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Bill Gleason
William G. Gleason (Will)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 12, 1858 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1882
Final Game: June 18, 1889
Died: July 21, 1932 in St.Louis, MO
Relatives: Brother of Jack Gleason
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1882 23 STL AA 79 353 347 63 100 11 6 1 0 6 .288 .300 .363 .663 118 126 *6
1883 24 STL AA 98 440 425 81 122 21 9 2 42 0 15 .287 .311 .393 .704 119 167 *6
1884 25 STL AA 110 511 472 97 127 21 7 1 0 0 27 .269 .325 .350 .674 116 165 12 *6/5
1885 26 STL AA 112 516 472 79 119 9 5 3 53 0 29 .252 .316 .311 .627 95 147 15 *6
1886 27 STL AA 125 574 524 97 141 18 5 0 61 19 43 .269 .333 .323 .655 102 169 7 *6
1887 28 STL AA 135 647 598 135 172 19 1 0 76 23 41 .288 .342 .323 .664 77 193 8 *6
1888 29 PHA AA 123 520 499 55 112 10 2 0 61 27 12 .224 .256 .253 .508 63 126 9 *6/35
1889 30 LOU AA 16 63 58 6 14 2 0 0 5 1 4 1 .241 .302 .276 .577 66 16 1 6
8 Seasons 798 3624 3395 613 907 111 35 7 298 70 177 1 .267 .313 .327 .640 95 1109 52
162 Game Avg. 162 736 689 124 184 23 7 1 60 14 36 .267 .313 .327 .640 95 225
STL (6 yrs) 659 3041 2838 552 781 99 33 7 232 42 161 .275 .324 .341 .664 101 967 42
LOU (1 yr) 16 63 58 6 14 2 0 0 5 1 4 1 .241 .302 .276 .577 66 16 1
PHA (1 yr) 123 520 499 55 112 10 2 0 61 27 12 .224 .256 .253 .508 63 126 9

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1885 26 STL AA WS CHC T 7 27 26 5 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .231 .259 .308 .567 8 0
1886 27 STL AA WS CHC W 6 25 24 3 5 0 0 0 5 0 1 3 .208 .240 .208 .448 5 0
1887 28 STL AA WS DTN L 13 52 49 3 8 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 .163 .212 .163 .375 8 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 26 104 99 11 19 2 0 0 6 1 5 5 .192 .231 .212 .443 21 0
3 WS 26 104 99 11 19 2 0 0 6 1 5 5 .192 .231 .212 .443 21 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1882 STL AA 23 SS 79 510 131 294 85 23 .833 5.38 .863 4.79
1883 STL AA 24 SS 98 433 120 257 56 22 .871 3.85 .829 3.84
1884 STL AA 25 SS 110 502 119 316 67 23 .867 3.95 .861 4.23
1884 STL AA 25 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.90
1885 STL AA 26 SS 112 481 115 303 63 18 .869 3.73 .880 4.67
1886 STL AA 27 SS 125 563 128 352 83 37 .853 3.84 .854 4.51
1887 STL AA 28 SS 135 663 169 411 83 27 .875 4.30 .855 4.43
1888 PHA AA 29 SS 121 562 112 370 80 32 .858 3.98 .864 4.54
1888 PHA AA 29 1B 1 8 5 1 2 0 .750 6.00 .988 10.50
1888 PHA AA 29 3B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .800 3.40
1889 LOU AA 30 SS 16 101 26 57 18 4 .822 5.19 .880 5.12
8 Seasons SS 796 3815 920 2360 535 186 .860 4.12 .859 4.44
2 Seasons 3B 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .800 3.15
1 Season 1B 1 8 5 1 2 0 .750 6.00 .988 10.50
8 Seasons TOT 799 3824 926 2361 537 186 .860 4.11 .719 4.45

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1882 AA--.288--8th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1882 AA--.663--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1882 AA--79--3rd
1883 AA--98--1st
1884 AA--110--6th
1885 AA--112--1st

At Bats s c a p y
1882 AA--347--3rd
1883 AA--425--6th
1884 AA--472--8th
1885 AA--472--8th
1887 AA--598--2nd

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1882 AA--353--5th
1883 AA--440--8th
1884 AA--511--3rd
1885 AA--516--3rd
1887 AA--647--2nd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1882 AA--63--6th
1884 AA--97--10th
1887 AA--135--8th

Hits s c a p y
1882 AA--100--5th
1883 AA--122--8th
1887 AA--172--7th

Total Bases s c a p y
1882 AA--126--7th
1883 AA--167--5th

Doubles s c a p y
1883 AA--21--5th

Triples s c a p y
1882 AA--6--9th
1883 AA--9--10th

Singles s c a p y
1882 AA--82--5th
1885 AA--102--8th
1886 AA--118--10th
1887 AA--152--2nd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1882 AA--118--10th

Runs Created s c a p y
1882 AA--38--8th
1883 AA--52--10th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1883 AA--32--7th

Times On Base s c a p y
1882 AA--106--6th
1884 AA--166--7th
1885 AA--163--8th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1882 AA--.610--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1884 AA--12--4th
1885 AA--15--1st
1886 AA--7--10th

Outs Made s c a p y
1882 AA--247--6th
1883 AA--303--10th
1884 AA--345--6th
1885 AA--353--2nd
1887 AA--426--3rd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkBatting - 2 (556), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 31 (628), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 19 (805), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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.

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