Private Harry Melville Glenn, US Army Signal Corps (June 9, 1890-October 12, 1918)
A backup catcher primarily for the American Association Saint Paul Saints, the St. Louis Cardinals called up Harry Glenn to fill in at the start of the 1915 season.
In six games, the Shelburn, Indiana native hit .313 and scoring a run during his lone big league stint. Returned to St. Paul after regular catcher Frank Snyder returned to the Redbirds, Glenn was never recalled.
Glenn, in five seasons in St. Paul, caught 367 games, hit .275 and slugged one home run.
Baseball’s Greatest Sacrifice tells us he played for the Saints until his draft call came in August of 1918. Stationed in St. Paul, Glenn trained in aircraft repair, and was called an Aviation Mechanician on his tombstone.
In October, Glenn caught a cold so hard he needed to be hospitalized. The cold led to pneumonia which was brought on by the Spanish Influenza, and, with a lack of antibiotics, a week after being admitted, Glenn passed away. Today, he rests at Highland Lawn Cemetery in Terre Haute, Indiana.
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