Glenn Mickens

{{Short description|American baseball player (1930–2019)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Glenn Mickens

|image=Glenn Mickens.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1930|7|26}}

|birth_place=Wilmar, California, U.S.

|death_date={{Death date and age|2019|7|9|1930|7|26}}

|death_place=Kapaa, Hawaii, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 19

|debutyear=1953

|debutteam=Brooklyn Dodgers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 30

|finalyear=1953

|finalteam=Brooklyn Dodgers

|debut2league = NPB

|debut2date=April 18

|debut2year=1959

|debut2team=Kintetsu Buffaloes

|final2league = NPB

|final2date=October 2

|final2year=1963

|final2team=Kintetsu Buffaloes

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–1

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=11.37

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=5

|stat2league = NPB

|stat21label=Win–loss record

|stat21value=45–51

|stat22label=Earned run average

|stat22value=2.55

|stat23label=Strikeouts

|stat23value=546

|teams=

• Brooklyn Dodgers ({{mlby|1953}})
• Kintetsu Buffaloes ({{npby|1959}}–{{npby|1963}})

}}

Glenn Roger Mickens (July 26, 1930 – July 9, 2019) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in four games (two of which were starts) for the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers. He also played for five years in Japan, from 1959 until 1963 for the Kintetsu Buffaloes. There, he compiled a record of 45–53 with a 2.54 ERA.

After his playing career, Mickens became a baseball coach at UCLA for many years.

Mickens died on July 9, 2019, from pneumonia, at age 88.{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=glenn-mickens-mick&pid=193374963 |title=Glenn "Mick" Mickens |website=legacy.com |date=July 12, 2019 |accessdate=July 12, 2019 |archive-date=July 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724175053/https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=glenn-mickens-mick&pid=193374963 |url-status=live }}