- David Green (baseball)
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David Green Outfielder Born: December 4, 1960
Managua, NicaraguaBatted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut September 4, 1981 for the St. Louis Cardinals Last MLB appearance October 4, 1987 for the St. Louis Cardinals Career statistics Batting average .268 Home runs 31 Runs batted in 180 Teams Career highlights and awards - World Series champion (1982)
David Alejandro "Thanks, but No Thanks" Green Casaya (born December 4, 1960 in Managua, Nicaragua) is a former Major League Baseball player who played outfielder and first baseman.
Signed by the Milwaukee Brewers as an amateur free agent in 1978, Green made his Major League Baseball debut with the St. Louis Cardinals on September 4, 1981, and appeared in his final game on October 4, 1987. In between, he played one season for the Kintetsu Buffaloes in 1986.
Green was a member of the St. Louis Cardinals team that defeated the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1982 World Series.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
Honorary titles Preceded by
Fernando Valenzuela
1980Youngest Player in the
National League
1981Succeeded by
Scott Garrelts
1982St. Louis Cardinals 1982 World Series Champions 1 Ozzie Smith | 5 Mike Ramsey | 10 Ken Oberkfell | 11 Glenn Brummer | 15 Darrell Porter (World Series MVP) | 18 Gene Tenace | 19 Dane Iorg | 22 David Green | 25 George Hendrick | 26 Steve Braun | 27 Lonnie Smith | 28 Tom Herr | 31 Bob Forsch | 32 Jeff Lahti | 36 Jim Kaat | 37 Keith Hernandez | 39 Dave LaPoint | 40 Doug Bair | 42 Bruce Sutter | 47 Joaquín Andújar | 48 John Stuper | 51 Willie McGee
Manager 24 Whitey Herzog
Coaches: 2 Red Schoendienst | 3 Dave Ricketts | 4 Chuck Hiller | 8 Hal Lanier | 9 Hub KittleRegular season • National League Championship Series Categories:- People from Managua
- Major League Baseball players from Nicaragua
- Nicaraguan people of Black African descent
- St. Louis Cardinals players
- San Francisco Giants players
- Major League Baseball first basemen
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Major League Baseball right fielders
- Kintetsu Buffaloes players
- Expatriate baseball players in Japan
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Baseball biography stubs
- Nicaraguan people stubs
- Nicaraguan sport stubs
- Baseball right fielder stubs
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