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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	46 (45)	Jun 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	47	Jun 12	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-11	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	67 (19)	Jul 2	CHW		BOS	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
4	68	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	69	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	70	Jul 5 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	72 (1)	Jul 6	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-3	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	78 (5)	Jul 12 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
9	79	Jul 14	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	80	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	2	2	1	5	0
11	81	Jul 17	CHW	@	WSH	L,7-12	CG	48	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	82	Jul 18 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,6-7	GS	34	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
13	83	Jul 18 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-7	GS	34	7.0	2	2	0	4	0
14	84	Jul 20	CHW	@	PHA	L,7-12	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	85	Jul 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	45	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
16	86	Jul 22 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	1	4	0	5	1
17	87	Jul 22 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
18	88	Jul 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-13	CG	47	8.0	4	5	0	9	0
19	89	Jul 24	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	90	Jul 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
21	91	Jul 26 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	92	Jul 26 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-22	GS	52	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	93	Jul 27 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	45	10.0	0	2	2	4	0
24	94	Jul 27 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-12	CG	46	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
25	95	Jul 28	CHW	@	NYY	W,14-12	GS	39	7.0	2	3	0	5	0
26	96	Jul 29	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	97	Aug 1	CHW	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
28	98	Aug 2	CHW	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	100 (1)	Aug 4	CHW	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
30	101	Aug 6	CHW		SLB	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
31	102	Aug 7	CHW		SLB	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	103	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	104	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,7-8	CG	46	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
34	105	Aug 9 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	106	Aug 9 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
36	107	Aug 11	CHW		WSH	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
37	108	Aug 12	CHW		WSH	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
38	109	Aug 13	CHW		WSH	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	1	2	2	5	1
39	110	Aug 14	CHW		WSH	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	3	2	2	7	0
40	111	Aug 15	CHW		BOS	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
41	112	Aug 16 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
42	113	Aug 16 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
43	114	Aug 17	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
44	115	Aug 19	CHW		PHA	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	116	Aug 20	CHW		PHA	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
46	117	Aug 21	CHW		PHA	L,12-15	CG	49	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
47	118	Aug 22	CHW		PHA	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
48	119	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,4-10	CG	48	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
49	120	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
50	121	Aug 24	CHW		NYY	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	122	Aug 25	CHW		NYY	L,0-8	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
52	123	Aug 26	CHW		NYY	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
53	124	Aug 27	CHW	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
54	125	Aug 29	CHW	@	DET	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
55	126	Aug 30	CHW	@	DET	W,10-8	CG	0	12.0	2	1	0	3	1
56	127	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,5-15	CG	50	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	128	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
58	129	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		CLE	T,4-4	CG	27	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
59	130	Sep 3	CHW		DET	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
60	131	Sep 4	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	132	Sep 5	CHW		DET	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
62	133	Sep 6	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
63	134	Sep 7 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	42	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
64	135	Sep 7 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
65	136	Sep 8 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	137	Sep 8 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
67	138	Sep 11	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
68	139	Sep 12 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	54	13.0	1	5	0	6	1
69	140	Sep 12 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	T,13-13	GS	51	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
70	141	Sep 13 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-5	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
71	142	Sep 13 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	T,2-2	CG	0	14.0	3	3	0	6	0
72	143	Sep 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-12	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	144	Sep 15	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	2	3	0	5	0
74	145	Sep 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
75	146	Sep 18	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	147	Sep 19 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-10	GF	13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
77	148	Sep 19 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
78	149	Sep 20 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
79	150	Sep 20 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	151	Sep 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	152	Sep 22	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
82	153	Sep 26 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	2	1	1	4	0
83	154	Sep 26 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-13	CG	41	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
84	155	Sep 27 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	L,8-10	CG	0	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
85	156	Sep 27 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
							86gm		714.0	104	152	24	280	10