Billy Sullivan

William Joseph Sullivan Jr.

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 23, 1910 in Chicago, IL
Schools: University of Portland (Portland, OR), University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN) (All Transactions)
Debut: June 9, 1931
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Browns/Indians/Tigers/Reds/... 1931-1947

Final Game: September 3, 1947
Died: January 4, 1994 in Sarasota, FL
Relatives: Son of Billy Sullivan
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1931	CHW	AL	20	3B	83	82	75		272	96	152	24	9	.912		2.99	.944		3.08
1931	CHW	AL	20	OF	2	2	2		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.970		2.40
1931	CHW	AL	20	RF	2	2	2		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.965		2.10
1931	CHW	AL	20	1B	1	0	0		6	6	0	0	1	1.000		6.00	.992		10.00
1932	CHW	AL	21	1B	52	51	46		525	485	35	5	42	.990		10.00	.989		10.12								MVP-24
1932	CHW	AL	21	3B	17	14	12		50	14	30	6	4	.880		2.59	.950		2.96								MVP-24
1932	CHW	AL	21	C	5	2	1		15	12	1	2	0	.867		2.60	.982		4.90	1		1	0	0%	43%		MVP-24
1932	CHW	AL	21	OF	3	3	2		5	3	0	2	0	.600		1.00	.968		2.43								MVP-24
1932	CHW	AL	21	RF	2	2	1		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		0.50	.960		2.10								MVP-24
1932	CHW	AL	21	LF	1	1	1		4	2	0	2	0	.500		2.00	.965		2.20								MVP-24
1933	CHW	AL	22	1B	22	22	20		227	211	12	4	22	.982		10.14	.989		10.27
1933	CHW	AL	22	C	8	6	4		28	21	3	4	0	.857		3.00	.988		4.88	1		4	1	20%	45%
1935	CIN	NL	24	1B	40	40	38		384	350	31	3	35	.992		9.53	.989		9.93
1935	CIN	NL	24	3B	15	14	14		49	18	30	1	5	.980		3.20	.941		2.86
1935	CIN	NL	24	2B	6	5	5		36	15	17	4	1	.889		5.33	.963		5.77
1936	CLE	AL	25	C	72	66	63		376	324	40	12	8	.968		5.06	.979		4.78	7		25	17	40%	36%
1936	CLE	AL	25	3B	5	5	4		15	6	9	0	1	1.000		3.00	.946		3.12
1936	CLE	AL	25	1B	3	3	3		28	25	3	0	4	1.000		9.33	.991		9.93
1936	CLE	AL	25	LF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.10
1936	CLE	AL	25	OF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.40
1936	CLE	AL	25	RF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.20
1937	CLE	AL	26	C	38	36	34		175	146	20	9	1	.949		4.37	.980		5.04	4		20	12	38%	38%
1937	CLE	AL	26	1B	5	4	4		53	52	1	0	3	1.000		10.60	.991		9.84
1937	CLE	AL	26	3B	1	1	1		3	1	2	0	0	1.000		3.00	.947		3.20
1938	SLB	AL	27	C	99	88	83		511	441	65	5	10	.990		5.11	.983		4.88	3		47	30	39%	37%
1938	SLB	AL	27	1B	6	5	5		47	43	4	0	7	1.000		7.83	.990		9.77
1939	SLB	AL	28	OF	59	59	53		153	139	7	7	3	.954		2.47	.969		2.44
1939	SLB	AL	28	LF	30	30	27		77	69	5	3	2	.961		2.47	.966		2.38
1939	SLB	AL	28	RF	29	29	26		76	70	2	4	1	.947		2.48	.962		2.08
1939	SLB	AL	28	C	19	15	15		100	88	8	4	4	.960		5.05	.981		4.92	0		17	4	19%	37%
1939	SLB	AL	28	1B	4	2	2		27	24	2	1	5	.963		6.50	.990		9.65
1940	DET	AL	29	C	57	51	48		329	292	29	8	4	.976		5.63	.982		5.27	2		14	17	55%	41%
1940	DET	AL	29	3B	6	6	6		20	4	14	2	1	.900		3.00	.937		3.22
1941	DET	AL	30	C	63	59	57		381	339	33	9	7	.976		5.90	.983		5.00	6		29	12	29%	41%
1942	BRO	NL	31	C	41	29	16		159	140	13	6	2	.962		3.73	.979		4.95	0		10	6	38%	46%
1947	PIT	NL	36	C	12	8	6		46	42	4	0	1	1.000		3.83	.981		4.96	0		5	2	29%	44%
	10 Seasons			C	414	360	327		2120	1845	216	59	37	.972		4.98	.982		4.96	24		172	101	37%	39%
	8 Seasons			1B	133	127	118		1297	1196	88	13	119	.990		9.65	.989		10.04
	6 Seasons			3B	127	122	112		409	139	237	33	20	.919		2.96	.944		3.05
	4 Seasons			OF	65	64	57		160	144	7	9	3	.944		2.32	.969		2.44
	4 Seasons			RF	34	33	29		79	73	2	4	1	.949		2.21	.962		2.09
	3 Seasons			LF	32	31	28		81	71	5	5	2	.938		2.38	.966		2.37
	1 Season			2B	6	5	5		36	15	17	4	1	.889		5.33	.963		5.77
	12 Seasons			TOT	745	678	619		4022	3339	565	118	180	.971		5.24	.980		5.33	24		172	101	37%	39%
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	C	1B	2B	3B	LF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1931	CHW	AL	20	92	84	92	85	0	1	0	83	0	2	2	7	0
1932	CHW	AL	21	93	70	93	73	6	51	0	17	1	2	3	20	0
1933	CHW	AL	22	54	28	54	30	8	22	0	0	0	0	0	24	0
1935	CIN	NL	24	85	59	85	61	0	40	6	15	0	0	0	24	0
1936	CLE	AL	25	93	74	93	81	72	3	0	5	1	1	1	13	0
1937	CLE	AL	26	72	41	72	44	38	5	0	1	0	0	0	27	1
1938	SLB	AL	27	111	93	111	104	99	6	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
1939	SLB	AL	28	118	76	118	80	19	4	0	0	30	29	59	37	1
1940	DET	AL	29	78	57	78	63	57	0	0	6	0	0	0	16	1
1941	DET	AL	30	85	59	85	63	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
1942	BRO	NL	31	43	29	43	41	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1947	PIT	NL	36	38	8	38	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
	12 Seasons			962	678	962	737	415	132	6	127	32	34	65	229	3

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1932 AL (24, 4%) 0.04 Career Shares (1177th)	Def. Games as C s c a p y 1938 AL 99 (5th)	Putouts as C s c a p y 1938 AL 441 (4th)	Assists as C s c a p y 1938 AL 65 (4th)
Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1936 AL 12 (4th) 1937 AL 9 (3rd) 1941 AL 9 (4th)	Passed Balls s c a p y 1936 AL 7 (3rd) 1941 AL 6 (5th)	Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1938 AL 47 (2nd) 1941 AL 29 (5th)	Caught Stealing as C s c a p y 1938 AL 30 (3rd)
Caught Stealing %† s c a p y 1936 AL 40.5 (5th) 1940 AL 54.8 (2nd)	Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1931 AL 24 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y 1938 AL 5.11 (2nd)	Fielding % as C s c a p y 1938 AL .990 (1st)
Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1931 AL 2.99 (3rd)	Youngest s c a p y 1931 AL born 1910-10-23 (8th)

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