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Billy Sullivan

William Joseph Sullivan Sr.

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: February 1, 1875 in Oakland, WI
High School: Fort Atkinson HS (Fort Atkinson, WI) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1899
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Beaneaters/Tigers 1899-1916

Final Game: April 15, 1916
Died: January 28, 1965 in Newberg, OR
Buried: St James Catholic Cemetery, McMinnville, OR
Relatives: Father of Billy Sullivan
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Standard Batting

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 Awards
1899 24 BSN NL 22 78 74 10 20 2 0 2 12 2 1 8 .270 .308 .378 .686 80 28 3 0 2
1900 25 BSN NL 72 251 238 36 65 6 0 8 41 4 9 33 .273 .302 .399 .702 84 95 1 3 2/46
1901 26 CHW AL 98 393 367 54 90 15 6 4 56 12 10 38 .245 .271 .351 .623 73 129 3 13 *2/5
1902 27 CHW AL 76 280 263 36 64 12 3 1 26 11 6 32 .243 .268 .323 .592 67 85 3 8 2/3O
1903 28 CHW AL 32 118 111 10 21 4 0 1 7 3 5 13 .189 .224 .252 .476 46 28 0 2 2
1904 29 CHW AL 108 395 371 29 85 18 4 1 44 11 12 50 .229 .255 .307 .562 80 114 1 11 *2
1905 30 CHW AL 98 349 323 25 65 10 3 2 26 14 13 54 .201 .239 .269 .508 64 87 3 10 2/35
1906 31 CHW AL 118 432 387 37 83 18 4 2 33 10 22 66 .214 .262 .297 .559 77 115 3 20 *2
1907 32 CHW AL 112 363 329 30 59 8 4 0 36 6 21 67 .179 .235 .228 .463 50 75 3 10 *2/4
1908 33 CHW AL 137 476 430 40 82 8 4 0 29 15 22 62 .191 .235 .228 .463 52 98 3 21 *2
1909 34 CHW AL 97 302 265 11 43 3 0 0 16 9 17 50 .162 .226 .174 .400 29 46 5 15 2
1910 35 CHW AL 45 151 142 10 26 4 1 0 6 0 7 26 .183 .227 .225 .452 45 32 1 1 2
1911 36 CHW AL 89 285 256 26 55 9 3 0 31 1 16 47 .215 .266 .273 .540 52 70 2 11 2
1912 37 CHW AL 41 108 91 9 19 2 1 0 15 0 2 9 16 .209 .287 .253 .540 57 23 1 7 2
1914 39 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1916 41 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
16 Yrs 1147 3981 3647 363 777 119 33 21 378 98 2 170 562 .213 .254 .281 .535 63 1025 32 132
162 Game Avg. 162 562 515 51 110 17 5 3 53 14 24 79 .213 .254 .281 .535 63 145 5 19
CHW (13 yrs) 1052 3652 3335 317 692 111 33 11 325 92 2 160 521 .207 .250 .270 .520 60 902 28 129
BSN (2 yrs) 94 329 312 46 85 8 0 10 53 6 10 41 .272 .304 .394 .698 83 123 4 3
DET (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (14 yrs) 1053 3652 3335 317 692 111 33 11 325 92 2 160 521 .207 .250 .270 .520 60 902 28 129
NL (2 yrs) 94 329 312 46 85 8 0 10 53 6 10 41 .272 .304 .394 .698 83 123 4 3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1899 24 BSN NL 22 78 -3 -0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 2 1 0.1 .494 .499 0.1 0.1 1 $ 2
1900 25 BSN NL 72 251 -8 -0 0 2 4 -2 -0.2 7 5 0.5 .497 .499 0.3 0.6 3 $ 2/46
1901 26 CHW AL 98 393 -16 0 0 3 6 -6 -0.6 13 6 0.7 .494 .496 0.4 0.9 3 $2,800 *2/5
1902 27 CHW AL 76 280 -13 0 0 2 4 -6 -0.6 9 3 0.3 .492 .496 0.2 0.6 1 $ 2/3O
1903 28 CHW AL 32 118 -7 0 0 0 2 -5 -0.6 4 -1 -0.2 .484 .497 -0.1 0.2 -1 $ 2
1904 29 CHW AL 108 395 -8 0 0 0 7 -1 -0.3 13 12 1.1 .498 .499 1.1 0.8 12 $ *2
1905 30 CHW AL 98 349 -13 1 0 1 6 -5 -0.7 12 6 0.5 .493 .496 0.4 0.8 5 $ 2/35
1906 31 CHW AL 118 432 -10 -0 0 3 7 -1 -0.1 15 14 1.4 .499 .499 1.0 1.3 11 $ *2
1907 32 CHW AL 112 363 -18 -0 0 4 6 -8 -1.0 12 4 0.2 .491 .494 -0.3 1.2 -0 $ *2/4
1908 33 CHW AL 137 476 -21 -0 0 4 8 -10 -1.2 16 6 0.4 .491 .492 -0.1 1.5 2 $ *2
1909 34 CHW AL 97 302 -20 -0 0 1 5 -14 -1.9 10 -4 -0.9 .481 .489 -0.9 0.7 -5 $ 2
1910 35 CHW AL 45 151 -8 0 0 0 2 -6 -0.8 5 -1 -0.2 .484 .496 -0.2 0.3 -1 $ 2
1911 36 CHW AL 89 285 -17 0 0 3 5 -9 -0.9 10 0 0.1 .489 .494 -0.3 0.8 -3 $ 2
1912 37 CHW AL 41 108 -5 -0 0 1 2 -3 -0.3 4 1 0.1 .493 .498 0.0 0.3 -0 $ 2
1914 39 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /2
1916 41 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /2
16 Seasons 1147 3981 -167 -0 0 24 66 -78 -9.3 131 54 4.1 .492 .497 1.6 10.0 30 $2,800
CHW (13 yrs) 1052 3652 -157 -0 0 22 61 -74 -8.9 122 48 3.5 .492 .496 1.2 9.3 26 $2,800
BSN (2 yrs) 94 329 -11 -0 0 2 6 -4 -0.4 9 6 0.6 .497 .499 0.4 0.7 4 $
