Kid Gleason
1897–1912 · bats B / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, New York Giants, Philadelphia Phillies
1,966G
.261AVG
.311OBP
.317SLG
More career statistics
1,944H
15HR
823RBI
328SB
138–131W–L
2,389.1IP
744K
3.79ERA
266GS
6SV
5Rare 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 · Games | 1,966 | 1,379 |
| Batting · At bats | 7,452 | 5,336 |
| Batting · Doubles | 216 | 155 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,944 | 1,374 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 38 | 29 |
| Batting · Home runs | 15 | 8 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 131 | 239 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 8,202 | 5,871 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,020 | 700 |
| Batting · RBI | 823 | 518 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 328 | 231 |
| Batting · Triples | 80 | 54 |
| Batting · Walks | 500 | 313 |
| Pitching · Games | 299 | 0 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 10,616 | 0 |
| Pitching · p cg | 240 | 0 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,007 | 0 |
| Pitching · p gs | 266 | 0 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,552 | 0 |
| Pitching · p hr | 75 | 0 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 7,168 | 0 |
| Pitching · p k | 744 | 0 |
| Pitching · p r | 1,511 | 0 |
| Pitching · p w | 906 | 0 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,966 | 8,202 | 7,452 | 1,020 | 1,944 | 216 | 80 | 15 | 823 | 500 | 131 | 328 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2,365 | .261 | .311 | .317 | .628 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,389.3 | 299 | 266 | 240 | 138 | 131 | 6 | 2,552 | 1,511 | 1,007 | 75 | 906 | 744 | 0 | 0 | 3.79 | 1.447 |
Streaks
25longest hitting streak · 1901-07-03 to 1901-07-31
29longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1904-09-22 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1899-06-08 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1897-06-03 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 683 | 2875 | 701 | 5 | 256 | 160 | 122 | .269 | .299 | .324 |
| Away | 696 | 2996 | 673 | 3 | 262 | 153 | 117 | .247 | .276 | .299 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 100 | 441 | 99 | 0 | 42 | 27 | 26 | .253 | .286 | .307 |
| May | 237 | 1043 | 233 | 0 | 84 | 68 | 43 | .250 | .289 | .295 |
| June | 242 | 1013 | 239 | 0 | 79 | 49 | 43 | .259 | .284 | .292 |
| July | 250 | 1080 | 263 | 2 | 110 | 63 | 36 | .266 | .302 | .330 |
| August | 271 | 1140 | 267 | 3 | 92 | 51 | 49 | .255 | .279 | .313 |
| September | 240 | 1003 | 245 | 3 | 103 | 52 | 30 | .269 | .296 | .343 |
| October | 39 | 151 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 12 | .203 | .205 | .203 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 151 | 661 | 149 | 0 | 61 | 36 | 24 | .249 | .280 | .308 |
| chicago-cubs | 143 | 602 | 131 | 1 | 34 | 33 | 27 | .241 | .272 | .282 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 138 | 571 | 128 | 0 | 47 | 14 | 32 | .238 | .249 | .283 |
| boston-braves | 137 | 587 | 135 | 2 | 54 | 33 | 29 | .255 | .286 | .312 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 135 | 577 | 130 | 0 | 46 | 26 | 16 | .248 | .270 | .299 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 130 | 561 | 141 | 0 | 52 | 40 | 22 | .287 | .323 | .344 |
| new-york-giants | 85 | 366 | 82 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 28 | .257 | .279 | .301 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 53 | 224 | 54 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 5 | .263 | .304 | .322 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  New York Giants | 132 | 544 | 172 | 1 | 106 | 41 | .316 | – | – |
| 1898 | New York Giants | 150 | 570 | 126 | – | 62 | 24 | .221 | – | – |
| 1899 | New York Giants | 147 | 582 | 154 | – | 60 | 29 | .265 | – | – |
| 1900 | New York Giants | 111 | 420 | 104 | 1 | 29 | 23 | .248 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Detroit Tigers | 135 | 548 | 150 | 3 | 75 | 32 | .274 | – | – |
| 1902 | Detroit Tigers | 118 | 441 | 109 | 1 | 38 | 17 | .247 | – | – |
| 1903 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 106 | 413 | 117 | 1 | 35 | 12 | .283 | – | – |
| 1904 | Philadelphia Phillies | 153 | 587 | 161 | – | 39 | 17 | .274 | – | – |
| 1905 | Philadelphia Phillies | 155 | 608 | 150 | 1 | 41 | 16 | .247 | – | – |
| 1906 | Philadelphia Phillies | 133 | 494 | 112 | – | 26 | 17 | .227 | – | – |
| 1907 | Philadelphia Phillies | 36 | 126 | 18 | – | 7 | 3 | .143 | – | – |
| 1908 | Philadelphia Phillies | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1912 |  Chicago White Sox | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | .500 | – | – |