There's still a scar on my heart.
"William G. "Bill" Gleason" was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from through for three different teams of the American Association (19th century)/American Association. Listed at , 170 lb., Gleason batted and threw right-handed. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His older brother, Jack Gleason, was also a ballplayer.
Gleason entered the majors in 1882 with the St. Louis Cardinals/St. Louis Browns, playing for them six years before joining the Philadelphia Athletics (American Association)/Philadelphia Athletics (1888) and Louisville Colonels (1889). His most productive season came in 1887, when he posted career numbers in batting average (.288), run (baseball)/runs (135), Hit (baseball)/hits (172), and on-base percentage (.342). A member of three St. Louis champion teams from 1885 to 1887, in 1883 and 1885 he led the league in games played.
In an eight-season career, Gleason was a .267 hitter (907-for-3395) with seven home runs and 298 run batted in/RBI in 798 games, including 613 runs, 111 double (baseball)/doubles, and 35 triple (baseball)/triples. Incomplete data shows him stolen base/stealing 70 bases and hit by pitch/getting hit by 52 pitches.
Gleason died in his native St. Louis at the age of 73.
More Bill Gleason on Wikipedia.God really has cursed the sports fans of Chicago. It defies the law of averages when you think about it: 1908 and 1917. God didn't want it to happen. But if the White Sox ever win again, they'll probably set off a hydrogen bomb.
Little old ladies were terrified. At least those not interested in baseball.
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