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Jim Gleeson
James Joseph Gleeson (Gee Gee)

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 191 lb.
School Rockhurst University

Debut April 25, 1936
Final Game May 5, 1942
Born March 5, 1912 in Kansas City, MO
Died May 1, 1996 in Kansas City, MO

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1936 24 CLE AL  41  139   26   36   9  2   4   12   2  1  18  17  .259  .344  .439   90   61   1           0    
 1939 27 CHC NL 111  332   43   74  19  6   4   45   7     39  46  .223  .308  .352   76  117  10           2   5
 1940 28 CHC NL 129  485   76  152  39 11   5   61   4     54  52  .313  .389  .470  138  228   6           6   8
 1941 29 CIN NL 102  301   47   70  10  0   3   34   7     45  30  .233  .340  .296   79   89   5           4   8
 1942 30 CIN NL   9   20    3    4   0  0   0    2   0      2   2  .200  .304  .200   49    4   1           1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      392 1277  195  336  77 19  16  154  20  1 158 147  .263  .350  .391  101  499  23   0   0  13  21
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        528   81  139  32  8   7   64   8  0  65  61  .263  .350  .391  101  206  10   0   0   5   9
 Career High    129  485   76  152  39 11   5   61   7  1  54  52  .313  .389  .470  138  228  10   0   0   6   8
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1936 24 CLE AL  158  105   21   5.3   124| .259  .302| .344  .379| .439  .444| .783  .823|  90  .481  -2.9  -0.3  66%
 1939 27 CHC NL  383  273   36   3.5   105| .223  .283| .308  .349| .352  .404| .660  .753|  76  .383 -11.8  -1.2     
 1940 28 CHC NL  551  347   87   6.8    96| .313  .269| .389  .334| .470  .388| .859  .721| 138  .690  26.9   2.7     
 1941 29 CIN NL  355  244   30   3.3    95| .233  .267| .340  .338| .296  .376| .636  .714|  79  .395  -6.5  -0.7     
 1942 30 CIN NL   24   17    1   1.6    87| .200  .256| .304  .328| .200  .356| .504  .684|  49  .168  -1.2  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1471  986  175   4.8   101| .263  .276| .350  .343| .391  .395| .741  .738| 101  .528   4.5   0.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1936 24 CLE AL OF 33 67 1 3 0 .958 .969 2.06 2.29 4 0 30 1939 27 CHC NL OF 91 175 5 8 1 .957 .975 1.98 2.17 13 12 66 1940 28 CHC NL OF 123 273 14 5 3 .983 .977 2.33 2.17 32 82 13 1941 29 CIN NL OF 84 153 1 3 0 .981 .975 1.83 2.15 22 15 50 1942 30 CIN NL OF 5 7 1 1 0 .889 .976 1.60 2.16 0 0 5
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1936 24 CLE AL OF 33 67 1 3 0 .958 .969 2.06 2.29 4 0 30 1939 27 CHC NL OF 91 175 5 8 1 .957 .975 1.98 2.17 13 12 66 1940 28 CHC NL OF 123 273 14 5 3 .983 .977 2.33 2.17 32 82 13 1941 29 CIN NL OF 84 153 1 3 0 .981 .975 1.83 2.15 22 15 50 1942 30 CIN NL OF 5 7 1 1 0 .889 .976 1.60 2.16 0 0 5
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 336 675 22 20 4 .972 .975 2.07 2.18 71 109 164 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 336 675 22 20 4 .972 .975 2.07 2.18
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
1940 NL-.313-6

On-base %
1940 NL-.389-8

OPS
1940 NL-.859-9

Doubles
1940 NL-39-3

Triples
1940 NL-11-7

Adjusted OPS+
1940 NL-138-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1940 NL-27-9

Batting Wins
1940 NL-2.7-8

Extra-Base Hits
1940 NL-55-7

Offensive Win%
1940 NL-.690-6

Hit By Pitch
1940 NL-6-5
1941 NL-4-5

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 7 (1564) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2075) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.5 (1635) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

December 8, 1936: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Cleveland Indians.

January 24, 1939: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the New York Yankees for $25,000.

December 4, 1940: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Bobby Mattick to the Cincinnati Reds for Billy Myers.

July, 1946: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Boston Red Sox for Bill Howerton and Don Lang.


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