Lenny
Green
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: January 6, 1933 in Usa, MI, DETROIT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1962   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1957 24 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 4 4 6 6 6 6 7 6 8 8 8
1958 25 DET AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 6 7 6 6 7 7 8 9 8
1959 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 4 4 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 9 8
1960 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 6 7 6 6 7 7 8 9 8
1961 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 6 7 7 6 7 7 9 9 9
1962 29 PIT NL $ 1,800,000   8 8 7 3 4 4 6 7 7 6 7 7 9 9 9
1963 30 PIT NL $ 2,514,286   8 8 8 3 4 4 6 7 7 6 7 7 9 9 9
1964 31 CLN NL $ 2,707,143   8 8 8 3 3 3 6 7 6 6 7 7 9 9 9
1965 32 CLN NL $ 3,500,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9
1966 33 COL NL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9
1967 34 COL NL $ 3,500,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 9
1968 35 COL NL $ 3,500,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9
1969 36 OAK AL $ 2,172,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 6 7 7 7 8 8 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1957 24 DET AL 26 92 13 26 6 1 5 20 1 2 10 10 .283 .346 .533 .879 15.7 2.5
    AAA   54 209 18 50 12 2 3 16 4 4 27 26 .239 .326 .359 .685 24.9  
    AA   81 292 47 74 12 7 10 33 9 4 61 29 .253 .382 .445 .828 53.0  
1958 25 DET AL 83 248 41 58 15 3 2 19 10 3 39 25 .234 .340 .343 .683 31.0 4.4
    AAA   52 206 32 57 10 1 5 26 5 6 32 23 .277 .374 .408 .782 31.5  
1959 26 BSN NL 123 324 57 93 17 8 9 46 1 1 38 33 .287 .361 .472 .833 53.0 10.7
1960 27 BSN NL 148 516 76 151 30 5 6 75 4 2 49 57 .293 .358 .405 .763 69.4 14.9
1961 28 PIT NL 127 452 67 124 17 5 11 51 7 1 36 30 .274 .328 .407 .735 59.0 9.6
1962 29 PIT NL 151 551 95 150 27 2 16 63 0 1 61 27 .272 .351 .416 .767 77.3 17.9
1963 30 PIT NL 155 563 86 165 31 2 10 50 6 3 56 31 .293 .360 .409 .768 79.8 19.0
1964 31 PIT NL 76 284 49 78 15 2 5 27 12 3 23 15 .275 .332 .394 .727 37.2 7.6
  CLN NL 78 233 38 74 12 1 4 18 9 3 27 16 .318 .392 .429 .821 38.5 10.6
  TOT   154 517 87 152 27 3 9 45 21 6 50 31 .294 .360 .410 .770 75.6 18.2
1965 32 CLN NL 124 401 55 122 21 4 3 33 8 6 40 17 .304 .369 .399 .768 56.8 12.9
1966 33 CLN NL 20 67 13 16 3 1 1 5 2 1 9 5 .239 .338 .358 .696 8.6 1.6
  COL NL 118 435 69 114 20 2 5 29 10 4 36 39 .262 .323 .352 .675 50.4 9.0
  TOT   138 502 82 130 23 3 6 34 12 5 45 44 .259 .325 .353 .677 59.1 10.6
1967 34 COL NL 127 474 74 149 20 4 10 55 8 2 46 29 .314 .376 .437 .813 77.0 19.6
1968 35 COL NL 151 576 98 188 36 3 11 84 17 3 76 46 .326 .411 .457 .867 107.6 29.3
1969 36 OAK AL 77 276 34 72 8 2 3 35 3 1 21 44 .261 .313 .337 .650 29.2 4.5
    AAA   51 113 15 35 6 0 0 11 4 0 21 23 .310 .418 .363 .781 19.2  
13 Years Sim 1584 5492 865 1580 278 45 101 610 98 36 567 424 .288 .357 .410 .767 790.5 174.2
3 Years AAA 157 528 65 142 28 3 8 53 13 10 80 72 .269 .368 .379 .747 75.6  
1 Years AA 81 292 47 74 12 7 10 33 9 4 61 29 .253 .394 .445 .839 53.0  
4 Years Minors 238 820 112 216 40 10 18 86 22 14 141 101 .263 .378 .402 .780 128.6  
162 Game Average 561 88 161 28 4 10 62 10 3 57 43 .288 .357 .410 .767 80.8  
Career Highs 155 576 98 188 36 8 16 84 21 6 76 57 .326 .411 .533 .879 107.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3871 657 1155 209 35 66 421 74 24 430 270 .298 .370 .422 .792 595.5
vs LH   1621 208 425 69 10 35 189 24 12 137 154 .262 .326 .382 .708 198.2
Home 777 2639 403 754 126 19 50 288 45 15 264 212 .286 .353 .405 .758 374.1
