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Kid Gleason

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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
Ejections as player: 1897 (1), 1898 (2), 1899 (2), 1900 (1), 1902 (1), 1903 (1), 1904 (3), 1906 (2), 1907 (2). Total: 15
Ejections as coach: 1908 (2), 1909 (2), 1913 (1), 1927 (1). Total: 6
Ejections as manager: 1919 (2)
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Pitcher Matchups

Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   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                  132   543   86  172  16   4   1  106   27   24   3   5       44  .317  .353  .366  -0.2 1897 NY  N
1898 NY  N                  150   570   78  126   8   5   0   62   39   28   6   4       21  .221  .278  .253  -0.9 1898 NY  N
1899 NY  N                  147   580   73  154  14   5   0   60   24   28   0   8       29  .266  .295  .307   0.7 1899 NY  N
1900 NY  N                  111   420   60  104  11   3   1   29   17   19   2  10       23  .248  .280  .295  -0.5 1900 NY  N
1901 DET A    Daily Splits  135   547   82  150  16  12   3   75   41   25   2  15   0   32  .274  .327  .364  -0.5 1901 DET A
1902 DET A    Daily Splits  118   441   42  109  11   4   1   38   25   12   3  11   0   17  .247  .292  .297  -1.5 1902 DET A
1903 PHI N    Daily Splits  106   412   65  117  19   6   1   49   23   19   3  20   0   12  .284  .326  .367  -0.3 1903 PHI N
1904 PHI N    Daily Splits  153   587   61  161  23   6   0   42   37   36   2  35   0   17  .274  .319  .334   1.0 1904 PHI N
1905 PHI N    Daily Splits  155   608   95  150  17   7   1   50   45   45   3  43   0   16  .247  .302  .303  -2.3 1905 PHI N
1906 PHI N    Daily Splits  135   494   47  112  17   2   0   34   36   29   1  31   0   17  .227  .281  .269  -4.8 1906 PHI N
1907 PHI N    Daily Splits   36   126   11   18   3   0   0    6    7   12   2  10   0    3  .143  .200  .167  -1.6 1907 PHI N
1908 PHI N    Daily Splits    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0   0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1908 PHI N
1912 CHI A    Daily Splits    1     2    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0   0   0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0.0 1912 CHI A
Total NL (19 Years)        1714  6469  898 1686 189  65  11  711  435  371  33 186i  0i 280  .261  .311  .315 -10.9 Total NL
Total AL ( 3 Years)         254   990  124  260  27  16   4  113   66   37   5  26   0   49  .263  .312  .334  -2.0 Total AL
Total    (22 Years) Splits 1968  7459 1022 1946 216  81  15  824  501  408  38 212i  0i 329  .261  .311  .318 -12.9 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team

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                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  WP HBP  BK   W   L    ERA    RS    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  4.13  -0.1 1888 PHI N
1889 PHI N                   29  21  15   0   7   1  205    242         8  177  127   97   64  14   9   0   9  15   5.58  5.67  -1.9 1889 PHI N
1890 PHI N                   60  55  54   6   5   2  506    479         8  253  148  167  222  11  15   1  38  17   2.63  6.16   4.0 1890 PHI N
1891 PHI N                   53  44  40   1   9   1  418    431        11  237  163  165  100  17  13   0  24  22   3.51  5.36   0.2 1891 PHI N
1892 STL N                   47  45  43   2   0   0  400    389        11  244  148  151  133   9  10   0  20  24   3.33  5.60  -0.4 1892 STL N
1893 STL N                   48  45  37   1   3   1  380.1  436        18  276  195  187   86  16  10   0  21  22   4.61  6.22   1.3 1893 STL N
1894 STL N                    8   8   6   0   0   0   58     75         2   50   39   21    9   1   3   0   2   6   6.05  4.00  -0.2 1894 STL N
1894 BAL N                   21  20  19   0   1   0  172    224         3  111   85   44   35   3   3   0  15   5   4.45  9.45   1.9 1894 BAL N
1894 TOT N                   29  28  25   0   1   0  230    299         5  161  124   65   44   4   6   0  17  11   4.85  7.89   1.7 1894 TOT N
1895 BAL N                    9   5   3   0   4   1   50.1   77         4   51   39   21    6   1   3   0   2   4   6.97 12.40  -1.0 1895 BAL N
Total    ( 8 Years)         299 266 240  10  30   6 2389.1 2552   855  76 1511 1007  906  744  83  78   1 138 131   3.79  6.03   3.8 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  WP HBP  BK   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team


