Pumpsie Green
Elijah Jerry Green
Batted: Both
Threw: Right
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: Oct 27, 1933 in Oakland, CA
Signed: purchased by the Boston Red Sox from Stockton, February 1956
Acquired: traded from the Red Sox with Tracy Stallard and a player to be
named later (Al Moran) for Felix
Mantilla, December 1962
Died: July 17, 2019 in San Leandro, CA
His given name was "Elijah" but they called him
"Pumpsie." This is the right choice if you are a slender backup
second-baseman, but not if you are an Old Testament prophet. "And the word
of the Lord came to Pumpsie the Tishbite…?" I
just can't see it. The card shown here is from the 1960 Topps set; when Pumpsie
debuted in 1959, he became the first black player to ever take the field for
the Boston Red Sox (the last team in the big leagues to integrate).
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BATTING RECORD YEAR CLUB G
AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SB CS SO
BB HBP SAC SF OBP SLG AVG |
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This is a list of the Pumpsie Green cards that I
already have in my collection. If you have any cards that are not listed here,
and you are willing to donate or trade them, contact me at Rounding Third. Items that are
struck through are no longer a part of the Rounding Third collection, having
been sold for charity.
"Almost the first thing people do
is ask me how I got my nickname. I figure eight million people have asked me
so far, almost half of them sportswriters. When I get out of baseball I'm gonna write a book entitled, 'How I Got the Name of
Pumpsie' and sell a million copies at a dollar apiece." -- Pumpsie Green 3 |
1960 Topps #317
1961 Topps #454
1962 Topps #153a (normal tint)
1963 Topps #292
1964 Topps #442
1976 SSPC 1963 Mets
1978 Boston Red Sox of the 1950s #25
1991 Nobody Beats the Wiz Mets #151
2001 Fleer Boston Red Sox 100th #56
2013 Topps Heritage Real Ones Autographs #ROA-PGR (autographed)
Other
Pumpsie Green memorabilia in my collection:
autographed 3 x 5 index card
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