games with the Mets. He played his final major league game with the Mets on September 26, 1963. Green played two more seasons in the minor leagues before retiring after the 1965 season. In a five-season major league career, Green was a .246 hitter with 13 home runs and 74 RBI in 344 games. His 196 career hits also included 31 doubles and 12 triples. After baseball Following his retirement from playing baseball, Green worked at Berkeley High School in Berkeley, California for over 20 years, serving as a truant officer, coaching baseball and teaching math in summer school. Green lived in El Cerrito, California, since seven years after his retirement from baseball. He was married to Marie for over 50 years. On April 17, 2009, Green was honored by the Red Sox in a first-pitch ceremony, in recognition of 50 years since his breaking of the Red Sox color barrier. In February 2012, Green was honored by the city of El Cerrito, and presented with a proclamation honoring his "distinguished stature in baseball history." In April 2012, he threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Jackie Robinson day at Fenway Park, and also attended Fenway's 100th anniversary celebrations later that month. On July 17, 2019, Green died at the age of 85. No cause was given. See also List of first black Major League Baseball players References Further reading Archived content Pumpsie Green - Baseballbiography.com Diamond Fans The New York Mets Hall of Records Pumpsie Green & Gene Conley try to fly to Israel External links Pumpsie Green at Baseball Almanac 1933 births 2019 deaths African-American baseball players Albany Senators players Baseball players from California Baseball players from Oklahoma Boston Red Sox players Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Major League Baseball infielders Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players New York Mets players Oklahoma City Indians players San Francisco Seals (baseball) players Stockton Ports players Sportspeople from Richmond, California Syracuse Chiefs players Wenatchee Chiefs players People from Boley, Oklahoma American expatriate baseball players in Panama 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American people