Andy Green (baseball)

Infobox MLB player


width = 150
name = Andy Green
team = New York Mets
number = 20
position = Second base
birthdate = birth date and age|1977|7|7
birthplace = city-state|Lexington|Kentucky
bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = June 12
debutyear = 2004
debutteam = Arizona Diamondbacks
statyear = September 25, 2008
stat1label = Batting average
stat1value = .199
stat2label = Home runs
stat2value = 2
stat3label = Runs batted in
stat3value = 12
teams =
*Arizona Diamondbacks (by|2004-by|2006)
*Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters (by|2007) (NPB)

Andrew Mulligan Green (born July 7, 1977 in Lexington, Kentucky) is a second baseman who is currently in the New York Mets organization.

He is a versatile fielder, who has the ability to play in almost all of the positions in baseball. Since he made his debut, he has played at second base, third base, shortstop, and in the outfield.

His first Major League hit came with the Arizona Diamondbacks in mlby|2004, when he hit a 2-run, pinch-hit homer against the New York Yankees at Bank One Ballpark (as it was known in 2004). Green was named the by|2005 Pacific Coast League MVP for the Diamondbacks Triple-A affiliate, the Tucson Sidewinders.

Green's by|2007 contract was sold to the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. [http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061127&content_id=1746732&vkey=news_ari&fext=.jsp&c_id=ari] On January 5, by|2008, Green signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds and he was assigned to the Triple-A Louisville Bats. Green was released by the Reds on July 1, 2008, and he signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets the next day.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/greenan01.shtml Baseball Reference]