| Glendon - who signed with the Cubs
as a minor league free agent at the end of spring training in
2004 - worked both as a starter and a reliever for the club last
season...during his major league career, the southpaw has two
double-digit victory campaigns...has worked at least 7.0 innings
in 65 of his 183 starts - going 32-18 with 10 complete games and
a 2.24 ERA in those contests...has seen action in every round
in the postseason, going 1-0 with a 1.08 ERA...made his major
league debut for Kansas City in 1997 - in just his fifth season
of professional baseball...graduated from Shorecrest High School
in Seattle, Washington, in 1993...played baseball and basketball
in high school - and hurled a no-hitter his senior year.
2005 Highlights:
Glendon spent his second straight season with the Cubs in a utility
role, working as both a starter and a reliever...was 9-8 with
a 4.52 ERA in 46 games (19 starts)...recorded his second straight
winning season...it was the first time in his career he had recorded
consecutive winning seasons...posted the third-highest wins total
of his career...had a season of streaks, dropping seven straight
decisions from June 12-August 31 before rebounding with a four-game
winning steak to close out the season...the winning streak tied
a career high, accomplished twice previously...the losing streak
spanned 23 games (seven starts)...made his season debut on Opening
Day, working 2.1 innings of relief and earning the win in a 16-6
defeat of Arizona...earned his second win less than a week later,
twirling a season-high 3.0 innings of scoreless relief in a 12-inning,
6-5 win over Milwaukee on April 10...had a season-high 8.2-scoreless
innings streak April 6-April 24 (spanning seven games)...made
his first start of the campaign May 7 against Philadelphia ...
suffered the loss as the Cubs managed just 4 hits off Jon Lieber...earned
his first win of the season as a starter on May 23, working 8.0
innings in a 4-1 defeat of Houston...faced 29 batters and allowed
just three batters to reach second base...hurled his first complete-game
shutout in nearly three years, hurling a 4-hitter on June 2...scattered
4 hits and a walk over the 9.0 innings of work...also struck out
7 batters in the 5-0 defeat of San Diego...the win came the day
after southpaw John Koronka defeated the Padres...the back-to-back
wins by left-handed starters were the first since 1987 (Steve
Trout and Jamie Moyer)...took a perfect game into the seventh
inning September 6 in St. Louis ... David Eckstein singled to
lead off the frame...Rusch held on for the win, snapping his personal
seven-game losing streak...made his final start of the season
on September 29 in Houston, holding a potent Astros lineup to
2 runs over 7.0 innings of work...earned the win in a 3-2 decision,
extending his winning streak to a career-high four games. |
