Background
Glanville grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, where he attended Teaneck High School. He was a childhood friend of former New Jersey Nets head coach Lawrence Frank. Glanville attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in systems engineering. He is one of only five Penn alumni to play in Major League Baseball since 1951. He is an avid MMOG (Massively multiplayer online game) player along with former teammate Curt Schilling.
Glanville played center field for the Indios de Mayagüez for 2 seasons, in his first season he was named MVP of the Puerto Rico Winter League over Roberto Alomar. Doug Glanville will be best remembered for his 1999 season in which he batted .325 and hit 11 homers while driving in 73 runs and stealing 34 bases.
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