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	41-36 / in Starts: 37-19
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 10 bases loaded PA and 8 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 256 PAs	41
Actual Runners on Base	150 (71-56-23) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 256 PAs	28
Avg. Runners on Base	167 (85-53-27)

Most Driven In
P Fox	5
P Higgins	4
R York	4
B Campbell	3
H Greenberg	3
Self	3
T Stainback	1
C Gehringer	1

Most Driven In By
D Bartell	6
Self	3
B Newsom	2
B McCosky	2
S Rowe	2
P Fox	2
B Tebbetts	2
H Newhouser	1

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 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	719	5 (4)	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	GS-9	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	8	1.89	-0.061	4.83	-0.09%	-0.58	C
2	720	8 (2)	Apr 27	DET		CLE	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	8	2.12	-0.058	7.54	-0.12%	-0.28	PH
3	721	10 (1)	Apr 29	DET		CLE	W,4-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	8	1.82	-0.049	5.43	-0.09%	-0.85	C
4	722	11	Apr 30	DET	@	WSH	L,4-9	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	8						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
5	723	16 (4)	May 6	DET	@	NYY	W,6-4	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.571	.821	8	1.53	0.307	5.05	0.61%	1.77	PH C
6	724	18 (1)	May 8	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.125	.222	.500	.722	9						PH
7	725	19	May 9	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.444	.644	9	3.70	-0.088	15.18	-0.22%	-0.51	PH
8	726	20	May 10	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.417	.647	8	.62	-0.034	1.93	-0.06%	-0.01	C
9	727	21	May 11	DET		CHW	L,0-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.385	.599	8	1.98	-0.052	6.44	-0.10%	-0.20	PH C
10	728	22	May 12	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.176	.222	.353	.575	8						C
11	729	23	May 14	DET		WSH	L,2-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.167	.211	.333	.544	9						PH
12	730	24	May 18	DET		PHA	W,8-6	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.217	.364	.581	8	1.28	0.040	2.97	0.06%	0.21	C
13	731	26 (1)	May 21	DET		BOS	L,8-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.208	.348	.556	8	1.41	-0.038	4.98	-0.08%	-0.34	PH
14	732	27	May 22	DET		NYY	L,2-8	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.240	.348	.588	9	.14	0.005	.35	0.01%	0.40	PH
15	733	28	May 23	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.148	.207	.296	.503	8	2.19	0.052	5.31	0.08%	-1.16	C
16	734	31 (2)	May 27	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	4	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.242	.387	.630	8	.75	-0.022	2.43	-0.04%	0.04	C
17	735	33 (1)	May 29	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.243	.400	.643	8	.69	-0.062	2.62	-0.14%	-0.18	C
18	736	35 (1)	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	W,15-6	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.238	.359	.597	8	.21	0.018	.60	0.03%	0.15	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	737	36	Jun 1	DET	@	WSH	W,12-3	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.227	.277	.386	.663	8	.26	0.037	.80	0.07%	0.98	C
20	738	38 (1)	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.229	.275	.417	.691	8						C
21	739	39	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	6-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.288	.417	.705	8	1.02	0.046	3.30	0.09%	0.27	C
22	740	41 (1)	Jun 6	DET	@	PHA	L,4-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.273	.392	.665	8	1.14	-0.096	4.03	-0.20%	-0.63	C
23	741	45 (3)	Jun 12	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.222	.288	.389	.677	8	1.30	-0.064	5.86	-0.17%	-0.21	C
24	742	48 (2)	Jun 15 (1)	DET		WSH	W,11-1	CG	5	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.254	.313	.441	.753	8						C
25	743	51 (2)	Jun 19 (1)	DET		PHA	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.294	.413	.707	8	1.43	-0.177	5.73	-0.43%	-1.29	C
26	744	54 (2)	Jun 21	DET		NYY	L,7-12	8-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.304	.422	.726	9	.75	0.034	3.32	0.09%	0.41	PH
27	745	56 (1)	Jun 23	DET		NYY	W,9-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.239	.301	.403	.704	8						C
28	746	57	Jun 25 (1)	DET		BOS	L,7-11	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.311	.456	.767	9	.01	0.001	.05	0.00%	1.00	PH
29	747	58	Jun 25 (2)	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.254	.312	.451	.762	8						C
30	748	60 (1)	Jun 27	DET	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.321	.459	.780	7	.75	0.030	3.14	0.08%	0.47	C
31	749	62 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	DET	@	SLB	T,9-9	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	3	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.282	.349	.474	.823	7						C
32	750	63	Jun 30 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,6-7	CG(11)	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	4	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.301	.363	.494	.857	7						C
33	751	64	Jun 30 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG(7)	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.322	.379	.517	.896	8						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
34	752	65	Jul 1	DET		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.378	.506	.883	8	1.05	-0.059	4.92	-0.17%	-0.50	C
35	753	66	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,10-9	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.312	.379	.495	.873	8	1.52	0.090	7.44	0.27%	0.06	C
36	754	70 (3)	Jul 6 (1)	DET		SLB	W,11-2	CG	5	4	2	3	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.330	.398	.526	.924	8	.73	0.281	3.64	0.83%	3.24	C
37	755	72 (1)	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.317	.384	.505	.889	8	.47	-0.043	2.38	-0.13%	-1.22	C
38	756	75 (2)	Jul 13 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.305	.371	.486	.856	8	.99	-0.147	5.03	-0.45%	-1.83	C
39	757	77 (1)	Jul 14 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.312	.375	.495	.870	7	1.30	0.057	6.66	0.17%	0.81	C
40	758	78	Jul 15	DET	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.376	.482	.858	7	.72	0.008	3.61	0.02%	-0.57	3B
41	759	80 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.372	.470	.842	7	1.39	-0.004	10.12	-0.02%	0.28	C
42	760	81	Jul 17 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.293	.369	.466	.835	3	.47	-0.013	3.25	-0.05%	-0.19	PH
43	761	84 (2)	Jul 20	DET	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.358	.450	.808	7	.90	-0.107	6.18	-0.44%	-1.52	C
44	762	85	Jul 21 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.360	.448	.808	7	1.04	-0.067	7.12	-0.27%	-0.83	C
45	763	90 (4)	Jul 26	DET		PHA	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.357	.444	.802	9	2.09	-0.051	11.86	-0.18%	-0.40	PH
46	764	91	Jul 27 (1)	DET		PHA	W,15-2	CG	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	.291	.375	.449	.824	7	.76	0.055	4.50	0.20%	2.29	C
47	765	93 (1)	Jul 28	DET		PHA	L,5-9	CG(11)	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.295	.376	.455	.830	7						C
48	766	95 (1)	Jul 30	DET		NYY	L,6-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.379	.452	.831	8	.85	-0.034	5.51	-0.13%	0.39	C
49	767	96	Jul 31	DET		NYY	W,7-6	9-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.383	.456	.839	1	4.96	0.125	32.60	0.49%	0.40	PH
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
50	768	99 (2)	Aug 3 (1)	DET		BOS	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.380	.457	.837	8	1.46	0.128	10.95	0.58%	0.33	C
51	769	102 (2)	Aug 5 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.387	.451	.837	8	.48	-0.024	3.04	-0.09%	1.00	C
52	770	104 (1)	Aug 6	DET	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.301	.389	.452	.841	7						C
53	771	108 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.307	.392	.460	.852	8	2.43	0.150	15.95	0.59%	0.52	C
54	772	109	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.305	.390	.457	.846	8	1.65	-0.040	10.96	-0.16%	-0.23	C
55	773	110	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.305	.392	.455	.847	8	.85	-0.041	10.40	-0.31%	-0.62	C
56	774	111	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.394	.452	.847	8	1.20	0.020	14.27	0.14%	0.01	C
57	775	115 (3)	Aug 17	DET		CHW	L,5-9	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.317	.402	.460	.862	8	.56	0.020	3.07	0.07%	1.12	C
58	776	117 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.317	.404	.457	.862	8	1.67	-0.031	9.83	-0.11%	0.01	C
59	777	118	Aug 20 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.315	.401	.452	.853	8	1.35	0.054	7.30	0.18%	0.50	C
60	778	119	Aug 21	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.314	.398	.448	.846	7	.99	0.073	4.54	0.20%	0.51	C
61	779	123 (3)	Aug 25	DET	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.403	.449	.852	7	.69	0.119	3.82	0.40%	1.98	C
62	780	125 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG(6)	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.407	.458	.865	7	.45	0.042	2.90	0.16%	1.25	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
63	781	128 (2)	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.317	.399	.448	.847	7	2.16	-0.306	12.63	-1.08%	-1.62	C
64	782	130 (1)	Sep 3	DET	@	CHW	L,2-10	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.317	.399	.448	.847	6						PR
65	783	131	Sep 4	DET		CLE	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.310	.392	.439	.830	7	.51	-0.015	4.78	-0.09%	-0.38	3B
66	784	132	Sep 5	DET		CLE	W,11-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.394	.455	.849	7	.48	0.037	5.65	0.26%	1.76	3B
67	785	133	Sep 6	DET		CLE	W,10-5	CG	5	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	.320	.403	.474	.877	7	1.17	0.407	15.25	3.19%	4.30	3B
68	786	134	Sep 7	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.404	.469	.874	7	1.51	0.038	13.13	0.20%	0.01	3B
69	787	135	Sep 8	DET		SLB	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.312	.402	.462	.864	7						3B
70	788	137 (1)	Sep 11	DET		BOS	W,11-7	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.315	.406	.463	.869	8						C
71	789	138	Sep 12	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.319	.408	.469	.876	8	1.28	0.092	17.49	0.75%	1.16	C
72	790	140 (1)	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,7-16	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.313	.403	.460	.863	8	.47	-0.032	5.35	-0.22%	-0.07	C
73	791	143 (2)	Sep 17	DET		WSH	W,6-3	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.402	.458	.859	8	.67	-0.018	7.30	-0.12%	-0.28	C
74	792	148 (4)	Sep 20	DET		CLE	W,6-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.400	.455	.855	1	1.24	-0.034	31.59	-0.52%	-0.28	PH
75	793	150 (1)	Sep 22	DET		CLE	L,5-10	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.402	.458	.860	9	.26	0.011	5.98	0.16%	0.41	PH
76	794	152 (1)	Sep 25 (2)	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.402	.454	.855	8	1.64	-0.017	21.48	-0.13%	-0.09	C
77	795	153	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.401	.452	.853	8	.82	0.033	20.67	0.50%	0.58	C
78	796	155 (1)	Sep 29	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	12-GF(14)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.309	.399	.450	.849	8	1.39	-0.037	.00	0.00%	-0.12	C
							41-36		256	220	35	68	14	4	3	41	31	5	11	2	3		5	2	2	0	.309	.399	.450	.849		1.08	0.489	7.00	4.06%	11.64

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