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Kid Gleason

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Full Name: William J. Gleason Primary Position: 2B,P
Height/Weight: 5' 7"/158 First Game: April 20, 1888
Birthdate: October 26, 1866 Final Game: August 27, 1912
Birthplace: Camden, New Jersey MLB Experience: 22 years
Died: January 2, 1933
Deathplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bat/Throw: Both/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Pitching Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Kid Gleason (William J. Gleason) was born on October 26, 1866 in Camden, New Jersey. He made his Major League debut on April 20, 1888 for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1890, his rookie year, he hit .210 with 0 home runs and 17 RBI. Gleason played for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Perfectos, Baltimore Orioles, New York Giants, Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 22 year career.

Most people believe that Kid Gleason's best season was 1897, when he stole 43 bases, hit for a .319 average and knocked in 106 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1888 PHI N 24 83 4 17 0 5 .205 .233 .229 2 0 3 16 0 0 3 0 0
1889 PHI N 30 99 11 25 0 8 .253 .308 .303 5 0 8 12 0 0 4 0 0
1890 PHI N 63 224 22 47 0 17 .210 .250 .223 3 0 12 21 0 0 10 0 0
1891 PHI N 65 214 31 53 0 17 .248 .318 .290 5 2 20 17 2 0 6 0 0
1892 STL N 66 233 35 50 3 25 .215 .315 .288 4 2 34 23 0 0 7 0 0
1893 STL N 59 199 25 51 0 20 .256 .327 .327 6 4 19 8 2 0 2 0 0
1894 STL N 9 28 3 7 0 1 .250 .300 .321 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
1894 BAL N 26 86 22 30 0 17 .349 .398 .430 5 1 7 2 0 4 1 0 0
1894 TOT N 35 114 25 37 0 18 .325 .374 .404 5 2 9 3 0 4 1 0 0
1895 BAL N 112 421 90 130 0 74 .309 .366 .399 14 12 33 18 5 6 19 0 0
1896 NY N 133 541 79 162 4 89 .299 .352 .372 17 5 42 13 2 10 46 0 0
1897 NY N 131 540 85 172 1 106 .319 .353 .369 16 4 26 0 3 5 43 0 0
1898 NY N 150 570 78 126 0 62 .221 .278 .253 8 5 39 0 6 4 21 0 0
1899 NY N 146 576 72 152 0 59 .264 .293 .302 14 4 24 0 0 8 29 0 0
1900 NY N 111 420 60 104 1 29 .248 .280 .295 11 3 17 0 2 10 23 0 0
1901 DET A 135 547 82 150 3 75 .274 .327 .364 16 12 41 0 2 15 32 0 0
1902 DET A 118 441 42 109 1 38 .247 .292 .297 11 4 25 0 3 11 17 0 0
1903 PHI N 106 412 65 117 1 49 .284 .326 .367 19 6 23 0 3 20 12 0 0
1904 PHI N 153 587 61 161 0 42 .274 .319 .334 23 6 37 0 2 35 17 0 0
1905 PHI N 155 608 95 150 1 50 .247 .302 .303 17 7 45 0 3 43 16 0 0
1906 PHI N 135 494 47 112 0 34 .227 .281 .269 17 2 36 0 1 31 17 0 0
1907 PHI N 36 126 11 18 0 6 .143 .200 .167 3 0 7 0 2 10 3 0 0
1908 PHI N 2 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1912 CHI A 1 2 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 1712 6462 896 1684 11 710 .261 .310 .315 189 64 434 131 33 186 279 0 0
Total AL 254 990 124 260 4 113 .263 .312 .334 27 16 66 0 5 26 49 0 0
Total 1966 7452 1020 1944 15 823 .261 .311 .317 216 80 500 131 38 212 328 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1888 PHI N P 24 0 0 6 31 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .841
1888 PHI N OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1889 PHI N OF 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1889 PHI N 2B 2 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1889 PHI N P 29 0 0 12 44 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 .862
1890 PHI N 2B 2 0 0 2 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
1890 PHI N P 60 0 0 24 95 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 .937
1891 PHI N SS 4 0 0 8 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .765
1891 PHI N P 53 0 0 22 73 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 .896
1891 PHI N OF 9 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1892 STL N 2B 9 0 0 20 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1892 STL N P 47 0 0 42 100 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 .934
1892 STL N 1B 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1892 STL N OF 10 0 0 14 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .842
1893 STL N OF 11 0 0 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1893 STL N SS 1 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .625
1893 STL N P 48 0 0 30 87 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 .907
1894 STL N 1B 1 0 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1894 STL N P 8 0 0 7 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .885
1894 BAL N P 21 0 0 15 21 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1894 BAL N 1B 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1894 TOT N 1B 2 0 0 19 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1894 TOT N P 29 0 0 22 37 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 .894
1895 BAL N 2B 85 0 0 205 250 51 32 0 0 0 0 0 .899
1895 BAL N OF 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1895 BAL N 3B 12 0 0 22 18 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .833
1895 BAL N P 9 0 0 5 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .875
1896 NY N 3B 3 0 0 4 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .846
1896 NY N OF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1896 NY N 2B 130 0 0 329 397 48 38 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1897 NY N SS 3 0 0 5 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .813
1897 NY N 2B 129 0 0 309 395 53 43 0 0 0 0 0 .930
1898 NY N 2B 144 0 0 366 468 55 57 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1898 NY N SS 6 0 0 17 20 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .881
1899 NY N 2B 146 0 0 403 465 50 60 0 0 0 0 0 .946
1900 NY N 2B 111 0 0 321 326 48 51 0 0 0 0 0 .931
1900 NY N SS 1 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
1901 DET A 2B 135 0 0 334 457 64 67 0 0 0 0 0 .925
1902 DET A 2B 118 0 0 320 349 42 66 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1903 PHI N OF 4 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .857
1903 PHI N 2B 102 0 0 236 280 22 30 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1904 PHI N 2B 152 0 0 379 463 52 44 0 0 0 0 0 .942
1904 PHI N 3B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1905 PHI N 2B 155 0 0 365 457 46 49 0 0 0 0 0 .947
1906 PHI N 2B 135 0 0 215 358 32 39 0 0 0 0 0 .947
1907 PHI N SS 4 0 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1907 PHI N 1B 4 0 0 34 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1907 PHI N 2B 26 0 0 72 67 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1907 PHI N OF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1908 PHI N OF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1908 PHI N 2B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1912 CHI A 2B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 7 0 0 57 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .983
Total OF 45 0 0 67 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .933
Total 2B 1583 0 0 3883 4768 571 584 0 0 0 0 0 .938
Total P 299 0 0 163 476 66 16 0 0 0 0 0 .906
Total 3B 16 0 0 27 26 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 .841
Total SS 19 0 0 38 41 19 4 0 0 0 0 0 .806

