Kid Gleason
William J. Gleason
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7" , Weight: 158 lb.

Born: October 26, 1866 in Camden, NJ (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1888
Final Game: August 27, 1912
Died: January 2, 1933 in Philadelphia, PA
Relatives: Brother of Harry 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
1888 21 PHI NL 24 86 83 4 17 2 0 0 5 3 3 16 .205 .233 .229 .461 44 19 0 1/O
1889 22 PHI NL 30 107 99 11 25 5 0 0 8 4 8 12 .253 .308 .303 .611 65 30 0 1/O4
1890 23 PHI NL 63 236 224 22 47 3 0 0 17 10 12 21 .210 .250 .223 .473 36 50 0 1/4
1891 24 PHI NL 65 236 214 31 53 5 2 0 17 6 20 17 .248 .318 .290 .608 75 62 2 1/O6
1892 25 STL NL 66 267 233 35 50 4 2 3 25 7 34 23 .215 .315 .288 .602 78 67 0 1O/43
1893 26 STL NL 59 220 199 25 51 6 4 0 20 2 19 8 .256 .327 .327 .654 74 65 2 1O/6
1894 27 TOT NL 35 123 114 25 37 5 2 0 18 1 9 3 .325 .374 .404 .777 85 46 0 1/3
1894 27 STL NL 9 30 28 3 7 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 .250 .300 .321 .621 50 9 0 /13
1894 27 BLN NL 26 93 86 22 30 5 1 0 17 1 7 2 .349 .398 .430 .828 96 37 0 1/3
1895 28 BLN NL 112 465 421 90 130 14 12 0 74 19 33 18 .309 .366 .399 .765 95 168 5 6 45/1O
1896 29 NYG NL 133 595 541 79 162 17 5 4 89 46 42 13 .299 .352 .372 .724 93 201 2 10 *4/5O
1897 30 NYG NL 131 574 540 85 172 16 4 1 106 43 26 .319 .353 .369 .722 93 199 3 5 *4/6
1898 31 NYG NL 150 619 570 78 126 8 5 0 62 21 39 .221 .278 .253 .531 54 144 6 4 *4/6
1899 32 NYG NL 146 608 576 72 152 14 4 0 59 29 24 .264 .293 .302 .595 65 174 0 8 *4
1900 33 NYG NL 111 449 420 60 104 11 3 1 29 23 17 .248 .280 .295 .575 62 124 2 10 *4/6
1901 34 DET AL 135 605 547 82 150 16 12 3 75 32 41 .274 .327 .364 .691 88 199 2 15 *4
1902 35 DET AL 118 480 441 42 109 11 4 1 38 17 25 .247 .292 .297 .589 60 131 3 11 *4
1903 36 PHI NL 106 458 412 65 117 19 6 1 49 12 23 .284 .326 .367 .693 104 151 3 20 *4/O
1904 37 PHI NL 153 661 587 61 161 23 6 0 42 17 37 .274 .319 .334 .653 102 196 2 35 *4/5
1905 38 PHI NL 155 699 608 95 150 17 7 1 50 16 45 .247 .302 .303 .604 83 184 3 43 *4
1906 39 PHI NL 135 562 494 47 112 17 2 0 34 17 36 .227 .281 .269 .550 71 133 1 31 *4
1907 40 PHI NL 36 145 126 11 18 3 0 0 6 3 7 .143 .200 .167 .367 15 21 2 10 4/36O
1908 41 PHI NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /4O
1912 45 CHW AL 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 190 1 0 0 /4
22 Seasons 1966 8198 7452 1020 1944 216 80 15 823 328 500 131 .261 .311 .317 .628 78 2365 38 208
162 Game Avg. 162 676 614 84 160 18 7 1 68 27 41 .261 .311 .317 .628 78 195 3
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
PHI (10 yrs) 769 3191 2848 347 700 94 23 2 228 88 191 66 .246 .296 .297 .593 79 846 13 139
NYG (5 yrs) 671 2845 2647 374 716 66 21 6 345 162 148 13 .270 .312 .318 .630 74 842 13 37
STL (3 yrs) 134 517 460 63 108 10 7 3 46 9 55 32 .235 .319 .307 .626 74 141 2
BLN (2 yrs) 138 558 507 112 160 19 13 0 91 20 40 20 .316 .371 .404 .776 95 205 5 6
DET (2 yrs) 253 1085 988 124 259 27 16 4 113 49 66 .262 .312 .334 .646 75 330 5 26
CHW (1 yr) 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 190 1 0 0
NL (19 yrs) 1712 7111 6462 896 1684 189 64 11 710 279 434 131 .261 .310 .315 .625 78 2034 33 182
AL (3 yrs) 254 1087 990 124 260 27 16 4 113 49 66 .263 .312 .334 .646 75 331 5 26

