Glenn Williams

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Glenn Williams

Minnesota Twins — No. --
Third baseman
Born: July 18, 1977 (1977-07-18) (age 30)
Bats: Switch Throws: Right 
Major League Baseball debut
June 7, 2005 for the Minnesota Twins
Selected MLB statistics
(through 2007)
Batting average     .425
Home runs     0
Runs batted in     3
Teams

Glenn David Williams (born July 18, 1977 in Gosford, New South Wales) is a third baseman from Australia, who last played in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins during the 2005 season. He was a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Williams currently has a 13 game hitting streak, as he has a hit in every game that he has played in while in the major leagues.

Glenn is the eldest of two children. His father Gary Williams has been heavily involved in the development of baseball in Australia. Both Gary and Glenn Williams have represented their native Australia in international baseball competitions.

In 1993 as a 16-year old Glenn signed a lucrative free agent contract with the Atlanta Braves for an estimated 1.3 million Australian dollars. Since that time Glenn has played baseball for the Minor League affiliates of the Atlanta Braves, Toronto Blue Jays and Minnesota Twins. After spending over 10-years in the Minor Leagues Glenn made his Major League debut with the Minnesota Twins during the 2005 season.

Glenn is currently playing for the Minnesota Twins AAA affiliate team the Rochester Red Wings.

Australian author Nicholas R.W. Henning has requested exclusive rights to write Glenn William's official biography.

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Olympic medal record
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Australia 2006 World Baseball Classic roster
4 Gavin Fingleson | 6 Rodney Van Buizen | 7 Trent Durrington | 8 Trent Oeltjen | 11 Adam Bright | 13 Matthew Gahan | 14 Dave Nilsson | 15 Paul Mildren | 16 Luke Hughes | 17 Brett Roneberg | 18 Glenn Williams | 19 Rich Thompson | 21 Phil Brassington | 22 Brendan Kingman | 23 Paul Rutgers | 24 John Stephens | 25 Tom Brice | 26 Justin Huber | 27 Damian Moss | 29 Bradley Harman | 30 Tristan Crawford | 31 Craig Anderson | 35 Matthew Kent | 39 Phil Stockman | 42 Peter Moylan | 44 Wayne Lundgren | 47 Andrew Graham | 48 Michael Collins | 57 Adrian Burnside | Josh Hill | Ryan Rowland-Smith
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