DET (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1899 24 BSN NL 78 54 8 3.8 108 .281 .270 .302 .308 .366 .378 .393 .686 .759 80 .447 -2.4 -0.2 .630 .149 .108 2.0
1900 25 BSN NL 251 176 28 4.2 107 .289 .273 .300 .302 .363 .399 .396 .702 .758 84 .488 -6.7 -0.7 .630 .181 .126 5.3
1901 26 CHW AL 393 290 34 3.1 95 .265 .245 .282 .271 .338 .351 .378 .623 .716 73 .347 -14.7 -1.5 .556 .166 .106 6.0
1902 27 CHW AL 280 207 22 2.8 93 .274 .243 .278 .268 .334 .323 .374 .592 .709 67 .319 -12.3 -1.3 .528 .144 .080 1.8
1903 28 CHW AL 118 92 6 1.7 78 .206 .189 .257 .224 .306 .252 .348 .476 .654 46 .209 -7.1 -0.8 .400 .135 .063 1.5
1904 29 CHW AL 395 297 29 2.6 70 .263 .229 .247 .255 .298 .307 .324 .562 .622 80 .409 -8.8 -1.0 .483 .140 .078 1.8
1905 30 CHW AL 349 268 20 2.0 70 .236 .201 .243 .239 .302 .269 .318 .508 .620 64 .305 -14.0 -1.7 .453 .152 .068 3.5
1906 31 CHW AL 432 324 30 2.5 73 .254 .214 .253 .262 .308 .297 .323 .559 .631 77 .379 -10.4 -1.2 .493 .165 .083 3.3
1907 32 CHW AL 363 280 17 1.6 70 .225 .179 .251 .235 .306 .228 .313 .463 .619 50 .232 -18.6 -2.2 .389 .131 .049 .0
1908 33 CHW AL 476 369 23 1.7 67 .223 .191 .244 .235 .300 .228 .310 .463 .610 52 .264 -23.1 -2.9 .397 .123 .037 .0
1909 34 CHW AL 302 237 10 1.1 71 .200 .162 .248 .226 .308 .174 .315 .400 .623 29 .139 -20.9 -2.6 .347 .109 .011 .0
1910 35 CHW AL 151 117 7 1.6 71 .224 .183 .244 .227 .310 .225 .316 .452 .625 45 .222 -9.2 -1.1 .345 .092 .042
1911 36 CHW AL 285 212 18 2.3 95 .263 .215 .279 .266 .345 .273 .366 .540 .711 52 .251 -17.0 -1.8 .443 .125 .059 .0
1912 37 CHW AL 108 81 6 2.0 89 .253 .209 .269 .287 .337 .253 .354 .540 .691 57 .229 -5.0 -0.5 .419 .121 .044
16 Yrs 3981 3004 258 2.3 80 .247 .213 .261 .254 .318 .281 .339 .535 .658 63 .312 -170.1 -19.6 .461 .141 .068 34.6
162 Game Avg. 562 424 36 2.3 80 .247 .213 .261 .254 .318 .281 .339 .535 .658 63 .312 -170.1 -19.6 .461 .141 .068 5
CHW (13 yrs) 3652 2774 222 2.1 77 .243 .207 .257 .250 .314 .270 .334 .520 .648 60 .293 -161.0 -18.6 .446 .138 .063 19.7
BSN (2 yrs) 329 230 36 4.1 107 .287 .272 .300 .304 .363 .394 .395 .698 .758 83 .478 -9.2 -0.9 .630 .173 .122 7.5
AL (14 yrs) 3652 2774 222 2.1 77 .243 .207 .257 .250 .314 .270 .334 .520 .648 60 .293 -161.0 -18.6 .446 .138 .063 19.7
NL (2 yrs) 329 230 36 4.1 107 .287 .272 .300 .304 .363 .394 .395 .698 .758 83 .478 -9.2 -0.9 .630 .173 .122 7.5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1906 31 CHW AL WS CHC W 6 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 6 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1899 24 22 78 74 10 20 2 0 2 12 2 1 8 .270 .308 .378 .686 80 28 3 0
1900 25 94 329 312 46 85 8 0 10 53 6 10 41 .272 .304 .394 .698 83 123 4 3
1901 26 192 722 679 100 175 23 6 14 109 18 20 79 .258 .286 .371 .657 78 252 7 16
1902 27 268 1002 942 136 239 35 9 15 135 29 26 111 .254 .281 .358 .639 75 337 10 24
1903 28 300 1120 1053 146 260 39 9 16 142 32 31 124 .247 .275 .347 .622 72 365 10 26
1904 29 408 1515 1424 175 345 57 13 17 186 43 43 174 .242 .270 .336 .606 74 479 11 37
1905 30 506 1864 1747 200 410 67 16 19 212 57 56 228 .235 .264 .324 .588 72 566 14 47
1906 31 624 2296 2134 237 493 85 20 21 245 67 78 294 .231 .264 .319 .583 73 681 17 67
1907 32 736 2659 2463 267 552 93 24 21 281 73 99 361 .224 .260 .307 .567 70 756 20 77
1908 33 873 3135 2893 307 634 101 28 21 310 88 121 423 .219 .256 .295 .551 68 854 23 98
1909 34 970 3437 3158 318 677 104 28 21 326 97 138 473 .214 .254 .285 .539 65 900 28 113
1910 35 1015 3588 3300 328 703 108 29 21 332 97 145 499 .213 .252 .282 .535 64 932 29 114
1911 36 1104 3873 3556 354 758 117 32 21 363 98 161 546 .213 .253 .282 .535 63 1002 31 125
1912 37 1145 3981 3647 363 777 119 33 21 378 98 2 170 562 .213 .254 .281 .535 63 1025 32 132
1913 38 1145 3981 3647 363 777 119 33 21 378 98 2 170 562 .213 .254 .281 .535 63 1025 32 132
1914 39 1146 3981 3647 363 777 119 33 21 378 98 2 170 562 .213 .254 .281 .535 63 1025 32 132
1915 40 1146 3981 3647 363 777 119 33 21 378 98 2 170 562 .213 .254 .281 .535 63 1025 32 132
1916 41 1147 3981 3647 363 777 119 33 21 378 98 2 170 562 .213 .254 .281 .535 63 1025 32 132

