Jim Gleeson

Jim Gleeson

James Joseph Gleeson (March 25, 1912 — May 1, 1996) was an American outfielder, scout and coach in Major League Baseball. A native of Kansas City, Missouri, he attended Rockhurst University. As a player, he was a switch-hitter who threw right-handed, stood 6'1" (185 cm) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg).

Gleeson played all or parts of five seasons (1936; 1939-42) in major league baseball for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds. In his best season, for the by|1940 Chicago Cubs, Gleeson appeared in 129 games, batted 485 times and made 152 hits, including 39 doubles, 11 triples, five home runs and 61 runs batted in; he batted .313 that season. Overall, Gleeson appeared in 392 major-league games, batting .263 with 16 home runs and 154 RBI.

He remained in the game after his playing career ended as a minor league manager, and major league scout and coach. Although he worked for a time for his "hometown" Kansas City Athletics as a scout and major league coach (by|1957), he spent much of his career in the New York Yankees organization, serving as the first-base coach on Yogi Berra's staff during the Yanks' by|1964 pennant-winning season.

He died in Kansas City at the age of 84.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gleesji01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseballchronology.com/Baseball/Teams/Oakland/Seasons/1957.asp Baseball Chronology: 1957 Kansas City Athletics]


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