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Joe Greene

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

Atlanta Black Crackers (1932, 1937–1938)
Homestead Grays (1936)
Kansas City Monarchs (1939–1942, 1946–1947)
Cleveland Buckeyes (1948)

Career highlights and awards

2× All-Star (1940, 1942)
Negro League World Series champion (1942)

James Elbert "Joe" Greene (October 17, 1911 – July 19, 1989) was an American catcher in Negro league baseball. He played between 1932 and 1948.

Greene served with the 92nd Division in the US Army as an anti-tank gunner between 1943 and 1945, in both Algiers and Italy.

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