Glen Gorbous
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title:
Glen Gorbous
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Glen Edward Gorbous 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. Gorbous holds the current world record for longest throw of a baseball, 135.89m. 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
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Canadian baseball player (1930-1990)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Gorbous
date created:
2005-05-09T03:23:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T22:43:02Z
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