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.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	SLB	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 20	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-9	CG	44	8.0	8	3	0	11	0
3	4 (1)	Apr 22	SLB		CHW	L,3-4	CG	58	13.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	5	Apr 23	SLB		CHW	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	6	Apr 24	SLB		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	7	Apr 25	SLB		DET	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	8	Apr 26	SLB		DET	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
8	9	Apr 27	SLB		DET	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
9	10	Apr 28	SLB		CLE	L,6-11	CG	48	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
10	11	Apr 29	SLB		CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	13 (1)	May 1	SLB	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
12	14	May 3	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	15	May 4	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
14	16	May 5	SLB	@	NYY	L,10-12	CG	46	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
15	17	May 6	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
16	18	May 7	SLB	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	19	May 8	SLB	@	WSH	L,7-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	20	May 9	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
19	21	May 10	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-8	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	23 (1)	May 13	SLB	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	45	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
21	24	May 15	SLB	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	0	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	25	May 18	SLB		NYY	L,7-11	GF	18	4.0	7	0	0	7	0
23	27 (1)	May 21	SLB		BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	1	11	1
24	28	May 22	SLB		PHA	L,5-8	CG	47	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
25	29	May 24	SLB		PHA	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	7	2	1	10	1
26	31 (1)	May 26	SLB		WSH	L,10-12	GS	36	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	32	May 29	SLB		CLE	W,8-6	GF	18	4.0	3	1	0	4	0
28	33	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,9-10	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	34	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	35	Jun 1	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
31	40 (4)	Jun 8	SLB	@	WSH	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
32	41	Jun 9	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	46	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	43 (1)	Jun 11	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	44	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
34	44	Jun 12 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
35	46 (1)	Jun 14	SLB		BOS	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	47	Jun 15	SLB		BOS	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	48	Jun 16	SLB		BOS	L,8-12	CG	51	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	51 (2)	Jun 19 (2)	SLB		NYY	T,7-7	CG	45	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
39	52	Jun 20	SLB		NYY	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
40	53	Jun 21	SLB		PHA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	2
41	54	Jun 22	SLB		PHA	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	56 (1)	Jun 25	SLB		WSH	W,12-9	GS	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
43	57	Jun 26 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	2
44	58	Jun 26 (2)	SLB		WSH	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
45	59	Jun 27	SLB		CHW	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
46	61 (1)	Jun 29	SLB		CHW	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
47	62	Jun 30	SLB		CHW	L,1-11	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	64 (1)	Jul 3 (1)	SLB		DET	W,6-5	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	66 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	68 (1)	Jul 8	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-8	GF	12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
51	69	Jul 9	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	50	9.1	14	1	0	15	0
52	70	Jul 10	SLB	@	CLE	L,7-8	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
53	71	Jul 12 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
54	73 (1)	Jul 13	SLB	@	NYY	L,12-15	CG	49	9.1	5	0	0	5	0
55	76 (2)	Jul 16	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	78 (1)	Jul 17 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-14	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
57	80 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	82 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,5-10	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	83	Jul 26 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,5-12	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
60	85 (1)	Jul 28	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
61	87 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	89 (1)	Aug 2	SLB		WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
63	91 (1)	Aug 4	SLB		WSH	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
64	93 (1)	Aug 6	SLB		PHA	L,4-8	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
65	95 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,5-8	GF	19	5.1	4	0	0	4	0
66	97 (1)	Aug 9 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,1-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	98	Aug 10	SLB		CLE	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
68	99	Aug 11 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
69	100	Aug 11 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	101	Aug 13	SLB		DET	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	102	Aug 14 (1)	SLB		DET	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
72	104 (1)	Aug 16	SLB	@	CLE	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
73	106 (1)	Aug 18	SLB	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
74	107	Aug 19 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	40	8.1	3	1	0	4	0
75	109 (1)	Aug 20	SLB	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
76	110	Aug 21	SLB	@	DET	W,9-4	GS	0		5	0	0	5	0
77	111	Aug 23	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-6	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	112	Aug 24	SLB	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
79	113	Aug 25 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-5	GS	28	7.0	5	1	0	6	0
80	114	Aug 25 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
81	116 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
82	118 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
83	119	Aug 28	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
84	120	Aug 29	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
85	121	Aug 30	SLB	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
86	122	Aug 31	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	124 (1)	Sep 3	SLB		CLE	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
88	125	Sep 4 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
89	127 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	SLB		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
90	129 (1)	Sep 6	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
91	132 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
92	133	Sep 14	SLB		PHA	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
93	135 (1)	Sep 17 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,9-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	137 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
95	139 (1)	Sep 19	SLB		NYY	W,13-1	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
96	141 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
97	142	Sep 21	SLB		BOS	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
98	144 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
99	145	Sep 25 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
100	147 (1)	Sep 27 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
101	150 (2)	Sep 29	SLB	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
102	151	Sep 30 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	153 (1)	Oct 1 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
104	155 (1)	Oct 2 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
							105gm		835.0	484	69	5	558	17