Fred Earl Gladding is a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of thirteen seasons (1961-1973) with the Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros. For his career, he compiled a 48-34 record and 109 saves in 450 appearances, all but one as a relief pitcher, with an 3.13 earned run average and 394 strikeouts. Gladding led the National League in saves with Houston in 1969, the first season the statistic was recognized.



