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Michael Lewis Greenwell (born July 18, 1963 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a previous left fielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career with a Boston Red Sox (1985-1996). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Greenie finished 2nd in the AL MVP voting in 1988, losing intent on Jose Canseco, who pulled off a foremost Xl residence start, 40 purloined base year inside baseball history. Greenwell hit .325 sustaining Twenty-two HR & 119 Run batted around in 1988, setting career highs altogether trine categories.

Career

Within the 12-year career, Greenwell was the .303 hitter with 130 home runs and 726 RBI in 1269 games. In the postseason, he hit .146 (7-for-48) with 1 residence process & triplet Run batted around in Seventeen games.

Throughout his Red Sox career, Greenwell suffered under the weight of lofty expectations for a Boston left fielder, when since 1940 the position had been occupied by Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski and Jim Rice – all MVP winners and regular triple crown candidates. Although his play seldom reached the level of his predecessors, he provided a firm & dependable presence in the team's lineup for several seasons.

Highlights
Twice All Star (1988-89) Top Ten American League MVP (2nd, 1988) Led AL around intentional walks (18, 1988) Hit for the cycle (September 14, 1988) Hit an within-a-park grand slam (September 1, 1990)

Fact
In September 2, 1996 in Seattle, Greenwell got entirely nine Run batted withwithin in a Boston 9-8 triumph across the Jack in tenner innings.

From the news
Greenwell was a runner-second best to José Canseco in the 1988 American League MVP balloting, & currently that Canseco has admitted steroid use, Greenwell feels that award is rightfully his.

Inside 1988, Greenwell hit .325 by owning Xxii residence diarrhea, 119 Run batted in & Xvi stolen bases. Canseco hit .307 sustaining 42 HRs, 124 Run batted in & Forty steals, becoming baseball's number 1 40-40 human. Canseco's unprecedented year garnered him 392 votes. Greenwell received 242, & third-place finisher Kirby Puckett got 219.

"Every time you renegotiate a contract, if you're an MVP, you have a different level of bargaining power. But in honesty, I don't care about the money. I respect what Jose did in the game. I don't respect that [he used steroids], but I do understand how these guys get caught up in it. There is so much pressure to perform that guys are willing to do anything to stay on top," Greenwell said. For thomas more just about it, view: [http://redsox.bostonherald.com/redSox/view.bg?articleid=69018 Boston Herald].

The Mike Greenwell Page
A tribute page on the Gator's career, including statistics, photos, a brief biography and links.
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