Jerry Don Gleaton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: September 14, 1957 in Brownwood, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Brownwood HS (Brownwood, TX) and the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (17th) of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX).

High School: Brownwood HS (Brownwood, TX)

School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)

Debut: July 11, 1979 (Age 21-300d, 11,809th in MLB history)
vs. CHW 3.0 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: July 20, 1992 (Age 34-310d)
vs. HOU 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Full Name: Jerry Don Gleaton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.1

W

L

ERA

4.25

G

307

GS

SV

IP

447.1

SO

265

WHIP

1.413

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
1979	21	TEX-min	AA	3	2	.600	4.89	5	5		1	0	0	35.0	37	19	19	3	15	0	21	0	0	1				1.486	9.5	0.8	3.9	5.4	1.40	TUL TL
1979	21	TEX	AL	0	1	.000	6.52	5	2	1	0	0	0	9.2	15	7	7	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	45	66	3.25	1.759	14.0	0.0	1.9	1.9	1.00
1980	22	TEX-min	AA	13	7	.650	3.64	25	25		6	1	0	178.0	179	83	72	17	68	3	138	5	2	10				1.388	9.1	0.9	3.4	7.0	2.03	TUL TL
1980	22	TEX	AL	0	0		2.57	5	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	5	2	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	30	159	3.89	1.286	6.4	0.0	5.1	2.6	0.50
1981	23	SEA-min	AAA	5	7	.417	4.15	13	13	0	7	1	0	91.0	104	53	42	4	39	0	57	0	0	1				1.571	10.3	0.4	3.9	5.6	1.46	SPO PCL
1981	23	SEA	AL	4	7	.364	4.75	20	13	3	1	0	0	85.1	88	50	45	10	38	2	31	2	0	3	369	82	4.80	1.477	9.3	1.1	4.0	3.3	0.82
1982	24	SEA-min	AA	15	7	.682	2.72	24	24	0	13	2	0	182.0	175	71	55	16	54	0	132	3	1	7				1.258	8.7	0.8	2.7	6.5	2.44	LYN EL
1982	24	SEA	AL	0	0		13.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	7	7	7	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	24	34	12.57	1.929	13.5	5.8	3.9	1.9	0.50

1983	25	SEA-min	AAA	9	9	.500	6.68	24	23	0	2	0	0	137.1	189	112	102	19	81	0	73	0	0	9				1.966	12.4	1.2	5.3	4.8	0.90	SLC PCL
1984	26	SEA-CHW-min	AAA	5	2	.714	4.65	41	2	21	0	0	5	69.2	82	44	36	6	21	0	49	3	1	1				1.478	10.6	0.8	2.7	6.3	2.33	SLC,DEN PCL,AA
1984	26	CHW	AL	1	2	.333	3.44	11	1	4	0	0	2	18.1	20	12	7	2	6	0	4	1	0	4	81	123	4.90	1.418	9.8	1.0	2.9	2.0	0.67
1985	27	CHW-min	AAA	8	2	.800	2.44	38	0	26	0	0	7	55.1	62	17	15	2	21	3	37	0	0	0				1.500	10.1	0.3	3.4	6.0	1.76	BFL AA
1985	27	CHW	AL	1	0	1.000	5.76	31	0	9	0	0	1	29.2	37	19	19	3	13	3	22	0	0	3	135	76	3.83	1.685	11.2	0.9	3.9	6.7	1.69

