Glen Morris

Glen Ralph Morris

• Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 225 lb.

• Born October 22, 1959 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa

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Biographical Information

Glen Morris pitched regularly for the South African national team. In the 1995 Intercontinental Cup, he was 1-0 with a 7.84 ERA in South Africa's debut in a major international event. He got their first win ever in a major tourney when he beat Massimiliano Masin and Italy 8-4, tossing seven innings.

In the 1998 Baseball World Cup, Morris was 0-3 despite allowing only one earned run in 16 innings. On the other hand, he gave up 15 unearned runs, 22 hits and 5 walks while striking out 11. He was 5th in the event in ERA, right behind Jose Contreras. Morris relieved Carl Michaels with a 16-1 lead over the Nigerian national team in the 1999 All Africa Games and allowed one hit in two shutout innings, fanning three, to close out the win; South Africa got the Gold Medal (Nigeria finished second in the six-team field).

Glen went 0-1 with a 17.47 ERA in the 2000 Olympics with 10 hits and 4 walks in 5 2/3 IP, giving up 11 runs. Against both Italy and South Korea, he was charged with three runs while retiring no one, only getting outs versus Australia. The 40-year-old led the Olympics that year in earned runs allowed.

Morris allowed only one run in 10 2/3 innings in the 2001 Baseball World Cup but got no decisions.

From 1988-2005, Morris had the fifth-lowest ERA by any pitcher who appeared in multiple Baseball World Cups, trailing Brett Gray, Jose Contreras, Euclides Rojas and Ormari Romero.

Sources

• 2001 Baseball Almanac
• Defunct IBAF site
• 1999 All Africa Games