| Joe Green | |
| Position: | Pinch hitter |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Birth Date: | 17 September 1897 |
| Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Death Place: | Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | July 2 |
| Debutyear: | 1924 |
| Debutteam: | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Finalleague: | MLB |
| Finaldate: | July 2 |
| Finalyear: | 1924 |
| Finalteam: | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .000 (0-for-1) |
| Stat2label: | Games played |
| Stat2value: | 1 |
| Teams: | |
Joseph Henry Green (September 17, 1897 – February 2, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who made a single appearance with the 1924 Philadelphia Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at 6inchesft2inchesin (ftin) and 170lb, he batted and threw right-handed.
Baseball records do not indicate that Green played minor league baseball.[1] He appeared in a single major league game, for the Philadelphia Athletics on July 2, 1924. The Altoona Tribune noted that Green had been playing for a semi-professional team associated with the Strawbridge and Clothier Store of Philadelphia as an outfielder.[2] With the Athletics facing the New York Yankees in the second game of a home doubleheader at Shibe Park, Green entered the game as a pinch hitter, batting for starting pitcher Fred Heimach. Green's at bat came in the bottom of the second inning with the Yankees holding a 3–0 lead; facing pitcher Herb Pennock with two outs and runners at first and third, Green hit into a force out at second base, ending the inning.[3] Green did not play defensively, as he was replaced by reliever Bob Hasty, who pitched the final seven innings for the Athletics. Pennock pitched a complete game as the Yankees won, 10–1.[4] By mid-July, Green was back playing with the Strawbridge and Clothier Store semi-professional team.[5]
Green was born in 1897 in Philadelphia. His draft registration card of September 1918 indicates that he was employed at the Budd Company in Philadelphia as a mechanical draftsman.[6] Green died in 1972 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and was interred in Arlington Cemetery in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.[7]