Otis Green

Otis Andre Green

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 2", Weight 192 lb.

• School Miami Dade College
• High School Carol City High School

• Born March 11, 1964 in Miami, FL USA

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Biographical Information

Otis Green spent four seasons in AAA as a position player and then pitched in the minor league (again seeing regular action in AAA), Mexico, Serie A1 and the CPBL. His career spanned 19 seasons.

Green was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 5th round of the 1982 Amateur Draft and the 1st round of the secondary phase in the 1983 January Amateur Draft, but he refused to sign both times. The Toronto Blue Jays took him in the 1st round of the secondary phase in the 1983 June Amateur Draft, and he hit .315/.366/.490 for the Medicine Hat Blue Jays. He was named a Pioneer League All-Star outfielder alongside Scott Loseke and Bill Moore.

Green hit .259/.332/.397 with the Kinston Blue Jays in 1984, and he also played 43 games with a .266/.341/.449 batting line for the Florence Blue Jays; he had 18 steals in 22 tries. He was promoted to the AA Knoxville Blue Jays in 1985, and his batting line was .290/.354/.430 with 11 homers there. Green played for the AAA Syracuse Chiefs the next four seasons. He hit .281/.331/.396 in 1986, then his batting line was .256/.324/.357 with 15 steals in 1987. He then crushed 10 homers with a .266/.306/.429 batting line in 1988, but his batting line fell to .265/.333/.356 in 1989. The Blue Jays released him after the 1989 season.

After leaving the Jays system, Green signed with the Montreal Expos, and he hit .274/.336/.381 for the Indianapolis Indians. He also played 8 games for the Phoenix Firebirds, and he was 6-for-22. Green was turned into a pitcher in 1991, and he was 9-1 with a 1.92 ERA for the Stockton Ports of the Milwaukee Brewers system. He also started 9 games with AA El Paso Diablos, and he was 3-3 with a 3.18 ERA. He tied Kurt Archer for 5th in the system in wins and was 8th in K. Green went 11-8 with a 4.61 ERA for the AAA Denver Zephyrs the next summer, tying Josías Manzanillo for 6th in the 1992 American Association in strikeouts and tying Victor Cole and Doug Simons for 6th in wins. He then went 2-8 with a 5.61 ERA with the Vancouver Canadians in 1993, and he pitched for the Sultanes de Monterrey in 1994, going 9-4 with 5 saves and a 1.51 ERA, striking out 94 in 83 1/3 IP.

Green signed with the Seattle Mariners in 1995, and he was 4-1 with a 5.76 ERA for the Tacoma Rainiers. He also spent part of the summer with Monterrey (3-3, 4 Sv, 1.95 in 21 G). He went 5-3 with 10 saves and a 2.01 ERA for the 1996 Sultanes. He split 1997 between two LMB teams, going 3-2 with six saves and a 1.97 ERA in 34 games.

The Chinatrust Whales of the CPBL signed him. He was 3-6 with a 4.33 ERA in 1998, and he was 6th in appearances (between Brian Drahman and Chun-Liang Wu). Green was 2-1 with a 4.66 ERA in 1999 for the Sioux City Explorers, 0-4 with a 4.31 ERA for two Mexican teams (bringing his combined LMB ERA up to 2.19 in 151 G there) and he signed with the Grosseto club of the Serie A1. Green pitched well in his first season in Italy, and he had a 10-2 record with a 1.03 ERA in 12 games. He tied Daniel Newman for third in the league in wins and led in ERA, and he was named the All-Star foreign pitcher. . Green then had a 4-4 record with a 3.43 ERA for Grosseto in 2000, and he pitched 2 games for the Lincoln Saltdogs in 2001. The 2001 season was his last season as a professional pitcher.