Veteran Profile - #26 - Chris Green

Veteran Profile - #26 - Chris Green
Position - Pitcher
Bats - Right
Throws - Right
Height - 6'2"
Class at NWMSU - Senior (Transfer from NCCC in Trenton, MO)
Hometown - Joplin, Missouri
2011 Statistics -
ERA - 2.22
W/L - 1/2
App/GS - 6/6
CG - 1
IP - 28.1
H - 27
ER - 7
BB - 9
K - 18
2B - 6
HP - 1

Comments -

I don't know any other way to describe Chris Green than what's above.  You will have some Jacks, some Queens, even some Kings, but then there's the ACE.  Whenever Chris Green pitches for Northwest, the Bearcats can beat anybody in the MIAA.  Period.  Chris came into the 2011 season nursing an elbow injury.  In the end, Chris had to shut it down to have Tommy John surgery.  Personally, it was the first time I had seen someone so soon following the surgery.  It looked like it hurt Chris to stand, to sit, to move, to breathe.  My heart went out to the kid.  Chris has had to go through some extensive rehabilitation to try and be healthy for the 2012 NCAA season.  The coaches certainly believe in him.  If he can be healthy and ready to pitch by February 2012 then he will accomplish a feat that professional major league pitchers cannot do in such short time.  If anybody can do it, its Chris.  Hands down the guy has balls.  My kind of ball player.  If someone asks me to name the top 7 greatest Bearcat pitchers of all-time - Chris makes the list.  To say Chris has gone through some adversity is the biggest understatement ever:  in addition to TJ surgery, Chris' hometown of Joplin was hit with a catastrophic tornado.  God sent a blessing to Northwest Missouri State University and its #26 Chris Green.  If he's healthy, he's your Friday starter.

Go Cats!!

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