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	5-32 / in Starts: 3-5
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 61 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	45 (20-14-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 61 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	40 (20-12-6)

Most Driven In
R Kiner	4
H Greenberg	1
B Cox	1
E Basinski	1
F Gustine	1
W Westlake	0

Most Driven In By
B Cox	1
E Basinski	0
G Mauch	0

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 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	925	5 (4)	Apr 20 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-13	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.13	PH
2	926	8 (2)	Apr 24	PIT		CHC	L,5-6	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	8	.74	0.033	2.64	0.07%	0.39	PH
3	927	10 (1)	Apr 27 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	9	.21	-0.005	.69	-0.01%	-0.32	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
4	928	14 (3)	May 6	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.55	-0.014	1.83	-0.03%	-0.16	PH
5	929	15	May 7	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-3	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	9	1.23	-0.032	4.01	-0.06%	-0.24	PH
6	930	18 (2)	May 11 (1)	PIT		STL	L,6-10	4-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	2.52	0.199	6.47	0.31%	1.62	PH
7	931	19	May 11 (2)	PIT		STL	T,3-3	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	7	3.57	-0.036	8.59	-0.05%	-0.16	PH
8	932	21 (1)	May 16	PIT		BRO	L,1-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	7	3.88	-0.110	11.06	-0.19%	-0.52	PH
9	933	23 (1)	May 18 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,7-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	3.55	-0.092	10.14	-0.16%	-0.25	PH
10	934	24	May 18 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,6-11	7-GF(7)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	8	1.50	-0.041	4.63	-0.08%	-0.80	PH
11	935	27 (2)	May 23	PIT	@	STL	L,0-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	9	1.49	-0.039	3.78	-0.06%	-0.25	PH
12	936	35 (7)	May 31	PIT	@	NYG	L,9-10	6-6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.65	0.069	5.27	0.13%	0.61	PH
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
13	937	36	Jun 1 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.308	.615	9	1.46	-0.037	3.91	-0.06%	-0.24	PH
14	938	37	Jun 1 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,7-8	9-GF(10)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.357	.357	.714	9	.28	0.012	.71	0.02%	0.37	PH C
15	939	38	Jun 2	PIT	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.353	.389	.353	.742	8	1.17	0.114	2.54	0.15%	0.99	C
16	940	39	Jun 3 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-11	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.368	.333	.702	8	.21	-0.005	.54	-0.01%	-0.34	C
17	941	40	Jun 3 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,7-8	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.316	.350	.316	.666	9	2.51	-0.162	5.82	-0.23%	-1.22	PH
18	942	41	Jun 4	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.300	.633	9	.02	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-0.11	PH
19	943	42	Jun 5	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	7	.90	-0.006	1.76	-0.01%	0.06	C
20	944	43	Jun 6	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.320	.261	.581	9	1.44	-0.036	2.09	-0.03%	-0.23	PH
21	945	44	Jun 8 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-5	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.296	.240	.536	7	.64	-0.023	.82	-0.02%	-0.41	C
22	946	45	Jun 8 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.323	.286	.608	7	.81	0.032	.92	0.02%	0.28	C
23	947	46	Jun 9	PIT	@	NYG	L,10-13	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.313	.276	.588	7	2.39	-0.126	3.37	-0.11%	-0.66	PH C
24	948	47	Jun 10	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG(12)	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.257	.316	.286	.602	7	1.74	-0.133	2.19	-0.10%	-1.07	C
25	949	48	Jun 11	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-7	GS-5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.317	.270	.587	7	1.77	-0.088	2.00	-0.06%	-0.86	C
26	950	49	Jun 12	PIT		CHC	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.356	.350	.706	7	.77	0.202	.97	0.15%	2.61	C
27	951	50	Jun 13	PIT		BSN	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.273	.347	.341	.688	7	.73	0.012	.74	0.01%	0.24	C
28	952	52 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,3-12	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.353	.348	.701	8	.55	0.006	.39	0.00%	0.04	C
29	953	56 (3)	Jun 21	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.346	.340	.687	9	1.11	-0.029	.60	-0.01%	-0.25	PH
30	954	57	Jun 22	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.340	.333	.673	9	2.14	-0.056	.88	-0.01%	-0.33	PH
31	955	58	Jun 24	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.333	.327	.660	9	.60	-0.016	.24	0.00%	-0.11	PH
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
32	956	68 (9)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-8	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.345	.327	.672	9	.14	0.005	.03	0.00%	0.21	PH
33	957	97 (28)	Jul 30 (2)	PIT		BSN	L,5-8	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.339	.320	.659	9	.79	-0.021	.01	0.00%	-0.25	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
34	958	103 (5)	Aug 4	PIT		CIN	L,4-7	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.333	.314	.647	9	.33	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
35	959	110 (6)	Aug 10 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,5-7	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.328	.308	.635	9	.69	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
36	960	112 (1)	Aug 12	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.322	.302	.624	9	5.86	0.050	.00	0.00%	0.03	PH
37	961	128 (15)	Aug 28	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-7	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.317	.296	.613	9	.15	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.23	PH
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
38	962	133 (4)	Sep 3	PIT		CIN	L,6-13	7-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.328	.309	.637	9	.09	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH
							5-32		61	55	1	14	3	0	0	8	6	2	3	0	0		0	1	1	1	.255	.328	.309	.637		1.24	-0.401	2.03	-0.42%	-1.54

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