Kid Gleason vs. Henry Merchant — Career Comparison

Kid Gleason
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueSecond Baseman
Henry Merchant
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati-Indianapolis ClownsNegro American LeagueCenter Fielder

Looking at the career totals, Kid Gleason and Henry Merchant are closely matched on the surface stats. Kid Gleason posted a career OPS of .628 against Henry Merchant's .619. On the surface stats, Kid Gleason and Henry Merchant are difficult to separate — a proper verdict would need era context to resolve.

Hitting Stats for Kid Gleason and Henry Merchant

Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1968
143.82
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
173.54
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8210
600
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
446
600
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7459
545.12
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
379
509.87
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.681
0.681
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.669
0.669
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1946
142.22
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
90
121.08
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1634
119.42
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
76
102.24
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
15.79
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
10
13.45
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
5.92
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.04
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
1.1
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.35
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
312
22.8
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
14
18.83
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
826.88
60.43
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
42.19
56.76
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2369
173.13
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
109
146.64
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2485
181.61
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PAverified
142
191.03
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.628
0.628
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.617
0.617
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.587
0.587
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.585
0.585
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1022
74.69
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PAverified
58
78.03
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
824
60.22
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
34
45.74
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1831
133.81
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
91
122.42
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
942.54
68.88
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
48.26
64.92
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
2.78
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.69
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
501
36.61
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
67.26
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.35
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
408
29.82
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.69
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
20.12
20.12
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
223
223
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
1.23
1.23
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
25
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
15.49
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
20.18
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
329
24.04
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
8
10.76
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
329
24.04
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
8
10.76
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100

Fielding Stats for Kid Gleason and Henry Merchant

Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1971
1.06
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.28
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
0.25
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.06
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50205
27
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
2630
27
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16735
9
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
876.2
9
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4237
2.28
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
2.61
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5324
2.86
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.26
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
672
0.36
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.18
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10233
5.5
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
3.05
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9561
5.14
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
2.86
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.43
93.43
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.94
93.94
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.851
4.851
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.232
2.232
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
24
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.4
82.4
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
0.33
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Pitching Stats for Kid Gleason and Henry Merchant

Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.13
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.81
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.86
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
0.52
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.65
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
0.49
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.3
51.3
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.96
88.96
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.77
30.77
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
0.9
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
1007
3.79
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.67
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7168
27
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
27
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2389.1
9
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.2
9
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2552
9.61
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
9.94
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.61
9.61
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.94
9.94
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.29
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
906
3.41
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.59
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
2.8
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.94
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.691
0.691
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.504
0.504
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.31
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.29
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10617
39.99
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
41.47
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.11
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.08
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1511
5.69
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.05
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.65
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.392
1.392
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9633
36.29
Henry Merchant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
38.02
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.99
39.99
Henry Merchant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.47
41.47