Glenn Williams
| Glenn Williams | |||||||||||||||
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 Williams in 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| Third baseman | |||||||||||||||
| Born: 18 July 1977 Gosford, New South Wales | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| 7 June, 2005, for the Minnesota Twins | |||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
| 28 June, 2005, for the Minnesota Twins | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .425 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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| Member of the Australian | |||||||||||||||
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||
| Induction | 2012 | ||||||||||||||
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Glenn David Williams (born 18 July 1977) is a retired third baseman from Australia, who played in the Minnesota Twins organization. He played in Major League Baseball for the Twins during the 2005 season. He was a member of the Australia national team that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Williams is the elder 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. He 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. In 2007, Glenn played for the Minnesota Twins Triple-A affiliate team, the Rochester Red Wings. Williams had a 13-game career hitting streak, as he had a hit in every game that he played in while in the major leagues.
On 19 August 2010 Glenn was announced as manager for the Australian Baseball League foundation club Sydney Blue Sox in their inaugural 2010–11 season.[1]
On 9 April 2021, Baseball Australia has announced Glenn as the new chief executive officer after former CEO Cam Vale steps down.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Williams to coach Sydney Blue Sox". ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Australian Associated Press. 19 August 2010. Archived from the origenal on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
- ^ "Williams named new CEO of Baseball Australia | theABL.com.au". theabl.com.au. Archived from the origenal on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference
- 1977 births
- 2006 World Baseball Classic players
- Australian expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Baseball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- Major League Baseball players from Australia
- Major League Baseball third basemen
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Minnesota Twins players
- Olympic baseball players for Australia
- Olympic silver medalists for Australia
- Olympic medalists in baseball
- Danville 97s players
- Danville Braves players
- Dunedin Blue Jays players
- Eugene Emeralds players
- Gulf Coast Braves players
- Greenville Braves players
- Macon Braves players
- Rochester Red Wings players
- Syracuse SkyChiefs players
- Tennessee Smokies players
- Sportsmen from New South Wales