| Joe Greene | |
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| Catcher | |
| Born: October 17, 1911 Stone Mountain, Georgia | |
| Died: July 19, 1989 (aged 77) Stone Mountain, Georgia | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| debut | |
| 1932, for the Atlanta Black Crackers | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1948, for the Cleveland Buckeyes | |
| Teams | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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James Elbert "Joe" Greene (October 17, 1911 – July 19, 1989) was an American catcher in Negro league baseball. He played between 1932 and 1948. [1]
Greene served with the 92nd Division in the US Army as an anti-tank gunner between 1943 and 1945, in both Algiers and Italy. [2] When his company entered Milan, they were given the task of removing the bodies of Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci, who had been publicly hanged in the Piazzale Loreto on April 29, 1945. [2]
References
- ^ "Joe Greene Black Baseball Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2021. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ a b Riley, James A (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc. p. 976. ISBN 0786709596.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
- Negro League Baseball Players Association
- Joe Greene at Find a Grave
Categories:
- 1911 births
- 1989 deaths
- Atlanta Black Crackers players
- Homestead Grays players
- Kansas City Monarchs players
- Cleveland Buckeyes players
- Sportspeople from Stone Mountain, Georgia
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- United States Army soldiers
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- Baseball players from Georgia (U.S. state)