John
Gleaves
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: June 18, 1988 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Tyson Bacon Award 2016   
All-Star Selections 2012    2014    2016    2017    2018    2019    2025   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2008 20 VIR FF   3 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 8 8 8 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 8 8 8 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings   3 3 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 6 8 8 8 2 2 2
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 21 IL GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 10 9 9 4 4 4
2010 22 IL GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 10 9 9 5 5 5
2011 23 IL GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 5 5
2012 24 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 5 5 5 10 9 10 6 6 6
2013 25 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 5 5 5 10 9 9 5 5 5
2014 26 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6
2015 27 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6
2016 28 MN GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 6 6
2017 29 MN GE $ 300,000   6 6 7 10 10 10 5 5 5 10 9 10 6 6 6
2018 30 MN GE $ 300,000   6 6 7 10 10 10 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6
2019 31 MN GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 10 10 10 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
2020 32 MN GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 10 10 10 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5
2021 33 MN GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 10 10 10 5 5 5 8 7 8 5 5 5
2022 34 MN GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 8 7 7 5 5 5
2023 35 MN GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
2024 36 MN GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
2025 37 MN GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5
2026 38 MN GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4
2027 39 MN GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2008 20 AA   136 479 78 140 17 1 31 78 3 3 92 133 .292 .406 .526 .932 101.7  
2009 21 IL GE 52 189 25 42 11 1 5 28 0 0 18 39 .222 .295 .370 .666 21.5 3.3
    AAA   106 381 82 106 20 0 27 90 3 1 82 77 .278 .406 .543 .949 84.5  
2010 22 IL GE 81 279 26 58 8 0 5 24 0 0 34 59 .208 .295 .290 .585 28.4 3.3
    AAA   65 250 43 68 11 0 20 47 3 0 38 31 .272 .368 .556 .924 51.2  
2011 23 IL GE 153 533 79 134 20 1 34 94 0 1 51 92 .251 .334 .484 .818 85.2 20.5
2012 24 IL GE 150 499 98 147 19 1 31 83 0 0 58 82 .295 .379 .523 .902 90.9 22.5
2013 25 IL GE 155 558 88 138 24 0 31 85 0 1 63 107 .247 .333 .457 .790 85.6 18.3
2014 26 IL GE 159 553 85 148 24 0 47 104 3 0 88 96 .268 .374 .566 .940 114.0 26.1
2015 27 IL GE 153 554 90 148 32 0 33 86 2 0 83 112 .267 .372 .504 .875 100.3 23.8
2016 28 MN GE 156 553 113 164 16 1 48 95 2 0 92 70 .297 .407 .590 .996 125.8 36.0
2017 29 MN GE 155 538 85 136 27 0 38 91 1 0 99 80 .253 .378 .515 .893 101.7 25.1
2018 30 MN GE 156 559 109 148 28 3 33 104 1 0 106 91 .265 .391 .503 .893 106.4 22.2
2019 31 MN GE 115 437 93 137 27 1 37 92 0 0 58 69 .314 .402 .634 1.036 101.1 22.5
2020 32 MN GE 133 480 76 123 19 0 28 61 2 0 63 81 .256 .354 .471 .825 79.2 16.1
2021 33 MN GE 156 550 68 131 19 0 30 81 1 0 74 111 .238 .335 .436 .771 80.4 13.7
2022 34 MN GE 151 542 65 136 14 3 27 65 0 1 52 102 .251 .330 .437 .767 77.2 15.9
2023 35 MN GE 159 573 69 162 20 2 24 80 3 0 70 91 .283 .367 .450 .818 95.4 18.0
2024 36 MN GE 160 568 86 146 31 2 25 68 1 0 61 103 .257 .338 .451 .789 84.5 15.3
2025 37 MN GE 155 574 84 150 26 1 25 92 0 0 56 125 .261 .339 .441 .779 81.9 15.8
2026 38 MN GE 147 509 59 116 21 0 18 67 0 0 53 94 .228 .313 .375 .688 61.0 10.0
2027 39 MN GE 112 389 46 93 14 1 14 43 0 0 37 66 .239 .314 .388 .702 49.6 7.2
19 Years Sim 2658 9437 1444 2457 400 17 533 1443 16 3 1216 1670 .260 .354 .476 .830 1570.2 335.3
2 Years AAA 171 631 125 174 31 0 47 137 6 1 120 108 .276 .404 .548 .952 135.7  
