Jim Gleeson
1933–1942 · bats B / throws R · ASD, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians
392G
.263AVG
.350OBP
.391SLG
More career statistics
336H
16HR
154RBI
20SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 15 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 147 | 148 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,471 | 1,472 |
| Batting · Runs | 195 | 193 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 20 | 21 |
| Batting · Walks | 158 | 159 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 392 | 1,471 | 1,277 | 195 | 336 | 77 | 19 | 16 | 154 | 158 | 147 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 499 | .263 | .350 | .391 | .741 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1940-08-16 to 1940-08-26
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1940-07-14 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1940-09-11 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1939-07-02 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 202 | 727 | 159 | 4 | 68 | 81 | 75 | .254 | .330 | .362 |
| Away | 190 | 745 | 177 | 12 | 86 | 78 | 73 | .272 | .342 | .418 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 32 | 104 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 17 | .200 | .298 | .244 |
| May | 77 | 288 | 61 | 4 | 23 | 32 | 28 | .244 | .323 | .392 |
| June | 93 | 371 | 94 | 8 | 48 | 40 | 30 | .296 | .361 | .487 |
| July | 66 | 260 | 60 | 1 | 27 | 26 | 28 | .263 | .331 | .329 |
| August | 54 | 200 | 45 | 2 | 20 | 22 | 19 | .262 | .335 | .390 |
| September | 69 | 248 | 58 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 26 | .266 | .339 | .376 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 57 | 221 | 44 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 28 | .219 | .276 | .348 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 53 | 196 | 45 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 22 | .266 | .347 | .391 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 49 | 179 | 47 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 17 | .303 | .369 | .426 |
| new-york-giants | 46 | 174 | 36 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 13 | .229 | .287 | .287 |
| boston-braves | 46 | 170 | 39 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 8 | .265 | .306 | .374 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 46 | 172 | 43 | 1 | 18 | 29 | 22 | .312 | .419 | .471 |
| cincinnati-reds | 34 | 137 | 33 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 17 | .287 | .372 | .470 |
| chicago-cubs | 20 | 65 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | .232 | .323 | .304 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  Cleveland Guardians | 41 | 139 | 36 | 4 | 12 | 2 | .259 | – | – |
| 1939 |  Chicago Cubs | 111 | 332 | 74 | 4 | 45 | 7 | .223 | – | – |
| 1940 | Chicago Cubs | 129 | 485 | 152 | 5 | 61 | 4 | .313 | – | – |
| 1941 |  Cincinnati Reds | 102 | 301 | 70 | 3 | 34 | 8 | .233 | – | – |
| 1942 | Cincinnati Reds | 9 | 20 | 4 | – | 2 | – | .200 | – | – |