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Glenn Abbott

グレン・アボット　/　ぐれん・あぼっと

American baseball player

February 16, 1951 (age 75)　・　Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Arkansas
baseball player

My Take

Glenn Abbott is the sort of baseball lifer I have a soft spot for. Eleven years pitching in the majors across the Athletics, Mariners and Tigers is a real career, the kind earned through consistency rather than highlight reels. What moves me more, though, is the second act: returning as a pitching coach and handing down the mechanics he spent a career refining. Baseball survives through exactly this kind of quiet transmission of craft. He may never have been a marquee name, but the seasoned, workmanlike longevity he embodies is, to me, the real backbone of the sport.

Overview

William Glenn Abbott (born February 16, 1951) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher and former pitching coach for the Syracuse Mets. During an 11-year baseball career, he pitched for the Oakland Athletics (1973–76), Seattle Mariners (1977–81; 1983), and Detroit Tigers (1983–84).

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Glenn Abbott
Name (Japanese): グレン・アボット
Reading: ぐれん・あぼっと
Born: February 16, 1951 (age 75)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Rabbit
Origin: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: baseball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: North Little Rock High School
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9C%E3%83%83%E3%83%88

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