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Dan Gladden

Birthdate:

7/7/1957

Height / Weight:

5' 11" / 180 lbs.

Place of Birth:

San Jose, CA, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

A speedy base runner, Dan Gladden was highly regarded by sports fans for his hustling work habits. Playing with Phoenix AAA minors in 1983, the 26-year old batted .303, scored 113 runs, had 80 RBIs and set a team record with 50 stolen bases prior to being called up by the SF Giants in early September. A native of California, Dan Gladden had robust batting years in the minors starting in1979 with Fresno, and hit over .300 in 4 of 5 seasons, including 2 years with Shreveport, 1980-1981. Dan Gladden started 1984 with Phoenix and batted a red-hot .397 in 59 games before catching the eyes of Giants management and recalled up to San Francisco. He hit .374 in July and .364 in September, and, baseball fans were taking a look-see and were delighted to watch his hustling attitude. In 86 games, the 5 ft, 11 inch, 180 pound, long hair Dan Gladden hit a robust .351, including a streak of 38 consecutive games of reaching base and set a Giants rookie record with 31 stolen bases.

He opened 1985 with a .301 batting mark for April but his hitting fell off there-after for the rest of the season, .243 in 142. He did delight hometown fans with 32 stolen bases in 47 attempts. Batting leadoff in 1986 Dan Gladden hit .276 in 102 games, with a solid .357 on-base-pct., 16 doubles, 55 runs. Prior to spring training in 1987 Dan Gladden was traded to the Minnesota Twins, and batted .283 by All Star break. Bothered by leg injures he finished 1987 at .249 in 121 games. Then, batted .269 with 32 doubles, 91 runs in 1988, and .295 in 121 games in 1989. Due mainly to injuries Dan Gladden numbers fell to .275 in 1990 and .247 in 1991. In the 1991 ALCS vs Toronto Dan Gladden hit .261 in the 5-game series and .233 in the World Series against Atlanta. He had 3 hits in the final Game 7, including a double in the 10th inning, and scored the only run of the game on a single by pinch-hitter Gene Larkin, giving the Minnesota Twins the World Championship Crown. In December of 1991 Dan Gladden signed with the Detroit Tigers as a free agent. In 1992 he hit .254 in 113 games, and .267 in 91 in 1992. Baseball Historian

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1988	MIN (AL)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
1989	MIN (AL)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9.00
11 years		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.50

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1983	SFG (NL)	18	63	6	14	2	0	1	9	5	11	4	3	0	0	3	1	.222	.275	SLG
1984	SFG (NL)	86	342	71	120	17	2	4	31	33	37	31	16	2	2	6	1	.351	.410	SLG
1985	SFG (NL)	142	502	64	122	15	8	7	41	40	78	32	15	1	7	10	2	.243	.307	SLG
1986	SFG (NL)	102	351	55	97	16	1	4	29	39	59	27	10	3	5	7	0	.276	.357	SLG
1987	MIN (AL)	121	438	69	109	21	2	8	38	38	72	25	9	2	3	1	2	.249	.312	SLG
1988	MIN (AL)	141	576	91	155	32	6	11	62	46	74	28	8	4	4	2	5	.269	.325	SLG
1989	MIN (AL)	121	461	69	136	23	3	8	46	23	53	23	7	3	5	5	7	.295	.331	SLG
1990	MIN (AL)	136	534	64	147	27	6	5	40	26	67	25	9	2	6	1	4	.275	.314	SLG
1991	MIN (AL)	126	461	65	114	14	9	6	52	36	60	15	9	1	5	5	4	.247	.306	SLG
1992	DET (AL)	113	417	57	106	20	1	7	42	30	64	4	2	0	2	5	5	.254	.304	SLG
1993	DET (AL)	91	356	52	95	16	2	13	56	21	50	8	5	0	3	4	2	.267	.312	SLG
11 years		1197	4501	663	1215	203	40	74	446	337	625	222	93	18	42	49	33	.270	.324	.SLG

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