Glen Gorbous

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Full Name: Glen Edward Gorbous	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/175	First Game: April 11, 1955
Birthdate: July 8, 1930	Final Game: May 5, 1957
Birthplace: Drumheller, Alberta (Canada)	MLB Experience: 2 years
Died: June 12, 1990
Deathplace: Calgary, Alberta (Canada)
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Glen Gorbous (Glen Edward Gorbous) was born on July 8, 1930 in Drumheller, Alberta (Canada). He made his Major League debut on April 11, 1955 for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1955, his rookie year, he hit .244 with 4 home runs and 27 RBI. Gorbous played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 2 year career.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1955	PHI	N	91	224	25	53	4	23	.237	.301	.339	9	1	21	17	0	2	0	3	6
1955	CIN	N	8	18	2	6	0	4	.333	.429	.500	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
1955	TOT	N	99	242	27	59	4	27	.244	.311	.351	12	1	24	18	0	2	0	3	6
1956	PHI	N	15	33	1	6	0	1	.182	.182	.182	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1957	PHI	N	3	2	1	1	0	1	.500	.667	1.000	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			117	277	29	66	4	29	.238	.300	.336	13	1	25	19	0	2	0	3	6

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1955	PHI	N	OF	57	0	0	113	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.984
1955	CIN	N	OF	5	0	0	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1955	TOT	N	OF	62	0	0	125	10	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1956	PHI	N	OF	8	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	70	0	0	133	10	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.973

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Cincinnati Reds from Brooklyn Dodgers in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 22, 1954).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Andy Seminick and Jim Greengrass to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Smoky Burgess, Steve Ridzik and Stan Palys (April 30, 1955).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Chuck Harmon (May 10, 1957).

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