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Bill Gleason
William G. Gleason (Will)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 170 lb.

Debut May 2, 1882
Final Game June 18, 1889
Born November 12, 1858 in St. Louis, MO
Died July 21, 1932 in St.Louis, MO

Brother of Jack Gleason

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1882 23 STL AA  79  347   63  100  11  6   1        0      6      .288  .300  .363  118  126                    
 1883 24 STL AA  98  425   81  122  21  9   2   42   0     15      .287  .311  .393  119  167                    
 1884 25 STL AA 110  472   97  127  21  7   1    0   0     27      .269  .325  .350  116  165              12    
 1885 26 STL AA 112  472   79  119   9  5   3   53   0     29      .252  .316  .311   95  147              15    
 1886 27 STL AA 125  524   97  141  18  5   0   61  19     43      .269  .333  .323  102  169               7    
 1887 28 STL AA 135  598  135  172  19  1   0   76  23     41      .288  .342  .323   77  193               8    
 1888 29 PHA AA 123  499   55  112  10  2   0   61  27     12      .224  .256  .253   63  126               9    
 1889 30 LOU AA  16   58    6   14   2  0   0    5   1      4   1  .241  .302  .276   66   16               1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      798 3395  613  907 111 35   7  298  70  0 177   1  .267  .313  .327   95 1109   0   0   0  52   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        689  124  184  23  7   1   60  14  0  36   0  .267  .313  .327   95  225   0   0   0  11   0
 Career High    135  598  135  172  21  9   3   76  27  0  43   1  .288  .342  .393  119  193   0   0   0  15   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1882 23 STL AA  353  247   38   4.0    65| .288  .253| .300  .280| .363  .327| .663  .607| 118  .610   5.9   0.7     
 1883 24 STL AA  440  303   52   4.6    75| .287  .264| .311  .294| .393  .347| .704  .641| 119  .615   9.1   1.0     
 1884 25 STL AA  511  345   51   3.9    71| .269  .249| .325  .288| .350  .339| .675  .626| 116  .582  10.0   1.2     
 1885 26 STL AA  516  353   43   3.2    77| .252  .257| .316  .303| .311  .344| .627  .648|  95  .475  -1.8  -0.2     
 1886 27 STL AA  574  383   55   3.8    78| .269  .251| .333  .315| .323  .334| .656  .650| 102  .535   2.4   0.3     
 1887 28 STL AA  647  426   64   3.9   106| .288  .293| .342  .358| .323  .395| .665  .753|  77  .443 -18.5  -1.8     
 1888 29 PHA AA  520  387   31   2.1    71| .224  .245| .256  .302| .253  .323| .509  .625|  63  .317 -21.5  -2.5     
 1889 30 LOU AA   63   44    5   3.0    91| .241  .265| .302  .337| .276  .360| .578  .697|  66  .352  -2.5  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      3624 2488  339   3.6    79| .267  .260| .313  .310| .327  .347| .640  .656|  95  .504 -16.8  -1.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1882 23 STL AA SS 79 131 294 85 23 .833 .859 5.38 4.79 1883 24 STL AA SS 98 120 257 56 22 .871 .836 3.85 3.84 1884 25 STL AA SS 110 119 316 67 23 .867 .862 3.95 4.23 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90 1885 26 STL AA SS 112 115 303 63 18 .869 .879 3.73 4.67 1886 27 STL AA SS 125 128 352 83 37 .853 .854 3.84 4.51 1887 28 STL AA SS 135 169 411 83 27 .875 .858 4.30 4.43 1888 29 PHA AA SS 121 112 370 80 32 .858 .863 3.98 4.54 1B 1 5 1 2 0 .750 .984 6.00 10.50 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 3.40 1889 30 LOU AA SS 16 26 57 18 4 .822 .873 5.19 5.12
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1888 29 PHA AA 1B 1 5 1 2 0 .750 .984 6.00 10.50 1884 25 STL AA 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90 1888 29 PHA AA 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 1.00 3.40 1882 23 STL AA SS 79 131 294 85 23 .833 .859 5.38 4.79 1883 24 STL AA SS 98 120 257 56 22 .871 .836 3.85 3.84 1884 25 STL AA SS 110 119 316 67 23 .867 .862 3.95 4.23 1885 26 STL AA SS 112 115 303 63 18 .869 .879 3.73 4.67 1886 27 STL AA SS 125 128 352 83 37 .853 .854 3.84 4.51 1887 28 STL AA SS 135 169 411 83 27 .875 .858 4.30 4.43 1888 29 PHA AA SS 121 112 370 80 32 .858 .863 3.98 4.54 1889 30 LOU AA SS 16 26 57 18 4 .822 .873 5.19 5.12
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 796 920 2360 535 186 .860 .859 4.12 4.44 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .833 0.50 3.15 1B 1 5 1 2 0 .750 .984 6.00 10.50 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 799 926 2361 537 186 .860 .859 4.11 4.45
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1885   WS    STL CHC     T   7  26   5   6  2  0  0   0   1   0  .231  .259  .308   0                
 1886   WS    STL CHC     W   6  24   3   5  0  0  0   5   1   3  .208  .240  .208   0                
 1887   WS    STL DTN     L  13  49   3   8  0  0  0   1   3   2  .163  .212  .163   1                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-1  26  99  11  19  2  0  0   6   5   5  .192  .231  .212   1                
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Batting Average
1882 AA-.288-8

OPS
1882 AA-.663-10

Games
1882 AA-79-3
1883 AA-98-1
1884 AA-110-6
1885 AA-112-1

At Bats
1882 AA-347-3
1883 AA-425-6
1884 AA-472-8
1885 AA-472-8
1887 AA-598-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1882 AA-353-5
1883 AA-440-8
1884 AA-511-3
1885 AA-516-3
1887 AA-647-2

Runs
1882 AA-63-6
1884 AA-97-10
1887 AA-135-8

Hits
1882 AA-100-5
1883 AA-122-8
1887 AA-172-7

Total Bases
1882 AA-126-7
1883 AA-167-5

Doubles
1883 AA-21-5

Triples
1882 AA-6-9
1883 AA-9-10

Singles
1882 AA-82-5
1885 AA-102-8
1886 AA-118-10
1887 AA-152-2

Adjusted OPS+
1882 AA-118-10

Runs Created
1882 AA-38-8
1883 AA-52-10

Extra-Base Hits
1883 AA-32-7

Times on Base
1882 AA-106-6
1884 AA-166-7
1885 AA-163-8

Offensive Win%
1882 AA-.610-10

Hit By Pitch
1884 AA-12-4
1885 AA-15-1
1886 AA-7-10

Outs
1882 AA-247-6
1883 AA-303-10
1884 AA-345-6
1885 AA-353-2
1887 AA-426-3

Black Ink: Batting - 2 (590) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 35 (679) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 3.0 (3090) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 19.0 (797) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

November 21, 1887: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Curt Welch to the Philadelphia Athletics for Fred Mann, Chippy McGarr, Jocko Milligan, and $3,000.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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