Doug Glanville Biography

Doug is a former American professional baseball outfielder who played for Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, and Texas Rangers in Major League Baseball. He currently works for NBC Sports Chicago and ESPN as a broadcast color analyst and is a contributor to The Athletic.

Doug joined ESPN for the first time in 2010 where he served as an analyst for seven years before he left. He made his return to ESPN in March 2019. He has played Major League Baseball for a period of nine years. He currently contributes to numerous ESPN programs such as SportsCenter and Baseball Tonight.

Doug Glanville Age

Doug was born on 25th, August 1970, in Hackensack, New Jersey, and grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, in the United States.

Doug Glanville Career

Besides his broadcast career and a former professional baseball player, Doug has written a book called “The Game from Where I Stand: An Inside View of a Ballplayer’s Life. This book is found on kindle at $10.19 and on Paperback at $9.00. He talks about his nine seasons playing in the big leagues as an Ivy League graduate to disclose the human side of the game as well as the men who play it. Doug’s book illustrates how players prepare for games, handle race and family issues, respond to trades and injuries, cope with streaks and slumps, as well as learn the joyful and painful lessons the game bestows.

Doug Glanville Hartford Ct

In April 2014, Doug went outside his home in Hartford, Connecticut, to shovel his driveway when a police officer from West Virginia pulled up across the street and began to approach him in long strides. He noted the strangeness of the police officer being in Hartford as it an entirely different town with its own police force and his initial thought was maybe he needed some help. Little did he know that the police would question him whether he was trying to make a few extra bucks by shoveling people’s driveways around the place.

The officer did not even introduce himself or give any explanation before asking the question. After he explained that the Old Tudor house behind him was his home, the officer left with so much as an apology. That act made Doug feel like he was racially profiled in his own driveway

Doug Glanville Phillies

His career journey in baseball started in Teaneck, New Jersey, where he got lessons from his brother Ken. Doug’s brother used an organized program to baseball success, where he outlined the key steps to make a major league baseball player. He started with Wiffle Ball and later and later graduated to an intimate knowledge of the Strat-O-Matic baseball game prior to arriving at Wrigley Field in the year 1996 on Ken’s program.

During the 1991 first-round draft pick for the Chicago Cubs, he retired from MLB in the year 2005 after playing most of his nine major league seasons together with the Philadelphia Phillies. Doug penetrated into the majors in 1996 with the Cubs and stayed parts of three seasons in Chicago. Besides that, he played for the Phillies from 1998 to 2002 and also in 2004. Besides that, he spent part of the 2003 season together with the Texas Rangers.

His best statistical seasons in the majors came in the year 1999, when he hit .325 with 11 home runs, stole 34 bases, scored 101 runs, and drove in 73 runs. In that same year, Doug classified second in the Majors with 204 hits. Besides that, he accumulated 1,100 hits during his baseball career and later retired with a 293-games without an error streak intact. Throughout his playing career, Doug also worked on the executive subcommittee of the Major League Baseball Players Association as well as a player representative. Currently, he works on the board of the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association.

Doug Glanville ESPN

He is a baseball veteran who played for Major League Baseball for nine years. Dough joined ESPN for the very first time in the year 2010 where he spent seven years serving as an analyst. He later returned to ESPN in March 2019. He serves as a contributor to numerous ESPN programs including SportsCenter and Baseball Tonight. Besides that, he provides Cubs’ analysis for Marquee Sports Network and is a regular contributor to The Athletic, the New York Times, and other publications. Doug severs as a color analyst for NBC Sports Chicago.

He serves as a co-host of the baseball-focused podcast called “Starkville” along with Jayson Stark at The Athletic. He has written a book titled The Game From Where I Stand: A Ballplayer’s Inside View. He has been an active voice in society to explore the crossing of sports as well as culture. Doug has taught college courses regarding the subject of activism and athletes. He is a proud graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and currently works at the University of Connecticut serving as an adjunct professor.

Some of Doug’s colleagues at ESPN include:

• John Buccigross – Sportscaster
• Ashley Brewer – Sports Anchor & Host
• Katie George – Sports Anchor
• Molly Qerim – Host
• Samantha Ponder – Sunday NFL Countdown Host
• Kevin Negandhi – Anchor & Host
• Jason Benetti – Play-by-Play Commentator
• Ben Baby – NFL Nation Reporter

Doug Glanville Salary

Doug Salary is estimated to be 150,000 annually. He receives quite a generous amount from working as an analyst for ESPN and Contributor for The Atletic and the New York Times.

Doug Glanville Net Worth

Doug Net Worth is estimated to be 2.5 million USD. Having worked as a professional baseball player and broadcaster for quite some time, Doug has been able to secure quite an enormous fortune.

Doug Glanville Family

Doug was born and brought up by his parents Cecil E. Glanville and in Hackensack and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, in the USA. Doug’s mother was a maths teacher while his father was a psychiatrist. His childhood friends was Lawrence Frank, who is a basketball coach. He has a younger brother named Ken Glanville. Doug’s father immigrated from Trinidad and attended Howard University at the age of 31. He later died on 29th, September, 2002, due to unknown reasons.

Doug Glanville Wife

Doug is married to his beautiful and loving wife Tiffany Glanville. Doug’s wife is an attorney who enrolled at two Ivy League schools. The couple is blessed with three kids and currently resides in the capital city of Hartford, Connecticut.

Doug Glanville Education

He graduated from Teaneck High School in New Jersey in the year 1988. Doug later enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering. He was among five Penn alumni to play in Major League Baseball since 1951 as well as the first African-American Ivy League graduate to ever play in the majors.