Lenny Green, American baseball player, Died at 86

Leonard Charles Green was born on January 6, 1933, in Detroit, Michigan and died on January 6, 2019.

He was an American professional baseball player.

Green played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 12 seasons for the Baltimore Orioles (1957–59; 1964), Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins (1959–64), Los Angeles Angels (1964), Boston Red Sox (1965–66) and Detroit Tigers (1967–68).

Lenny Green batted and threw left-handed and was listed as 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and 170 pounds (77 kg).

Green's career began with the Orioles' farm system in 1955 after service in the United States Army.

After three trials with Baltimore, including most of the 1958 season, he was traded to the Senators in May 1959 for 1958 American League Rookie of the Year Albie Pearson.

 Lenny Green was the club's normal center fielder in its last year in Washington (1960) and its first two seasons in Minneapolis-St. Paul (1961–62), previous losing his regular job to Jimmie Hall in 1963.
 
Later, he was the regular center fielder for the 1965 Red Sox. Green completed his MLB career with his hometown Tigers in 1968, the same year the team won the World Series.

Green wasn't around for the pennant drive or postseason as the Tigers unconditionally released him in July of that year.

Over the period of his career, he was a .267 hitter (788-for-2,956) with 47 home runs and 253 RBI in 1,136 games, including 138 doubles, 27 triples, 78 stolen bases, and a .351 on-base percentage.

Lenny Green passed away at 86 years old.