1986	28	CHW-min	AAA	4	3	.571	3.22	46	3	24	1	0	7	78.1	79	34	28	5	35	4	77	1	0	0				1.455	9.1	0.6	4.0	8.8	2.20	BFL AA
1987	29	KCR-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	3.00	6	1	1	0	0	0	15.0	14	6	5	2	6	2	9	0	0	0				1.333	8.4	1.2	3.6	5.4	1.50	OMA AA
1987	29	KCR	AL	4	4	.500	4.26	48	0	22	0	0	5	50.2	38	28	24	4	28	3	44	0	1	4	210	108	3.82	1.303	6.8	0.7	5.0	7.8	1.57
1988	30	KCR-min	AAA	4	2	.667	1.45	15	0	11	0	0	0	37.1	30	7	6	0	14	0	40	0	0	1				1.179	7.2	0.0	3.4	9.6	2.86	OMA AA
1988	30	KCR	AL	0	4	.000	3.55	42	0	20	0	0	3	38.0	33	17	15	2	17	1	29	3	0	2	164	114	3.51	1.316	7.8	0.5	4.0	6.9	1.71
1989	31	KCR-min	AAA	3	3	.500	1.11	24	1	9	0	0	4	56.2	40	12	7	0	22	1	57	0	2	3				1.094	6.4	0.0	3.5	9.1	2.59	OMA AA
1989	31	KCR	AL	0	0		5.65	15	0	5	0	0	0	14.1	20	10	9	0	6	0	9	0	1	0	66	71	2.76	1.814	12.6	0.0	3.8	5.7	1.50
1990	32	DET	AL	1	3	.250	2.94	57	0	34	0	0	13	82.2	62	27	27	5	25	2	56	3	1	2	325	137	3.26	1.052	6.8	0.5	2.7	6.1	2.24
1991	33	DET	AL	3	2	.600	4.06	47	0	16	0	0	2	75.1	74	37	34	7	39	8	47	0	1	1	319	104	4.37	1.500	8.8	0.8	4.7	5.6	1.21
1992	34	SFG-PIT-min	AAA	2	1	.667	2.42	20	0	10	0	0	1	26.0	24	11	7	0	7	2	13	0	1	1	104			1.192	8.3	0.0	2.4	4.5	1.86	PHX,BFL PCL,AA
1992	34	PIT	NL	1	0	1.000	4.26	23	0	6	0	0	0	31.2	34	16	15	4	19	3	18	0	0	1	142	83	5.09	1.674	9.7	1.1	5.4	5.1	0.95
1993	35	FLA-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.99	46	0	25	0	0	7	65.1	73	30	29	7	26	2	46	1	0	2	286			1.515	10.1	1.0	3.6	6.3	1.77	EDM PCL
12 Yrs				15	23	.395	4.25	307	16	123	1	0	26	447.1	433	232	211	40	199	22	265	11	4	21	1910	97	4.15	1.413	8.7	0.8	4.0	5.3	1.33
162 Game Avg.				3	5	.395	4.25	65	3	26	0	0	5	94	91	49	44	8	42	5	56	2	1	4	402	97	4.15	1.413	8.7	0.8	4.0	5.3	1.33

KCR (3 yrs)				4	8	.333	4.19	105	0	47	0	0	8	103.0	91	55	48	6	51	4	82	3	2	6	440	103	3.56	1.379	8.0	0.5	4.5	7.2	1.61
TEX (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	4.86	10	2	3	0	0	0	16.2	20	9	9	0	6	0	4	1	0	1	75	87	3.52	1.560	10.8	0.0	3.2	2.2	0.67
SEA (2 yrs)				4	7	.364	5.20	23	13	4	1	0	0	90.0	95	57	52	13	40	2	32	3	0	3	393	76	5.21	1.500	9.5	1.3	4.0	3.2	0.80
DET (2 yrs)				4	5	.444	3.47	104	0	50	0	0	15	158.0	136	64	61	12	64	10	103	3	2	3	644	118	3.79	1.266	7.7	0.7	3.6	5.9	1.61
CHW (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	4.88	42	1	13	0	0	3	48.0	57	31	26	5	19	3	26	1	0	7	216	89	4.24	1.583	10.7	0.9	3.6	4.9	1.37
PIT (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	4.26	23	0	6	0	0	0	31.2	34	16	15	4	19	3	18	0	0	1	142	83	5.09	1.674	9.7	1.1	5.4	5.1	0.95

AL (11 yrs)				14	23	.378	4.24	284	16	117	1	0	26	415.2	399	216	196	36	180	19	247	11	4	20	1768	98	4.08	1.393	8.6	0.8	3.9	5.3	1.37
NL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	4.26	23	0	6	0	0	0	31.2	34	16	15	4	19	3	18	0	0	1	142	83	5.09	1.674	9.7	1.1	5.4	5.1	0.95

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SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Standard Fielding

Appearances

Jerry Don Gleaton Fan Club, LA Chapter sponsor(s) this page.

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