Dan Gladden

Birth Date: 07/07/1957

Member of Twins Hall of Fame

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Dan Gladden was born in San Jose, CA in 1957. He went to college at California State University - Fresno and was drafted by his hometown team, the San Francisco Giants, in the 1979 MLB Draft. He made his MLB debut in 1983 and played with the Giants through the 1986 season, after which he was traded to the Minnesota Twins for Jose Dominguez, Ray Velasquez, and a player to be named later.

Gladden immediately became a fixture at the top of the Twins lineup, swiping 116 bags in his five seasons with the team. He was a member of both Twins' championship teams and performed well in the postseason, posting a .771 OPS across 1987 and 1991.

He famously scored the winning run in the tenth inning of game seven of the 1991 World Series.

In 2000, Gladden joined the Twins radio broadcast team as the color commentator where he continues to work today.

Notable Events & Trivia

Gladden made two pitching appearances of one inning apiece, one in 1988 and the other in 1989

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Clinton Daniel Gladden III (born July 7, 1957) is an American former professional baseball player and current radio broadcaster. An outfielder, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants (1983–1986), Minnesota Twins (1987–1991), and Detroit Tigers (1992–1993) before playing a final season in Japan in 1994 with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Dan Gladden Statistics

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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
1983	25	SFG	NL	18	72	63	6	14	2	0	1	9	4	3	5	11	.222	.275	.302	.577	62	19	3	0	3	1	0	8/H9
1984	26	SFG	NL	86	384	342	71	120	17	2	4	31	31	16	33	37	.351	.410	.447	.857	145	153	3	2	6	1	2	8/H	RoY-4
1985	27	SFG	NL	142	561	502	64	122	15	8	7	41	32	15	40	78	.243	.307	.347	.653	87	174	10	7	10	2	1	*8H7/9
1986	28	SFG	NL	102	402	351	55	97	16	1	4	29	27	10	39	59	.276	.357	.362	.719	104	127	5	5	7	0	3	8H
1987	29	MIN	AL	121	482	438	69	109	21	2	8	38	25	9	38	72	.249	.312	.361	.673	76	158	8	3	1	2	2	*7H/8D9
1988	30	MIN	AL	141	633	576	91	155	32	6	11	62	28	8	46	74	.269	.325	.403	.728	102	232	9	4	2	5	4	*7/H451
1989	31	MIN	AL	120	501	461	69	136	23	3	8	46	23	7	23	53	.295	.331	.410	.741	103	189	6	5	5	7	3	*7/H8D1
1990	32	MIN	AL	136	571	534	64	147	27	6	5	40	25	9	26	67	.275	.314	.376	.690	88	201	17	6	1	4	2	*7/HD8
1991	33	MIN	AL	126	511	461	65	114	14	9	6	52	15	9	36	60	.247	.306	.356	.662	80	164	13	5	5	4	1	*7H
1992	34	DET	AL	113	459	417	57	106	20	1	7	42	4	2	30	64	.254	.304	.357	.661	85	149	10	2	5	5	0	78/HD
1993	35	DET	AL	91	386	356	52	95	16	2	13	56	8	5	21	50	.267	.312	.433	.744	99	154	14	3	4	2	0	78/DH
11 Yrs				1196	4962	4501	663	1215	203	40	74	446	222	93	337	625	.270	.324	.382	.707	95	1720	98	42	49	33	18
162 Game Avg.				162	672	610	90	165	27	5	10	60	30	13	46	85	.270	.324	.382	.707	95	233	13	6	7	4	2

MIN (5 yrs)				644	2698	2470	358	661	117	26	38	238	116	42	169	326	.268	.318	.382	.700	90	944	53	23	14	22	12
SFG (4 yrs)				348	1419	1258	196	353	50	11	16	110	94	44	117	185	.281	.347	.376	.723	106	473	21	14	26	4	6
DET (2 yrs)				204	845	773	109	201	36	3	20	98	12	7	51	114	.260	.307	.392	.699	92	303	24	5	9	7	0

AL (7 yrs)				848	3543	3243	467	862	153	29	58	336	128	49	220	440	.266	.315	.385	.700	90	1247	77	28	23	29	12
NL (4 yrs)				348	1419	1258	196	353	50	11	16	110	94	44	117	185	.281	.347	.376	.723	106	473	21	14	26	4	6

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