William G. Gleason

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Full Name: William G. Gleason	Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 5' 8"/170	First Game: May 2, 1882
Birthdate: November 12, 1858	Final Game: June 18, 1889
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: July 21, 1932
Deathplace: St. Louis, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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Bill Gleason (William G. Gleason) was born on November 12, 1858 in St. Louis, Missouri. He made his Major League debut on May 2, 1882 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1882, his rookie year, he hit .288 with 1 home run and 0 RBI. Gleason played for the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics and Louisville Colonels over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Bill Gleason's best season was 1887, when he hit for a .288 average and knocked in 76 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1882	STL	a	79	347	63	100	1	0	.288	.300	.363	11	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
1883	STL	a	98	425	81	122	2	42	.287	.311	.393	21	9	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
1884	STL	a	110	472	97	127	1	0	.269	.325	.350	21	7	27	0	12	0	0	0	0
1885	STL	a	112	472	79	119	3	53	.252	.316	.311	9	5	29	0	15	0	0	0	0
1886	STL	a	125	524	97	141	0	61	.269	.333	.323	18	5	43	0	7	0	19	0	0
1887	STL	a	135	598	135	172	0	76	.288	.342	.323	19	1	41	0	8	0	23	0	0
1888	PHI	a	123	499	55	112	0	61	.224	.256	.253	10	2	12	0	9	0	27	0	0
1889	LOU	a	16	58	6	14	0	5	.241	.302	.276	2	0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0
Total			798	3395	613	907	7	298	.267	.313	.327	111	35	177	1	52	0	70	0	0

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1882	STL	a	SS	79	0	0	131	294	85	23	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1883	STL	a	SS	98	0	0	120	257	56	22	0	0	0	0	0	.871
1884	STL	a	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1884	STL	a	SS	110	0	0	119	316	67	23	0	0	0	0	0	.867
1885	STL	a	SS	112	0	0	115	303	63	18	0	0	0	0	0	.869
1886	STL	a	SS	125	0	0	128	352	83	37	0	0	0	0	0	.853
1887	STL	a	SS	135	0	0	169	411	83	27	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1888	PHI	a	1B	1	0	0	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1888	PHI	a	SS	121	0	0	112	370	80	32	0	0	0	0	0	.858
1888	PHI	a	3B	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1889	LOU	a	SS	16	0	0	26	57	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	.822
Total			3B	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	796	0	0	920	2360	535	186	0	0	0	0	0	.860
Total			1B	1	0	0	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750

[edit] Transactions

Traded by St. Louis Browns with Curt Welch to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Fred Mann, Chippy McGarr, Jocko Milligan and $3000 (November 21, 1887).

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