Sean Green (baseball)

Infobox MLB player
name=Sean Green


width=150
position=Relief pitcher
team=Seattle Mariners
number=54
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1979|4|20
birthplace=city-state|Louisville|Kentucky
debutdate=May 2
debutyear=2006
debutteam=Seattle Mariners
statyear=2008 season
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=9-7
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=4.32
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=130
teams=
*Seattle Mariners (by|2006-present)

Sean William Green (born April 20, 1979 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a relief pitcher for the Seattle Mariners.

Biography

Green grew up in east Louisville, Kentucky, in the Fincastle community, where he honed his baseball skills playing "Tennie Ball" (baseball on concrete with a tennis ball and softball bat) on the neighborhood streets with his older brother Matthew and all the neighborhood kids.

Following his senior season at Louisville Male High School, Sean was selected by Toronto Blue Jays in 32nd round (959th overall) of the 1997 Major League Baseball Draft, but elected to attend the University of Louisville instead. He played baseball for the Louisville Cardinals from by|1998 to by|2000. He was drafted in the 12th round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft by the Colorado Rockies after his junior season at Louisville.

After spending his first professional season with the Portland Rockies of the Northwest League, the right-hander moved up the organizational ladder, pitching for the Asheville Tourists in the South Atlantic League in by|2001, Salem in the Carolina League in by|2002, and California League's Visalia Oaks before jumping to the Double-A Tulsa Drillers in by|2004 where he was 4-3 with a 3.03 ERA.

In an off-season trade, the Mariners acquired Green from the Rockies for pitcher Aaron Taylor, and Green flourished in the Mariners farm system, logging a Texas League-high 14 saves and posting a 2.96 ERA for the San Antonio Missions in by|2005 before being promoted to the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers.

He completed the 2005 season in Tacoma and pitched in seven spring training games with the big league squad in Arizona before opening by|2006 back in Tacoma. His spring training performance and 4-0 record and 1.38 ERA as the Raniers' closer caught the eye of Mariners manager Mike Hargrove.

Green made it to the big leagues when the Seattle Mariners called him up on April 29, 2006, to replace reliever Julio Mateo. When Mateo was activated on May 20, it was thought that Green would return to Triple-A Tacoma, but the Mariners opted to instead send down pitcher Emiliano Fruto. He made his first Major League appearance on May 2 against the Minnesota Twins.

In mlby|2008, Green dominated before the All-Star break with a 2.72 ERA, but after the All-Star break, Green had a 8.65 ERA.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/greense01.shtml Baseball Reference stats]
* [http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070801/SPORTS/708011170 Hometown Newspaper Article (Courier Journal)]
* [http://www.bigeast.org/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/050106aaa.html Gets Call to the Big Leagues]
* [http://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/mariners/story/5713365p-5116858c.html News Tribune article]
* [http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player.jsp?player_id=434958 Official Mariners page]