1 Years AA 136 479 78 140 17 1 31 78 3 3 92 133 .292 .411 .526 .937 101.7  
3 Years Minors 307 1110 203 314 48 1 78 215 9 4 212 241 .283 .407 .539 .946 237.4  
162 Game Average 575 88 149 24 1 32 87 0 0 74 101 .260 .354 .476 .830 95.7  
Career Highs 160 574 113 164 32 3 48 104 3 1 106 125 .314 .407 .634 1.036 125.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   7018 1063 1828 310 11 401 1063 15 1 871 1273 .260 .352 .479 .831 1165.4
vs LH   2419 381 629 90 6 132 380 1 2 345 397 .260 .361 .466 .826 406.6
Home 1326 4581 701 1184 201 8 264 727 6 1 602 789 .258 .354 .479 .833 768.0
Away 1332 4856 743 1273 199 9 269 716 10 2 614 881 .262 .354 .473 .827 804.0
RISP   2142 0 537 93 3 108 842 0 0 414 376 .251 .374 .448 .823 378.8
Pinch Hitting   145 29 40 5 0 13 41 0 0 9 20 .276 .338 .579 .917 26.3
Close/Late   1055 129 256 32 2 59 156 0 0 190 210 .243 .373 .445 .817 179.5
Mar/Apr 384 1418 227 382 55 4 88 218 2 0 169 229 .269 .358 .500 .858 246.3
May 462 1664 258 429 61 1 110 273 4 0 215 305 .258 .351 .494 .845 287.1
June 447 1583 232 416 72 3 76 240 3 0 199 283 .263 .354 .456 .810 253.1
July 406 1489 253 399 75 5 89 239 2 0 177 258 .268 .354 .504 .858 258.3
August 467 1622 261 419 63 3 94 248 4 2 219 288 .258 .357 .475 .832 272.4
Sep/Oct 492 1661 213 412 74 1 76 225 1 1 237 307 .248 .351 .431 .782 254.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2009 21 IL GE 1B 51 51 461.7 515 36 5 47 .991 10.74   1.3
2010 22 IL GE 1B 81 81 705.7 816 51 8 69 .991 11.06   1.7
2011 23 IL GE 1B 148 144 1317.0 1530 88 13 112 .992 11.06   3.4
2012 24 IL GE 1B 137 126 1123.3 1238 83 16 102 .988 10.58   2.0
    CF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
2013 25 IL GE 1B 151 145 1317.7 1479 102 8 115 .995 10.80   3.4
2014 26 IL GE 1B 155 146 1346.7 1512 96 6 105 .996 10.75   2.9
2015 27 IL GE 1B 152 150 1333.0 1579 106 8 134 .995 11.38   2.8
2016 28 MN GE 1B 151 149 1310.7 1435 82 13 124 .992 10.42   1.7
2017 29 MN GE 1B 148 147 1276.0 1425 86 13 113 .991 10.66   2.4
2018 30 MN GE 1B 154 152 1327.0 1421 97 16 133 .990 10.30   1.5
2019 31 MN GE 1B 112 112 984.0 1120 74 5 74 .996 10.92   1.8
2020 32 MN GE 1B 130 124 1090.0 1171 77 8 83 .994 10.30   1.7
2021 33 MN GE 1B 150 145 1266.0 1300 98 16 108 .989 9.94   3.0
2022 34 MN GE 1B 149 145 1247.0 1362 111 10 133 .993 10.63   1.4
2023 35 MN GE 1B 155 147 1292.0 1520 106 9 135 .994 11.33   2.8
2024 36 MN GE 1B 149 144 1269.0 1520 106 10 131 .994 11.53   2.2
    2B 3 2 18.7 4 3 0 1 1.000 3.38   0.0
2025 37 MN GE 1B 151 147 1301.3 1512 97 11 160 .993 11.13   2.3
2026 38 MN GE 1B 137 128 1133.3 1301 81 12 116 .991 10.97   1.7
2027 39 MN GE 1B 110 110 914.3 1047 61 8 85 .993 10.91   1.8
  1B 2571 2493 22015.6 24803 1638 195 2079 .993 10.81   41.7
  2B 3 2 18.7 4 3 0 1 1.000 3.38   0.0
  CF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
Career Totals   2575 2496 22043.3 24809 1641 195 2080 .993 10.80   41.8
Career Highs   155 152 1346.7 1579 111 16 160 .996 11.41    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2009 21 IL GE 8 20 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .150 .227 .200 .427
2010 22 IL GE 8 26 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 .308 .400 .308 .708
2011 23 IL GE 14 50 13 16 3 0 2 12 0 0 9 7 .320 .433 .500 .933
2012 24 IL GE 12 49 7 16 3 0 2 4 0 0 4 8 .327 .400 .510 .910
2013 25 IL GE 16 59 8 16 5 0 4 10 0 0 5 9 .271 .328 .559 .887
2014 26 IL GE 18 70 8 12 1 0 4 10 0 0 8 14 .171 .266 .357 .623
2016 28 MN GE 6 24 6 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 5 .250 .333 .417 .750
2017 29 MN GE 11 43 2 9 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 9 .209 .292 .279 .571
2018 30 MN GE 13 53 3 11 3 0 1 2 0 0 4 15 .208 .259 .321 .579
Career Post-Season Batting 106 394 49 97 20 0 14 43 0 0 43 77 .246 .327 .404 .731
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2016-10-.297
On-Base Pct
2012-8-.379
2014-9-.374
2016-1-.407
2017-10-.378
2019-7-.402
Slugging Pct
2012-4-.523
2014-1-.566
2015-6-.504
2016-1-.590
2017-4-.515
2018-6-.503
2019-1-.634
OPS
2012-7-.902
