28 4 2 9 14
1999 27 550 1844 1603 220 386 61 10 76 270 13 6 224 408 .241 .333 .434 .767 99 695 32 4 2 11 14
2000 28 655 2183 1902 254 446 76 12 86 307 17 6 260 477 .234 .326 .423 .749 94 804 37 6 2 13 16

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1992 20 29 107 95 11 27 5 2 2 15 0 11 23 .284 .355 .442 .797 15 29
1993 21 15 53 50 7 8 1 1 2 5 0 2 19 .160 .189 .340 .529 3 15
1994 22 23 61 52 6 11 3 0 0 4 0 8 20 .212 .311 .269 .581 4 16
1995 23 9 24 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 8
1996 24 115 319 284 44 67 5 5 18 58 0 34 88 .236 .317 .479 .795 43 115
1997 25 151 575 494 58 124 22 1 26 85 6 77 111 .251 .351 .457 .809 79 151
1998 26 135 470 396 61 102 19 1 15 51 7 69 90 .258 .370 .424 .794 62 135
1999 27 81 244 223 19 43 7 0 11 36 0 19 56 .193 .254 .372 .626 21 81
2000 28 105 337 298 31 59 15 2 10 33 4 35 69 .198 .285 .362 .647 30 105
9 Seasons 663 2190 1913 237 441 77 12 84 287 17 258 484 .231 .322 .415 .737 257 655
162 Game Avg. 162 535 467 58 108 19 3 21 70 4 63 118 .231 .322 .415 .737 63 655

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Youngest s c a p y
1992 NL  born 1971-09-23 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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