Sean Green (baseball)
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| Seattle Mariners — No. 54 | |
| Relief Pitcher | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2006 for the Seattle Mariners | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through Sep. 7, 2006) |
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| Innings | 32.0 |
| Strikeouts | 15 |
| ERA | 4.50 |
Sean Green (born on April 20, 1979 in Louisville, Kentucky) is currently a relief pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. On May 1, 2006, the former University of Louisville pitcher's contract was purchased from Triple-A Tacoma by the Mariners.
[edit] Biography
Green grew up in east Louisville, Kentucky, in the Fincastle community, where he honed his baseball skills playing "Tennie Ball" (baseball on concrete with a tennis ball and softball bat) on the neighborhood streets with his older brother Matthew.
Following his senior season at Louisville Male High School, Sean was selected by Toronto Blue Jays in 32nd round (959th overall) of 1997 Major League Baseball Draft, but elected to attend the University of Louisville instead. He played baseball for the Louisville Cardinals from 1998 to 2000. He was drafted in the 12th round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft by the Colorado Rockies after his junior season at Louisville.
After spending his first professional season with the Portland Rockies of the Northwest League, the right-hander moved up the organizational ladder, pitching for the Asheville Tourists in the South Atlantic League in 2001, Salem in the Carolina League in 2002, and California League's Visalia Oaks before jumping to the AA Tulsa Drillers in 2004 where he was 4-3 with a 3.03 ERA.
In an off-season trade, the Mariners acquired Green from the Rockies for pitcher Aaron Taylor, and Green flourished in the Mariners farm system, logging Texas League-high 14 saves and posting a 2.96 ERA for the San Antonio Missions in 2005 before being promoted to the AAA Tacoma Rainiers.
He completed the 2005 season in Tacoma and pitched in seven spring training games with the big league squad in Arizona before opening this season back in Tacoma. His spring training performance and 4-0 record and 1.38 ERA as the Raniers' closer has caught the eye of Mariners manager Mike Hargrove.
Right hander Sean Green made it to the big leagues when the Seattle Mariners called him up on April 29, 2006 to replace reliever Julio Mateo. When Mateo was activated on May 20, it was thought the Green would return to Triple A Tacoma, but the Mariners opted to instead send down pitcher Emiliano Fruto. He made his first Major League appearance May 2 at Minnesota.
