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LOS ANGELES DODGERS
AGE: 31
POSITION: First Base
BIRTHPLACE: Des Plaines, IL
RESIDES: Balboa Island, CA
HIGH SCHOOL: Tustin, CA HS
PERSONAL: Wife Lindsay, 1 daughter
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Shawn
Green is a key figure in the Dodgers’ Dream Foundation.
He contributes $250,000 a year to the Foundation for each
year of his contract, which will total $1,500,000 over
six years. His donations have assisted in refurbishing
six youth baseball fields, purchasing thousands of books
for local elementary school children and buying toys for
kids at local hospitals. Through his leadership, the City
of Los Angeles has increased funding to aid in rehabilitating
youth baseball and softball fields. Shawn and his wife
Lindsay support many charitable organizations, such as
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles where they donated
$25,000 in video games for patients. He is also active
in community programs for the Jewish Federation of Los
Angeles, including Jewish Big Brothers/Big Sisters and
the Jewish Reading Program. His commitment to community
service has been recognized during the Muscular Dystrophy
Association Muscle Team dinner and Cedars-Sinai Hospital’s
Sports Spectacular banquet. He also received the 2000
Baseball Assistance Team’s A. Barlett Giamatti Award
for community service. Considered a hero in his hometown
of Tustin, Shawn supports youth baseball, Children’s
Hospital of Orange County and Orangewood Children’s
Home.
Shawn
Green was a first team selection on the 1991 USA Today
All-USA HS team. In 2003, he tied for second in the NL
with 49 doubles. He holds the Dodgers all-time single
season record for doubles. In 2001, he hit a franchise
record 49 homers. He was named to the AL All-Star team
in 1999 and the NL team in 2002.
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