| Position | Catcher |
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| Bats | Right |
| Throws | Right |
| Birth date | October 17, 1911 |
| Birth place | Stone Mountain, Georgia, U.S. |
| Death date | July 19, 1989 (aged 77) |
| Death place | Stone Mountain, Georgia, U.S. |
| Debutyear | 1932 |
| Debutteam | Atlanta Black Crackers |
| Finalyear | 1948 |
| Finalteam | Cleveland Buckeyes |
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James Elbert "Joe" Greene (October 17, 1911 – July 19, 1989) was an American catcher in Negro league baseball. He played between 1932 and 1948.[1]
Greene served with the 92nd Division in the US Army as an anti-tank gunner between 1943 and 1945, in both Algiers and Italy.[2] When his company entered Milan, they were given the task of removing the bodies of Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci, who had been publicly hanged in the Piazzale Loreto on April 29, 1945.[2]
References
- ^ "Joe Greene Black Baseball Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived August 12, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ Riley, James A (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc. p. 976. ISBN 0786709596.