Glen Morris
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Glen Ralph Morris
- Throws Right
- Height 6' 1", Weight 225 lb.
- Born October 22, 1959 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa
Glen Morris pitched regularly for the South African national team. In the 1995 Intercontinental Cup, he was 1-0 with a 7.84 ERA in South Africa's debut in a major international event. He got their first win ever in a major tourney when he beat Massimiliano Masin and Italy 8-4, tossing seven innings.
In the 1998 Baseball World Cup, Morris was 0-3 despite allowing only one earned run in 16 innings. On the other hand, he gave up 15 unearned runs, 22 hits and 5 walks while striking out 11. He was 5th in the event in ERA, right behind Jose Contreras.
Glen went 0-1 with a 17.47 ERA in the 2000 Olympics with 10 hits and 4 walks in 5 2/3 IP, giving up 11 runs. Against both Italy and South Korea, he was charged with three runs while retiring no one, only getting outs versus Australia. The 40-year-old led the Olympics that year in earned runs allowed.
Morris allowed only one run in 10 2/3 innings in the 2001 Baseball World Cup but got no decisions.
From 1988-2005, Morris had the fifth-lowest ERA by any pitcher who appeared in multiple Baseball World Cups, trailing Brett Gray, Jose Contreras, Euclides Rojas and Ormari Romero.
[edit] Sources
- 2001 Baseball Almanac
- Defunct IBAF site
