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Kid Gleason

William J. Gleason

Positions: Second Baseman and Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 158 lb.

Born: October 26, 1866 in Camden, NJ (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1888
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Giants/Tigers/Orioles/Browns/... 1888-1912

Final Game: August 27, 1912
Died: January 2, 1933 in Philadelphia, PA
Buried: Northwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Relatives: Brother of Harry Gleason
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Standard Pitching

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 14 954 77 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 15 1 11 2163 139 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 11 165 100 13 0 17 1859 95 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 10 0 9 1749 104 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 10 0 16 1758 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 6 0 4 1032 112 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 3 0 1 266 89 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 3 0 3 766 122 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 3 0 1 247 69 1.947 13.8 0.7 3.8 1.1 0.29
8 Yrs 138 131 .513 3.79 299 266 30 240 10 6 2389.1 2552 1511 1007 76 906 744 78 1 83 10617 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 9 0 10 1278 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 38 482 475 49 1 53 5831 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 23 0 26 3773 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 6 0 4 1013 106 1.646 12.2 0.3 2.6 1.7 0.63

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1888 21 PHI NL 199.2 24 23 112 5.05 4.60 0.11 0.00 104.0 4.67 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.2 0.9 9 .480 .497 $
1889 22 PHI NL 205.0 29 21 177 7.77 5.86 -0.27 0.00 106.0 6.49 -24 -1.9 1.0 -0.2 -0.4 -6 .433 .488 $
1890 23 PHI NL 506.0 60 55 253 4.50 5.49 -0.04 0.00 103.0 5.70 83 8.0 1.0 -0.9 11.5 124 .633 .549 $
1891 24 PHI NL 418.0 53 44 237 5.10 5.55 0.14 0.00 100.0 5.41 24 2.2 1.0 -0.3 5.4 61 .541 .513 $
1892 25 STL NL 400.0 47 45 244 5.49 5.15 -0.31 0.00 105.0 5.73 18 1.7 1.0 -0.3 4.8 57 .537 .511 $
1893 26 STL NL 380.1 48 45 276 6.53 6.67 -0.01 0.00 101.0 6.74 15 1.2 1.0 -0.3 4.0 57 .524 .507 $
1894 27 STL NL 58.0 8 8 50 7.76 7.53 -0.07 0.00 101.0 7.67 1 0.1 -0.1 0.6 8 .512 .501 $
1894 27 BLN NL 172.0 21 20 111 5.81 7.23 0.42 0.00 102.0 6.95 27 2.1 1.0 -0.2 3.4 48 .598 .513 $
1895 28 BLN NL 50.1 9 5 51 9.12 6.48 0.60 0.00 100.0 5.89 -17 -1.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.8 -12 .372 .493 $
8 Seasons 2389.1 299 266 1511 5.69 5.78 -0.01 0.00 102.6 5.94 123 11.7 1.0 -2.6 29.4 347 .539 .508 $
PHI (4 yrs) 1328.2 166 143 779 5.28 5.43 0.00 0.00 102.7 5.58 78 7.7 1.0 -1.7 17.4 188 .547 .512 $
STL (3 yrs) 838.1 103 98 570 6.12 6.00 -0.16 0.00 102.9 6.33 34 3.0 1.0 -0.7 9.4 122 .529 .506 $
BLN (2 yrs) 222.1 30 25 162 6.56 7.06 0.46 0.00 101.5 6.71 11 0.9 1.0 -0.2 2.6 36 .530 .503 $

Cumulative Pitching

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 1809 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 36 1 36 3972 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 38 482 475 49 1 53 5831 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 49 633 608 59 1 62 7580 104 1.373 9.1 0.3 3.3 3.2 0.96 104
1893 26 119 116 .506 3.60 261 233 25 212 10 5 2109.0 2176 1299 844 67 820 694 69 1 78 9338 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 72 885 738 75 1 82 10370 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 76 906 744 78 1 83 10617 104 1.447 9.6 0.3 3.4 2.8 0.82 104

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 2.65 238.0 230 78 70 13 61 106 14 1.223 8.7 2.3 4.0 1.74 0.5 24
1889 22 15 14 .517 3.73 268.0 250 123 111 8 100 84 9 1.306 8.4 3.4 2.8 0.84 0.3 29
1890 23 57 13 .814 1.93 633.0 504 151 136 8 176 278 16 1.074 7.2 2.5 4.0 1.58 0.1 60
1891 24 39 18 .684 2.68 514.0 452 170 153 12 173 123 14 1.216 7.9 3.0 2.2 0.71 0.2 53
1892 25 33 15 .688 2.63 438.0 371 142 128 10 144 146 10 1.176 7.6 3.0 3.0 1.01 0.2 47
1893 26 37 19 .661 2.83 512.0 440 179 161 18 189 116 10 1.229 7.7 3.3 2.0 0.61 0.3 48
1894 27 23 10 .697 2.64 303.0 280 99 89 5 61 58 6 1.125 8.3 1.8 1.7 0.95 0.1 29
1895 28 3 4 .429 4.36 66.0 78 36 32 4 21 8 3 1.500 10.6 2.9 1.1 0.38 0.5 9
8 Yrs 225 101 .690 2.66 2972.0 2605 978 880 78 925 919 82 1.188 7.9 2.8 0.99 0.2 299

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1938 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1939 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1945 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1890 NL  11.2 (2nd)
1891 NL  6.1 (8th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1890 NL  11.5 (2nd)
1891 NL  5.4 (8th)
1893 NL  4.0 (10th)
Career  29.4 (240th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1890 NL  2.63 (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)

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  11 (8th)
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 (153rd)

Hits s c a p y
1890 NL  479 (3rd)
1891 NL  431 (3rd)
1893 NL  436 (5th)
Career  2,552 (216th)

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  0.142 (5th)
1894 NL  0.196 (5th)

Losses s c a p y
1890 NL  17 (8th)
1891 NL  22 (5th)
1892 NL  24 (7th)
1893 NL  22 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1890 NL  148 (4th)
1891 NL  163 (2nd)
1892 NL  148 (9th)
1893 NL  195 (1st)
Career  1,007 (227th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1891 NL  17 (9th)
1893 NL  16 (5th)
Career  83 (171st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1888 NL  12 (8th)
1890 NL  15 (7th)
Career  78 (160th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1890 NL  2,163 (3rd)
1891 NL  1,859 (6th)
1893 NL  1,758 (5th)
Career  10,617 (238th)

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

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

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1890 NL  50 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1890 NL  4.7 (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 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 62 (410), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 42 (322), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Frank Killen (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Harry Staley (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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