Glenn Williams

For other people named Glenn Williams, see Glenn Williams (disambiguation).

Glenn Williams

Third baseman

Born: 18 July 1977
Gosford, New South Wales

Batted: Switch

Threw: Right

MLB debut

June 7, 2005, for the Minnesota Twins

Last MLB appearance

June 28, 2005, for the Minnesota Twins

MLB statistics

Batting average

.425

Home runs

Runs batted in

Teams

Minnesota Twins (2005)

Glenn David Williams (born 18 July 1977 in Gosford, New South Wales) 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 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 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. 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. In 2007, Glenn played for the Minnesota Twins Triple-A affiliate team, the Rochester Red Wings.

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]

References

↑ Australian Associated Press (19 August 2010). "Williams to coach Sydney Blue Sox". ABC Online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 September 2010.

External links

Everyday [sic] in the Bigs is a G'Day for Glenn Williams (Minnesota Public Radio).

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

Olympic medal record
Men's Baseball
	Athens 2004	Team Competition

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 Brad 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

Manager Jon Deeble

Australia 2013 World Baseball Classic roster

3 Mike Walker 4 Josh Davies 5 Corey Adamson 6 Andrew Russell 7 Matt Kennelly 9 James Beresford 10 Adam Bright 11 Allan de San Miguel 12 Brad Harman 14 Chris Snelling 17 Mitch Dening 18 Ryan Rowland-Smith 19 Matthew Williams 19 Joshua Roberts 20 Luke Hughes 22 Stefan Welch 23 Tim Kennelly 25 Steven Kent 26 Justin Huber 28 Brendan Wise 30 Warwick Saupold 32 Shane Lindsay 33 Ryan Searle 34 David Kandilas 35 Chris Oxspring 36 Brad Thomas 38 Dushan Ruzic 44 Clayton Tanner

Manager Jon Deeble Coach Michael Collins Coach Philip Dale Coach Tony Harris Coach Greg Jelks Coach Graeme Lloyd Coach Glenn Williams

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