Away 807 2853 462 826 152 26 51 322 53 21 303 212 .290 .361 .415 .775 419.7
RISP   1143 0 320 50 11 21 474 0 0 124 107 .280 .349 .398 .747 159.8
Pinch Hitting   193 33 64 15 0 2 30 1 2 20 19 .332 .392 .440 .832 31.1
Close/Late   746 92 217 39 4 12 80 0 0 80 56 .291 .364 .402 .766 106.9
Mar/Apr 220 776 116 201 32 7 17 94 8 2 80 60 .259 .333 .384 .717 100.1
May 269 899 156 270 47 6 12 91 15 3 105 63 .300 .375 .406 .781 136.9
June 280 1014 148 280 44 12 16 113 16 5 104 87 .276 .346 .391 .736 137.4
July 275 951 148 275 53 6 18 111 17 9 94 80 .289 .355 .414 .769 136.6
August 273 940 158 288 55 9 20 101 23 8 96 59 .306 .375 .448 .823 151.4
Sep/Oct 265 912 139 266 47 5 18 100 19 9 88 75 .292 .356 .413 .769 131.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1957 24 DET AL CF 26 26 222.3 61 2 0 0 1.000 2.55   0.4
1958 25 DET AL CF 55 55 456.0 126 1 2 1 .984 2.51   1.0
    3B 17 9 98.0 3 32 2 2 .946 3.21   0.3
    LF 2 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1959 26 BSN NL 3B 58 39 383.7 17 85 8 8 .927 2.39   0.7
    RF 23 21 187.0 25 1 1 0 .963 1.25   0.6
    CF 11 6 68.7 19 0 1 0 .950 2.49    
    LF 6 2 33.3 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.62    
1960 27 BSN NL CF 120 108 963.3 257 5 2 1 .992 2.45   4.2
    LF 13 12 109.0 15 2 1 0 .944 1.40    
    RF 6 2 24.0 7 0 1 0 .875 2.63    
    3B 3 2 18.7 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.89   0.1
1961 28 PIT NL 3B 106 95 879.7 42 193 11 16 .955 2.40   2.9
    CF 4 4 35.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.31   0.2
    RF 5 4 32.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.97    
    LF 2 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
1962 29 PIT NL 3B 98 90 855.3 52 227 6 14 .979 2.94   3.5
    RF 38 36 321.0 77 4 1 0 .988 2.27   1.2
    CF 5 4 34.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.12    
    LF 4 2 21.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.71    
1963 30 PIT NL 3B 54 51 457.0 21 122 5 8 .966 2.82   1.2
    RF 45 43 390.3 64 1 1 0 .985 1.50   1.6
    CF 47 45 386.7 82 3 0 0 1.000 1.98    
    LF 5 1 16.3 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1964 31 PIT NL RF 36 34 338.3 69 3 1 0 .986 1.92   0.8
    CF 25 23 232.1 56 2 1 1 .983 2.25   0.0
    LF 6 0 16.9 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.07   0.0
    3B 3 0 11.4 1 3 1 1 .800 3.16   0.0
  CLN NL RF 37 34 287.0 58 2 1 0 .984 1.88   1.7
    CF 26 24 196.9 48 2 1 0 .980 2.29   0.0
    LF 6 1 14.4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.63   0.0
    3B 4 0 9.6 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.75   0.0
  TOT   RF 73 68 625.3 127 5 2 0 .985 1.90   2.5
      CF 51 47 429.0 104 4 2 1 .982 2.27   0.0
      LF 12 1 31.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .86   0.0
      3B 7 0 21.0 2 6 1 1 .889 3.43   0.1
1965 32 CLN NL CF 79 79 693.3 168 4 1 0 .994 2.23   3.7
    RF 18 10 98.7 24 0 1 0 .960 2.19    
    3B 10 0 18.7 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.41   0.1
    LF 10 0 16.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1966 33 CLN NL 3B 16 15 125.6 8 29 2 2 .949 2.65   0.3
    CF 3 2 18.8 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.91   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  COL NL 3B 92 88 776.1 48 180 10 11 .958 2.64   2.5
    CF 18 11 116.3 24 1 0 1 1.000 1.93   0.3
    RF 4 0 14.6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.23   0.0
    SS 1 0 5.2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.46   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   3B 108 103 901.7 56 209 12 13 .957 2.65   2.8
      CF 21 13 135.1 28 1 0 1 1.000 1.93   0.3
