Billy Sullivan

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: October 23, 1910 in Chicago, IL us

Died: January 4, 1994 in Sarasota, FL

Buried: Sarasota Memorial Park, Sarasota, FL

Schools: University of Portland (Portland, OR), University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)

Debut: June 9, 1931 (Age 20-229d, 7,231st in major league history)
vs. WSH 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 3, 1947 (Age 36-315d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1931 season

Full Name: William Joseph Sullivan

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Relatives: Son of Billy Sullivan

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.7

2840

820

.289

346

RBI

388

OBP

.347

SLG

.395

OPS

.742

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	31-40 / in Starts: 20-20
Longest Hitting Streak	11 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 190 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	120 (63-36-21) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 190 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	128 (64-40-22)

Most Driven In
O Hale	5
B Campbell	4
M Solters	3
Self	3
F Pytlak	2
H Trosky	1
L Lary	1
J Kroner	1

Most Driven In By
L Lary	8
R Hughes	4
Self	3
H Trosky	2
J Kroner	2
E Averill	1
F Pytlak	1
M Harder	1

1937 Batting Game Log

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1937 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	418	1	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	2.88	0.081	7.07	0.12%	0.40	PH
2	419	4 (2)	Apr 25	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.37	-0.036	3.01	-0.05%	-0.19	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	420	9 (4)	May 4	CLE		WSH	L,5-12	10-11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	9	3.91	0.005	8.26	0.01%	0.12	PH
4	421	10	May 6	CLE		WSH	W,4-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	2.52	-0.067	5.23	-0.08%	-0.27	PH
5	422	14 (3)	May 10	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	10-GF(11)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	4	3.12	-0.016	9.56	-0.03%	-0.24	1B
6	423	15	May 11	CLE		BOS	L,4-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	9	.05	-0.001	.16	0.00%	-0.27	PH
7	424	16	May 15	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9	.09	-0.002	.25	0.00%	-0.27	PH
8	425	17	May 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	2	1.59	-0.087	4.17	-0.14%	-0.67	C
9	426	18	May 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-4	9-9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	9	2.34	0.135	6.26	0.22%	0.44	PH
10	427	22 (3)	May 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.250	.100	.350	9	.87	0.031	2.86	0.06%	0.40	PH
11	428	23	May 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-14	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	7	.00	0.000	.01	0.00%	0.12	C
12	429	25 (1)	May 26	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-6	6-6	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.333	.462	.795	9	1.70	0.294	4.91	0.51%	2.64	PH
13	430	26	May 27	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.316	.412	.728	7	.91	-0.017	2.83	-0.03%	-0.39	C
14	431	27	May 28	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.300	.389	.689	9	3.66	-0.098	11.94	-0.19%	-0.27	PH
15	432	28	May 29 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.261	.333	.594	7	1.69	-0.128	5.32	-0.24%	-0.93	C
16	433	29	May 29 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,15-3	8-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.292	.333	.625	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.28	C
17	434	30	May 30	CLE		CHW	L,6-9	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.154	.241	.269	.511	7	.40	-0.031	1.14	-0.05%	-0.07	C
18	435	32 (1)	May 31 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.167	.242	.267	.509	7	1.18	-0.133	3.58	-0.24%	-0.78	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	436	33	Jun 1	CLE		DET	W,4-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.235	.258	.493	9	2.14	-0.054	6.93	-0.10%	-0.33	PH
20	437	34	Jun 2	CLE		NYY	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.229	.250	.479	8	.08	-0.002	.31	-0.01%	-0.12	PH
21	438	35	Jun 3	CLE		NYY	W,6-2	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.250	.273	.523	8	1.43	0.067	5.16	0.15%	1.60	PH
22	439	38 (2)	Jun 6	CLE		WSH	L,7-8	CG(10)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.275	.297	.572	7	1.21	0.059	4.02	0.12%	0.54	C
23	440	41 (2)	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	W,12-6	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.289	.333	.622	7	.44	0.109	1.47	0.22%	0.44	C
24	441	42	Jun 11	CLE		PHA	L,3-11	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.304	.349	.653	7	.44	0.013	1.42	0.03%	0.14	C
25	442	43	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.304	.349	.653	4		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
26	443	46 (2)	Jun 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.298	.341	.639	8	1.00	-0.027	3.93	-0.06%	-0.28	PH
27	444	51 (4)	Jun 20 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-7	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.292	.333	.625	9	3.01	-0.083	6.25	-0.10%	-0.29	PH
28	445	53 (1)	Jun 23	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-14	9-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.306	.370	.676	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.64	PH
29	446	54	Jun 24	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.288	.347	.635	7	1.28	-0.098	1.96	-0.09%	-0.84	C
30	447	56 (1)	Jun 27 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-10	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.291	.346	.637	8	.17	-0.013	.17	-0.01%	-0.58	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	448	60 (3)	Jul 3	CLE		DET	L,5-9	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.286	.340	.625	9	1.90	-0.046	2.34	-0.03%	-0.39	PH
32	449	61	Jul 4	CLE		DET	L,2-3	6-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.298	.340	.638	9	2.69	0.041	2.32	0.02%	0.28	PH
33	450	64 (2)	Jul 9	CLE	@	DET	L,8-10	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.293	.333	.626	9	1.56	-0.042	1.28	-0.02%	-0.28	PH
