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Jim
Gleeson		  
Nickname: Gee Gee
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 191
 
Born: March 5, 1912 in Usa, MO, KANSAS CITY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1940   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1936 24 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 9 8 9 7 6 6 8 8 8
1937 25 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 9 9 9 7 6 6 8 8 8
1938 26 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 10 9 9 7 7 7 9 8 8
1939 27 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 10 9 9 7 6 7 9 8 9
1940 28 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 10 9 9 7 6 7 9 8 8
1941 29 DET AL $ 2,378,571   5 5 5 3 3 3 10 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8
1942 30 DET AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 10 9 9 7 7 7 9 8 8
1943 31 DET AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 10 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8
1944 32 DET AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 10 9 9 7 6 7 9 8 8
1945 33 BOS AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 9 9 9 7 6 6 8 8 8
1946 34 BOS AL     5 5 5 3 3 3 10 9 9 7 6 6 8 8 8
1947 35 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 8 6 5 5 8 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 9 8 8 6 5 5 8 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,378,571   5 5 5 4 4 4 10 9 9 7 7 7 9 8 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1936 24 AAA   137 545 89 162 46 13 8 77 14 6 92 54 .297 .399 .473 .872 100.8  
1937 25 MON NL 78 230 37 70 19 6 4 42 1 0 27 20 .304 .380 .491 .871 39.0 8.0
    AAA   54 219 43 76 19 5 5 32 5 4 29 19 .347 .423 .548 .971 45.3  
1938 26 MON NL 125 248 47 76 23 6 6 39 1 1 31 24 .306 .385 .520 .905 44.5 8.6
1939 27 MON NL 23 58 8 15 5 0 1 4 3 1 3 8 .259 .295 .397 .692 6.5 1.1
  DET AL 120 472 79 121 32 8 8 49 20 5 56 45 .256 .335 .409 .744 67.0 10.7
  TOT   143 530 87 136 37 8 9 53 23 6 59 53 .257 .331 .408 .739 73.5 11.8
1940 28 DET AL 140 537 86 154 37 6 11 63 10 10 53 56 .287 .356 .439 .796 79.9 13.5
1941 29 DET AL 113 338 56 93 24 4 3 36 12 4 37 24 .275 .349 .396 .746 44.3 6.2
1942 30 DET AL 107 301 39 74 29 6 5 52 12 1 32 20 .246 .318 .432 .749 41.5 5.3
1943 31 DET AL 117 271 50 84 21 4 5 49 7 7 23 23 .310 .369 .472 .841 41.6 6.3
1944 32 DET AL 100 157 24 34 12 2 4 18 4 1 12 8 .217 .275 .395 .670 16.3 1.2
1945 33 DET AL 13 12 4 4 1 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 .333 .385 .833 1.218 3.3 1.0
  BOS AL 50 85 11 17 5 0 1 10 2 0 13 9 .200 .313 .294 .607 8.4 0.6
  TOT   63 97 15 21 6 1 2 14 2 0 14 9 .216 .321 .361 .682 11.7 1.5
    AAA   80 301 54 86 33 5 10 47 5 4 37 25 .286 .364 .528 .892 53.9  
1946 34 BOS AL 30 55 8 10 4 1 2 7 0 0 8 2 .182 .286 .400 .686 6.2 0.4
    AAA   83 327 48 88 21 4 12 65 9 3 51 34 .269 .368 .468 .836 57.1  
1947 35 AAA   134 472 80 138 33 9 16 79 10 10 70 57 .292 .384 .502 .886 86.5  
10 Years Sim 1016 2764 449 752 212 44 51 373 72 30 296 239 .272 .345 .436 .781 398.6 62.7
5 Years AAA 488 1864 314 550 152 36 51 300 43 27 279 189 .295 .390 .497 .888 343.6  
162 Game Average 440 71 119 33 7 8 59 11 4 47 38 .272 .345 .436 .781 63.6  
Career Highs 143 537 87 154 37 8 11 63 23 10 59 56 .310 .385 .520 .905 79.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1459 255 391 105 26 24 193 35 17 159 121 .268 .343 .425 .768 207.6
vs LH   1305 194 361 107 18 27 180 37 13 137 118 .277 .347 .448 .796 197.6
Home 508 1331 226 372 110 25 25 174 34 17 148 101 .279 .353 .456 .809 206.1
Away 508 1433 223 380 102 19 26 199 38 13 148 138 .265 .337 .417 .754 199.1
RISP   695 0 181 58 13 14 295 0 0 75 64 .260 .330 .442 .772 99.6
Pinch Hitting   293 45 74 19 5 8 55 1 5 36 24 .253 .335 .433 .769 41.2
Close/Late   410 73 109 27 7 5 52 0 0 55 47 .266 .357 .402 .759 58.7
Mar/Apr 173 439 75 123 38 3 10 55 10 8 42 38 .280 .346 .449 .794 64.1
May 162 443 79 135 37 6 9 66 10 3 44 32 .305 .367 .476 .843 73.6
June 165 438 68 111 29 10 10 73 11 6 60 50 .253 .343 .434 .777 65.7
July 162 480 83 131 38 6 6 55 16 5 52 41 .273 .349 .415 .764 68.2
August 181 506 76 132 37 8 8 69 11 6 48 44 .261 .329 .413 .742 66.5
Sep/Oct 173 458 68 120 33 11 8 55 14 2 50 34 .262 .337 .434 .772 67.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1937 25 MON NL CF 33 32 288.0 89 2 3 1 .968 2.84   1.0
    1B 37 28 259.3 334 22 5 27 .986 12.35   0.5
    RF 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1938 26 MON NL CF 58 43 398.0 127 2 3 1 .977 2.92   1.4
    RF 10 0 25.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.88    
    1B 11 0 17.0 20 2 0 2 1.000 11.65   0.0
    3B 3 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 3 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 .500 3.00    
1939 27 MON NL CF 20 20 109.8 35 0 1 0 .972 2.87   0.4
