Background
Green, Tyler Scott was born on February 18, 1970 in Springfield, Ohio, United States.
Green, Tyler Scott was born on February 18, 1970 in Springfield, Ohio, United States.
Tyler Green graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School (Denver, Colorado) in 1988.
The Cincinnati Reds drafted Tyler as their 2nd pick out of high school but he opted to attend Division I baseball powerhouse Wichita State with legendary coaches Gene Stephenson and Brent Kemnitz. As a freshman starter, Green helped the Shockers (68-16) to a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Championship. As a junior, he earned First Team All Missouri Valley Conference.
He earned All-Tournament recognition and was named Most Outstanding Player of the 1991 MVC Classic.
He ranked 7th in the nation with 134 strikeouts and 17th with an average of 10.4 strikeouts per 9 innings pitched. On June 7, 1991, the day of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, Tyler was chosen as the 10th pick in the first round by the Philadelphia Phillies.
“Macho Row” members Lenny Dykstra, Darren Daulton and John Kruk also led that team
Earlier that year he was a member of the gold-medal winning Team United States of America and was the Most Valuable Player beating Cuba 8-1 with a complete game 1-hitter and at one point retired 17 straight Cuba batters in the 1988 Junior. Olympics in Sydney Australia. After a short stint in the minor leagues which included a no-hitter versus
Ottawa on July 4, Tyler made his Major League debut as a member of the 1993 National League Champion Phillies, where he joined a pitching staff that included Curt Schilling, Terry Mulholland and "Wild Thing" Mitch Williams.
After battling through 4 shoulder and 2 elbow surgeries, Tyler ended his 10 year career as a member of the Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Indian organizations in 2000.