Great looking single signed baseball by former Detroit Tiger outfielder...Glenn Wilson.

Glenn, former major league outfielder, began his career in 1982 with the Detroit Tigers. He played with the Tigers 1982-83, Philadelphia Phillies 1984-87, Seattle Mariners 1988, Pittsburgh Pirates 1988-89, 1993 and Houston Astros 1989-90. During his career, he played in 1201 games and banged out 1098 hits (including 209 doubles, 26 triples and 98 HR’s) in 4151 at bats (.265 batting average). Glenn, who had a cannon for an arm, led all NL outfielders in assists three consecutive years (1985 – 18, 1986 – 20, 1987 – 18), threw out a few runners heading to first base and was a member of the 1985 NL All-Star team. Glenn signed the sweet spot of this OML Allan H. Selig baseball with a blue ballpoint pen at a private signing on Saturday afternoon June 24, 2006.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...

Glenn Dwight Wilson (born December 22, 1958 in Baytown, TX) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He was selected in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft by the Detroit Tigers, and made his Major League debut in a Tigers uniform on April 15, 1982. He played two seasons for the Tigers, and then was traded on March 24, 1984 along with C-1B John Wockenfuss to the Philadelphia Phillies for P Willie Hernandez and 1b Dave Bergman. Subsequent years saw him playing for the Seattle Mariners, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Houston Astros. Wilson retired from Major League baseball in 1993, having played ten seasons.

Wilson was best known for his tremendous throwing arm, and led all National League outfielders for assists in 1985 and 1986, throwing out 18 and 20 base-runners from right field, respectively. In 1987, Wilson twice threw out base runners who attempted to reach first base after apparent singles into right field. [1] His most successful season as a batter was in 1985, when he drove in 102 runs, and recorded 167 base hits with 14 home runs in 608 at-bats for a .275 batting average. He was selected as a National League All-Star in 1985. On August 5, 1987 he pitched in the bottom on the 8th inning in a game against the New York Mets when the Phillies ran out of relief pitchers and manager Lee Elia put him on the mound. In what would turn out to be the only pitching appearance of his career, he struck out Howard Johnson.^[1]

Wilson's nickname was Glennbo, a reference to Rambo. Wilson also appeared in a Phillies promotional ad dressed as Rambo.

Wilson owned and operated a gas station in Conroe, Texas north of Houston. He was once famously told that he needed to improve his mechanics (meaning baseball skills) and replied by saying, "Why, I just gave all mechanics a raise."

On September 15, 1988, Wilson hit two home runs off Randy Johnson, the first two homers ever surrendered by Johnson. At the start of the following season (1989), Wilson again tagged Johnson for a homer. Of the first five home runs ever given up by Johnson, three came off the bat of Glenn Wilson. ^[2]

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