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American baseball player (born 1967)
Baseball player
Ira Thomas Greene
(born April 6, 1967) is an American former
professional baseball
pitcher
who played in
Major League Baseball
(MLB) for the
Atlanta Braves
and
Philadelphia Phillies
from 1989 to 1995. He also played for the
Houston Astros
in 1997. He previously served a post-game studio analyst for the Philadelphia Phillies.
High school
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Greene played baseball at Whiteville High School in
North Carolina
where he was teammates with
Patrick Lennon
and won a state championship. As a sophomore he had a 10?0
record
and
hit
.350. As a senior he hit .490, recorded a 0.07
earned run average
and
struck out
270 batters in 124 innings. He threw nine total
no-hitters
in high school.
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Pro career
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On May 23, 1991, Greene threw a no-hitter for the Phillies against the
Montreal Expos
. He struck out 10 batters and walked 7. Greene was starting for only the second time in the season and 15th time in his major league career. Greene was pitching in place of
Danny Cox
who had suffered a pulled groin in his last start. Greene became the first visiting pitcher to hurl a no-hitter in Montreal's history as the Phillies defeated the Expos, 2?0 before an
Olympic Stadium
crowd of 8,833.
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The next year in 1992, tendonitis in his arm and shoulder caused him to miss
3
+
1
⁄
2
months of the season; he appeared in only 13 games.
His best year as a pitcher was in 1993 as a member of the Phillies. He had a record of 16?4, tied with
Curt Schilling
for the most wins with that club. He started Game 2 and 6 of the
1993 National League Championship Series
against the
Atlanta Braves
. He was chased out early in a rout loss in Game 2 but bounced back with seven solid innings in the latter that saw Philadelphia win its first pennant in ten years. Later that same season, he started Game 4 of the
1993 World Series
for the Phillies against the
Toronto Blue Jays
, but he allowed seven runs before being taken out in the third inning in what became a see-saw 15-14 loss; the Phillies lost the Series in six games while Greene never pitched in a postseason game again.
His shoulder never completely healed. Greene started only 19 games in the big leagues from the 1994 season until he left the game in 1997.
[3]
Greene was a GM of the Southern Collegiate baseball team, the
Monroe Channel Cats
, and also maintains a real estate business.
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