Shawn Green | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Green with the New York Mets, 2007 | |||||||||||||||
Right fielder | |||||||||||||||
Born: Des Plaines, Illinois, U.S. | November 10, 1972|||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |||||||||||||||
MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
September 28, 1993, for the Toronto Blue Jays | |||||||||||||||
Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
September 30, 2007, for the New York Mets | |||||||||||||||
MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
Batting average | .283 | ||||||||||||||
Hits | 2,003 | ||||||||||||||
Home runs | 328 | ||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 1,070 | ||||||||||||||
Teams | |||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Shawn David Green (born November 10, 1972) is an American former professional baseball right fielder who played for multiple teams in Major League Baseball (MLB). Green was a first-round draft pick and a two-time major league All-Star. He drove in 100 runs four times and scored 100 runs four times, hit 40 or more home runs three times, led the league in doubles, extra base hits, and total bases, won both a Gold Glove Award and a Silver Slugger Award, and set the Dodgers single-season record in home runs. Green also set the MLB record for most total bases in a single game, with 19, on May 23, 2002 vs. the Milwaukee Brewers.[1] Green was in the top five in the league in home runs, RBIs, intentional walks, and MVP voting multiple times throughout his career.
Besides having the most total bases in a game, Green holds or is tied for the following major league records: most home runs in a game (four), most extra base hits in a game (five)[2], most runs scored in a game (six)[3], most home runs in two consecutive games (five), most home runs in three consecutive games (seven), and most consecutive at bats in a game with a home run (four). Green broke the record of 18 total bases (four home runs and one double) set by Joe Adcock of the Milwaukee Braves (vs. Brooklyn Dodgers) in 1954.[1] Josh Hamilton, who at the time was playing for the Texas Rangers, matched Adcock's 18 total bases (also four home runs and one double) against the Baltimore Orioles on May 8, 2012, 15 days before the 10th anniversary of Green breaking Adcock's record.
At the time of his retirement, he was one of only four active players with at least 300 home runs, 1,000 runs and RBIs, 400 doubles, a .280 batting average, and 150 stolen bases. The others were Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey Jr., and Gary Sheffield.