MLB / Players

Bill Gleason

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 8 in · 170 lb

BornNovember 12, 1858 · St. Louis, MO, USA

MLB debutMay 2, 1882

Final gameJune 18, 1889

Seasons8 (1882–1889)

St. Louis Brown Stockings 1882; St. Louis Browns 1883–1887; Philadelphia Athletics 1888; Louisville Colonels 1889

Percentile snapshot

1888 season — qualified batters

123

39.3

520

43.8

499

49.4

13.5

112

7.9

1.1

RBI

58.4

10.1

83.1

28.1

.224

20.2

OBP

.256

12.4

SLG

.253

2.2

OPS

.508

5.6

wRC+

71.1

6.7

OPS+

62.9

5.6

wOBA

.246

6.7

sWAR

0.4

of 90 qualified 1888 batters (min 421 PA) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

99.9

41.3

OPS+

100.0

41.6

sWAR

15.8

91.4

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1882	79	353	347	63	100	11	6	1	0	6	0	0	.288	.300	.363	.663	114.0	121.8	.304	2.3
1883	98	440	425	81	122	21	9	2	42	15	0	0	.287	.311	.393	.704	116.3	124.5	.320	2.9
1884	110	511	472	97	127	21	7	1	0	27	0	0	.269	.325	.350	.674	115.1	119.8	.312	3.3
1885	112	516	472	79	119	9	5	3	53	29	0	0	.252	.316	.311	.627	101.0	98.7	.299	2.3
1886	125	574	524	97	141	18	5	0	61	43	0	19	.269	.333	.323	.655	105.4	106.3	.320	2.9
1887	135	647	598	135	172	19	1	0	76	41	23	23	.288	.342	.323	.664	89.9	84.7	.322	1.7
1888	123	520	499	55	112	10	2	0	61	12	27	27	.224	.256	.253	.508	71.1	62.9	.246	0.4
1889	16	63	58	6	14	2	0	0	5	4	1	1	.241	.302	.276	.577	73.8	64.6	.285	0.1

Career totals

798

3,624

3,395

613

907

111

RBI

298

177

.2672

OBP

.3135

SLG

.3267

OPS

.6402

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.