Kid Gleason
William J. Gleason
Born: October 26, 1866
Camden, NJ USA
Deceased: 1933
Philadelphia, PA USA
Primary Position: 2B
All Position(s) Played: P, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, RF, CF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: B
Throws: R
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 158
Career: 1888-1912
Minor League Statistics
Kid Gleason compiled a career batting average of .261 with 15 home runs and 824 RBI in his 1966-game career with the Philadelphia Quakers, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns, Baltimore Orioles, New York Giants, Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox. He began playing during the 1888 season and last took the field during the 1912 campaign.
 Philadelphia Quakers |
Philadelphia Phillies |
 St. Louis Browns |
 New York Giants |
 Detroit Tigers |
 Chicago White Sox |
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888 | NL | Philadelphia Quakers | 7 | 16 | .304 | 2.84 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 199.7 | 199 | 112 | 63 | 11 | 53 | 0 | 89 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 855 |
| 1889 | NL | Philadelphia Quakers | 9 | 15 | .375 | 5.58 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 205.0 | 242 | 177 | 127 | 8 | 97 | 0 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 954 |
| 1890 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 38 | 17 | .691 | 2.63 | 60 | 55 | 5 | 54 | 6 | 2 | 506.0 | 479 | 253 | 148 | 8 | 167 | 0 | 222 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 2163 |
| 1891 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 24 | 22 | .522 | 3.51 | 53 | 44 | 9 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 418.0 | 431 | 237 | 163 | 11 | 165 | 0 | 100 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 1859 |
| 1892 | NL | St. Louis Browns | 20 | 24 | .455 | 3.33 | 47 | 45 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 400.0 | 389 | 244 | 148 | 11 | 151 | 0 | 133 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1749 |
| 1893 | NL | St. Louis Browns | 21 | 22 | .488 | 4.61 | 48 | 45 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 380.3 | 436 | 276 | 195 | 18 | 187 | 0 | 86 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 1758 |
| 1894 | NL | St. Louis Browns | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.05 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 75 | 50 | 39 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 266 |
| 1894 | NL | Baltimore Orioles | 15 | 5 | .750 | 4.45 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 172.0 | 224 | 111 | 85 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 766 |
| 1895 | NL | Baltimore Orioles | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.97 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 50.3 | 77 | 51 | 39 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 247 |
| Totals | 138 | 131 | .513 | 3.79 | 299 | 266 | 30 | 240 | 10 | 6 | 2389.3 | 2552 | 1511 | 1007 | 76 | 906 | 0 | 744 | 78 | 1 | 83 | 10617 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888 | NL | Philadelphia Quakers | 24 | 86 | 83 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .205 | .233 | .229 | .461 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | NL | Philadelphia Quakers | 30 | 107 | 99 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .253 | .308 | .303 | .611 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 63 | 236 | 224 | 22 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 21 | .210 | .250 | .223 | .473 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1891 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 65 | 236 | 214 | 31 | 53 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 17 | .248 | .318 | .290 | .608 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1892 | NL | St. Louis Browns | 66 | 267 | 233 | 35 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 23 | .215 | .315 | .288 | .602 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1893 | NL | St. Louis Browns | 59 | 220 | 199 | 25 | 51 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | .256 | .327 | .327 | .654 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1894 | NL | St. Louis Browns | 9 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .300 | .321 | .621 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1894 | NL | Baltimore Orioles | 26 | 97 | 86 | 22 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | .349 | .398 | .430 | .828 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1895 | NL | Baltimore Orioles | 112 | 465 | 421 | 90 | 130 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 74 | 19 | 0 | 33 | 18 | .309 | .366 | .399 | .765 | 168 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1896 | NL | New York Giants | 133 | 595 | 541 | 79 | 162 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 89 | 46 | 0 | 42 | 13 | .299 | .352 | .372 | .724 | 201 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1897 | NL | New York Giants | 132 | 578 | 543 | 86 | 172 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 106 | 44 | 0 | 27 | 24 | .317 | .353 | .366 | .719 | 199 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1898 | NL | New York Giants | 150 | 619 | 570 | 78 | 126 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 62 | 21 | 0 | 39 | 28 | .221 | .278 | .253 | .531 | 144 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1899 | NL | New York Giants | 147 | 612 | 580 | 73 | 154 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 29 | 0 | 24 | 28 | .266 | .295 | .307 | .602 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1900 | NL | New York Giants | 111 | 449 | 420 | 60 | 104 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 19 | .248 | .280 | .295 | .575 | 124 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1901 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 135 | 605 | 547 | 82 | 150 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 75 | 32 | 0 | 41 | 25 | .274 | .327 | .364 | .691 | 199 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 1902 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 118 | 480 | 441 | 42 | 109 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 12 | .247 | .292 | .297 | .589 | 131 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1903 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 106 | 458 | 412 | 65 | 117 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 12 | 0 | 23 | 19 | .284 | .326 | .367 | .693 | 151 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 1904 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 153 | 661 | 587 | 61 | 161 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 17 | 0 | 37 | 36 | .274 | .319 | .334 | .653 | 196 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 1905 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 155 | 699 | 608 | 95 | 150 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 50 | 16 | 0 | 45 | 45 | .247 | .302 | .303 | .604 | 184 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| 1906 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 135 | 562 | 494 | 47 | 112 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 17 | 0 | 36 | 29 | .227 | .281 | .269 | .550 | 133 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 1907 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 36 | 145 | 126 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .143 | .200 | .167 | .367 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1912 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1968 | 8210 | 7459 | 1022 | 1946 | 216 | 81 | 15 | 824 | 329 | 0 | 501 | 408 | .261 | .311 | .318 | .628 | 2369 | 0 | 38 | 212 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888 | NL | Philadelphia Quakers | P | 24 | 0 | 200.0 | 6 | 31 | 7 | 1 | .841 | 1.665 | 1.542 |
| 1888 | NL | Philadelphia Quakers | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1889 | NL | Philadelphia Quakers | P | 29 | 0 | 205.0 | 12 | 44 | 9 | 1 | .862 | 2.459 | 1.931 |
| 1889 | NL | Philadelphia Quakers | 2B | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 5.538 | 4.000 |
| 1889 | NL | Philadelphia Quakers | OF | 3 | 0 | 10.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | .667 |
| 1890 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 60 | 0 | 506.0 | 24 | 95 | 8 | 4 | .937 | 2.117 | 1.983 |
| 1890 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 2B | 2 | 0 | 17.0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 4.765 | 4.500 |
| 1891 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 53 | 0 | 418.0 | 22 | 73 | 11 | 2 | .896 | 2.045 | 1.792 |
| 1891 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | OF | 9 | 0 | 64.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.391 | 1.889 |
| 1891 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | SS | 4 | 0 | 25.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .765 | 4.680 | 3.250 |
| 1892 | NL | St. Louis Browns | P | 47 | 0 | 400.0 | 42 | 100 | 10 | 4 | .934 | 3.195 | 3.021 |
