MLB / Players

Jim Gleeson

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 191 lb

BornMarch 5, 1912 · Kansas City, MO, USA

MLB debutApril 25, 1936

Final gameMay 5, 1942

Seasons5 (1936–1942)

Cleveland Indians 1936; Chicago Cubs 1939–1940; Cincinnati Reds 1941–1942

Percentile snapshot

1940 season — qualified batters

129

43.9

551

48.2

485

61.9

152

65.5

92.1

89.2

43.2

RBI

57.6

69.8

25.2

45.3

42.4

.313

77.7

OBP

.389

71.9

SLG

.470

71.2

OPS

.859

76.3

wRC+

140.2

87.8

OPS+

138.2

87.8

wOBA

.393

76.3

sWAR

4.4

88.5

of 140 qualified 1940 batters (min 477 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

4.4

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	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1936	41	158	139	26	36	9	2	4	12	18	17	2	1	.259	.344	.439	.783	90.5	92.0	.358	0.2
1939	111	383	332	43	74	19	6	4	45	39	46	7	0	.223	.308	.352	.661	75.8	76.7	.310	-0.3
1940	129	551	485	76	152	39	11	5	61	54	52	4	0	.313	.389	.470	.859	140.2	138.2	.393	4.4
1941	102	355	301	47	70	10	0	3	34	45	30	7	0	.233	.340	.296	.636	87.1	81.7	.315	0.2
1942	9	24	20	3	4	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	.200	.304	.200	.504	55.3	50.3	.263	-0.1

Career totals

392

1,471

1,277

195

336

RBI

154

158

147

.2631

OBP

.3501

SLG

.3908

OPS

.7409

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.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1936-05-16	BOS @ CLE Gameday	5	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	7
1936-06-13	CLE @ ATH Gameday	6	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	7
1940-09-11	CHC @ LAD Gameday	5	2	3	3	0	0	2	0	6
1941-06-29	CIN @ STL Gameday	4	1	3	0	0	1	2	1	6
1940-05-11	PIT @ CHC Gameday	4	1	3	1	1	0	1	1	6

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1936-04-14	DET @ CLE Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1936-04-15	DET @ CLE Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1936-04-17	CLE @ BAL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1936-04-18	CLE @ BAL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1936-04-19	CLE @ BAL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.