{{short description|American baseball player (born 1947)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Glenn Adams |image=1981 Minnesota Twins Postcards Glenn Adams.jpg |position=Designated hitter / Corner outfielder |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|10|4}} |birth_place=Northbridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |bats=Left |throws=Right |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=May 4 |debutyear=1975 |debutteam=San Francisco Giants |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 3 |finalyear=1982 |finalteam=Toronto Blue Jays |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.280 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=34 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=225 |teams= *San Francisco Giants ({{mlby|1975}}–{{mlby|1976}}) *Minnesota Twins ({{mlby|1977}}–{{mlby|1981}}) *Toronto Blue Jays ({{mlby|1982}}) }} '''Glenn Charles Adams''' (born October 4, 1947) is an American former designated hitter and corner outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the San Francisco Giants, Minnesota Twins, and Toronto Blue Jays in a career spanning eight seasons.<ref name=br>{{cite web |title=Glenn Adams |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/adamsgl01.shtml |work=Baseball-Reference |accessdate=31 January 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202072213/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/adamsgl01.shtml |archivedate=2012-02-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Amateur career== Adams attended and played college baseball at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1967, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star.<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |date= |accessdate=September 25, 2019 |archive-date=December 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207020925/http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = All-Star Game Players Named | pages = 19 | newspaper = The Cape Codder | location = Orleans, MA | date = July 20, 1967 | url = https://snow-library.com/viewer/2453?medianame=1967_thecapecodder_vol22_issue20_orleans_000021 | access-date = May 30, 2022 | archive-date = December 1, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211201030822/https://snow-library.com/viewer/2453?medianame=1967_thecapecodder_vol22_issue20_orleans_000021 | url-status = live }}</ref> Adams was the first-round pick in the 1968 amateur draft of the Houston Astros (fourth pick overall).<ref name=cubeSC>{{cite web|title=Springfield College Historical Draft Picks|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/draft/colleges.asp?T=20793|work=The Baseball Cube|accessdate=31 January 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220163904/http://www.thebaseballcube.com/draft/colleges.asp?T=20793|archivedate=2014-02-20|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Professional career== After four seasons in the Astros minor league system, Adams reached AAA but was released in January 1972. He missed the 1972 season but signed with the San Francisco Giants after the 1972 season ended. He remained in the minor leagues for two more seasons, and ended up breaking into the major leagues with the Giants in 1975.
Adams played on the bay through the end of the 1976 season, after which he signed with the Minnesota Twins. He spent five seasons with Minnesota, hitting .338 in 1977 and .301 in 1979. After the 1981 season, he signed with the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He opened the season with the AAA Syracuse Chiefs, before getting called up to the Blue Jays on July 30. He played the rest of the season for Toronto, retiring at the conclusion of the year.<ref name=br /><ref name=cube>{{cite web|title=Glenn Adams |url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=Glenn-Adams |work=The Baseball Cube |accessdate=31 January 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024054326/http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=Glenn-Adams |archivedate=2012-10-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> During his career, Adams appeared in 373 games as a designated hitter and 145 games as an outfielder.<ref name=br />
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