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Fred Gladding
Fred Earl Gladding

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 225 lb.

Debut July 1, 1961
  vs. BAL 2.3 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER
Final Game June 2, 1973
Born June 28, 1936 in Flat Rock, MI

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1961 25 DET AL   1   0   8   0   0   0   2  0   16.3   18    7    6   1   11   11   2   1    79   1   0  3.31  4.11  124 1.776
 1962 26 DET AL   0   0   6   0   0   0   3  0    5.0    3    0    0   0    2    4   0   0    20   0   0  0.00  4.05  inf 1.000
 1963 27 DET AL   1   1  22   0   0   0  14  7   27.3   19    6    6   1   14   24   0   2   113   1   0  1.98  3.74  189 1.207
 1964 28 DET AL   7   4  42   0   0   0  23  7   67.3   57   23   23   7   27   59   2   2   281   4   0  3.07  3.66  119 1.248
 1965 29 DET AL   6   2  46   0   0   0  25  5   70.0   63   22   22   6   29   43   4   7   301   5   0  2.83  3.49  123 1.314
 1966 30 DET AL   5   0  51   0   0   0  23  2   74.0   62   33   27   6   29   57   1   4   304   6   1  3.28  3.50  107 1.230
 1967 31 DET AL   6   4  42   1   0   0  25 12   77.0   62   20   17   6   19   64   4   3   302   0   0  1.99  3.26  164 1.052
 1968 32 HOU NL   0   0   7   0   0   0   4  2    4.3    8    7    7   0    3    2   1   3    24   1   0 14.54  2.96   20 2.538
 1969 33 HOU NL   4   8  57   0   0   0  43 29   72.7   83   39   34   2   27   40   1   1   319   6   1  4.21  3.53   84 1.514
 1970 34 HOU NL   7   4  63   0   0   0  44 18   71.0   84   39   32   4   24   46   3   7   324   8   0  4.06  3.89   96 1.521
 1971 35 HOU NL   4   5  48   0   0   0  32 12   51.3   51   17   12   0   22   17   7   2   228   7   0  2.10  3.37  160 1.422
 1972 36 HOU NL   5   6  42   0   0   0  32 14   48.7   38   16   15   1   12   18   2   3   190   5   0  2.77  3.35  121 1.027
 1973 37 HOU NL   2   0  16   0   0   0   8  1   16.0   18    8    8   4    4    9   0   0    67   1   0  4.50  3.63   81 1.375
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Years            34       1       0    109         566       209      223       27  35  2552  45   2  3.13  3.54  113 1.313
 WL%= .585       48     450       0     278     601.0       237       38       394
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   5  67   0   0   0  41 16   90.3   85   35   31   5   33   59   4   5   384   6   0  3.13  3.54  113 1.313
 Career High      7   8  63   1   0   0  44 29   77.0   84   39   34   7   29   64   7   7   324   8   1  1.99  3.89  164 1.027

