When Green was first signed by the Terriers, the St. Louis Star wrote "One new backstop has been added to the string. This is J. Green, who Jack [manager O'Connor] had last year in Cleveland when he managed the team of that place in the United States League" (May 24, 1913, pg. 6). Green came into his first game with the club on May 25 in place of Tommy Walden, who had been the club's only catcher since Pettit left the club due to illness on May 11. The two split the catching duties for about a week; Walden left the club after the game on June 1. Green was then the sole catcher until late June, starting fourteen straight games (with Ailworth substituting late in two of those), until Waring came on board on June 19. That was Green's last game with the club.

The St. Louis Star and Times reported he was "about six feet in heighth" (May 29, 1913, pg. 10).

Edward Harry Green started his professional career with Charleston (IL) in the Eastern Illinois League before he signed with Dallas of the Texas League in the fall of 1908.

Ed Green of Flat River, MO, has arrived in Dallas and will try for a place with the Dallas Giants. Green is a catcher and was signed last fall... Last year he was with Charleston in the Eastern Illinois League and hit .285. He is 23 years old and weighs 172 pounds. (Dallas Morning News, April 14, 1909, pg. 13.)

He was released by Dallas prior to the season and signed by Fort Worth, where he made the club as the backup catcher.

Green is the goods as a catcher, writes Bill Ward to Secretary Feegles in Fort Worth... He throws, standing flat-footed behind the bat and his accuracy is splendid. Owner Ward is highly pleased with his new backstop. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 14, 1909, pg. 7)

Green remained with Fort Worth for three seasons, with a stint in Toledo at the end of 1910. He signed with Cleveland for the 1912 season (Cleveland Leader, April 26, 1912, pg. 12). Prior to joining St. Louis in 1913, he played with Springfield in the Three I League.

In 1914, Green signed with Superior in the Nebraska State League, along with Bishop and Kempin. This was likely his last full season in the minors. Following his career, he spent at least a few years in Missouri, turning up in reports in the Tri-City Independent of Festus Missouri through at least 1917. That is the year he married Helen Nicholas in Farmington, MO. He is listed as a coal miner in Lake Creek, Illinois, in the 1920 Census, living with his wife and newborn daughter, Virginia. The familiy moved to North Platte, Nebraska, where he played for the local club before joining the police force in 1922. He died in the line of duty on July 13, 1929; he was shot while making an arrest. He is buried in the North Platte Cemetery. Helen remarried at some point to Louis Sage. They moved to Florida, where she died in 1982 and Virginia died in 1985.

Ed Green's obituary published in the North Platte Daily Telegraph on July 16, 1929, stated he was born on July 29, 1886 and had one brother, John Green, living in Nashville. However, the 1920 Census indicates his year of birth was 1883. There is also a World War I Draft Registration card for Edward Harry Greene of Flat River, MO, with brother John Greene living in Nashville, that provides a birth date of July 29, 1881. His obituary indicates his parents died when he was 11 years old, so some time before 1900.


Fort Worth Star Telegram
March 6, 1911
Pictured with Fort Worth in 1910