Bill Gleason

William G. Gleason (Will)

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

Born: November 12, 1858 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1882
Teams (by GP): Browns/Athletics/BrownStockings/Colonels 1882-1889

Final Game: June 18, 1889
Died: July 21, 1932 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
Relatives: Brother of Jack Gleason
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1882	STL	AA	23	SS	79	510	131	294	85	23	.833	5.38	.859	4.90
1883	STL	AA	24	SS	98	433	120	257	56	22	.871	3.85	.836	3.94
1884	STL	AA	25	SS	110	502	119	316	67	23	.867	3.95	.862	4.28
1884	STL	AA	25	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		3.00
1885	STL	AA	26	SS	112	481	115	303	63	18	.869	3.73	.879	4.69
1886	STL	AA	27	SS	125	563	128	352	83	37	.853	3.84	.854	4.56
1887	STL	AA	28	SS	135	663	169	411	83	27	.875	4.30	.858	4.48
1888	PHA	AA	29	SS	121	562	112	370	80	32	.858	3.98	.863	4.61
1888	PHA	AA	29	1B	1	8	5	1	2	0	.750	6.00	.976	10.60
1888	PHA	AA	29	3B	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	.870	3.50
1889	LOU	AA	30	SS	16	101	26	57	18	4	.822	5.19	.873	5.13
	8 Seasons			SS	796	3815	920	2360	535	186	.860	4.12	.859	4.50
	2 Seasons			3B	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50	.870	3.25
	1 Season			1B	1	8	5	1	2	0	.750	6.00	.976	10.60
	8 Seasons			TOT	799	3824	926	2361	537	186	.860	4.11	.860	4.51

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	Batting	1B	3B	SS
1882	STL	AA	23	79	79	0	0	79
1883	STL	AA	24	98	98	0	0	98
1884	STL	AA	25	110	110	0	1	110
1885	STL	AA	26	112	112	0	0	112
1886	STL	AA	27	125	125	0	0	125
1887	STL	AA	28	135	135	0	0	135
1888	PHA	AA	29	123	123	1	1	121
1889	LOU	AA	30	16	16	0	0	16
	8 Seasons			798	798	1	2	796

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists† s c a p y 1882 AA 294 (1st) 1887 AA 411 (4th) 1888 AA 371 (4th)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1882 AA 85 (1st) 1888 AA 82 (5th) Career 537 (66th)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1882 AA 79 (1st) 1883 AA 98 (1st) 1884 AA 110 (1st) 1885 AA 112 (1st) 1886 AA 125 (3rd) 1887 AA 135 (2nd) 1888 AA 121 (2nd)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1882 AA 131 (1st) 1883 AA 120 (3rd) 1886 AA 128 (5th) 1887 AA 169 (4th)
Assists as SS s c a p y 1882 AA 294 (1st) 1883 AA 257 (3rd) 1886 AA 352 (5th) 1887 AA 411 (3rd) 1888 AA 370 (3rd)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1882 AA 85 (1st) 1883 AA 56 (5th) 1885 AA 63 (5th) 1886 AA 83 (4th) 1887 AA 83 (5th) 1888 AA 80 (4th) Career 535 (21st)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1882 AA 5.38 (1st) 1883 AA 3.85 (5th)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1882 AA .833 (5th) 1883 AA .871 (3rd) 1884 AA .867 (5th) 1886 AA .853 (5th) 1887 AA .875 (2nd) 1888 AA .858 (5th)

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