Fred Gladding

Fred Earl Gladding

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: June 28, 1936 in Flat Rock, MI
High School: Flat Rock HS (Flat Rock, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 1, 1961
Teams (by GP): Astros/Tigers 1961-1973

Final Game: June 2, 1973
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1956	20	DET-min	D	35	69	69		8	2	0	0						.116	.116	.145	.261		10							VDS · GAFL
1957	21	DET-min	D	38	77	77		15	2	1	0						.195	.195	.247	.442		19							VDS · GAFL
1958	22	DET-min	A,AAA,AA	36	55	55		11	1	0	0						.200	.200	.218	.418		12							AUG,CHL,BIR · SALL,AA,SOUA
1959	23	DET-min	A,AA	27	40	38	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	13	.053	.077	.053	.130		2		1	1	0	0		KNX,BIR · SALL,SOUA
1960	24	DET-min	A,AAA,AA	38	71	67	4	8	1	0	0	2	0		4	38	.119	.169	.134	.303		9							KNX,DEN,BIR · SALL,AA,SOUA
1961	25	DET-min	AAA	17	33	32	3	4	0	0	0	1	0		1	12	.125	.152	.125	.277		4							DEN · AA
1961	25	DET	AL	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1962	26	DET-min	AAA	46	36	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	19	.031	.031	.031	.063		1		0	4	0	0		DEN · AA
1962	26	DET	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1963	27	DET-min	AAA	37	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000		0							SYR · IL
1963	27	DET	AL	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1964	28	DET-min	AAA	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			SYR · IL
1964	28	DET	AL	42	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1965	29	DET	AL	46	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1966	30	DET	AL	51	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1967	31	DET	AL	42	19	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1968	32	HOU	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1969	33	HOU	NL	57	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.100	.100	.100	.200	-43	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970	34	HOU	NL	63	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1971	35	HOU	NL	48	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1972	36	HOU	NL	42	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
1973	37	HOU-min	AAA	20																									DEN · AA
1973	37	HOU	NL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
13 Yrs				450	68	63	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	40	.016	.016	.016	.031	-91	1	1	0	4	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	24	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.016	.016	.016	.031	-91	0	0	0	1	0	0

DET (7 yrs)				217	42	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
HOU (6 yrs)				233	26	23	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	19	.043	.042	.043	.085	-76	1	1	0	2	1	0

AL (7 yrs)				217	42	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0
NL (6 yrs)				233	26	23	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	19	.043	.042	.043	.085	-76	1	1	0	2	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1961	25	DET	AL	8	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.492	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/1
1962	26	DET	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/1
1963	27	DET	AL	22	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	1
1964	28	DET	AL	42	9	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	1
1965	29	DET	AL	46	8	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
1966	30	DET	AL	51	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	1
1967	31	DET	AL	42	19	-4	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.493	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-2	$18,000	1
1968	32	HOU	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1969	33	HOU	NL	57	10	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1970	34	HOU	NL	63	7	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	1
1971	35	HOU	NL	48	2	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1972	36	HOU	NL	42	7	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1973	37	HOU	NL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
13 Seasons				450	68	-16	0	0	0	7	-9	-1.0	2	-7	-1.1	.498	.500	-1.1	-0.0	-7	$18,000

DET (7 yrs)				217	42	-10	0	0	0	5	-6	-0.7	1	-4	-0.7	.497	.499	-0.7	-0.2	-4	$18,000
HOU (6 yrs)				233	26	-6	0	-0	0	3	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.4	.499	.500	-0.4	0.2	-2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1961	25	DET	AL	3	3	0	0.0	106		.000	.267	.000	.343	.000	.416	.000	.759	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1963	27	DET	AL	1	1	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.259	.000	.326	.000	.400	.000	.726	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1964	28	DET	AL	9	9	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.258	.000	.327	.000	.401	.000	.727	-100	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1965	29	DET	AL	8	8	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.252	.000	.322	.000	.386	.000	.708	-100	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1966	30	DET	AL	2	2	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.252	.000	.318	.000	.388	.000	.706	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1967	31	DET	AL	19	19	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.247	.000	.316	.000	.370	.000	.686	-100	.000	-4.5	-0.5	.000	.000	.000

1969	33	HOU	NL	10	9	0	0.0	93	.500	.100	.257	.100	.327	.100	.381	.200	.708	-43	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.111	.000	.000
1970	34	HOU	NL	7	7	0	0.0	100		.000	.262	.000	.334	.000	.401	.000	.735	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1971	35	HOU	NL	2	3	0	0.0	90	.000	.000	.256	.000	.322	.000	.376	.000	.698	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1972	36	HOU	NL	7	7	0	0.0	90	.000	.000	.254	.000	.322	.000	.376	.000	.698	-100	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
13 Yrs				68	68	0	0.0	93	.042	.016	.254	.016	.324	.016	.385	.031	.709	-91	.000	-15.9	-1.7	.016	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				24	24	0	0.0	93	.042	.016	.254	.016	.324	.016	.385	.031	.709	-91	.000	-15.9	-1.7	.016	.000	.000