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1961 25 DET AL   8    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1963 27 DET AL  22    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1964 28 DET AL  42    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1965 29 DET AL  46    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1966 30 DET AL  51    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1967 31 DET AL  42   18    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   9  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1969 33 HOU NL  57   10    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   8  .100  .100  .100  -43    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1970 34 HOU NL  63    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1971 35 HOU NL  48    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
 1972 36 HOU NL  42    5    0    0   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   1   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     450   63    1    1   0  0   0    3   0  0   0  40  .016  .016  .016  -91    1   4   1   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         23    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  14  .016  .016  .016  -91    0   1   0   0   0   0
 Career High     63   18    1    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   9                           1   1   1   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1961 25 DET AL    3    3    0   0.0   106| .000  .267| .000  .343| .000  .416| .000  .759|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1963 27 DET AL    1    1    0   0.0    97| .000  .259| .000  .325| .000  .399| .000  .724|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1964 28 DET AL    9    9    0   0.0    98| .000  .258| .000  .327| .000  .401| .000  .727|-100  .000  -2.4  -0.3   0%
 1965 29 DET AL    8    8    0   0.0    93| .000  .253| .000  .323| .000  .388| .000  .711|-100  .000  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1966 30 DET AL    2    2    0   0.0    92| .000  .252| .000  .318| .000  .388| .000  .706|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1967 31 DET AL   19   19    0   0.0    87| .000  .246| .000  .316| .000  .369| .000  .686|-100  .000  -4.5  -0.5   0%
 1969 33 HOU NL   10    9    0   0.0    93| .100  .257| .100  .327| .100  .381| .200  .708| -43  .000  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1970 34 HOU NL    7    7    0   0.0   100| .000  .262| .000  .334| .000  .400| .000  .735|-100  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1971 35 HOU NL    2    3    0   0.0    91| .000  .258| .000  .323| .000  .377| .000  .700|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1972 36 HOU NL    7    7    0   0.0    90| .000  .254| .000  .322| .000  .376| .000  .698|-100  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons       68   68    0   0.0    93| .016  .254| .016  .324| .016  .385| .032  .709| -91  .000 -15.9  -1.8   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1961 25 DET AL P 8 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 0.25 0.82 1.10 2.04 0 16.3 1962 26 DET AL P 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.78 3.60 2.16 0 5.0 1963 27 DET AL P 22 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.32 0.79 2.31 1.98 0 27.3 1964 28 DET AL P 42 5 12 0 0 1.000 .955 0.40 0.72 2.27 1.90 0 67.3 1965 29 DET AL P 46 2 9 1 0 .917 .948 0.24 0.75 1.41 2.04 0 70.0 1966 30 DET AL P 51 1 11 2 0 .857 .952 0.24 0.75 1.46 1.99 0 74.0 1967 31 DET AL P 42 5 9 1 1 .933 .959 0.33 0.74 1.64 1.96 1 77.0 1968 32 HOU NL P 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.14 0.86 2.09 2.09 0 4.3 1969 33 HOU NL P 57 5 12 0 0 1.000 .960 0.30 0.78 2.10 1.96 0 72.7 1970 34 HOU NL P 63 7 15 1 1 .957 .952 0.35 0.71 2.79 1.85 0 71.0 1971 35 HOU NL P 48 3 3 2 0 .750 .952 0.12 0.78 1.05 1.89 0 51.3 1972 36 HOU NL P 42 1 4 1 0 .833 .943 0.12 0.73 0.92 1.77 0 48.7 1973 37 HOU NL P 16 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.25 0.73 2.29 1.89 0 15.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1961 25 DET AL P 8 1 1 1 0 .667 .952 0.25 0.82 1.10 2.04 0 16.3 1962 26 DET AL P 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.78 3.60 2.16 0 5.0 1963 27 DET AL P 22 1 6 0 0 1.000 .959 0.32 0.79 2.31 1.98 0 27.3 1964 28 DET AL P 42 5 12 0 0 1.000 .955 0.40 0.72 2.27 1.90 0 67.3 1965 29 DET AL P 46 2 9 1 0 .917 .948 0.24 0.75 1.41 2.04 0 70.0 1966 30 DET AL P 51 1 11 2 0 .857 .952 0.24 0.75 1.46 1.99 0 74.0 1967 31 DET AL P 42 5 9 1 1 .933 .959 0.33 0.74 1.64 1.96 1 77.0 1968 32 HOU NL P 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.14 0.86 2.09 2.09 0 4.3 1969 33 HOU NL P 57 5 12 0 0 1.000 .960 0.30 0.78 2.10 1.96 0 72.7 1970 34 HOU NL P 63 7 15 1 1 .957 .952 0.35 0.71 2.79 1.85 0 71.0 1971 35 HOU NL P 48 3 3 2 0 .750 .952 0.12 0.78 1.05 1.89 0 51.3 1972 36 HOU NL P 42 1 4 1 0 .833 .943 0.12 0.73 0.92 1.77 0 48.7 1973 37 HOU NL P 16 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 0.25 0.73 2.29 1.89 0 15.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 450 33 87 9 2 .930 .955 0.27 0.75 1.80 1.94 1 600.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 450 33 87 9 2 .930 .955 0.27 0.75 1.80 1.94 1 601
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1970 NL-63-7

Saves
1967 AL-12-7
1969 NL-29-1
1970 NL-18-7
1971 NL-12-7
1972 NL-14-7

Hit Batsmen
1971 NL-7-5

Games Finished
1969 NL-43-5
1970 NL-44-4
1972 NL-32-7

Oldest Player
1973 NL-37-8

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (547) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 16 (1177) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 17.0 (383) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1598) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1956 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

November 22, 1967: Sent by the Detroit Tigers to the Houston Astros to complete an earlier deal made on August 17, 1967. The Detroit Tigers sent a player to be named later to the Houston Astros for Eddie Mathews. The Detroit Tigers sent Fred Gladding (November 22, 1967) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

October 9, 1973: Released by the Houston Astros.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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