# Jim Gladd

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{{short description|American baseball player (1922-1977)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Jim Gladd
|position=[Catcher](/source/Catcher)
|image=
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1922|10|2|mf=y}}
|birth_place=[Fort Gibson, Oklahoma](/source/Fort_Gibson%2C_Oklahoma)
|death_date={{death date and age|1977|11|8|1922|10|2}}
|death_place=[Long Beach, California](/source/Long_Beach%2C_California)
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 9
|debutyear={{Baseball year|1946}}
|debutteam=[New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants_(NL))
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 29
|finalyear={{Baseball year|1946}}
|finalteam=[New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants_(NL))
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Games played](/source/Games_played)
|stat1value=4
|stat3label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat3value=.091
|stat2label=[Hit](/source/Hit_(baseball))s
|stat2value=1
|teams=
*[New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants_(NL)) ({{Baseball year|1946}})
}}
'''James Walter Gladd''' (October 2, 1922 – November 8, 1977) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) [catcher](/source/catcher) who played in four games in the [major leagues](/source/Major_League_Baseball) for the [New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants_(NL)) in {{baseball year|1946}}. Born in [Fort Gibson, Oklahoma](/source/Fort_Gibson%2C_Oklahoma), he threw and batted right-handed, stood {{convert|6|ft|2|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|190|lb}}.

Gladd entered [minor league baseball](/source/minor_league_baseball) in 1940. After three seasons, he joined the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) for [World War II](/source/World_War_II) military service. Commissioned a [second lieutenant](/source/second_lieutenant) in June 1943, he was assigned to the 33rd Field Artillery Battalion of the [First Infantry Division](/source/1st_Infantry_Division_(United_States))—the "Big Red One"—which saw combat in the [North African Campaign](/source/North_African_Campaign), the [Invasion of Sicily](/source/Invasion_of_Sicily), and the [European Theatre](/source/European_Theatre_of_World_War_II).<ref>[https://www.baseballinwartime.com/player_biographies/gladd_jim.htm Bedingfield, Gary, ''Jim Gladd,''] [Baseball in Wartime](/source/Baseball_in_Wartime)</ref>

Gladd returned to baseball in 1946, and after 50 games with the [Triple-A](/source/Triple-A_(baseball)) [Jersey City Giants](/source/Jersey_City_Giants), he was recalled to New York for a September [MLB](/source/MLB) audition. Starting four games between September 9 and 29, he collected his only [hit](/source/hit_(baseball)), a [single](/source/single_(baseball)) off [Dick Koecher](/source/Dick_Koecher) of the [Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies), in his fourth and final contest.<ref>[Retrosheet](/source/Retrosheet) [https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1946/B09290NY11946.htm box score (29 September 1946): "New York Giants 3, Philadelphia Phillies 1"]</ref>

Although he never again reached the majors, Gladd continued his active career at the highest levels of the minors, playing eight seasons in the [Pacific Coast League](/source/Pacific_Coast_League). He retired from the game in 1955 and died at age 55 in [Long Beach, California](/source/Long_Beach%2C_California), on November 8, 1977.

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Fort Smith Giants players
Category:Hollywood Stars players
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Category:Major League Baseball catchers
Category:New York Giants (baseball) players
Category:People from Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
Category:Portland Beavers players
Category:Salisbury Giants players
Category:San Diego Padres (minor league) players
Category:San Francisco Seals (baseball) players
Category:United States Army personnel of World War II
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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