Mitchell Emri Glasser (born October 15, 1989) is an American-Israeli former professional baseball player.
At Macalester College, he was all-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference four times, and in 2011 he was the most difficult player in NCAA Division III to strike out.
[8] In 2011, Glasser led the Scots in batting average (.408) and total bases (74), and tied for the lead in home runs (4), and was again named a Jewish Sports Review All American.
[10][8] In his college career he batted .357 with 180 hits (4th in school history), 95 RBIs, and 109 runs scored in 148 games, and stole 31 bases in 37 attempts.
[12][1] After being released by the Chicago White Sox in July 2013, he played for the Melbourne Aces of the Australian Baseball League in 2014.
[5][2] After the season, Glasser was traded to the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.
Glasser was later traded to the Gary SouthShore RailCats of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball later in the season.
[18] Glasser was waived by the RailCats on June 21, 2018, and claimed by the Sioux Falls Canaries of the American Association.
[20] Canaries manager Mike Meyer said: "We were putting together his contract this year and he said he would be missing potentially 15 games for the qualifiers.
On May 3, 2021, Glasser re-signed with the Sioux Falls Canaries of the American Association as a non-roster invitee to training camp.
By virtue of his Jewish heritage, Glasser played for the Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic qualifier.
[6][2] He started all six games at second base as the team played in the 2019 European Baseball Championship - B-Pool in early July 2019 in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, winning all of its games and advancing to the playoffs against Team Lithuania in the 2019 Playoff Series at the end of July 2019 for the last qualifying spot for the 2019 European Baseball Championship.