Glendon Rusch

Full Name: Glendon James Rusch	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/170	First Game: April 6, 1997
Birthdate: November 7, 1974	MLB Experience: 10 years
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Glendon James Rusch (born November 7, 1974, in Seattle, WA) is a left handed starting pitcher who currently plays for the Chicago Cubs. He has previously played for the Kansas City Royals ('97-'99), the New York Mets ('99-'01), and the Milwaukee Brewers ('02-'03).

Until recently, he had not been able to be effective at the major league level, only winning ten games twice in his ten year career and having a career ERA of 4.79. He also came to the Cubs off of one of his worst seasons in 2003 with the Brewers, going 1-12 with an ERA of 6.42. Recently, he seems to have turned it around, though. In 2004, he was signed by the Cubs to a minor-league contract and proceeded to become one of the Cubs most reliable pitchers, both in relief and in the starting rotation. He went 6-2 with a 3.47 ERA in both 16 starts and relief appearances in 2004. In 2005 he has been even better. He is currently (as of June 8), 5-1 with an ERA 2.07 in 7 starts and 11 relief appearances. He also recorded his 11th career complete game in a four-hit shutout against the Padres on June 2nd. On September 29th, 2005, Rusch earned his 9th season win to finish above .500 (50%) in his win-loss record for the second time in his career.

He is a fast worker on the mound and has shown good command of his two main pitchers, curveball and fastball. He has been effective versus both left-handed and right-handed batters. He is also an adept fielder who holds runners on well and has proven to be an excellent hitter for a pitcher, hitting two home runs in 2004 and showing skill as a bunter. He also gave up two home runs to pitcher Bronson Arroyo in 2006.

Rusch signed a two-year deal with the Cubs during the offseason in 2005 for $4 million.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1997	KC	A	30	27	6	9	5.50	116	111	104	1	0	0	170.1	206	28	52	0	0	7
1998	KC	A	29	24	6	15	5.88	94	104	101	1	1	1	154.2	191	22	50	0	1	4
1999	NY	N	1	0	0	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1999	KC	A	3	0	0	1	15.75	4	7	7	0	0	0	4	7	1	3	0	0	1
1999	Total		4	0	0	1	12.60	4	7	7	0	0	0	5	8	1	3	0	0	1
2000	NY	N	31	30	11	11	4.01	157	91	85	2	0	0	190.2	196	18	44	2	2	6
2001	NY	N	33	33	8	12	4.63	156	101	92	1	0	0	179	216	23	43	2	3	7
2002	MIL	N	34	34	10	16	4.70	140	118	110	4	1	0	210.2	227	30	76	1	6	5
2003	MIL	N	32	19	1	12	6.42	93	93	88	1	0	1	123.1	171	11	45	3	3	4
2004	CHI	N	32	16	6	2	3.47	90	54	50	0	0	2	129.2	127	10	33	1	1	4
2005	CHI	N	46	19	9	8	4.52	111	79	73	1	1	0	145.1	175	14	53	8	1	1
2006	CHI	N	25	9	3	8	7.46	59	57	55	0	0	0	66.1	86	21	33	2	0	1
Total	NL		234	160	48	69	4.76	806	593	553	9	2	3	1046	1199	127	327	19	16	28
Total	AL		62	51	12	25	5.80	214	222	212	2	1	1	329	404	51	105	0	1	12
Total			296	211	60	94	5.01	1020	815	765	11	3	4	1375	1603	178	432	19	17	40

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1997	KC	A	P	30	27	170.1	8	13	0	1	0	6	0	0	1.000
1998	KC	A	P	29	24	154.2	9	22	1	4	0	9	6	1	.969
1999	NY	N	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	KC	A	P	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1999	Total		P	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	NY	N	P	31	30	190.2	5	23	0	1	1	11	5	3	1.000
2001	NY	N	P	33	33	179	5	9	2	2	4	13	3	0	.875
2002	MIL	N	P	34	34	210.2	3	35	2	1	0	1	6	3	.950
2003	MIL	N	P	32	19	123.1	3	16	0	1	0	1	6	4	1.000
2004	CHI	N	P	32	16	129.2	6	16	1	4	0	1	3	0	.957
2005	CHI	N	P	46	19	145.1	4	17	2	2	0	3	2	1	.913
2006	CHI	N	P	25	9	66.1	3	10	0	0	0	3	3	1	1.000
Total			P	296	211	1375	46	161	8	16	5	48	34	13	.963

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1997	KC	A	30	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0	0	0
1998	KC	A	29	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	NY	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	KC	A	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	Total		4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	NY	N	31	50	2	3	0	1	.060	.113	.060	0	3	19	0	4	0
2001	NY	N	33	54	0	3	0	5	.056	.073	.056	0	1	23	0	6	1
2002	MIL	N	37	66	6	19	1	8	.288	.299	.333	0	1	24	0	14	1
2003	MIL	N	33	34	2	7	0	2	.206	.270	.206	0	3	7	0	4	2
2004	CHI	N	33	39	3	6	2	3	.154	.154	.333	1	0	11	0	7	0
2005	CHI	N	46	41	2	6	0	0	.146	.186	.195	2	1	9	1	0	2
2006	CHI	N	25	15	1	3	0	0	.200	.200	.267	1	0	4	0	3	0
Total	NL		239	299	16	47	3	19	.157	.184	.201	4	9	97	1	38	6
Total	AL		62	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	0	0	0
Total			301	305	16	47	3	19	.154	.181	.197	4	9	99	1	38	6

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Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 17th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1993 - signed June 7, 1993).
Traded by Kansas City Royals to New York Mets in exchange for Dan Murray (September 14, 1999).
Traded by New York Mets with Lenny Harris to Milwaukee Brewers as part of 3-team trade in which New York Mets sent Benny Agbayani, Todd Zeile and cash to Colorado Rockies; Milwaukee Brewers sent Jeff D'Amico, Jeromy Burnitz, Lou Collier, Mark Sweeney and cash to New York Mets; Colorado Rockies sent Alex Ochoa to Milwaukee Brewers; and Colorado Rockies sent Craig House and Ross Gload to New York Mets (January 21, 2002).
Granted free agency (October 28, 2003).
Signed by Texas Rangers (January 20, 2004).
Released by Texas Rangers (April 1, 2004).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (April 5, 2004).
Granted free agency (October 28, 2004).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (November 22, 2004).

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