Dan Gladden

Dan Gladden
Gladden in 1987
Left fielder / Center fielder
Born: (1957-07-07) July 7, 1957 (age 67) San Jose, California, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 5, 1983, for the San Francisco Giants
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 1993, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
Batting average	.270
Home runs	74
Runs batted in	446
NPB statistics
Batting average	.267
Home runs	15
Runs batted in	37
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
San Francisco Giants (1983–1986) Minnesota Twins (1987–1991) Detroit Tigers (1992–1993) Yomiuri Giants (1994)
Career highlights and awards
2× World Series champion (1987, 1991) Japan Series champion (1994) Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame

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).

Gladden was the starting left fielder on the Twins' two World Series Championship teams in 1987 and 1991. He was one of seven Twins players to be part of both the 1987 and 1991 championship teams, the other six being Randy Bush, Greg Gagne, Kent Hrbek, Gene Larkin, Al Newman, and Kirby Puckett. He also won a Japan Series championship with the Yomiuri Giants during his only season in Japan.