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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This is a list of the cards of this player
that I had in my Mets collection before I transferred the ownership of said
collection to another diligent and capable Mets fan. The cards that are listed
in light gray print and struck through are cards that were sold for charity
prior to my divestiture. The cards listed in white text are the ones
that still remained
until that final deal. Items listed in green I kept out of the deal,
just so I'd have something to display in my office and den. At the
bottom and listed in orange text are cards that I picked up after the dealing
was done, in order to maintain a certain continuity at
this site; that is, so I'd have a card to show you at the top of the page, and
maybe in the autographs and game-used areas. If an orange card is
struck through, it has also departed the collection. I’m still
accepting donations, should you feel so moved. Contact me by
following this link: NYMHall.
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"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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