Glen Gorbous

Glen Gorbous
Glen Gorbous
	Outfielder
	Born: July 8, 1930; Drumheller, Alberta, Canada
	Died: June 12, 1990 (aged 59); Calgary, Alberta, Canada
	Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
	April 11, 1955, for the Cincinnati Redlegs
Last MLB appearance
	May 5, 1957, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
Batting average	.238
Home runs	4
Runs batted in	29
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Cincinnati Redlegs (1955); Philadelphia Phillies (1955–1957);

Glen Edward Gorbous (July 8, 1930 - June 12, 1990)^[1] was a Canadian professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Redlegs, in early 1955, and the Philadelphia Phillies, from mid-1955 to May, 1957.^[2]

Gorbous holds the current world record for longest throw of a baseball, 135.89m (445 feet, 10 inches).^[3] The feat took place on August 1, 1957, while he was playing for the Omaha Cardinals of the American Association. In an exhibition he was given a six-step running start and threw the ball from the far right field corner of the stadium to the far left field corner. (Gorbous' world record was set after his brief major league baseball career had already ended.)^[3]

References

^ Sports Illustrated, Retrieved June 23, 2007
^ Baseball Prospectus, Retrieved June 23, 2007.
^ ^a ^b Glen Gorbous at Baseball Library Archived October 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved June 23, 2007.

External links

Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet

[Sports_Illustrated-1] Sports Illustrated, Retrieved June 23, 2007

[Baseball_Prospectus-2] Baseball Prospectus, Retrieved June 23, 2007.

[The_Ball_Players-3] Glen Gorbous at Baseball Library Archived October 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved June 23, 2007.

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