Brad Gulden

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Brad Gulden
Gulden with the Nashville Sounds in 1980
Catcher
Born: (1956-06-10) June 10, 1956 (age 65) New Ulm, Minnesota
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 22, 1978, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
September 28, 1986, for the San Francisco Giants
MLB statistics
Batting average	.200
Home runs	5
Runs batted in	43
Teams
Los Angeles Dodgers (1978) New York Yankees (1979–1980) Seattle Mariners (1981) Montreal Expos (1982) Cincinnati Reds (1984) San Francisco Giants (1986)

Bradley Lee Gulden (born June 10, 1956) is a former Major League Baseball player who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Montreal Expos, Cincinnati Reds, and San Francisco Giants. He debuted with the Dodgers on September 22, 1978 against the San Diego Padres after being drafted by L.A. in the 17th round of the 1975 Major League Baseball Draft. Gulden played in fewer than 10 games in three of his seven major league seasons and finished with a batting average of .200.

Gulden with Catfish Hunter and Billy Martin during a 1979 game right after Thurman Munson's funeral, with black memorial armband visible.

On August 3, 1979, during the Yankees' first game after the death of Thurman Munson in an airplane crash the previous day, Gulden replaced starting catcher Jerry Narron in the ninth inning. Gulden started on August 6 in the team's first game after Munson's funeral, only to be replaced himself in the ninth by Narron.

Gulden holds a place in Major League Baseball trivia by being one of four players in history to be traded for himself, along with Harry Chiti, Dickie Noles, and John McDonald. In 1980, the New York Yankees sent him to the Seattle Mariners with $150,000 for a player to be named and Larry Milbourne. In May 1981, the Mariners sent Gulden back to the Yankees as the player to be named.^[1] This kind of swap happened to Gulden again, as he was traded by the Yankees in April 1982 for catcher Bobby Ramos — only to be sold back to the Yankees after the season.^[2] Meanwhile Ramos was sold back to the Expos.^[3]

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• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• Boxscore for August 3, 1979: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197908030.shtml
• Boxscore for August 6, 1979: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NYA197908060.shtml
• Humm-Baby Article - Original Coin of the Humm-Baby 20th Anniversary Article