| 1892 | NL | St. Louis Browns | OF | 10 | 0 | 79.0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 1.595 | 1.400 |
| 1892 | NL | St. Louis Browns | 2B | 9 | 0 | 68.0 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 5.824 | 4.889 |
| 1892 | NL | St. Louis Browns | 1B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 4.000 |
| 1893 | NL | St. Louis Browns | P | 48 | 0 | 380.0 | 30 | 87 | 12 | 3 | .907 | 2.771 | 2.438 |
| 1893 | NL | St. Louis Browns | OF | 11 | 0 | 92.0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 2.152 | 2.000 |
| 1893 | NL | St. Louis Browns | SS | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 3.750 | 5.000 |
| 1894 | NL | Baltimore Orioles | P | 21 | 0 | 172.0 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .900 | 1.884 | 1.714 |
| 1894 | NL | St. Louis Browns | P | 8 | 0 | 58.0 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 3.569 | 2.875 |
| 1894 | NL | St. Louis Browns | 1B | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.455 | 14.000 |
| 1894 | NL | Baltimore Orioles | 1B | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.714 | 6.000 |
| 1895 | NL | Baltimore Orioles | 2B | 85 | 0 | 728.0 | 205 | 250 | 51 | 32 | .899 | 5.625 | 5.353 |
| 1895 | NL | Baltimore Orioles | 3B | 12 | 0 | 107.0 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 1 | .833 | 3.364 | 3.333 |
| 1895 | NL | Baltimore Orioles | P | 9 | 0 | 50.0 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 2.520 | 1.556 |
| 1895 | NL | Baltimore Orioles | OF | 4 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | .500 |
| 1896 | NL | New York Giants | 2B | 130 | 0 | 1102.0 | 329 | 397 | 48 | 38 | .938 | 5.929 | 5.585 |
| 1896 | NL | New York Giants | 3B | 3 | 0 | 28.0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 3.536 | 3.667 |
| 1896 | NL | New York Giants | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 |
| 1897 | NL | New York Giants | 2B | 130 | 0 | 1133.0 | 312 | 396 | 53 | 43 | .930 | 5.624 | 5.446 |
| 1897 | NL | New York Giants | SS | 3 | 0 | 22.0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .813 | 5.318 | 4.333 |
| 1898 | NL | New York Giants | 2B | 144 | 0 | 1257.0 | 366 | 468 | 55 | 57 | .938 | 5.971 | 5.792 |
| 1898 | NL | New York Giants | SS | 6 | 0 | 59.0 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 1 | .881 | 5.644 | 6.167 |
| 1899 | NL | New York Giants | 2B | 147 | 0 | 1248.0 | 404 | 472 | 50 | 61 | .946 | 6.317 | 5.959 |
| 1900 | NL | New York Giants | 2B | 111 | 0 | 966.0 | 321 | 326 | 48 | 51 | .931 | 6.028 | 5.829 |
| 1900 | NL | New York Giants | SS | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 3.857 | 3.000 |
| 1901 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 2B | 135 | 0 | 1183.0 | 334 | 457 | 64 | 67 | .925 | 6.018 | 5.859 |
| 1902 | AL | Detroit Tigers | 2B | 118 | 0 | 1035.0 | 320 | 349 | 42 | 66 | .941 | 5.817 | 5.669 |
| 1903 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 2B | 102 | 0 | 874.0 | 236 | 280 | 22 | 30 | .959 | 5.314 | 5.059 |
| 1903 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | OF | 4 | 0 | 22.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.455 | 1.500 |
| 1904 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 2B | 152 | 152 | 1308.0 | 379 | 463 | 52 | 44 | .942 | 5.794 | 5.539 |
| 1904 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 3B | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 2.000 |
| 1905 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 2B | 155 | 155 | 1389.0 | 365 | 457 | 46 | 49 | .947 | 5.326 | 5.303 |
| 1906 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 2B | 135 | 133 | 1167.0 | 215 | 358 | 32 | 39 | .947 | 4.419 | 4.244 |
| 1907 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 2B | 26 | 26 | 227.0 | 72 | 67 | 3 | 8 | .979 | 5.511 | 5.346 |
| 1907 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 1B | 4 | 4 | 33.0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .972 | 9.545 | 8.750 |
| 1907 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | SS | 4 | 2 | 15.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 4.800 | 2.000 |
| 1907 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | OF | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.636 | 2.000 |
| 1908 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 2.000 |
| 1908 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 18.000 | 2.000 |
| 1912 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |
| Totals | 1971 | 473 | 16735.0 | 4237 | 5324 | 672 | 609 | .934 | 5.142 | 4.851 |
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