Kid Gleason vs. Billy Martin — Career Comparison

Kid Gleason
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueSecond Baseman
Billy Martin
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueSecond BasemanAll-Star

Kid Gleason and Billy Martin are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 95 for Kid Gleason, 90 for Billy Martin), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 94 vs 93). The overall lean goes to Kid Gleason, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Kid Gleason and Billy Martin

Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1968
143.82
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1021
164.81
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8210
600
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
3717
600
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7459
545.12
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3419
551.9
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.681
0.681
Billy Martin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.687
0.687
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1946
142.22
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
877
141.57
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1634
119.42
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
648
104.6
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
15.79
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
137
22.11
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
5.92
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
28
4.52
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
15
1.1
Billy Martin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
10.33
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
312
22.8
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
229
36.97
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Billy Martin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Billy Martin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Billy Martin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
826.88
60.43
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
364.21
58.79
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2369
173.13
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1262
203.71
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2485
181.61
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
1097
177.08
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Billy Martin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.628
0.628
Billy Martin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.669
0.669
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Billy Martin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Billy Martin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.568
0.568
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1022
74.69
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
425
68.6
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
824
60.22
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
333
53.75
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1831
133.81
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
694
112.03
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
942.54
68.88
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
386.18
62.34
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
2.78
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
5.17
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
501
36.61
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
188
30.35
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Martin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
1.29
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
408
29.82
Billy Martin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
355
57.3
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.12
20.12
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
10.47
10.47
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.23
1.23
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.53
0.53
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212
15.49
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
55
8.88
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Martin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
3.71
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
96
15.5
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
329
24.04
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
34
5.49
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Martin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
4.68
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
329
24.04
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
63
10.17
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Billy Martin
Career
Per 600 PA
53.97
53.97

Fielding Stats for Kid Gleason and Billy Martin

Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Billy Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1971
1.06
Billy Martin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
983
1.66
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
0.25
Billy Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
1.03
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50205
27
Billy Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
15968
27
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16735
9
Billy Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5322.2
9
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4237
2.28
Billy Martin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2022
3.42
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5324
2.86
Billy Martin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2252
3.81
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
672
0.36
Billy Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.18
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10233
5.5
Billy Martin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4383
7.41
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9561
5.14
Billy Martin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4274
7.23
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.43
93.43
Billy Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.51
97.51
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.851
4.851
Billy Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.348
4.348
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
24
Billy Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.95
61.95
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
609
0.33
Billy Martin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
613
1.04
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Martin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0