Kid Gleason
Kid Gleason
Full name: William J. Gleason
Born: October 26, 1866, Camden, New Jersey
Died January 2, 1933, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Buried at Northwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
First Game: April 20, 1888; Final Game: August 27, 1912
Managed First Game: April 23, 1919; Managed Final Game: October 7, 1923
Umpired First Game: August 21, 1890; Umpired Final Game: August 24, 1892
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 5' 7" Weight: 158
Brother of Harry Gleason
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Kid Gleason
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1888 PHI N 24 83 4 17 2 0 0 5 3 16 0 3 .205 .233 .229 -0.2 1888 PHI N
1889 PHI N 30 99 11 25 5 0 0 8 8 12 0 4 .253 .308 .303 -0.1 1889 PHI N
1890 PHI N 63 224 22 47 3 0 0 17 12 21 0 10 .210 .250 .223 -0.2 1890 PHI N
1891 PHI N 65 214 31 53 5 2 0 17 20 17 2 6 .248 .318 .290 -0.5 1891 PHI N
1892 STL N 66 233 35 50 4 2 3 25 34 23 0 7 .215 .315 .288 0.1 1892 STL N
1893 STL N 59 199 25 51 6 4 0 20 19 8 2 2 .256 .327 .327 -0.3 1893 STL N
1894 STL N 9 28 3 7 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 .250 .300 .321 0.0 1894 STL N
1894 BAL N 26 86 22 30 5 1 0 17 7 2 0 4 1 .349 .398 .430 -0.1 1894 BAL N
1894 TOT N 35 114 25 37 5 2 0 18 9 3 0 4 1 .325 .374 .404 -0.1 1894 TOT N
1895 BAL N 112 421 90 130 14 12 0 74 33 18 5 6 19 .309 .366 .399 -1.3 1895 BAL N
1896 NY N 133 541 79 162 17 5 4 89 42 13 2 10 46 .299 .352 .372 0.6 1896 NY N
1897 NY N 131 540 85 172 16 4 1 106 26 3 5 43 .319 .353 .369 -0.2 1897 NY N
1898 NY N 150 570 78 126 8 5 0 62 39 6 4 21 .221 .278 .253 -0.9 1898 NY N
1899 NY N 146 576 72 152 14 4 0 59 24 0 8 29 .264 .293 .302 0.7 1899 NY N
1900 NY N 111 420 60 104 11 3 1 29 17 2 10 23 .248 .280 .295 -0.5 1900 NY N
1901 DET A 135 547 82 150 16 12 3 75 41 2 15 32 .274 .327 .364 -0.5 1901 DET A
1902 DET A 118 441 42 109 11 4 1 38 25 3 11 17 .247 .292 .297 -1.5 1902 DET A
1903 PHI N 106 412 65 117 19 6 1 49 23 3 20 12 .284 .326 .367 -0.3 1903 PHI N
1904 PHI N 153 587 61 161 23 6 0 42 37 2 35 17 .274 .319 .334 1.0 1904 PHI N
1905 PHI N 155 608 95 150 17 7 1 50 45 3 43 16 .247 .302 .303 -2.3 1905 PHI N
1906 PHI N 135 494 47 112 17 2 0 34 36 1 31 17 .227 .281 .269 -4.8 1906 PHI N
1907 PHI N 36 126 11 18 3 0 0 6 7 2 10 3 .143 .200 .167 -1.6 1907 PHI N
1908 PHI N 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 1908 PHI N
1912 CHI A 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0.0 1912 CHI A
Total NL 1712 6462 896 1684 189 64 11 710 434 131i 33 186i 279 .261 .310 .315 -10.9 Total NL
Total AL 254 990 124 260 27 16 4 113 66 5 26 49 .263 .312 .334 -2.0 Total AL
Total 1966 7452 1020 1944 216 80 15 823 500 131i 38 212i 328 .261 .311 .317 -12.9 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH SB AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
Pitching Record Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO SH WP HPB BK W L ERA PW Year Team
1888 PHI N 24 23 23 0 1 0 199.2 199 855 11 112 63 53 89 11 12 0 7 16 2.84 -0.1 1888 PHI N
1889 PHI N 29 21 15 0 7 1 205 242 902 8 177 127 97 64 14 9 0 9 15 5.58 -1.9 1889 PHI N
1890 PHI N 60 55 54 6 5 2 506 479 0 8 253 148 167 222 11 0 1 38 17 2.63 4.0 1890 PHI N
1891 PHI N 53 44 40 1 9 1 418 431 0 10 237 163 165 100 17 0 0 24 22 3.51 0.2 1891 PHI N
1892 STL N 47 45 43 2 0 0 400 389 0 11 244 148 151 133 9 0 0 20 24 3.33 -0.4 1892 STL N
1893 STL N 48 45 37 1 3 1 380.1 436 0 18 276 195 187 86 16 0 0 21 22 4.61 1.3 1893 STL N
