Roy Gleason Baseball
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2025 11:14 pm
Roy William Gleason (born April 9, 1943) is an American former professional baseball player who appeared in eight games in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers late in the 1963 season. An outfielder by trade, he was a switch hitter who threw right-handed. The Dodgers won the 1963 World Series, earning him a World Series ring, but that ring was eventually lost during his time in Vietnam.
In 1967, he was drafted into the United States Army and later served in the Vietnam War with the 9th Infantry Division (Old Reliables) and earned a Purple Heart when he was wounded by enemy forces while on patrol. After his return from Vietnam, he again played in the Dodgers' farm system in 1969 and 1970, although his war injuries had impaired his baseball skills, so he never made it back to the major leagues.![[us]](./images/smilies/flag_us.gif "USA")
Los Angeles Dodgers (1963)
Sent him 2 cards on 14 Nov and got them back signed on 2 Dec.
Mr Roy Gleason
3811 Calle La Quinta
San Clemente, CA 92673
In 1967, he was drafted into the United States Army and later served in the Vietnam War with the 9th Infantry Division (Old Reliables) and earned a Purple Heart when he was wounded by enemy forces while on patrol. After his return from Vietnam, he again played in the Dodgers' farm system in 1969 and 1970, although his war injuries had impaired his baseball skills, so he never made it back to the major leagues.
Los Angeles Dodgers (1963)
Sent him 2 cards on 14 Nov and got them back signed on 2 Dec.
Mr Roy Gleason
3811 Calle La Quinta
San Clemente, CA 92673
