Doug Glanville

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Doug Glanville
Outfielder
Born: August 23, 1970 (1970-08-23) (age 37)
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 9, 1996
for the Chicago Cubs
Final game
Oct 3, 2004
for the Philadelphia Phillies
Career statistics
Batting average     .277
Hits     1100
Stolen bases     168
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Led NL in Singles in 1999 (149)
  • Second in NL in hits in 1999 (204)

Douglas Metunwa Glanville (born August 25, 1970 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is a former American Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs.

Glanville flashed a bat in 1999 as he batted .325, and placed second in the league to Luis Gonzalez in hits, with 204, never to hit that well again. But he's always been known for his defense as one of the best outfielders in the National League.

In 2005, with no immediate prospects of joining a major league roster, Glanville signed a one-day minor league contract with Philadelphia, then retired, having collected exactly 1100 career hits. He stated he wanted to leave baseball wearing the uniform of the team that he grew up a fan of, and to which he gave most of his playing career.

Glanville is currently a consultant with Baseball Factory, a high-school player development program. He is writing a guest column for The New York Times during the 2008 baseball season.[1]

[edit] Background

Glanville grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey[2], where he attended Teaneck High School.[3] He was a childhood friend of New Jersey Nets head coach Lawrence Frank. Glanville attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in systems engineering.[4] He is one of only five Penn alumni to play in Major League Baseball since 1951. He is an avid MMOG player along with former teammate, Curt Schilling.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Boys of Spring, The New York Times, March 26, 2008. Accessed March 31, 2008.
  2. ^ Baseball is not only field for Yankees' Glanville, San Francisco Chronicle, February 27, 2005. "Glanville had grown up in Teaneck, N.J., idolizing the Phillies' rangy center fielder, Garry Maddox."
  3. ^ Philadelphia vs. New York Mets, USA Today, September 1, 2002. Accessed December 12, 2007. "'Playing in the rain today felt like playing on the ballfields at Teaneck,' said Glanville, who played at Teaneck High School in New Jersey."
  4. ^ Ivy League Sports
  5. ^ http://espn.go.com/mlb/columns/stark_jayson/1201283.html

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