Frederick Monroe Glade (January 25, 1876 – November 21, 1934) was a starting pitcher in

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. From

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through

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, Glade played for the Chicago Orphans (1902),

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(1904–1907) and

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(1908). A native of

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, he batted and threw right-handed. He debuted on May 27, 1902, and played his final game on June 21, 1908. In 1902 Glade appeared in one game for the Chicago

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team. He jumped to the

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and gave four years of good services for the awful St. Louis Browns. In his

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season he went 18–15 with a 2.27

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. In addition, on June 19 he set a major league game-record, since then broken, with 15 strikeouts in a 1–0 victory over the New York Highlanders. But Glade led the league with 25 losses in 1905, winning only six games with a solid 2.81 ERA. He rebounded with two winning seasons in

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(15-14, 2.36) and

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(13-9, 2.67). He was traded to the Highlanders before 1908, his last major league season. In a six-season career, Glade posted a 52–68 record with a 2.62 ERA in innings pitched, including 14

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s and 107

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. A good

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, he recorded a 1.96 strikeout-to-walk ratio (464-to-237). Glade died in Grand Island, Nebraska, at age 58.

Fact

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, Glade faced Long Tom Hughes and the Washington Senators, entering the 10th inning with a scoreless tie, until Hughes decided the game with a solo

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to a 1–0 victory, becoming the first pitcher in major league history to pitch a shutout and hit a home run which accounted for the only run in the game.

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