                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   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   0  .862
1889 PHI N               OF    3                       2    0    0    0     1.000     0    1    0 
1889 PHI N               2B    2                       5    3    1    0   0  .889
1890 PHI N                P   60                      24   95    8    4      .937
1890 PHI N               2B    2                       2    7    3    0   0  .750
1891 PHI N                P   53                      22   73   11    2   0  .896
1891 PHI N               OF    9                      17    0    0    0   0 1.000     1    8    0 
1891 PHI N               SS    4                       8    5    4    1   0  .765
1892 STL N                P   47                      42  100   10    4      .934
1892 STL N               OF   10                      12    2    3    0      .824     3    2    6 
1892 STL N               2B    9                      20   24    1    0      .978
1892 STL N               1B    1                       4    0    0    0   0 1.000
1893 STL N                P   48                      30   87   12    3   0  .907
1893 STL N               OF   11                      21    1    1    0      .957     5    0    6 
1893 STL N               SS    1                       2    3    3    0   0  .625
1894 STL N                P    8                       7   16    3    0      .885
1894 STL N               1B    1                      13    1    0    0   0 1.000
1894 BAL N                P   21                      15   21    4    1      .900
1894 BAL N               1B    1                       6    0    0    1   0 1.000
1894 TOT N                P   29                      22   37    7    1      .894
1894 TOT N               1B    2                      19    1    0    1   0 1.000
1895 BAL N               2B   85                     205  250   51   32   0  .899
1895 BAL N               3B   12                      22   18    8    1   0  .833
1895 BAL N                P    9                       5    9    2    0   0  .875
1895 BAL N               OF    4                       2    0    0    0   0 1.000     4    0    0 
1896 NY  N               2B  130                     329  397   48   38   0  .938
1896 NY  N               3B    3                       4    7    2    0   0  .846
1896 NY  N               OF    1                       1    0    0    0     1.000     0    1    0 
1897 NY  N               2B  130                     312  396   53   43   1  .930
1897 NY  N               SS    3                       5    8    3    1   0  .813
1898 NY  N               2B  144                     366  468   55   57   0  .938
1898 NY  N               SS    6                      17   20    5    1   0  .881
1899 NY  N               2B  147                     404  472   50   61   1  .946
1900 NY  N               2B  111                     321  326   48   51   0  .931
1900 NY  N               SS    1                       2    1    3    0   0  .500
1901 DET A Daily Splits  2B  135  134  134  1179.1i  334  457   64   67   0  .925
1902 DET A Daily Splits  2B  118  118  117  1029.1i  320  349   42   66   0  .941
1903 PHI N Daily Splits  2B  102  102  100   870.2i  236  280   22   30   0  .959
1903 PHI N               CF    4    4    3    24  i    6    0    1    0   0  .857
1903 PHI N               OF    4    4    3    24       6    0    1    0   0  .857     0    4    0 
1904 PHI N Daily Splits  2B  152  152  150  1297.1i  379  463   52   44   0  .942
1904 PHI N               3B    1    1    1     8       1    1    0    0   0 1.000
1905 PHI N Daily Splits  2B  155  155  155  1388.2   365  457   46   49   0  .947
1906 PHI N Daily Splits  2B  133  133  131  1152.1i  215  358   32   39   0  .947
1907 PHI N Daily Splits  2B   26   26   26   227      72   67    3    8   0  .979
1907 PHI N               SS    4    2    2    18  i    4    4    1    1   0  .889
1907 PHI N               1B    4    4    4    34      34    1    1    2   0  .972
1907 PHI N               CF    1    0    0     6       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1907 PHI N               OF    1    0    0     6       2    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    1    0 
1908 PHI N Daily Splits  OF    1    0    0             2    0    0    0   0 1.000     1    0    0 
1908 PHI N               LF    1    0    0             2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1908 PHI N               2B    1    0    0             1    1    0    0   0 1.000
1912 CHI A Daily Splits  2B    1    0    0             1    1    0    0   0 1.000
Total (18 Years) Splits  2B 1583  820i 813i 7144.2i 3887 4776  571  585   2i .938
Total ( 8 Years)          P  299                     163  476   66   16   0i .906
Total (10 Years)         OF   45    4i   3i   30  i   65    3    5    0   0i .932    14   17   13 
Total ( 6 Years)         SS   19    2i   2i   18  i   38   41   19    4   0  .806
Total ( 3 Years)         3B   16    1i   1i    8  i   27   26   10    1   0  .841
Total ( 3 Years)         1B    7    4i   4i   34  i   57    2    1    3   0  .983
Total ( 2 Years)         CF    5i   4i   3i   30  i    8i   0i   1i   0i  0i .889
Total ( 1 Year )         LF    1i   0i   0i            2i   0i   0i   0i  0i1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