1894 STL N 8 8 6 0 0 0 58 75 0 2 50 39 21 9 0 1 0 0 2 6 6.05 -0.2 1894 STL N
1894 BAL N 21 20 19 0 1 0 172 224 0 3 111 85 44 35 0 3 0 0 15 5 4.45 1.9 1894 BAL N
1894 TOT N 29 28 25 0 1 0 230 299 0 5 161 124 65 44 0 4 0 0 17 11 4.85 1.7 1894 TOT N
1895 BAL N 9 5 3 0 4 1 50.1 77 0 4 51 39 21 6 0 1 0 0 2 4 6.97 -1.0 1895 BAL N
Total 299 266 240 10 30 6 2389.1 2552 1757 75 1511 1007 906 744 0i 83 21 1 138 131 3.79 3.8 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB SO SH WP HPB BK W L ERA PW Year Team
i - incomplete
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1888 PHI N P 24 6 31 7 1 .841
1888 PHI N OF 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1889 PHI N P 29 12 44 9 1 .862
1889 PHI N OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0
1889 PHI N 2B 2 5 3 1 0 .889
1890 PHI N P 60 24 95 8 4 .937
1890 PHI N 2B 2 2 7 3 0 .750
1891 PHI N P 53 22 73 11 2 .896
1891 PHI N OF 9 17 0 0 0 1.000 1 8 0
1891 PHI N SS 4 8 5 4 1 .765
1892 STL N P 47 42 100 10 4 .934
1892 STL N OF 10 14 2 3 0 .842 3 2 6
1892 STL N 2B 9 20 24 1 0 .978
1892 STL N 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000
1893 STL N P 48 30 87 12 3 .907
1893 STL N OF 11 21 1 1 0 .957 5 0 6
1893 STL N SS 1 2 3 3 0 .625
1894 STL N P 8 7 16 3 0 .885
1894 STL N 1B 1 13 1 0 0 1.000
1894 BAL N P 21 15 21 4 1 .900
1894 BAL N 1B 1 6 0 0 1 1.000
1894 TOT N P 29 22 37 7 1 .894
1894 TOT N 1B 2 19 1 0 1 1.000
1895 BAL N 2B 85 205 250 51 32 .899
1895 BAL N 3B 12 22 18 8 1 .833
1895 BAL N P 9 5 9 2 0 .875
1895 BAL N OF 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 4 0 0
1896 NY N 2B 130 329 397 48 38 .938
1896 NY N 3B 3 4 7 2 0 .846
1896 NY N OF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0
1897 NY N 2B 129 309 395 53 43 .930
1897 NY N SS 3 5 8 3 1 .813
1898 NY N 2B 144 366 468 55 57 .938
1898 NY N SS 6 17 20 5 1 .881
1899 NY N 2B 146 403 465 50 60 .946
1900 NY N 2B 111 321 326 48 51 .931
1900 NY N SS 1 2 1 3 0 .500
1901 DET A 2B 135 334 457 64 67 .925
1902 DET A 2B 118 320 349 42 66 .941
1903 PHI N 2B 102 236 280 22 30 .959
1903 PHI N OF 4 6 0 1 0 .857 0 2 0
1904 PHI N 2B 152 379 463 52 44 .942
1904 PHI N 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000
1905 PHI N 2B 155 365 457 46 49 .947
1906 PHI N 2B 135 215 358 32 39 .947
1907 PHI N 2B 26 72 67 3 8 .979
1907 PHI N SS 4 4 4 1 1 .889
1907 PHI N 1B 4 34 1 1 2 .972
1907 PHI N OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0
1908 PHI N OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0
1908 PHI N 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000
1912 CHI A 2B 1 1 1 0 0 1.000
Total 2B 1583 3883 4768 571 584 .938
Total P 299 163 476 66 16 .906
Total OF 45 67 3 5 0 .933 14 15 13
Total SS 19 38 41 19 4 .806
Total 3B 16 27 26 10 1 .841
Total 1B 7 57 2 1 3 .983
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Managerial Record Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1919 CHI A 140 88 52 .629 667 534 1
1920 CHI A 154 96 58 .623 794 665 2
1921 CHI A 154 62 92 .403 683 858 7
1922 CHI A 155 77 77 .500 691 691 5
1923 CHI A 156 69 85 .448 692 740 7
Total 759 392 364 .519 3527 3488
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
World Series Managerial Record World Series Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1919 CHI A 8 3 5 .375 20 35
Umpiring Record
Year LG
1890 NL
1892 NL
Transactions 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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