Fred Gladding

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 220lb (185cm, 99kg)

Born: June 28, 1936 in Flat Rock, MI us

Died: May 21, 2015 in Columbia, SC

Buried: Woodhaven Memorial Gardens, Powell, TN

High School: Flat Rock HS (Flat Rock, MI)

Debut: July 1, 1961 (Age 25-003d, 9,480th in MLB history)
vs. BAL 2.1 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: June 2, 1973 (Age 36-339d)
vs. STL 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1963 season

Full Name: Fred Earl Gladding

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.9

W

L

ERA

3.13

G

450

GS

SV

109

IP

601.0

SO

394

WHIP

1.313

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1956	20	DET-min	D	11	9	.550	2.76	35	21					199.0	166	83	61	4	86									1.266	7.5	0.2	3.9			VDS GAFL
1957	21	DET-min	D	16	8	.667	2.12	37	24		16	5		217.0	185	73	51	5	93		185	5	0	8				1.281	7.7	0.2	3.9	7.7	1.99	VDS GAFL
1958	22	DET-min	A,AAA,AA	12	10	.545	3.04	36	20		8	2		163.0	136	67	55	8	68	9	101	3	0	5				1.252	7.5	0.4	3.8	5.6	1.49	AUG,CHL,BIR SALL,AA,SOUA
1959	23	DET-min	A,AA	8	5	.615	4.20	27	18		1	0		120.0	131	68	56	6	72	2	74	11	0	10				1.692	9.8	0.5	5.4	5.6	1.03	KNX,BIR SALL,SOUA
1960	24	DET-min	A,AAA,AA	12	7	.632	2.63	38	22		9	3		188.0	160	66	55	6	61	7	144	8	0	6				1.176	7.7	0.3	2.9	6.9	2.36	KNX,DEN,BIR SALL,AA,SOUA
1961	25	DET-min	AAA	7	3	.700	2.20	17	9		3	0		86.0	80	25	21	1	26	2	73	2	0	3				1.233	8.4	0.1	2.7	7.6	2.81	DEN AA
1961	25	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	3.31	8	0	2	0	0	0	16.1	18	7	6	1	11	1	11	2	0	1	79	127	4.41	1.776	9.9	0.6	6.1	6.1	1.00
1962	26	DET-min	AAA	6	12	.333	3.82	46	9		1	1		113.0	121	68	48	6	50	4	78	3	0	4				1.513	9.6	0.5	4.0	6.2	1.56	DEN AA
1962	26	DET	AL	0	0		0.00	6	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	20		2.22	1.000	5.4	0.0	3.6	7.2	2.00
1963	27	DET-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.93	37	1		0	0		71.0	74	32	31	3	20	4	72	6	0	3				1.324	9.4	0.4	2.5	9.1	3.60	SYR IL
1963	27	DET	AL	1	1	.500	1.98	22	0	14	0	0	7	27.1	19	6	6	1	14	1	24	0	0	2	113	192	2.74	1.207	6.3	0.3	4.6	7.9	1.71
1964	28	DET-min	AAA	2	1	.667	1.59	7	0		0	0		17.0	9	4	3	0	6	2	18	1	0	0				0.882	4.8	0.0	3.2	9.5	3.00	SYR IL
1964	28	DET	AL	7	4	.636	3.07	42	0	23	0	0	7	67.1	57	23	23	7	27	4	59	2	0	2	281	120	3.50	1.248	7.6	0.9	3.6	7.9	2.19
1965	29	DET	AL	6	2	.750	2.83	46	0	25	0	0	5	70.0	63	22	22	6	29	5	43	4	0	7	301	124	3.82	1.314	8.1	0.8	3.7	5.5	1.48
1966	30	DET	AL	5	0	1.000	3.28	51	0	23	0	0	2	74.0	62	33	27	6	29	6	57	1	1	4	304	106	3.28	1.230	7.5	0.7	3.5	6.9	1.97
1967	31	DET	AL	6	4	.600	1.99	42	1	25	0	0	12	77.0	62	20	17	6	19	0	64	4	0	3	302	165	2.79	1.052	7.2	0.7	2.2	7.5	3.37
1968	32	HOU	NL	0	0		14.54	7	0	4	0	0	2	4.1	8	7	7	0	3	1	2	1	0	3	24	23	4.23	2.538	16.6	0.0	6.2	4.2	0.67
1969	33	HOU	NL	4	8	.333	4.21	57	0	43	0	0	29	72.2	83	39	34	2	27	6	40	1	1	1	319	84	2.92	1.514	10.3	0.2	3.3	5.0	1.48
1970	34	HOU	NL	7	4	.636	4.06	63	0	44	0	0	18	71.0	84	39	32	4	24	8	46	3	0	7	324	96	3.22	1.521	10.6	0.5	3.0	5.8	1.92
1971	35	HOU	NL	4	5	.444	2.10	48	0	32	0	0	12	51.1	51	17	12	0	22	7	17	7	0	2	228	161	3.48	1.422	8.9	0.0	3.9	3.0	0.77
1972	36	HOU	NL	5	6	.455	2.77	42	0	32	0	0	14	48.2	38	16	15	1	12	5	18	2	0	3	190	122	2.79	1.027	7.0	0.2	2.2	3.3	1.50
1973	37	HOU-min	AAA	0	2	.000	4.74	20	0		0	0	1	19.0	28	12	10	0	5	1	9	0	0	4				1.737	13.3	0.0	2.4	4.3	1.80	DEN AA
1973	37	HOU	NL	2	0	1.000	4.50	16	0	8	0	0	1	16.0	18	8	8	4	4	1	9	0	0	0	67	82	5.44	1.375	10.1	2.3	2.3	5.1	2.25
13 Yrs				48	34	.585	3.13	450	1	278	0	0	109	601.0	566	237	209	38	223	45	394	27	2	35	2552	114	3.29	1.313	8.5	0.6	3.3	5.9	1.77
162 Game Avg.				7	5	.585	3.13	68	0	42	0	0	16	91	85	36	32	6	34	7	59	4	0	5	385	114	3.29	1.313	8.5	0.6	3.3	5.9	1.77

DET (7 yrs)				26	11	.703	2.70	217	1	115	0	0	33	337.0	284	111	101	27	131	17	262	13	1	19	1400	132	3.32	1.231	7.6	0.7	3.5	7.0	2.00
HOU (6 yrs)				22	23	.489	3.68	233	0	163	0	0	76	264.0	282	126	108	11	92	28	132	14	1	16	1152	98	3.26	1.417	9.6	0.4	3.1	4.5	1.43

AL (7 yrs)				26	11	.703	2.70	217	1	115	0	0	33	337.0	284	111	101	27	131	17	262	13	1	19	1400	132	3.32	1.231	7.6	0.7	3.5	7.0	2.00
NL (6 yrs)				22	23	.489	3.68	233	0	163	0	0	76	264.0	282	126	108	11	92	28	132	14	1	16	1152	98	3.26	1.417	9.6	0.4	3.1	4.5	1.43

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