Biography - Shane Greene

Who is Shane Greene?

Shane Greene is a baseball player by profession and American by nationality. He is a baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB), having previously played for the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers.

Shane Greene – Bio, Age, Parents, Siblings

Shane Greene’s birth took place on November 17, 1988, in Clermont, Florida, USA. He is very much private about his family, including his parents and siblings. However, he frequently features them on his social media page.

Education, Ethnicity

For education, he attended East Ridge High School. After graduation, he joined the University of West Florida under a baseball scholarship to play college baseball for the West Florida Argonauts. But he lost the scholarship in May 2008 when he had to undergo Tommy John surgery. Shane Greene eventually transferred to Daytona Beach Community College. 

His ethnicity is White.

Shane Greene – Girlfriend, Relationship

Like most of his family life, he has kept his love life as private as possible. He has never been known to date anyone nor has he introduced his girlfriend. Although we consider Shane Greene to be a single man, a secret romantic relationship cannot be ruled out.

However, he does have a godson named Clay who lives with his dog. Greene also loves to fish and hunt ducks.

Shane Greene – Career

Early Career

Greene played baseball in high school as a pitcher and continued through college. While rehabilitating and studying at Daytona Beach Community College, his fastball improved from 89 miles per hour to 94 miles per hour after undergoing Tommy John surgery. 

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Professional Career

Shane Greene was selected in the 15th round of the 2009 MLB draft by the New York Yankees. On  November 20, 201 he was added to the 40-man roster. He also won the Kevin Lawn Award for the Yankees Minor League Pitcher of the Year the same year.

At the start of the 2014 season, Greene was assigned to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League. His debut Major League game was on 24 April 2014 against Boston Red Sox. 

He completed the seasons with a 5–4 win-loss record, a 3.78 earned run average (ERA), and more than one strikeout per inning pitched. 

On December 5, 2014, he was traded to Detroit Tigers and played for the Tigers from 2015 to 2019. On July 31, 2019, Shane Greene was traded to the Atlanta Braves.

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Stats

Shane Greene’s MLB stats from 2014 to 2019 are – 22 W, 27 L, 4.53 ERA, 258 G, 33 GS, 30 SHO, 65 SV, 79 SVO, 391.2 IO, 381 H, 371 Strikeouts.

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Shane Greene – Net Worth, Salary

When he was traded to Detroit Tigers, he had signed 1 year / $4,000,000  including $4,000,000 guaranteed, the annual average salary of $4,000,000 contract. With his new contract with Atlanta Braves, his salary has been adjusted to $1,311,805 with a base salary of $4 million.

Shane Greene’s net worth has been estimated to be well over $5 Million.

Shane Greene – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On social media, Shane Greene is active on Twitter, and Instagram with thousands of followers but is absent from Facebook.

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