34	451	66 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-7	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.228	.290	.316	.606	8	.68	-0.004	.32	0.00%	-0.20	C
35	452	71 (4)	Jul 16	CLE		WSH	W,11-5	CG	4	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.288	.328	.616	8	.63	0.044	.28	0.01%	0.05	C
36	453	72	Jul 17	CLE		NYY	L,6-9	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.246	.300	.354	.654	8	1.86	0.246	1.40	0.11%	1.28	C
37	454	75 (2)	Jul 20	CLE		PHA	L,5-7	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.296	.348	.644	9	2.01	-0.060	.31	-0.01%	-0.36	PH
38	455	76	Jul 21 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,9-8	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0		1	0	.235	.307	.338	.645	8	.54	0.008	.04	0.00%	0.33	C
39	456	77	Jul 21 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,8-7	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.303	.333	.636	9	2.29	-0.055	.24	0.00%	-0.39	PH
40	457	79 (1)	Jul 23	CLE		BOS	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.299	.329	.627	2	.60	-0.017	.08	0.00%	-0.48	PH
41	458	80	Jul 24	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.295	.324	.619	9	1.91	-0.051	.17	0.00%	-0.27	PH
42	459	83 (2)	Jul 28	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.280	.307	.587	8	1.80	-0.104	.14	-0.01%	-0.88	C
43	460	85 (1)	Jul 30	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-13	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.267	.291	.559	4	.39	-0.044	.03	0.00%	-1.03	1B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
44	461	88 (2)	Aug 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-13	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.200	.264	.288	.552	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.31	PH
45	462	89	Aug 4 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-8	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.273	.309	.581	9	1.30	0.091	.04	0.00%	1.15	PH
46	463	93 (3)	Aug 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.275	.333	.608	8	1.33	0.177	.01	0.00%	0.78	C
47	464	94	Aug 8	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	5	5	2	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.292	.404	.696	2	.99	0.215	.00	0.00%	2.46	3B
48	465	96 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,7-2	CG	4	4	3	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.310	.452	.762	8	1.09	0.337	.00	0.00%	3.50	C
49	466	97	Aug 12	CLE		SLB	W,7-0	CG	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.337	.469	.805	8	.97	0.096	.00	0.00%	1.76	C
50	467	98	Aug 13	CLE		CHW	W,7-3	CG	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.352	.480	.831	8	1.01	0.091	.00	0.00%	1.39	C
51	468	99	Aug 14	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.293	.364	.505	.869	8	1.52	0.121	.00	0.00%	1.19	C
52	469	100	Aug 15 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-5	CG	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.304	.372	.529	.901	8	1.39	0.306	.01	0.00%	1.47	C
53	470	101	Aug 15 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	7-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.377	.534	.911	9	1.61	0.067	.01	0.00%	0.40	PH
54	471	103 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-11	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.381	.528	.910	8	.92	-0.003	.00	0.00%	0.13	C
55	472	104	Aug 19	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	1	.309	.382	.518	.900	8	.42	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.91	C
56	473	106 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-5	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.379	.514	.893	9	3.17	-0.086	.00	0.00%	-0.84	PH
57	474	107	Aug 22 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.304	.375	.504	.879	8	.92	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.53	C
58	475	108	Aug 24	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG(13)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.298	.366	.488	.853	4	1.42	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.19	1B
59	476	109	Aug 25 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.360	.476	.836	4	1.08	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.46	1B
60	477	110	Aug 25 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.285	.350	.462	.811	4	.94	-0.099	.00	0.00%	-1.31	1B
61	478	112 (1)	Aug 27	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.361	.478	.838	8	1.01	0.241	.00	0.00%	2.23	C
62	479	113	Aug 28	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.358	.467	.825	8	1.08	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-0.60	C
63	480	114	Aug 29 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,11-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.298	.361	.475	.836	8						C
64	481	116 (1)	Aug 30	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.358	.469	.827	8	1.38	-0.152	.00	0.00%	-0.90	C
65	482	117	Aug 31	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.350	.456	.806	8	1.04	-0.115	.00	0.00%	-1.55	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
66	483	122 (4)	Sep 4 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	T,3-3	CG(6)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.285	.345	.450	.796	8	1.75	-0.177	.00	0.00%	-1.68	C
67	484	124 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.277	.337	.439	.776	8						C
68	485	125	Sep 6 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.285	.343	.443	.786	8						C
69	486	128 (2)	Sep 8 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-10	CG(8)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.286	.343	.441	.784	8	.78	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.39	C
70	487	129	Sep 9	CLE	@	DET	L,9-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.285	.341	.436	.777	8	.65	-0.073	.00	0.00%	-0.50	C
71	488	130	Sep 10	CLE	@	DET	W,6-5	CG(7)	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.350	.443	.793	8	1.63	0.087	.00	0.00%	0.63	C
72	489	132 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,3-8	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.355	.440	.795	8	1.30	0.022	.00	0.00%	0.15	C
							31-40		190	168	26	48	11	3	3	22	17	8	7	1	4		6		1	4	.286	.355	.440	.795		1.11	0.821	1.06	0.05%	7.63

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