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1899 24 23 79 75 8 18 2 0 2 10 2 1 8 .240 .278 .347 .625 6 22
1900 25 82 274 261 32 64 6 0 8 36 4 9 38 .245 .273 .360 .633 25 72
1901 26 116 454 425 54 97 16 6 4 56 13 11 45 .228 .253 .322 .575 34 98
1902 27 89 326 307 40 73 14 3 1 29 13 7 38 .238 .262 .313 .575 25 76
1903 28 37 139 131 13 26 5 0 1 9 4 6 15 .198 .234 .260 .493 8 32
1904 29 111 425 398 39 103 22 5 1 60 13 15 52 .259 .287 .347 .634 39 108
1905 30 103 378 348 33 77 12 4 2 34 17 15 57 .221 .262 .296 .558 26 98
1906 31 125 474 422 49 100 22 5 2 44 12 27 70 .237 .289 .327 .616 39 118
1907 32 118 394 354 39 70 9 5 0 46 7 25 70 .198 .258 .251 .510 22 112
1908 33 142 514 461 55 100 10 5 0 40 18 27 64 .217 .266 .260 .527 31 137
1909 34 101 328 285 15 53 4 0 0 22 11 21 52 .186 .256 .200 .456 14 97
1910 35 46 161 151 13 31 5 1 0 8 0 8 27 .205 .250 .252 .502 9 45
1911 36 94 299 268 27 57 9 3 0 32 1 17 49 .213 .265 .269 .533 19 89
1912 37 43 114 96 10 21 2 1 0 17 0 10 17 .219 .299 .260 .559 7 41
14 Yrs 1230 4359 3982 427 890 138 38 21 443 115 199 602 .224 .267 .293 .560 304 1145
162 Game Avg. 162 574 524 56 117 18 5 3 58 15 26 79 .224 .267 .293 .560 40 1145

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 BBWAA ()
1937 BBWAA ( 0.5%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 0.5%)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1901 AL  0.9 (6th)
1906 AL  1.3 (6th)
1907 AL  1.2 (7th)
1908 AL  1.5 (7th)
1911 AL  0.8 (9th)
Career  10.0 (204th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1900 NL  8 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1906 AL  66 (9th)
1907 AL  67 (6th)
1908 AL  62 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
Career  132 (234th)

Oldest s c a p y
1911 AL  born 1875-02-01 (8th)
1914 AL  born 1875-02-01 (5th)
1916 AL  born 1875-02-01 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1111), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 20 (747), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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