2014-2-.940
2015-8-.875
2016-1-.996
2017-5-.893
2018-7-.893
2019-1-1.036
XR
2014-4-114.0
2015-8-100.3
2016-1-125.8
2017-6-101.7
2018-7-106.4
2019-8-101.1
CAR-13-1570.2
Games
2014-4-159
2018-10-156
2023-1-159
2024-1-160
CAR-11-2658
At-Bats
CAR-16-9437
Runs
2012-6-98
2015-10-90
2016-1-113
2018-6-109
CAR-16-1444
Hits
2016-10-164
CAR-26-2457
Total Bases
2014-3-313
2015-8-279
2016-1-326
2017-5-277
2018-6-281
CAR-11-4490
Singles
CAR-45-1507
Doubles
CAR-33-400
Homeruns
2011-2-34
2012-5-31
2013-4-31
2014-1-47
2015-3-33
2016-1-48
2017-2-38
2018-3-33
2019-2-37
2020-4-28
2021-3-30
2022-6-27
2023-8-24
2025-9-25
CAR-3-533
RBIs
2011-5-94
2014-2-104
2017-8-91
2018-7-104
CAR-9-1443
Walks
2014-6-88
2015-5-83
2016-4-92
2017-5-99
2018-2-106
2021-6-74
CAR-10-1216
Strikeouts
2013-9-107
2015-5-112
2021-3-111
2022-6-102
2024-6-103
2025-1-125
2026-10-94
CAR-7-1670
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 128    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 48    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Virginia in 2008
Traded from Virginia to Illinois on 7/28/2009 (Going to Vir: P Dirk Carr, 1B Val Echols. Going to Ill: C James Easson, 1B John Gleaves, 2B Joshua Heavener)
Had first career hit (triple) on 8/7/2009, off Marcelo DePaz (Cal)
Hit first career homerun on 8/13/2009, off Russell Hults (Was)
Won National Cup with Illinois in 2009
Won Player of the Week award on 7/26/2011, hitting .480 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2011, hitting .318 with 6 HR, 17 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Nevada on 9/2/2011
Drove in 7 runs against Utah on 9/10/2011
Won National Cup with Illinois in 2011
Injured on 5/18/2012 with a Sore Knee, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 8 RBI against Idaho on 7/1/2012
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game
Won National Cup with Illinois in 2013
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2014, hitting .300 with 11 HR, 24 RBI
Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game
Traded from Illinois to Minnesota on 4/2/2016 (Going to IL: C Yuuhiko Shosuke, C Jaime Smith, P Isaias Servia, 3B Luis Rodriguez. Going to MN: P Miltons Lost, 1B John Gleaves, C Kevin Peacock)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/12/2016, hitting .478 with 4 HR, 5 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/17/2016, hitting .481 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/28/2016, hitting .400 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game
Named Minnesota Wolves team MVP for the 2016 season
Won GEL Babe Ruth Award in 2016, batting .297 with 48 HR and 95 RBI
Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/12/2018, hitting .304 with 5 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/3/2019, hitting .545 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game
Hit 4 homeruns against Texas, driving in 6 runs on 7/20/2019
Injured on 8/18/2019 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
Injured on 8/18/2019 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
Named Minnesota Wolves team MVP for the 2019 season
Drove in 6 runs against New Mexico on 5/16/2020
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2020, hitting .308 with 12 HR, 21 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/19/2021, hitting .389 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Hit 3 homeruns against Nevada, driving in 5 runs on 7/4/2021
Won Player of the Week award on 9/13/2021, hitting .524 with 5 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/12/2023, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 5/28/2024, off Oswaldo Restivo (CA)
Was selected to the 2025 Allstar game
Had 500th career homerun on 9/28/2025, off Isaias Servia (IL)
Injured on 6/7/2026 with a Sore Knee, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against Colorado on 5/8/2027
Injured on 6/3/2027 with a Broken Hand, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 9/12/2027 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks