Doug Glanville Biography
Douglas Metunwa Glanville is a well known American retired professional baseball outfielder and current sports media personality and author.
He was a player for the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies in Major League Baseball (MLB). He currently contributes to The Athletic and works as a broadcast color analyst for ESPN and NBC Sports Chicago.
Doug made his debut with ESPN in 2010 and worked there as an analyst for seven years before quitting. In March 2019, he returned to ESPN. Doug spent nine years as a Major League Baseball player. He currently makes contributions to multiple ESPN shows, including Baseball Tonight and SportsCenter.
Doug Glanville Net Worth
Glanville has an estimated net worth of $5 Million. He has been able to secure a decent fortune for himself form his career as a retired professional baseball outfielder and Sports journalist.
Doug Glanville Salary
Glanville receives a respectable wage from his job . He receives an average annual salary of $550 Thousand.
| Year | 2023 | 2024 |
| Doug Glanville Salary | Â $550 Thousand | Â $600 Thousand |
| Doug Glanville Net Worth | $5 Million | $6 Million |
Doug Glanville Age
Glanville was born on August 25, 1970, in Hackensack, New Jersey and grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, in the United States. As of 2023 he is 53 years old.
Doug Glanville Height, Weight & Body Measurement
Glanville stands proudly at a height of 6 feet 2 inches(1.88 m, 188 cm), he exhibits an exquisite balance in his physique. Weighing approximately 86kg (190lbs), his body measurements are an enviable 34-28-38 centimeters.
Doug Glanville Parents
In the United States, Teaneck, New Jersey, is where Glanville was raised after being born in Hackensack to his mother and father, Cecil E. Glanville. Doug’s father worked as a psychiatrist and his mother taught math.
Additionally, he was childhood friends with basketball coach Lawrence Frank. Furthermore, Doug is the brother of Ken Glanville. At the age of 31, his father left Trinidad and enrolled at Howard University. Later, on September 29, 2002, he passed away for an undisclosed cause.
He and his brother Ken Glanville were raised in Teaneck, New Jersey. In Teaneck, New Jersey, Doug started playing baseball with his brother’s assistance. Ken showed Doug how to become a major league baseball player by using an organizational program designed for baseball success.
Doug Glanville Wife
Glanville is married to his beautiful and devoted wife Tiffany Glanville. Doug’s spouse is an attorney who studied at two elite universities. The couple currently resides in Hartford, Connecticut’s capital city and they are blessed with three children. On the other hand, information about the date of his marriage to his wife is not currently available.
Doug Glanville Education
In 1988, Glanville received his diploma from Teaneck High School in New Jersey. Subsequently, Doug enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he earned a Bachelor of Systems Engineering degree.
He was also the first African-American Ivy League graduate to play in the majors and one of only five Penn alums to have played in Major League Baseball since 1951.
Doug Glanville Career
Nine-year Major League Baseball veteran Doug Glanville first worked as an analyst for ESPN in 2010 and stayed there for seven years before coming back in March 2019. Glanville calls Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN Radio and contributes to a number of ESPN shows, such as SportsCenter and Baseball Tonight.
Playing most of his nine major league seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies, Glanville was a first-round draft selection of the Chicago Cubs in 1991. In 2005, he announced his retirement from Major League Baseball. After spending a portion of three seasons in Chicago, Glanville made his major league debut in 1996 with the Cubs. He played for the Texas Rangers for a portion of the 2003 season before joining the Phillies from 1998 to 2002 and again in 2004.
In 1999, he had his best-ever major league season with a.325 average, 11 home runs, 101 runs scored, 34 bases stolen, and 73 runs driven in. With 204 hits that season, Glanville also tied for second place in the Majors. Over the course of his career, he amassed 1,100 hits and finished 293 games without making an error. Glanville represented players and sat on the Major League Baseball Players Association’s executive subcommittee during his playing career. He is presently a member of the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association board of directors.
In addition, Glanville analyzes the Cubs for Marquee Sports Network and frequently writes for The Athletic, The New York Times, and other publications. He and Jayson Stark co-host the baseball-themed podcast “Starkville” at The Athletic. The Game from Where I Stand: A Ballplayer’s Inside View is another book he wrote. Glanville has taught college courses on activism and athletes and has been a vocal voice in the community exploring the relationship between sports and culture.
Doug Glanville Book
Doug is not only a former professional baseball player but also a broadcaster and author of the book “The Game from Where I Stand: An Inside View of a Ballplayer’s Life.” This book costs $10.19 on Kindle and $9.00 on paperback.
As an Ivy League graduate, he discusses his nine seasons in the major leagues to reveal the human side of the game and the men who play it. Along with showing how players prepare for games, deal with racial and familial issues, react to trades and injuries, deal with streaks and slumps, and learn both happy and painful lessons from the game, Doug’s book also provides examples of how players do these things.