Former Cub Doug Glanville has retired from baseball, reports the Daily Pennsylvanian.

Glanville spent the first two years of his career with the Cubs, in 1996 and 1997. He served as the everyday leftfielder for the 1997 team before moving on to Philadelphia from 1998-2002. The Cubs reacquired Glanville from Texas for the stretch drive in 2003, and he delivered a memorable triple in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series, his only at-bat of the series.

Glanville spent 9 seasons in the big leagues, posting a 79 OPS+ in 4282 career plate appearances. He was a steady defensive outfielder. His best year came in 1999 for the Phillies, when he hit .325/.376/.457, the only year of his career that he had an OBA above .333 and the only year he had a slugging average above .392. He also stole 34 bases in 36 attempts that year.

For his post-baseball career, according to the Daily Pennsylvanian, the Penn grad "runs a real estate company called Metropolitan Development outside of Chicago. His company specializes in purchasing run-down properties and transforming them into condominiums and custom homes before reselling the properties."

Glanville could also easily have a career as a writer, as evidenced by this February 2004 ESPN.com article and his ruminations on Ozzy Osbourne's rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game."

CubsNet.com wishes Glanville the best, and thanks him for that triple in 2003.