Pat Gleason

Patrick Gleason Jr.

• School University of Dayton
• High School Saint Louis High School

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Biographical Information

Pat Gleason played in the minors and for the Hawai'ian national team.

His father Pat Gleason Sr. managed in the Hawaii Baseball League. He played baseball and football at the University of Dayton, which had ties with Hawai'i. He stayed in Dayton to play pro ball, hitting .316/?/.445 in 1930 between the Richmond Roses and Dayton Aviators; it was the heart of the lively ball era, so he did not make the Central League batting leaders. He was on the Hawai'ian team in the 1940 Amateur World Series. While he had pro experience, this was not entirely an exception for the Amateur World Series of that era. One of his teammates, Herbert North, had played pro ball in Japan, while the US had Lou Athanas. The problem was not new; Mexico had to withdraw from the 1935 Central American and Caribbean Games for a team loaded with Mexican League stars and drew similar complaints in 1938, while the US had Louis Womack and Terry Shrader in 1942; just a couple years later, Mexico had Bobby Avila.