A left handed batting outfielder with base stealing
speed, Leslie “Chin” Green was born on February 8, 1914 in St. Louis, Missouri
and began his Negro League career with the St. Louis Stars in 1939. In 1940, he played in the Negro League’s
East-West All Star game ; getting one hit in five at bats. When the Stars went out of business in 1942,
Green became the staring center fielder for the New York Black Yankees. However, after one season the chance to make
more money and face less racial discrimination lured him to play in the Mexican
League; as it did many other Negro League players. Green returned to Negro league baseball in
1946 with the Memphis Red Sox.
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