elijah jerry "pumpsie" green (october 27, 1933 – july 17, 2019) was an american major league baseball (mlb) infielder. he played with the boston red sox from 1959 to 1962) and for the new york mets in 1963. he was a switch-hitter who threw right-handed. he was listed as tall and . green was born in boley, oklahoma.