Kid Gleason vs. Billy Sample — Career Comparison

Kid Gleason
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueSecond Baseman
Billy Sample
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder

Kid Gleason and Billy Sample 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, 99 for Billy Sample), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 94 vs 96). The overall lean goes to Billy Sample, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Kid Gleason and Billy Sample

Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1968
143.82
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
826
177.13
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8210
600
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
2798
600
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7459
545.12
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
2516
539.53
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.681
0.681
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.749
0.749
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1946
142.22
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
684
146.68
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1634
119.42
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
502
107.65
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
216
15.79
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
127
27.23
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
5.92
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
9
1.93
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
15
1.1
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
9.86
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
312
22.8
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
182
39.03
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
826.88
60.43
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
332.46
71.29
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2369
173.13
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
967
207.36
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2485
181.61
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
907
194.5
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.628
0.628
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.713
0.713
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.587
0.587
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.678
0.678
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1022
74.69
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
371
79.56
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
824
60.22
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
230
49.32
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1831
133.81
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
555
119.01
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
942.54
68.88
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
351.61
75.4
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
2.78
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
6
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
501
36.61
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
195
41.82
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
1.72
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
408
29.82
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
49.32
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20.12
20.12
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
12.17
12.17
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.23
1.23
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
0.85
0.85
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212
15.49
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
37
7.93
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
4.72
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
36
7.72
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
329
24.04
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
98
21.02
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
6.65
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
329
24.04
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
27.66
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Billy Sample
Career
Per 600 PA
75.97
75.97

Fielding Stats for Kid Gleason and Billy Sample

Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1971
1.06
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
1.16
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
0.25
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
1.01
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50205
27
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
16644
27
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16735
9
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
5548
9
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4237
2.28
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1378
2.24
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5324
2.86
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.05
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
672
0.36
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.03
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10233
5.5
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1428
2.32
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9561
5.14
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1410
2.29
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.43
93.43
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.74
98.74
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.851
4.851
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
24
Billy Sample
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.08
87.08
Kid Gleason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
0.33
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Gleason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Sample
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0