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Sean O'Sullivan

Sean Daniel O'Sullivan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: September 1, 1987 in San Diego, CA
High School: Valhalla (El Cajon, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 3rd round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed May 29, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 2009 vs. SFG 7.0 IP, 5 H, 5 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, W
Teams (by GP): Royals/Angels 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$421k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.092, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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2/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Royals | 12 signed: The Kansas City Royals signed Ps Sean O'Sullivan and Blake Wood...[+] to one-year deals Friday, Feb. 10. The team also inked Ps Nathan Adcock, Kelvin Herrera, Jeremy Jeffress, Everett Teaford and Ryan Verdugo, C Manny Pina, 1B Clint Robinson and OFs Jarrod Dyson, David Lough and Derrick Robinson.

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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Pete Alexander… #5. Randy Johnson… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Greg Maddux… #3. Cy Young… #4. Pete Alexander… #5. Randy Johnson… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson…

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
2006	18	ANA-min	Rk	4	0	1.000	2.14	14	14	0	0	0	0	71.1	65	23	17	2	7	0	55	5	0	2	291		1.009	8.2	0.3	0.9	6.9	7.86	ORM · PION
2007	19	ANA-min	A	10	7	.588	2.22	25	25	0	0	0	0	158.1	136	58	39	6	40	0	125	9	0	9	656		1.112	7.7	0.3	2.3	7.1	3.13	CDR · MIDW
2008	20	ANA-min	A+	16	8	.667	4.73	28	25	1	1	0	0	158.0	167	94	83	8	50	0	111	11	0	12	692		1.373	9.5	0.5	2.8	6.3	2.22	RCU · CALL
2009	21	ANA-min	AAA,AA	7	6	.538	5.44	17	16	0	1	1	0	87.2	95	53	53	10	20	0	62	3	0	3	377		1.312	9.8	1.0	2.1	6.4	3.10	SLK,ARK · PCL,TL
2009	21	LAA	AL	4	2	.667	5.92	12	10	1	0	0	0	51.2	60	34	34	12	16	1	29	1	0	1	227	74	1.471	10.5	2.1	2.8	5.1	1.81
2010	22	ANA-min	AAA	5	5	.500	4.76	15	15	0	1	0	0	85.0	95	50	45	8	31	1	58	3	1	3	368		1.482	10.1	0.8	3.3	6.1	1.87	SLK · PCL
2010	22	TOT	AL	4	6	.400	5.49	19	14	3	0	0	0	83.2	90	53	51	15	31	2	43	1	2	4	368	76	1.446	9.7	1.6	3.3	4.6	1.39
2010	22	LAA	AL	1	0	1.000	2.08	5	1	2	0	0	0	13.0	7	3	3	1	4	2	6	0	0	0	49	197	0.846	4.8	0.7	2.8	4.2	1.50
2010	22	KCR	AL	3	6	.333	6.11	14	13	1	0	0	0	70.2	83	50	48	14	27	0	37	1	2	4	319	69	1.557	10.6	1.8	3.4	4.7	1.37
2011	23	KCR-min	AAA	8	2	.800	4.22	14	14	0	0	0	0	74.2	85	37	35	6	16	0	55	4	0	4	324		1.353	10.2	0.7	1.9	6.6	3.44	OMA · PCL
2011	23	KCR	AL	2	6	.250	7.25	12	10	1	0	0	0	58.1	78	52	47	10	26	1	19	2	0	3	273	57	1.783	12.0	1.5	4.0	2.9	0.73
3 Seasons				10	14	.417	6.13	43	34	5	0	0	0	193.2	228	139	132	37	73	4	91	4	2	8	868	69	1.554	10.6	1.7	3.4	4.2	1.25
162 Game Avg.				9	12	.417	6.13	38	30	4	0	0	0	171	201	123	117	33	64	4	80	4	2	7	767	69	1.554	10.6	1.7	3.4	4.2	1.25

KCR (2 yrs)				5	12	.294	6.63	26	23	2	0	0	0	129.0	161	102	95	24	53	1	56	3	2	7	592	63	1.659	11.2	1.7	3.7	3.9	1.06
LAA (2 yrs)				5	2	.714	5.15	17	11	3	0	0	0	64.2	67	37	37	13	20	3	35	1	0	1	276	84	1.345	9.3	1.8	2.8	4.9	1.75

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
2009	21	LAA	AL	51.2	10	34	33	0	.9	-1	-0.2	$
2010	22	LAA	AL	13.0	1	3	8	-0	.6	5	0.4	$
2010	22	KCR	AL	70.2	13	50	46	-1	1.0	-4	-0.4	$
2011	23	KCR	AL	58.1	10	52	37	-1	1.0	-15	-1.6	$420,500
3 Seasons				193.2	34	139	124	-2	.9	-15	-1.8	$420,500

KCR (2 yrs)				129.0	23	102	83	-2	1.0	-19	-2.0	$420,500
LAA (2 yrs)				64.2	11	37	41	-0	.8	4	0.2	$

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
2006	18	ANA-min	Rk	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	ORM · PION
2007	19	ANA-min	A	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CDR · MIDW
2008	20	ANA-min	A+	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	RCU · CALL
2009	21	ANA-min	AA,AAA	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	ARK,SLK · TL,PCL
2009	21	LAA	AL	12	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	78	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	22	ANA-min	AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SLK · PCL
2010	22	TOT	AL	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2010	22	LAA	AL	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2010	22	KCR	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2011	23	KCR-min	AAA	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OMA · PCL
3 Seasons				31	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	1	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	21	21	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	5	0	0	0	0	0

LAA (2 yrs)				17	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	35	1	0	0	0	0	0
KCR (2 yrs)				14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	RAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2009	21	LAA	AL	3	0	0	0	$	1
2010	22	LAA	AL	1	-0	-0	-0	$	/1
2 Seasons				4	-0	-0	-0	$

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
2009	LAA	AL	21	P	12			51.2	7	4	3	0	0	1.000	-1	-4	1.22	0.58	.953	1.53	1.51
2010	TOT	AL	22	P	19	14	0	83.2	16	8	7	1	1	.938	-2	-4	1.61	0.79	.953	1.64	1.61	15	1	6%	0
2010	LAA	AL	22	P	5	1	0	13.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.38	0.40	.955	1.66	1.60	0	0		0
2010	KCR	AL	22	P	14	13	0	70.2	14	7	6	1	1	.929	-2	-6	1.66	0.93	.953	1.63	1.61	15	1	6%	0
2011	KCR	AL	23	P	12	10	0	58.1	12	4	7	1	0	.917	2	7	1.70	0.92	.949	1.60	1.59	1	4	80%	0
	3 Seasons			P	43	24	0	193.2	35	16	17	2	1	.943	-1	-1	1.53	0.77	.952	1.60	1.57	16	5	24%	0
	3 Seasons			TOT	43	24	0	193.2	35	16	17	2	1	.943	-1	-6	1.53	0.77	.952	1.60	1.57	16	5	24%	0

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Transactions

June 7, 2005: Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 3rd round of the 2005 amateur draft. Player signed May 29, 2006.
July 22, 2010: Traded by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with Will Smith (minors) to the Kansas City Royals for Alberto Callaspo.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary
2011	23	Kansas City Royals	$420,500
2012 Status		not updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$420,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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