Gary Green

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Gary Allan Green

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Biographical Information[edit]

Shortstop Gary Green played parts of five seasons in the majors and later was a minor league coach and manager.

Green played college ball at Oklahoma State University, and the school reached the College World Series in all four years he was there. After his senior year, he was the starting shortstop for Team USA in the 1984 Olympics. He was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round of the 1984 amateur draft with the 27th overall pick and signed by scouting director Sandy Johnson. He reached the majors with the Padres in 1986 and, after stints with the Texas Rangers and Cincinnati Reds, ended his playing career in the Kansas City Royals organization in 1995.

Green was a coach in the Detroit Tigers chain in 1997 and the Lakeland Tigers in 1998 and managed in the Tigers system from 1999 to 2004. He then moved to the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, managing from 2006 to 2010. In 2011 he became the Pirates minor league infield coordinator. Green was bench coach of the Altoona Curve in 2021, Indianapolis Indians in 2022, and Altoona in 2023.

He is the son of pitcher Fred Green.

Year-By-Year Minor League Managerial Record[edit]

Year Team League Record Finish Organization Playoffs
1999 GCL Tigers Gulf Coast League 29-31 8th (t) Detroit Tigers
2000 Oneonta Tigers New York-Penn League 35-41 10th Detroit Tigers
2001 Oneonta Tigers New York-Penn League 37-37 7th Detroit Tigers
2002 Lakeland Tigers Florida State League 69-70 7th Detroit Tigers
2003 Lakeland Tigers Florida State League 55-78 11th Detroit Tigers
2004 Lakeland Tigers Florida State League 51-81 12th Detroit Tigers
2006 Lynchburg Hillcats Carolina League 63-75 7th Pittsburgh Pirates
2007 Hickory Crawdads South Atlantic League 70-76 7th Pittsburgh Pirates Lost in 1st round
2008 Hickory Crawdads South Atlantic League 52-87 15th Pittsburgh Pirates
2009 West Virginia Power South Atlantic League 67-70 8th Pittsburgh Pirates
2010 West Virginia Power South Atlantic League 65-74 9th (t) Pittsburgh Pirates

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