DET (7 yrs)				42	42	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.252	.000	.322	.000	.385	.000	.707	-100	.000	-10.5	-1.1	.000	.000	.000
HOU (6 yrs)				26	26	0	0.0	94	.200	.043	.258	.042	.327	.043	.384	.085	.712	-76	.000	-5.4	-0.6	.043	.000	.000

AL (7 yrs)				42	42	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.252	.000	.322	.000	.385	.000	.707	-100	.000	-10.5	-1.1	.000	.000	.000
NL (6 yrs)				26	26	0	0.0	94	.200	.043	.258	.042	.327	.043	.384	.085	.712	-76	.000	-5.4	-0.6	.043	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1961	25	DET	AL	3	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%

1963	27	DET	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1964	28	DET	AL	9	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5			2.00	33%
1965	29	DET	AL	8	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			3.5			5.00	63%
1966	30	DET	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%
1967	31	DET	AL	19	0.0%	47.4%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			9.00	47%

1969	33	HOU	NL	10	0.0%	80.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.3		10.0		20%
1970	34	HOU	NL	7	0.0%	85.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1971	35	HOU	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%
1972	36	HOU	NL	7	0.0%	57.1%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3		2.5	2.00	29%
13 Yrs				68	0.0%	58.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.6		21.0	6.00	35%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.0%	8.4%	6.1%	28%	1.78	6.0	42.2	9.0	1.10	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1961	25	DET	AL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.1	-0.1	.70	-0.1	-0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.58	-0.9	0
1962	26	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1963	27	DET	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	-0.0	.71	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.17	-0.3	0
1964	28	DET	AL	-2.4	-0.2	9	-0.3	-0.3	.97	-0.2	-0.0	-2.3	-0.2	0.80	-2.6	0
1965	29	DET	AL	-1.9	-0.2	8	-0.0	-0.0	.20	-0.2	-0.0	-2.0	-0.2	1.08	-1.9	0
1966	30	DET	AL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.1	-0.1	.97	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.20	-0.6	0
1967	31	DET	AL	-4.5	-0.5	19	-0.3	-0.3	.56	-0.5	0.0	-3.4	-0.4	0.76	-4.4	0
1968	32	HOU	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1969	33	HOU	NL	-1.9	-0.2	11	-0.1	-0.1	.29	-0.2	-0.1	-0.5	-0.1	0.97	-1.8	0
1970	34	HOU	NL	-1.7	-0.2	7	-0.1	-0.1	.55	-0.2	-0.0	-2.8	-0.3	1.25	-2.2	0
1971	35	HOU	NL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.1	-0.1	.98	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.75	-0.6	0
1972	36	HOU	NL	-1.3	-0.1	7	-0.1	-0.1	.69	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.90	-1.0	0
1973	37	HOU	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
13 Yrs				-15.9	-1.7	69	-1.0	-1.0	.57	-1.6	-0.1	-13.7	-1.4	0.91	-16.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1961	25	DET	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1963	27	DET	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	28	DET	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	29	DET	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	30	DET	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	31	DET	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1969	33	HOU	NL	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	34	HOU	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	35	HOU	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	36	HOU	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13 Yrs				0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1961	25	DET	AL	3	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1963	27	DET	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1964	28	DET	AL	9	89%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1965	29	DET	AL	8	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	5	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1966	30	DET	AL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1967	31	DET	AL	19	84%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1969	33	HOU	NL	10	80%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		6	1	17%	0	0		0	0		0
1970	34	HOU	NL	7	86%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	4	1	25%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1971	35	HOU	NL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1972	36	HOU	NL	7	43%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	2	100%	5	2	40%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
13 Yrs				68	76%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	7	1	14%	14	4	29%	43	3	7%	5	2	40%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			76%			11%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1961	25	8	3	3	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1962	26	14	3	3	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1963	27	36	4	4	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1964	28	78	13	13	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1965	29	124	21	20	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1	0
1966	30	175	23	22	0	0	0	12	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1	0
1967	31	217	42	40	0	0	0	21	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	2	0
1968	32	224	42	40	0	0	0	21	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	2	0
1969	33	281	52	50	1	1	1	29	.020	.020	.020	.040	-89	1	0	2	0
1970	34	344	59	56	1	1	1	35	.018	.018	.018	.036	-90	1	0	3	0
1971	35	392	61	58	1	1	1	36	.017	.017	.017	.034	-90	1	1	3	0
1972	36	434	68	63	1	1	3	40	.016	.016	.016	.031	-91	1	1	4	1
1973	37	450	68	63	1	1	3	40	.016	.016	.016	.031	-91	1	1	4	1

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1961	25	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8

1963	27	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	22
1964	28	42	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	42
1965	29	46	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	46
1966	30	51	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	51
1967	31	42	19	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	42

1969	33	57	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	57
1970	34	63	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	63
1971	35	48	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	48
1972	36	44	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	42
10 Yrs		423	68	63	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	40	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	421
162 Game Avg.		162	26	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	421

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall of Fame 1979 BBWAA ()	Oldest s c a p y 1973 NL born 1936-06-28 (8th)

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1973 NL born 1936-06-28 (8th)

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