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1888 21 PHI NL 86 66 4 1.6 75 .254 .205 .251 .233 .300 .229 .344 .461 .643 44 .215 -5.3 -0.6 .379 .096 .024 .0
1889 22 PHI NL 107 74 9 3.2 103 .287 .253 .283 .308 .356 .303 .387 .611 .742 65 .368 -4.7 -0.5 .568 .172 .051 .0
1890 23 PHI NL 236 177 13 1.9 90 .232 .210 .262 .250 .340 .223 .356 .473 .696 36 .214 -18.9 -2.0 .407 .112 .013 .0
1891 24 PHI NL 236 161 19 3.1 90 .269 .248 .263 .318 .338 .290 .358 .608 .696 75 .395 -6.7 -0.7 .559 .164 .042 .0
1892 25 STL NL 267 183 21 3.0 85 .227 .215 .257 .315 .331 .288 .344 .602 .676 78 .414 -5.5 -0.6 .590 .249 .073 4.2
1893 26 STL NL 220 148 21 3.8 106 .267 .256 .286 .327 .364 .327 .389 .654 .753 74 .380 -7.8 -0.7 .595 .176 .070 .0
1894 27 TOT NL 123 77 18 6.1 129 .333 .325 .320 .374 .391 .404 .450 .777 .842 85 .508 -2.9 -0.2 .727 .167 .079 .0
1894 27 STL NL 30 21 3 3.7 127 .259 .250 .316 .300 .387 .321 .445 .621 .832 50 .295 -2.5 -0.2 .524 .143 .071
1894 27 BLN NL 93 56 15 7.0 130 .357 .349 .321 .398 .393 .430 .452 .828 .845 96 .570 -0.4 0.0 .804 .174 .081 .0
1895 28 BLN NL 465 297 60 5.2 115 .323 .309 .306 .366 .373 .399 .413 .765 .786 95 .506 -4.4 -0.4 .773 .214 .090 .0
1896 29 NYG NL 595 389 70 4.7 105 .302 .299 .294 .352 .358 .372 .392 .724 .750 93 .486 -5.1 -0.5 .768 .235 .072 7.4
1897 30 NYG NL 574 373 70 4.9 105 .317 .319 .295 .353 .358 .369 .392 .722 .750 93 .507 -6.0 -0.6 .736 .178 .050 2.0
1898 31 NYG NL 619 448 39 2.3 89 .221 .221 .274 .278 .338 .253 .352 .531 .690 54 .266 -34.1 -3.6 .473 .137 .032 .0
1899 32 NYG NL 608 432 51 3.0 97 .264 .264 .286 .293 .348 .302 .372 .595 .721 65 .348 -28.3 -2.9 .535 .130 .038 .0
1900 33 NYG NL 449 326 34 2.7 94 .246 .248 .280 .280 .341 .295 .370 .575 .711 62 .305 -22.1 -2.3 .525 .143 .048 1.9
1901 34 DET AL 605 412 65 4.1 101 .270 .274 .290 .327 .347 .364 .390 .691 .737 88 .478 -10.6 -1.1 .690 .223 .090 5.5
1902 35 DET AL 480 343 38 2.9 102 .245 .247 .290 .292 .348 .297 .391 .589 .739 60 .335 -25.2 -2.6 .530 .145 .050 1.9
1903 36 PHI NL 458 315 49 4.1 86 .282 .284 .268 .326 .330 .367 .349 .693 .678 104 .517 1.7 0.2 .641 .167 .083 1.8
1904 37 PHI NL 661 461 62 3.5 77 .274 .274 .257 .319 .315 .334 .331 .653 .646 102 .534 1.4 0.2 .592 .152 .060 .0
1905 38 PHI NL 699 501 55 2.9 81 .245 .247 .260 .302 .321 .303 .339 .604 .660 83 .415 -12.3 -1.4 .541 .156 .056 1.9
1906 39 PHI NL 562 413 37 2.4 76 .227 .227 .253 .281 .319 .269 .322 .550 .641 71 .373 -16.6 -2.0 .490 .150 .043 .0
1907 40 PHI NL 145 118 4 0.9 74 .143 .143 .251 .200 .317 .167 .319 .367 .636 15 .094 -12.2 -1.5 .306 .103 .024 .0
1908 41 PHI NL 1 1 0 0.0 74 .000 .000 .250 .000 .312 .000 .322 .000 .634 -100 .000 -0.2 0.0 .000 .000 .000
1912 45 CHW AL 2 1 1 26.5 89 .500 .500 .269 .500 .337 .500 .354 1.000 .690 190 .971 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
22 Seasons 8198 5716 740 3.4 93 .264 .261 .277 .311 .341 .317 .366 .628 .707 78 .413 -225.6 -23.8 .587 .168 .056 28.7
162 Game Avg. 676 471 61 3.4 93 .264 .261 .277 .311 .341 .317 .366 .628 .707 78 .413 -225.6 -23.8 .587 .168 .056 2
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PHI (10 yrs) 3191 2287 252 2.9 82 .251 .246 .260 .296 .324 .297 .340 .593 .663 79 .413 -73.8 -8.3 .530 .149 .051 3.9
NYG (5 yrs) 2845 1968 264 3.5 98 .270 .270 .286 .312 .349 .318 .376 .630 .725 74 .392 -95.6 -9.9 .603 .165 .048 11.6
STL (3 yrs) 517 352 45 3.4 96 .247 .235 .273 .319 .349 .307 .370 .626 .718 74 .388 -15.9 -1.5 .588 .211 .072 4.5
BLN (2 yrs) 558 353 75 5.5 117 .329 .316 .309 .371 .376 .404 .420 .776 .796 95 .518 -4.8 -0.4 .778 .207 .089 .0
DET (2 yrs) 1085 755 103 3.6 101 .259 .262 .290 .312 .347 .334 .390 .646 .738 75 .418 -35.8 -3.7 .617 .188 .072 7.4
CHW (1 yr) 2 1 1 26.5 89 .500 .500 .269 .500 .337 .500 .354 1.000 .690 190 .971 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
NL (19 yrs) 7111 4960 636 3.4 92 .265 .261 .275 .310 .340 .315 .363 .625 .703 78 .411 -190.0 -20.1 .582 .165 .054 21.2
AL (3 yrs) 1087 756 104 3.6 101 .260 .263 .290 .312 .347 .334 .390 .646 .738 75 .422 -35.5 -3.7 .618 .188 .072 7.4