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1888 PHI N 24 23 7 16 2.84 89 112 63 23 0 0 199.2 199 11 53 0 11 12
1889 PHI N 29 21 9 15 5.58 64 177 127 15 0 1 205 242 8 97 0 14 9
1890 PHI N 60 55 38 17 2.63 222 253 148 54 6 2 506 479 8 167 0 11 0
1891 PHI N 53 44 24 22 3.51 100 237 163 40 1 1 418 431 10 165 0 17 0
1892 STL N 47 45 20 24 3.33 133 244 148 43 2 0 400 389 11 151 0 9 0
1893 STL N 48 45 21 22 4.61 86 276 195 37 1 1 380.1 436 18 187 0 16 0
1894 STL N 8 8 2 6 6.05 9 50 39 6 0 0 58 75 2 21 0 1 0
1894 BAL N 21 20 15 5 4.45 35 111 85 19 0 0 172 224 3 44 0 3 0
1894 TOT N 29 28 17 11 4.85 44 161 124 25 0 0 230 299 5 65 0 4 0
1895 BAL N 9 5 2 4 6.97 6 51 39 3 0 1 50.1 77 4 21 0 1 0
Total 299 266 138 131 3.79 744 1511 1007 240 10 6 2389.1 2552 75 906 0 83 21

[edit] Transactions

  • Sold by St. Louis Browns to Baltimore Orioles for $2400 (@June 26, 1894).
  • Traded by Baltimore Orioles with $3500 to New York Giants in exchange for Jack Doyle (November 14, 1895).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers to New York Giants in exchange for Heinie Smith (March 7, 1903).

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