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                           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   664                  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 ( 5 Years)  759  392  364  .519  3527  3487
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

              World Series Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1919 CHI A          8    3    5  .375    20    35


       Coaching Record
Year Team   START    END
1908 PHI N   4-14  10- 7
1909 PHI N   4-12  10- 2
1910 PHI N   4-14  10- 6
1911 PHI N   4-12  10- 6
1912 CHI A   4-11  10- 6
1913 CHI A   4-11  10- 5
1914 CHI A   4-14  10- 4
1915 CHI A   4-14  10- 3
1916 CHI A   4-12  10- 1
1917 CHI A   4-11  10-15
1926 PHI A   4-13   9-27
1927 PHI A   4-12  10- 2
1928 PHI A   4-11   9-30
1929 PHI A   4-17  10-14
1930 PHI A   4-15  10- 8
1931 PHI A   4-14  10-10
Total (16 Years) 



                           Umpiring Record
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF
1890 NL Daily       1    1    0    0    0    0    0 
1892 NL Daily       3    1    2    0    0    0    0 
Total ( 2 Years)    4    2    2    0    0    0    0 
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF



Ejection Information

As player:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 7-26-1897          NY  N  Hank O'Day          Unknown reason
 4-16-1898          NY  N  Pop Snyder          Call at 3B (Threw glove)
 7- 9-1898          NY  N  John Hunt           Interference call
 5-19-1899          NY  N  Oyster Burns        Balls and strikes
 6-16-1899          NY  N  Oyster Burns        Balls and strikes
 8- 7-1900          NY  N  Bob Emslie          Call at 2B
 7- 1-1902     BOX  DET A  Silk O'Loughlin     Call at 2B
 7-28-1903     BOX  PHI N  Bob Emslie          Call at 2B
 6-17-1904(1)  BOX  PHI N  Jim Johnstone       Unknown reason
 7-15-1904     BOX  PHI N  Augie Moran         Call at 1B
 9-22-1904(2)  BOX  PHI N  Jim Johnstone       Call at 1B
 7-15-1906     BOX  PHI N  Jim Johnstone       Unknown reason
 8-22-1906     BOX  PHI N  John Conway         Cumulative disagreements
 8- 8-1907     BOX  PHI N  Cy Rigler           Balk non-call
 8- 9-1907     BOX  PHI N  Cy Rigler           Interference call

As manager:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6-19-1919     BOX  CHI A  George Hildebrand   Call at HP
 6-30-1919     BOX  CHI A  George Hildebrand   Call at HP

As coach:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 4-27-1908     BOX  PHI N  Bill Klem           Unknown reason
 8-23-1908     BOX  PHI N  Jim Johnstone       Call at 2B
 4-19-1909     BOX  PHI N  Steve Cusack        Call at 1B
 5- 8-1909     BOX  PHI N  Cy Rigler           Fighting
 6-28-1913     BOX  CHI A  Silk O'Loughlin     Balls and strikes
 5- 8-1927     BOX  PHI A  Dick Nallin         Call at 1B





Transaction Information

Sold by St. Louis Browns to Baltimore Orioles for $2400 (June 23, 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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