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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1888 21 PHI NL 7 16 .304 2.84 24 23 1 23 0 0 199.2 199 112 63 11 53 89 12 0 11 855 104 1.262 9.0 0.5 2.4 4.0 1.68
1889 22 PHI NL 9 15 .375 5.58 29 21 7 15 0 1 205.0 242 177 127 8 97 64 9 0 14 902 78 1.654 10.6 0.4 4.3 2.8 0.66
1890 23 PHI NL 38 17 .691 2.63 60 55 5 54 6 2 506.0 479 253 148 8 167 222 0 1 11 0 138 1.277 8.5 0.1 3.0 3.9 1.33
1891 24 PHI NL 24 22 .522 3.51 53 44 9 40 1 1 418.0 431 237 163 10 165 100 0 0 17 0 97 1.426 9.3 0.2 3.6 2.2 0.61
1892 25 STL NL 20 24 .455 3.33 47 45 0 43 2 0 400.0 389 244 148 11 151 133 0 0 9 0 103 1.350 8.8 0.2 3.4 3.0 0.88
1893 26 STL NL 21 22 .488 4.61 48 45 3 37 1 1 380.1 436 276 195 18 187 86 0 0 16 0 102 1.638 10.3 0.4 4.4 2.0 0.46
1894 27 TOT NL 17 11 .607 4.85 29 28 1 25 0 0 230.0 299 161 124 5 65 44 0 0 4 0 113 1.583 11.7 0.2 2.5 1.7 0.68
1894 27 STL NL 2 6 .250 6.05 8 8 0 6 0 0 58.0 75 50 39 2 21 9 0 0 1 0 90 1.655 11.6 0.3 3.3 1.4 0.43
1894 27 BLN NL 15 5 .750 4.45 21 20 1 19 0 0 172.0 224 111 85 3 44 35 0 0 3 0 123 1.558 11.7 0.2 2.3 1.8 0.80
1895 28 BLN NL 2 4 .333 6.97 9 5 4 3 0 1 50.1 77 51 39 4 21 6 0 0 1 0 68 1.947 13.8 0.7 3.8 1.1 0.29
8 Seasons 138 131 .513 3.79 299 266 30 240 10 6 2389.1 2552 1511 1007 75 906 744 21 1 83 1757 104 1.447 9.6 0.3 3.4 2.8 0.82
162 Game Avg. 17 16 .513 3.79 36 32 4 29 1 1 288 307 182 121 9 109 90 3 0 10 211 104 1.447 9.6 0.3 3.4 2.8 0.82
PHI (4 yrs) 78 70 .527 3.39 166 143 22 132 7 4 1328.2 1351 779 501 37 482 475 21 1 53 1757 105 1.380 9.2 0.3 3.3 3.2 0.99
STL (3 yrs) 43 52 .453 4.10 103 98 3 86 3 1 838.1 900 570 382 31 359 228 0 0 26 0 101 1.502 9.7 0.3 3.9 2.4 0.64
BLN (2 yrs) 17 9 .654 5.02 30 25 5 22 0 1 222.1 301 162 124 7 65 41 0 0 4 0 106 1.646 12.2 0.3 2.6 1.7 0.63

