Daryl Green

Daryl Dewayne Green

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 210 lb.
• High School Nacogdoches High School

• Born April 15, 1968 in Nacogdoches, TX USA

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Daryl Green was selected by the California Angels in the supplemental first round of the 1986 amateur draft and played three seasons in their organization. He was a hard thrower who was once clocked at 94 mph in high school, which was better than many major league fastballs at the time. The pick was compensation for the New York Yankees signing P Al Holland as a free agent. In his three years as an Angels farmhand, he went a combined 12-35, including seasons of 6-14 and 5-15 with the Quad Cities Angels in 1987 and 1988. He was better than his record, however, as his ERA in 1988 was a decent 3.19 in 28 games and he struck out 121 batters in 155 1/3 innings. He left the Angels to join the Oakland Athletics after that season, although it is not clear what the exact transaction was.

He spent two years in the Athletics chain. In 1989, he went 3-6, 3.10 with 13 saves in 29 games for the Modesto A's after being converted into a reliever during the season. He reached AA with the Huntsville Stars in 1990, not doing particularly well (1-0, 6.41 in 13 games with 2 saves) before being traded to the St. Louis Cardinals on August 29th along with Felix Jose and Stan Royer in return for Willie McGee. That trade is famous because McGee was batting .335 at the time of the trade, and his batting average was frozen there for the rest of the year given he moved to the other league. As a result he ended up winning the 1990 National League batting title even though a so-so performance with Oakland lowered his season's batting average to .324. But his frozen National League average was better than Eddie Murray's, who batted .330 - incidentally the highest mark in the majors that season - giving him the batting title.

In his final pro season, Green went 5-10 with a 4.63 ERA in 26 games for the St. Petersburg Cardinals in 1991. The Cardinals had him working as a starter again and the results were unconvincing.

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