Al Glossop
[edit] Biography
Al Glossop (Alban Glossop) was born on July 12, 1914 in Christopher, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on September 23, 1939 for the New York Giants. In 1940, his rookie year, he hit .226 with 7 home runs and 22 RBI. Glossop played for the New York Giants, Boston Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 5 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1939
| NY
| N
| 10
| 32
| 3
| 6
| 1
| 3
| .188
| .278
| .281
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1940
| NY
| N
| 27
| 91
| 16
| 19
| 4
| 8
| .209
| .294
| .374
| 3
| 0
| 10
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1940
| BOS
| N
| 60
| 148
| 17
| 35
| 3
| 14
| .236
| .315
| .324
| 2
| 1
| 17
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 1940
| TOT
| N
| 87
| 239
| 33
| 54
| 7
| 22
| .226
| .307
| .343
| 5
| 1
| 27
| 38
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 3
|
| 1942
| PHI
| N
| 121
| 454
| 33
| 102
| 4
| 40
| .225
| .273
| .289
| 15
| 1
| 29
| 35
| 1
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 6
|
| 1943
| BRO
| N
| 87
| 217
| 28
| 37
| 3
| 21
| .171
| .268
| .253
| 9
| 0
| 28
| 27
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1946
| CHI
| N
| 4
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .231
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 309
| 952
| 99
| 199
| 15
| 86
| .209
| .280
| .291
| 29
| 2
| 89
| 105
| 5
| 12
| 5
| 0
| 11
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1939
| NY
| N
| 2B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 34
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1940
| NY
| N
| 2B
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 54
| 86
| 7
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1940
| BOS
| N
| 2B
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 59
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1940
| BOS
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1940
| BOS
| N
| 3B
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 41
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1940
| TOT
| N
| 2B
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 85
| 145
| 13
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1942
| PHI
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1942
| PHI
| N
| 2B
| 118
| 0
| 0
| 322
| 351
| 27
| 79
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1943
| BRO
| N
| 3B
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 20
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1943
| BRO
| N
| SS
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 50
| 102
| 12
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1943
| BRO
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1943
| BRO
| N
| 2B
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 39
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .897
|
| 1946
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .909
|
| 1946
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 196
| 0
| 0
| 465
| 571
| 50
| 111
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 57
| 109
| 13
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 61
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Cincinnati Reds to New York Giants (February 23, 1939).
- Traded by New York Giants with Manny Salvo to Boston Bees in exchange for Tony Cuccinello (June 15, 1940).
- Sold by Boston Braves to New York Yankees (February 15, 1941).
- Selected by Philadelphia Phillies from New York Yankees in the Rule 5 major league draft (September 30, 1941).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Lloyd Waner to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Babe Dahlgren (March 9, 1943).
- Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to Chicago Cubs (September 28, 1943).
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