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American baseball player (1890–1918)

Baseball player
Harry Glenn
Catcher
Born: (1890-06-09)June 9, 1890
Shelburn, Indiana, U.S.
Died: October 12, 1918(1918-10-12) (aged 28)
St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Batted: LeftThrew: Right
MLB debut
April 14, 1915, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
May 12, 1915, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics
Games played6
At bats16
Hits5
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams

Harry Melville "Husky" Glenn (June 9, 1890 – October 12, 1918) was an American professional baseball player from 1910 to 1918. He played a portion of the 1915 season in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. He also played eight seasons in the minor leagues including five seasons with the St. Paul Saints from 1914 to 1918.

Glenn was born in Shelburn, Indiana, in 1890. He was drafted to serve in the military in August 1918 during World War I. He served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps where he began training as an aviation mechanic in St. Paul, Minnesota. He developed pneumonia and died in a St. Paul Hospital in October 1918. He is buried in Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana.

Glenn was one of eight Major League Baseball players known either to have been killed or died from illness while serving in the armed forces during World War I. The others were Alex Burr‚ Harry Chapman, Larry Chappell‚ Eddie Grant‚ Newt Halliday, Ralph Sharman and Bun Troy.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Harry Glenn Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
  2. "Harry Glenn Minor Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
  3. "St. Paul Doesn't Look Good" (PDF). Sporting Life. March 31, 1917. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  4. "Harry Glenn". Baseball's Greatest Sacrifice. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
  5. McKenna, Brian (2007). Early exits: the premature endings of baseball careers. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-8108-5858-9. OCLC 68623962.
  6. "Harry Glenn Baseball Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  7. "World War I Deaths". Baseball's Greatest Sacrifice. Retrieved June 8, 2014.

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