[1] Green was part of a major trade between the Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals, who later went on to face each other in the 1982 World Series.

On December 12, 1980, the Brewers traded Green, Dave LaPoint, Sixto Lezcano, and Lary Sorensen to the Cardinals in exchange for Rollie Fingers, Ted Simmons and Pete Vuckovich.

[5] For the 1981 season, Green was promoted to the Class AAA level as a member of the Springfield Redbirds.

[2] He earned his first MLB hit, an RBI single off Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Luis Tiant, on September 26.

[4] While facing Pirates pitcher Randy Niemann on August 15, Green hit the first home run of his MLB career.

[1] The Cardinals would go on to defeat the Brewers in the World Series that season, with Green batting .200 during the Fall Classic.

[1][2] After splitting the 1981 and 1982 seasons between the Cardinals and their Class AAA affiliate, Green would not return to the minors until 1987.

[2] On February 1, 1985, the Cardinals traded Green, Dave LaPoint, Gary Rajsich and Jose Uribe to the San Francisco Giants for Jack Clark.

A week later, San Francisco received minor leaguer Héctor Quiñones to complete the trade.

[1] Green was acquired by a Japanese team, the Kintetsu Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball, on June 24.

[1] Green died on January 29, 2022, at Christian Northeast Hospital near St. Louis, Missouri, of respiratory failure resulting from a choking incident the week prior.

[12][13] In January 1995, Green was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in a car crash in suburban Country Club Hills, Mo.

According to the Post-Dispatch, a passenger in the car Green struck, Gladys Yount, 85, of Jennings, Mo., suffered a fractured pelvis in the accident and died of a heart attack two hours later.