Grant Green (baseball)
| Grant Green | |||
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| Washington Nationals – No. 5 | |||
| Second baseman | |||
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Born: September 27, 1987 Fullerton, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 8, 2013, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Batting average | .251 | ||
| Home runs | 4 | ||
| Runs batted in | 38 | ||
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Grant Thomas Green (born September 27, 1987) is an American professional baseball second baseman in the Washington Nationals organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and San Francisco Giants. Green attended the University of Southern California (USC) and played college baseball for the USC Trojans.
Green played baseball at Canyon High School in Anaheim, California. As a high school sophomore, Green batted .430 (31-for-72) with eight doubles and 22 RBI. In his junior season, he batted .455 (40-for-88) with three home runs, 30 RBI and 14 stolen bases, a performance he duplicated as a senior when he batted .453 with four home runs, 22 RBI, and 14 stolen bases. Green earned first team honors from the California Interscholastic Federation and the Orange County Register. After his senior season, he was the 14th-round draft choice of the San Diego Padres, but he opted to attend the University of Southern California (USC) instead.
Green also experienced success with the 2005 U.S. Junior National Team. He batted .412 with six RBI and two stolen bases at the 2005 COPABE "AAA" Pan Am Junior Championships in Villahermosa, Mexico.
Green started every game for the USC Trojans as a true freshman in 2007. He batted .316 (72-for-228) with two home runs, 14 doubles, 24 RBI and six stolen bases. Green collected several postseason honors, including Pac-10 Conference Co-Freshman of the Year. As a sophomore in 2008, Green batted .390 (80-for-205) with nine home runs, 46 RBI, and 10 stolen bases. He was named a member of Baseball America's All-America third team and also earned All-Pacific-10 Conference honors.
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