Joe Greene
1936–1948 · bats R / throws R · ASW, ATN, Chicago American Giants, Cleveland Buckeyes, Homestead Grays, Kansas City Monarchs, KCR
259G
.276AVG
.380OBP
.442SLG
More career statistics
217H
18HR
142RBI
15SB
1.2IP
0K
10.80ERA
0GS
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 259 | 299 |
| Batting · At bats | 787 | 605 |
| Batting · Doubles | 37 | 30 |
| Batting · Hits | 217 | 194 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 5 | 2 |
| Batting · Home runs | 18 | 28 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 932 | 727 |
| Batting · RBI | 142 | 117 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 15 | 14 |
| Batting · Triples | 20 | 16 |
| Batting · Walks | 127 | 114 |
| Pitching · Games | 1 | 2 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 13 | 0 |
| Pitching · p er | 2 | 0 |
| Pitching · p gs | 0 | 1 |
| Pitching · p h | 2 | 0 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5 | 0 |
| Pitching · p r | 3 | 0 |
| Pitching · p w | 4 | 0 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 259 | 932 | 787 | 149 | 217 | 37 | 20 | 18 | 142 | 127 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 348 | .276 | .380 | .442 | .822 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 3.600 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1947-05-30 to 1947-06-27
19longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | Eight-RBI Game | 1940-05-23 | 1 in 1,372 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 169 | 468 | 123 | 16 | 77 | 82 | 12 | .323 | .438 | .549 |
| Away | 130 | 259 | 71 | 12 | 40 | 32 | 5 | .317 | .398 | .585 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 86 | 210 | 51 | 8 | 38 | 37 | 8 | .298 | .419 | .550 |
| June | 77 | 187 | 65 | 11 | 39 | 26 | 3 | .406 | .487 | .731 |
| July | 71 | 186 | 46 | 5 | 31 | 32 | 4 | .305 | .419 | .490 |
| August | 54 | 120 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 1 | .243 | .342 | .388 |
| September | 11 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .350 | .417 | .750 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| memphis-red-sox | 68 | 142 | 41 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 0 | .366 | .479 | .696 |
| chicago-american-giants | 67 | 187 | 50 | 8 | 30 | 33 | 2 | .329 | .444 | .618 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 48 | 93 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 3 | .291 | .387 | .557 |
| indianapolis-clowns | 27 | 51 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 3 | .429 | .510 | .762 |
| kansas-city-monarchs | 17 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | .256 | .360 | .395 |
| cleveland-buckeyes | 14 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .533 | .595 | .833 |
| JAX | 13 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | .324 | .439 | .353 |
| SSA | 7 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .111 | .150 | .111 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  Homestead Grays | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .250 | – | – |
| 1937 | ATN | 12 | 28 | 9 | – | 4 | 2 | .321 | – | – |
| 1938 | ATN | 31 | 77 | 21 | – | 10 | – | .273 | – | – |
| 1939 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 35 | 91 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .187 | – | – |
| 1940 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 34 | 79 | 29 | 5 | 18 | 5 | .367 | – | – |
| 1941 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 29 | 58 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 1 | .310 | – | – |
| 1942 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 35 | 82 | 26 | 7 | 11 | – | .317 | – | – |
| 1945 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1946 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 45 | 68 | 25 | 3 | 15 | 1 | .368 | – | – |
| 1947 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 38 | 81 | 32 | 6 | 26 | 4 | .395 | – | – |
| 1948 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 37 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 9 | – | .432 | – | – |