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1888 21 24 86 83 4 17 2 0 0 5 3 3 16 .205 .233 .229 .461 44 19 0
1889 22 54 193 182 15 42 7 0 0 13 7 11 28 .231 .275 .269 .544 56 49 0
1890 23 117 429 406 37 89 10 0 0 30 17 23 49 .219 .261 .244 .505 45 99 0
1891 24 182 665 620 68 142 15 2 0 47 23 43 66 .229 .281 .260 .541 56 161 2
1892 25 248 932 853 103 192 19 4 3 72 30 77 89 .225 .291 .267 .558 62 228 2
1893 26 307 1152 1052 128 243 25 8 3 92 32 96 97 .231 .298 .279 .576 64 293 4
1894 27 342 1275 1166 153 280 30 10 3 110 33 105 100 .240 .305 .291 .596 67 339 4
1895 28 454 1740 1587 243 410 44 22 3 184 52 138 118 .258 .321 .319 .641 75 507 9 6
1896 29 587 2335 2128 322 572 61 27 7 273 98 180 131 .269 .329 .333 .662 79 708 11 16
1897 30 718 2909 2668 407 744 77 31 8 379 141 206 131 .279 .334 .340 .674 82 907 14 21
1898 31 868 3528 3238 485 870 85 36 8 441 162 245 131 .269 .324 .325 .649 77 1051 20 25
1899 32 1014 4136 3814 557 1022 99 40 8 500 191 269 131 .268 .320 .321 .641 76 1225 20 33
1900 33 1125 4585 4234 617 1126 110 43 9 529 214 286 131 .266 .316 .319 .634 74 1349 22 43
1901 34 1260 5190 4781 699 1276 126 55 12 604 246 327 131 .267 .317 .324 .641 76 1548 24 58
1902 35 1378 5670 5222 741 1385 137 59 13 642 263 352 131 .265 .315 .322 .636 75 1679 27 69
1903 36 1484 6128 5634 806 1502 156 65 14 691 275 375 131 .267 .316 .325 .641 77 1830 30 89
1904 37 1637 6789 6221 867 1663 179 71 14 733 292 412 131 .267 .316 .326 .642 79 2026 32 124
1905 38 1792 7488 6829 962 1813 196 78 15 783 308 457 131 .265 .315 .324 .638 79 2210 35 167
1906 39 1927 8050 7323 1009 1925 213 80 15 817 325 493 131 .263 .313 .320 .632 79 2343 36 198
1907 40 1963 8195 7449 1020 1943 216 80 15 823 328 500 131 .261 .311 .317 .628 78 2364 38 208
1908 41 1965 8196 7450 1020 1943 216 80 15 823 328 500 131 .261 .311 .317 .628 78 2364 38 208
1909 42 1965 8196 7450 1020 1943 216 80 15 823 328 500 131 .261 .311 .317 .628 78 2364 38 208
1910 43 1965 8196 7450 1020 1943 216 80 15 823 328 500 131 .261 .311 .317 .628 78 2364 38 208
1911 44 1965 8196 7450 1020 1943 216 80 15 823 328 500 131 .261 .311 .317 .628 78 2364 38 208
1912 45 1966 8198 7452 1020 1944 216 80 15 823 328 500 131 .261 .311 .317 .628 78 2365 38 208