    1B 1 0 1.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 13.85   0.0
    LF 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  DET AL CF 106 105 959.5 302 4 8 0 .975 2.87   3.3
    1B 8 0 11.7 17 1 0 1 1.000 13.85   0.0
    3B 4 0 10.8 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.33   0.1
    LF 3 0 10.5 3 2 0 2 1.000 4.29   0.0
    RF 3 0 6.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.29   0.0
  TOT   CF 126 125 1069.3 337 4 9 0 .974 2.87   3.7
      1B 9 0 13.0 19 1 0 1 1.000 13.85   0.0
      3B 5 0 12.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
      LF 3 0 11.7 3 2 0 2 1.000 3.85   0.0
      RF 3 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1940 28 DET AL CF 132 128 1124.3 315 2 4 2 .988 2.54   4.8
    3B 6 0 17.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.18   0.1
    1B 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1941 29 DET AL CF 83 74 647.3 163 3 3 2 .982 2.31   1.6
    3B 13 0 25.7 5 12 0 0 1.000 5.96   0.2
    1B 2 0 3.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1942 30 DET AL CF 63 58 521.0 135 2 5 1 .965 2.37   2.3
    3B 22 0 44.3 1 10 0 1 1.000 2.23   0.1
    LF 5 5 42.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    RF 2 2 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1943 31 DET AL CF 47 45 386.3 123 1 4 1 .969 2.89   1.4
    RF 10 7 73.3 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.72    
    3B 21 0 49.0 1 18 1 1 .950 3.49   0.2
    LF 11 1 25.7 9 0 1 0 .900 3.16    
1944 32 DET AL CF 27 26 215.0 69 0 0 0 1.000 2.89   0.9
    3B 12 0 26.3 0 7 2 1 .778 2.39   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1945 33 DET AL 3B 4 1 8.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.25   0.0
    1B 1 1 4.8 6 0 0 0 1.000 11.25   0.0
    RF 1 1 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.09   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  BOS AL 3B 17 4 63.3 4 19 1 1 .958 3.27   0.2
    1B 5 3 36.2 46 3 1 4 .980 12.18   0.1
    RF 4 3 32.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.65   0.1
    CF 9 1 19.1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.0
    LF 2 1 11.5 2 0 1 0 .667 1.57   0.0
  TOT   3B 21 5 71.6 5 21 1 1 .963 3.27   0.2
      1B 6 4 41.0 52 3 1 4 .982 12.07   0.1
      RF 5 4 37.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.70   0.1
      CF 11 1 21.6 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
      LF 3 1 13.0 2 0 1 0 .667 1.38   0.0
1946 34 BOS AL 1B 9 4 46.0 58 2 0 3 1.000 11.74   0.1
    3B 3 3 24.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.1
    LF 2 2 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.1
    RF 2 2 17.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18    
    CF 2 1 11.0 2 0 1 0 .667 1.64    
  CF 582 533 4681.9 1365 16 32 8 .977 2.65   17.1
  1B 76 36 383.3 492 30 6 38 .989 12.26   0.8
  3B 106 8 278.9 14 80 4 4 .959 3.03   1.0
  RF 34 15 179.0 45 0 0 0 1.000 2.26   0.1
  LF 28 9 114.4 25 2 3 2 .900 2.12   0.1
Career Totals   826 601 5637.5 1941 128 45 52 .979 3.30   19.0
Career Highs   146 128 1144.3 423 24 9 28 .988 7.34    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1937 25 MON NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1941 29 DET AL 4 7 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 .286 .545 .429 .974
Career Post-Season Batting 6 8 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 .250 .500 .375 .875
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
1939-7-8
 Stolen Bases
1939-2-20
1940-10-10
1941-6-12
1942-8-12
 Caught Stealing
1939-8-5
1940-3-10
1943-5-7
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Ival Goodman (945)
  4. Jimmy O'Connell (939)
  5. Beauty McGowan (938)
  6. Steve Henderson (937)
  7. Tommy O'Brien (934)
  8. Minnie Minoso (932)
  9. Sam West (930)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by Montreal in 1936
Won World Series with Montreal in 1936
Had first career hit (double) on 6/1/1937, off Roy Moore (SLC)
Hit first career homerun on 6/2/1937, off Carl Hubbell (NYA)
Traded from Montreal to Detroit on 5/1/1939 (Going to MON: P Whitey Wilshere. Going to DET: CF Jim Gleeson)
Injured on 5/27/1939 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Seattle (M) on 4/14/1940
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Injured on 9/18/1940 with a Fractured Hip, out for 7 weeks
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,378,571 through salary arbitration
6/1/1941: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,500,000 per year, for 7 years
Injured on 7/4/1941 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Detroit to Boston (A) on 5/1/1945 (Going to BOS: CF Jim Gleeson. Going to DET: CF Johnny Hopp)
Released by Boston (A) on 10/19/1946
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 4/2/1947 to a minor league deal
 
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