Ira Thomas Greene (born April 6, 1967) is an American former professional

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who played in

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(MLB) for the

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and

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from 1989 to 1995. He also played for the

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in 1997. He previously served a post-game studio analyst for the Philadelphia Phillies.

High school

Greene played baseball at Whiteville High School in

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where he was teammates with Patrick Lennon and won a state championship. As a sophomore he had a 10–0 record and hit .350. As a senior he hit .490, recorded a 0.07

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and struck out 270 batters in 124 innings. He threw nine total

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s in high school.

Pro career

On May 23, 1991, Greene threw a no-hitter for the Phillies against the

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. He struck out 10 batters and walked 7. Greene was starting for only the second time in the season and 15th time in his major league career. Greene was pitching in place of Danny Cox who had suffered a pulled groin in his last start. Greene became the first visiting pitcher to hurl a no-hitter in Montreal's history as the Phillies defeated the Expos, 2–0 before an

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crowd of 8,833. Unfortunatly for Greene the next year in 1992, tendonitis in his arm and shoulder caused him to miss months of the season; he appeared in only 13 games. His best year as a pitcher was in 1993 as a member of the Phillies. He had a record of 16–4, tied with

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for the most wins with that club. He started Game 2 and 6 of the 1993 National League Championship Series against the

. He was chased out early in a rout loss in Game 2 but bounced back with seven solid innings in the latter that saw Philadelphia win its first pennant in ten years. Later that same season, he started Game 4 of the

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for the Phillies against the

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, but he allowed seven runs before being taken out in the third inning in what became a see-saw 15-14 loss; the Phillies lost the Series in six games while Greene never pitched in a postseason game again. His shoulder never completely healed. Greene started only 19 games in the big leagues from the 1994 season until he left the game in 1997. Greene was a GM of the Southern Collegiate baseball team, the Monroe Channel Cats, and also maintains a real estate business.

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High school

Pro career

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