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Gleeson, a switch-hitter, hit .313 for the 1940 Cubs in his one solid season. He met Yogi Berra while in the Navy and coached under him with the Yankees in 1964. He also managed in the Yankee system and was a Brewers scouting supervisor. (NLM)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » December 4, 1940: The Cubs swap SS Bobby Mattick and OF Jim Gleeson to the Reds for SS Billy Myers. Myers will split his time between Chicago and the minors in '41 and quit in 1942 rather than take a pay cut.