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	28-15 / in Starts: 20-9
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	34 games
Most Games w/o RBI	16 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 115 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	68 (29-27-12)
Avg. MLBer w/ 115 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	74 (38-23-12)

Most Driven In
D Camilli	5
B Herman	3
A Vaughan	2
P Reiser	1
D Walker	1
J Medwick	1
Self	1
B Dahlgren	0

Most Driven In By
P Reese	4
E Head	1
A Kampouris	1
A Vaughan	1
Self	1
L Riggs	1
K Higbe	1
B Herman	0

1942 Batting Game Log

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1942 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	882	2 (1)	Apr 15	BRO	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	1.15	0.012	3.24	0.02%	-0.04	C
2	883	3	Apr 16	BRO	@	NYG	W,4-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8						C
3	884	5 (1)	Apr 18	BRO		PHI	L,1-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	2	.333	.429	.333	.762	6	1.63	-0.096	4.68	-0.17%	-0.63	C
4	885	6	Apr 19	BRO		PHI	W,6-2	GS-7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.286	.500	.286	.786	6	.92	-0.029	2.43	-0.05%	-0.42	C
5	886	7	Apr 20	BRO		BSN	W,9-2	GS-5	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.444	.944	6	.75	0.068	2.29	0.12%	1.53	C
6	887	8	Apr 21	BRO		BSN	W,13-2	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.357	.471	.429	.899	6	.39	0.015	1.26	0.03%	-0.29	C
7	888	9	Apr 22	BRO	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG(12)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.294	.429	.353	.782	6	2.03	-0.082	7.11	-0.17%	-0.52	C
8	889	10	Apr 23	BRO	@	BSN	W,9-5	GS-9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.385	.286	.670	6	.64	-0.005	2.37	-0.01%	0.28	C
9	890	12 (1)	Apr 25	BRO	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.367	.280	.647	5	.56	0.006	2.10	0.01%	0.00	C
10	891	14 (1)	Apr 26 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,10-2	CG	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.400	.310	.710	5	.64	0.143	2.56	0.35%	1.06	C
11	892	15	Apr 28	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.410	.313	.723	7	.37	0.021	1.67	0.06%	0.60	C
12	893	16	Apr 29	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-2	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.405	.294	.699	7	.65	0.003	2.94	0.01%	0.06	C
13	894	17	Apr 30	BRO	@	CIN	W,11-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.405	.294	.699	7						C
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
14	895	20 (2)	May 3 (1)	BRO	@	STL	L,10-14	GS-5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.378	.270	.648	5	.66	-0.049	3.07	-0.14%	-0.86	C
15	896	24 (3)	May 10	BRO		NYG	W,5-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.378	.270	.648	7						C
16	897	25	May 12	BRO		CIN	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.354	.250	.604	7	.71	-0.052	3.49	-0.15%	-0.51	C
17	898	30 (4)	May 17 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,8-2	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.360	.310	.670	7	.95	0.091	5.00	0.29%	0.57	C
18	899	42 (11)	May 30 (1)	BRO		NYG	W,7-6	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.365	.318	.684	7	1.13	-0.011	6.13	-0.04%	-0.06	C
19	900	44 (1)	May 31 (1)	BRO		BSN	W,10-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.229	.339	.292	.631	8	.37	-0.013	2.31	-0.05%	-0.35	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
20	901	46 (1)	Jun 2	BRO	@	PIT	W,17-2	6-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.351	.306	.657	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.37	C
21	902	48 (1)	Jun 5 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.328	.283	.611	7	.96	-0.089	4.37	-0.25%	-0.74	C
22	903	50 (1)	Jun 7 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.323	.278	.600	7	.04	-0.001	.18	0.00%	-0.20	PR C
23	904	59 (8)	Jun 21 (1)	BRO		STL	L,0-11	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.318	.263	.581	8	.12	0.000	.67	0.00%	-0.39	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
24	905	70 (10)	Jul 4 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,14-0	4-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.324	.271	.595	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.09	C
25	906	73 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.306	.254	.560	8	1.08	-0.091	3.24	-0.16%	-0.76	C
26	907	77 (3)	Jul 11 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-7	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.333	.288	.621	8	1.94	0.303	5.96	0.56%	2.19	C
27	908	79 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	L,4-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.325	.279	.604	8	.75	-0.073	1.46	-0.09%	-1.28	C
28	909	83 (3)	Jul 16 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	W,2-1	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.313	.268	.580	7	1.10	-0.078	2.95	-0.13%	-0.51	C
29	910	84	Jul 17	BRO	@	CHC	W,10-5	CG	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.250	.329	.303	.632	7	.59	0.061	1.32	0.08%	1.98	C
30	911	88 (3)	Jul 19 (2)	BRO	@	STL	L,6-7	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.333	.299	.632	7	.67	0.007	2.98	0.02%	0.07	C
31	912	93 (4)	Jul 25	BRO		PIT	L,1-4	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.341	.308	.649	8	.22	0.009	.51	0.01%	0.12	C
32	913	95 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.337	.305	.642	8	.34	-0.012	.87	-0.02%	-0.20	C
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
33	914	102 (6)	Aug 2 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,6-7	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.271	.347	.318	.665	7	1.87	0.086	2.37	0.07%	0.43	C
34	915	106 (3)	Aug 6	BRO	@	NYG	L,0-8	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.351	.322	.672	8	.02	-0.001	.02	0.00%	0.11	C
35	916	107	Aug 7	BRO		BSN	L,1-2	8-GF(11)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.354	.318	.672	8	3.39	-0.030	4.10	-0.02%	-0.05	C
36	917	112 (4)	Aug 14 (2)	BRO		BSN	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.340	.304	.644	8	.60	-0.065	.94	-0.06%	-1.49	C
37	918	115 (2)	Aug 18	BRO	@	PHI	L,1-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.337	.301	.638	7	1.88	-0.042	4.23	-0.06%	-0.25	C
38	919	120 (4)	Aug 23 (2)	BRO		NYG	W,7-5	CG(5)	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.340	.337	.676	8	1.32	0.176	3.37	0.27%	1.13	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
39	920	136 (15)	Sep 7 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,11-4	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.346	.344	.690	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.11	C
40	921	142 (5)	Sep 13 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.343	.340	.683	9	.15	-0.004	1.88	-0.03%	-0.09	PH
41	922	145 (2)	Sep 17	BRO		PIT	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.343	.340	.683	6						C
42	923	148 (2)	Sep 20 (2)	BRO		PHI	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.267	.339	.337	.676	6	.49	0.020	2.70	0.07%	0.13	C
43	924	150 (1)	Sep 22	BRO		NYG	W,9-8	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.345	.337	.682	9	3.31	0.132	18.59	0.45%	0.37	PH
							28-15		115	101	11	27	2	1	1	14	12	1	6	0	2		1	1	1	5	.267	.345	.337	.682		.87	0.330	2.83	0.83%	1.37

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