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1888 21 7 16 .304 2.84 24 23 1 23 0 0 199.2 199 112 63 11 53 89 12 0 11 855 104 1.262 9.0 0.5 2.4 4.0 1.68 104
1889 22 16 31 .340 4.23 53 44 8 38 0 1 404.2 441 289 190 19 150 153 21 0 25 1757 86 1.460 9.8 0.4 3.3 3.4 1.02 86
1890 23 54 48 .529 3.34 113 99 13 92 6 3 910.2 920 542 338 27 317 375 21 1 36 1757 109 1.358 9.1 0.3 3.1 3.7 1.18 109
1891 24 78 70 .527 3.39 166 143 22 132 7 4 1328.2 1351 779 501 37 482 475 21 1 53 1757 105 1.380 9.2 0.3 3.3 3.2 0.99 105
1892 25 98 94 .510 3.38 213 188 22 175 9 4 1728.2 1740 1023 649 48 633 608 21 1 62 1757 105 1.373 9.1 0.2 3.3 3.2 0.96 105
1893 26 119 116 .506 3.60 261 233 25 212 10 5 2109.0 2176 1299 844 66 820 694 21 1 78 1757 104 1.421 9.3 0.3 3.5 3.0 0.85 104
1894 27 136 127 .517 3.72 290 261 26 237 10 5 2339.0 2475 1460 968 71 885 738 21 1 82 1757 105 1.437 9.5 0.3 3.4 2.8 0.83 105
1895 28 138 131 .513 3.79 299 266 30 240 10 6 2389.1 2552 1511 1007 75 906 744 21 1 83 1757 104 1.447 9.6 0.3 3.4 2.8 0.82 104

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1888 21 18 8 .692 2.70 237.0 231 79 71 13 62 106 14 1.236 8.8 2.4 4.0 1.71 0.5 24
1889 22 14 13 .519 3.87 251.0 240 120 108 8 96 78 9 1.339 8.6 3.4 2.8 0.81 0.3 29
1890 23 0.00 0.0 0 153 138 0 0 0 0 60
1891 24 0.00 0.0 0 167 150 0 0 0 0 53
1892 25 0.00 0.0 0 144 130 0 0 0 0 47
1893 26 0.00 0.0 0 179 161 0 0 0 0 48
1894 27 0.00 0.0 0 99 89 0 0 0 0 29
1895 28 0.00 0.0 0 36 32 0 0 0 0 9
8 Seasons 32 21 .604 16.21 488.0 471 977 879 21 158 184 23 1.289 8.7 3.4 1.16 0.4 299

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1890 NL--2.632--5th

Wins s c a p y
1890 NL--38--2nd
1891 NL--24--6th
1893 NL--21--8th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1890 NL--.691--2nd
1894 NL--.607--10th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1890 NL--1.277--10th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1890 NL--2.970--8th
1894 NL--2.544--3rd

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1890 NL--3.949--7th

Games Played s c a p y
1890 NL--60--3rd
1891 NL--53--5th
1893 NL--48--6th

Saves s c a p y
1889 NL--1--4th
1890 NL--2--1st
1891 NL--1--5th
1893 NL--1--6th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1890 NL--506.0--3rd
1891 NL--418.0--8th
1893 NL--380.3--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1890 NL--222--3rd

Games Started s c a p y
1890 NL--55--3rd
1891 NL--44--8th
1893 NL--45--4th

Complete Games s c a p y
1890 NL--54--3rd
1891 NL--40--8th
1893 NL--37--8th
Career--240--95th

Shutouts s c a p y
1890 NL--6--2nd
1893 NL--1--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1891 NL--10--10th
1892 NL--11--7th
1893 NL--18--2nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1890 NL--167--5th
1891 NL--165--5th
1893 NL--187--3rd
Career--906--149th

Hits s c a p y
1890 NL--479--3rd
1891 NL--431--3rd
1893 NL--436--5th
Career--2552--212th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1890 NL--1.329--7th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1890 NL--.142--5th
1894 NL--.196--5th

Losses s c a p y
1890 NL--17--8th
1891 NL--22--5th
1892 NL--24--7th
1893 NL--22--5th
Career--131--249th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1890 NL--148--4th
1891 NL--163--2nd
1892 NL--148--9th
1893 NL--195--1st
Career--1007--222nd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1891 NL--17--9th
1893 NL--16--5th
Career--83--148th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1888 NL--12--8th

Games Finished s c a p y
1888 NL--1--10th
1889 NL--7--2nd
1890 NL--5--3rd
1891 NL--9--1st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1890 NL--138--4th

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 InkPitching - 3 (421), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 51 (304), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 42 (305), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Ned Garver (916)
  7. Mike Caldwell (915)
  8. Ron Darling (915)
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  7. Frank Killen (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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