Glendon James Rusch (/ˈrʌʃ/; born November 7, 1974) is an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres and Colorado Rockies from 1997 to 2009.

Rusch was selected out of high school by the Kansas City Royals in the 17th round of the 1993 MLB draft and chose to sign.

In September of 2006, Rusch was diagnosed with a life-threatening blood clot in his lung and missed the rest of the 2006 season.

He threw a bullpen session for interested teams on November 2[4] and on December 14, signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres.

[6] In January 2015, Rusch was named pitching coach for the San Diego Padres Class A – Advanced team Lake Elsinore Storm, of the California League.