Glenallen Hill

Glenallen Hill (born March 22, 1965 in Santa Cruz, California) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for 13 seasons. Hill played with the Toronto Blue Jays (1989-1991), Cleveland Indians (1991-1993), Chicago Cubs (1993-1994, 1998-2000) San Francisco Giants (1995-1997), Seattle Mariners (1998), New York Yankees (2000), and Anaheim Angels (2001) . Hill batted and threw right-handed. Currently he is the First Base Coach for the Colorado Rockies.

Career

High School Career

Hill graduated from Santa Cruz High School in 1983, and was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1983 amateur draft, in the ninth round and 219th overall.

Professional Career

Hill made his major league debut on July 31, 1989 with the Toronto Blue Jays.

In a 13 year Major League career, Hill compiled a lifetime batting average of .271, hitting 186 home runs and driving in 586 RBIs in 1162 games. As a pinch hitter Hill had a .287 lifetime average with 13 home runs.

Hill also was infamous for his defensive escapades which was once described by Mariner pitching coach Bryan Price as "akin to watching a gaffed haddock surface for air."

Due to his far from adqueate defensive skills, he has been referred to as The Juggler because he would struggle to hold on to a ball when he did catch one.

Trivia

• Hill suffered from an intense condition of arachnophobia. On one occasion Hill sustained cuts and scrapes on his feet, knees and arm during a violent nightmare about spiders. Hill popped out of bed, bumped into a glass table and plunged down a staircase, all occurring when he was asleep. Hill ended up being placed on the 15 day disabled list.

• He replaced Chad Kreuter as manager of the Modesto Nuts in June 2006

• Examples of his massive power include:
  • At Safeco Field, he hit a batting practice pitch to the Royal Brougham, being the only player to do so.
  • Once hitting a home run that landed on the rooftop of a building across Waveland Avenue behind the left field side of Wrigley Field. It is believed that this is the only time a home run has landed on the roof of any building neighboring the outfield bleachers of this ballpark.
  • During another game as a Cub at Wrigley Field, he hit another home run that landed on Kenmore Avenue past a building across the street—a truly "Kingmanesque" blast, one of the longest if not the longest hit to left field in Wrigley Field history.
  • Once was denied a time out, even after stepping out of the batters box. The pitcher continued to throw the pitch, and Hill swung while walking into the batter's box and hit a double
  • Breaking his bat on a check swing where he didn't even hit the ball

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
• Glenallen Hill's Player Statistics Page on MLB.com
• Glenallen Hill's Player Profile Page on baseball-reference.com
• Modesto Nuts Coach Profile for Glenallen Hill