      RF 5 0 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06   0.0
      SS 1 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
      LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1967 34 COL NL RF 65 64 562.0 116 6 5 1 .961 1.95   1.4
    3B 59 59 512.3 24 138 9 6 .947 2.85   2.1
    CF 2 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1968 35 COL NL CF 149 147 1338.7 369 15 6 1 .985 2.58   6.9
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.1
1969 36 OAK AL CF 75 73 625.3 141 7 1 1 .993 2.13   2.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 645 607 5396.4 1375 42 15 6 .990 2.36   18.7
  3B 522 448 4148.0 219 1023 54 68 .958 2.69   13.7
  RF 278 248 2257.3 449 17 12 1 .975 1.86   7.2
  LF 57 19 245.0 38 5 1 0 .977 1.58   0.0
  SS 2 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
Career Totals   1504 1322 12053.7 2082 1088 82 75 .975 2.37   39.6
Career Highs   151 147 1339.7 369 232 14 16 1.000 2.72    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1961 28 PIT NL 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1962 29 PIT NL 18 69 8 13 2 0 3 10 0 0 8 2 .188 .273 .348 .621
1963 30 PIT NL 7 27 4 6 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 2 .222 .276 .407 .683
1964 31 CLN NL 9 26 3 9 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .346 .346 .500 .846
1965 32 CLN NL 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
1967 34 COL NL 7 26 3 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .385 .407 .385 .792
1968 35 COL NL 5 20 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .300 .333 .300 .633
Career Post-Season Batting 51 175 19 46 8 0 4 18 0 0 11 6 .263 .310 .377 .687
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1960-9-.293
1964-10-.294
1967-3-.314
1968-2-.326
On-Base Pct
1964-10-.360
1967-5-.376
1968-2-.411
OPS
1968-5-.867
XR
1968-3-107.6
Runs
1962-3-95
1963-10-86
1968-2-98
Hits
1963-8-165
1968-2-188
Total Bases
1968-10-263
Singles
1960-10-110
1963-7-122
1964-9-113
1967-8-115
1968-3-138
Doubles
1960-7-30
1963-4-31
1968-3-36
Triples
1959-1-8
1960-6-5
Stolen Bases
1958-7-10
1961-10-7
1964-6-21
1968-9-17
Caught Stealing
1958-10-3
Walks
1968-5-76
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 49    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Detroit in 1957
Had first career hit (triple) on 9/2/1957, off Billy Pierce (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/6/1957, off Dick Rozek (STL)
Traded from Detroit to Boston (N) on 2/1/1959 (Going to DET: 1B Tom Alston. Going to BSN: CF Lenny Green, P Sam Jones)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1959, hitting .450 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Traded from Boston (N) to Pittsburgh on 3/3/1961 (Going to BSN: 3B Bob Aspromonte. Going to PIT: CF Lenny Green)
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1962
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,514,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,707,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Pittsburgh to Cleveland (N) on 7/1/1964 (Going to CLN: CF Lenny Green. Going to PIT: P Ron Necciai)
9/1/1964: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Colorado on 5/1/1966 (Going to COL: P Ron Perranoski, CF Lenny Green. Going to CLN: P Bill Landis)
Injured on 5/24/1967 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 9/8/1967 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 3-4 weeks
Drove in 7 runs against Los Angeles on 7/15/1968
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1968, hitting .376 with 3 HR, 20 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1969 to a 1-year deal worth $2,172,000 per year