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1888 21 29 101 98 4 19 2 0 0 5 3 3 19 .194 .218 .214 .432 5 24
1889 22 37 122 114 9 24 5 0 0 6 4 8 15 .211 .262 .254 .517 7 30
1890 23 76 275 262 21 50 3 0 0 16 11 13 25 .191 .229 .202 .431 12 63
1891 24 76 265 243 28 54 5 2 0 15 6 20 20 .222 .287 .259 .546 18 65
1892 25 69 270 239 30 46 4 2 3 21 6 31 24 .192 .285 .264 .549 18 66
1893 26 73 254 233 21 50 6 4 0 17 2 19 10 .215 .280 .275 .554 17 59
1894 27 43 136 128 18 33 4 2 0 13 1 8 4 .258 .301 .320 .622 12 35
1895 28 136 512 476 71 122 13 11 0 58 18 31 22 .256 .309 .330 .638 48 112
1896 29 163 679 633 73 168 18 5 4 82 48 44 16 .265 .315 .329 .644 65 133
1897 30 157 649 619 79 177 16 4 1 99 44 27 0 .286 .319 .330 .649 65 131
1898 31 158 639 594 76 127 8 5 0 60 21 39 0 .214 .269 .244 .513 38 150
1899 32 154 616 593 65 147 14 4 0 54 28 23 0 .248 .276 .285 .561 46 146
1900 33 127 493 473 62 112 12 3 1 30 25 18 0 .237 .268 .281 .549 35 111
1901 34 160 667 623 77 154 16 12 3 70 33 42 0 .247 .297 .326 .623 60 135
1902 35 139 536 506 42 116 12 4 1 38 18 27 0 .229 .272 .275 .547 38 118
1903 36 123 507 477 76 136 22 7 1 57 14 27 0 .285 .327 .367 .694 57 106
1904 37 159 667 623 72 181 26 7 0 50 19 42 0 .291 .337 .355 .692 74 153
1905 38 162 700 647 112 168 19 8 1 59 18 50 0 .260 .316 .318 .634 65 155
1906 39 142 580 536 61 134 20 2 0 44 20 43 0 .250 .307 .295 .602 48 135
1907 40 38 147 136 15 22 4 0 0 8 4 9 0 .162 .224 .191 .416 5 36
1908 41 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1912 45 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 1
22 Seasons 2224 8818 8256 1012 2040 229 82 15 802 343 524 155 .247 .295 .300 .595 734 1966
162 Game Avg. 162 642 601 74 149 17 6 1 58 25 38 .247 .295 .300 .595 53 1966
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1896 NL--133--1st
1904 NL--153--3rd
1905 NL--155--1st
Career--1966--244th

At Bats s c a p y
1896 NL--541--8th
1897 NL--540--10th
1904 NL--587--3rd
1905 NL--608--2nd
Career--7452--190th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1904 NL--661--2nd
1905 NL--699--1st
Career--8198--218th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1905 NL--95--9th

Hits s c a p y
1904 NL--161--6th

Total Bases s c a p y
1904 NL--196--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1904 NL--23--8th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1897 NL--106--8th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
Career--328--123rd

Singles s c a p y
1897 NL--151--8th
1904 NL--132--4th
Career--1633--132nd

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1901 AL--15--8th
1903 NL--20--4th
1904 NL--35--1st
1905 NL--43--1st
1906 NL--31--4th
Career--208--78th

AB per SO s c a p y
1896 NL--41.615--6th

Outs Made s c a p y
1896 NL--389--9th
1898 NL--448--6th
1899 NL--432--10th
1901 AL--412--7th
1904 NL--461--1st
1905 NL--501--1st
Career--5716--179th

Oldest s c a p y
1902 AL--born 1866-10-26--10th
1903 NL--born 1866-10-26--6th
1904 NL--born 1866-10-26--5th
1905 NL--born 1866-10-26--1st
1906 NL--born 1866-10-26--2nd
1907 NL--born 1866-10-26--2nd
1908 NL--born 1866-10-26--1st
1912 AL--born 1866-10-26--2nd

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 2 (556), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 19 (898), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1231), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (826), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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