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Cory Sullivan

Cory Sullivan

Positions: Centerfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 20, 1979 in Tulsa, OK
High School: North Allegheny HS (Wexford, PA)
School: Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC)
Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 7th round of the 2001 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 2001. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 2005
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Mets/Astros 2005-2010

Final Game: June 20, 2010
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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
2001	21	COL-min	A	67	285	258	36	71	12	1	5	22	13	9	25	56	.275	.344	.388	.731		100	2	2	0	0	0		AVL · SALL
2002	22	COL-min	A+	138	622	560	90	161	42	6	12	67	26	5	36	70	.288	.340	.448	.788		251	8	12	7	7	3		SAL · CARL
2003	23	COL-min	AA	135	610	557	81	167	34	8	5	61	17	13	39	83	.300	.347	.417	.764		232	4	4	5	5	3		TUL · TL
2004		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2005	25	COL	NL	139	424	378	64	111	15	4	4	30	12	3	28	83	.294	.343	.386	.729	83	146	6	3	10	5	0	*87/9
2006	26	COL	NL	126	443	386	47	103	26	10	2	30	10	6	32	100	.267	.321	.402	.722	78	155	5	1	19	5	3	*8
2007	27	COL-min	AAA	53	228	206	29	54	9	3	1	21	4	3	18	44	.262	.324	.350	.674		72	5	1	3	0	0		CSP · PCL
2007	27	COL	NL	72	153	140	19	40	6	1	2	14	2	0	9	25	.286	.336	.386	.721	81	54	5	2	1	1	1	8/79
2008	28	COL-min	AAA	94	419	381	70	122	32	3	7	47	13	7	31	63	.320	.373	.475	.848		181	5	3	1	3	0		CSP · PCL
2008	28	COL	NL	18	24	23	3	5	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	5	.217	.250	.304	.554	40	7	0	1	0	0	0	/897
2009	29	NYM-min	AAA	85	320	286	37	83	16	0	2	24	2	2	29	30	.290	.352	.367	.719		105	9	0	2	3	0		BFL · IL
2009	29	NYM	NL	64	157	136	17	34	2	5	2	15	7	1	19	22	.250	.338	.382	.720	93	52	5	0	0	2	1	7/89
2010	30	HOU	NL	57	71	64	6	12	1	1	0	4	0	0	6	18	.188	.257	.234	.492	36	15	2	0	1	0	0	7/98
2011	31	PHI-min	AAA	36	123	100	15	21	4	0	0	14	2	0	20	18	.210	.336	.250	.586		25	3	0	1	2	0		LHV · IL
6 Yrs				476	1272	1127	156	305	50	22	10	97	32	10	94	253	.271	.327	.381	.708	79	429	23	7	31	13	5
162 Game Avg.				162	433	384	53	104	17	7	3	33	11	3	32	86	.271	.327	.381	.708	79	146	8	2	11	4	2

COL (4 yrs)				355	1044	927	133	259	47	16	8	78	25	9	69	213	.279	.330	.391	.721	79	362	16	7	30	11	4
NYM (1 yr)				64	157	136	17	34	2	5	2	15	7	1	19	22	.250	.338	.382	.720	93	52	5	0	0	2	1
HOU (1 yr)				57	71	64	6	12	1	1	0	4	0	0	6	18	.188	.257	.234	.492	36	15	2	0	1	0	0

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
2005	25	COL	NL	139	424	-9	1	0	3	-0	-4	-0.5	12	7	0.7	.497	.497	0.4	0.3	4	$316,000	*87/9
2006	26	COL	NL	126	443	-14	-2	0	3	2	-11	-1.1	12	1	0.1	.491	.493	-0.2	0.5	-2	$335,000	*8
2007	27	COL	NL	72	153	-3	1	-1	-2	0	-4	-0.4	4	-0	0.0	.494	.497	0.2	-0.2	2	$	8/79
2008	28	COL	NL	18	24	-2	0	0	-3	-0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.474	.497	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$	/897
2009	29	NYM	NL	64	157	-1	2	0	4	-2	3	0.3	4	8	0.8	.506	.502	0.4	0.3	4	$	7/89
2010	30	HOU	NL	57	71	-6	-0	-0	-1	-0	-8	-0.8	2	-6	-0.6	.485	.495	-0.5	-0.2	-5	$700,000	7/98
6 Seasons				476	1272	-35	2	0	4	-0	-29	-3.0	34	5	0.6	.494	.497	0.2	0.4	1	$1,351,000

COL (4 yrs)				355	1044	-29	1	0	1	2	-25	-2.5	28	3	0.4	.493	.496	0.3	0.3	2	$651,000
NYM (1 yr)				64	157	-1	2	0	4	-2	3	0.3	4	8	0.8	.506	.502	0.4	0.3	4	$
HOU (1 yr)				57	71	-6	-0	-0	-1	-0	-8	-0.8	2	-6	-0.6	.485	.495	-0.5	-0.2	-5	$700,000

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
2005	25	COL	NL	424	291	53	4.9	118	.361	.294	.282	.343	.354	.386	.450	.729	.804	83	.503	-10.5	-1.0	.674	.190	.093	6.0
2006	26	COL	NL	443	318	51	4.3	121	.349	.267	.283	.321	.355	.402	.459	.722	.814	78	.423	-14.4	-1.4	.653	.228	.135	3.3
2007	27	COL	NL	153	107	18	4.5	117	.333	.286	.281	.336	.351	.386	.449	.721	.801	81	.447	-4.3	-0.4	.638	.179	.100	2.0
2008	28	COL	NL	24	18	2	3.0	115	.278	.217	.278	.250	.351	.304	.443	.554	.794	40	.287	-2.3	-0.2	.500	.130	.087	.0
2009	29	NYM	NL	157	110	18	4.4	104	.281	.250	.262	.338	.335	.382	.416	.720	.751	93	.458	-1.6	-0.2	.713	.316	.132	3.1
2010	30	HOU	NL	71	55	4	1.9	100	.261	.188	.258	.257	.328	.234	.407	.492	.735	36	.172	-5.9	-0.6	.389	.141	.047
6 Yrs				1272	899	146	4.4	116	.336	.271	.278	.327	.350	.381	.446	.708	.796	79	.442	-38.9	-3.7	.646	.213	.110	15.2
162 Game Avg.				433	306	50	4.4	116	.336	.271	.278	.327	.350	.381	.446	.708	.796	79	.442	-38.9	-3.7	.646	.213	.110	5

COL (4 yrs)				1044	734	124	4.5	119	.350	.279	.282	.330	.354	.391	.453	.721	.807	79	.456	-31.4	-3.0	.655	.203	.111	12.1
NYM (1 yr)				157	110	18	4.4	104	.281	.250	.262	.338	.335	.382	.416	.720	.751	93	.458	-1.6	-0.2	.713	.316	.132	3.1
HOU (1 yr)				71	55	4	1.9	100	.261	.188	.258	.257	.328	.234	.407	.492	.735	36	.172	-5.9	-0.6	.389	.141	.047

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
2007	27	COL	NL	NLDS	PHI	W	3	2	2	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
2007	27	COL	NL	NLCS	ARI	W	1	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2007	27	COL	NL	WS	BOS	L	2	3	3	1	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1
1 Yr (3 Series)							6	6	6	2	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	2
1 NLDS							3	2	2	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
1 NLCS							1	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 WS							2	3	3	1	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2005	25	COL	NL	424	0.9%	19.6%	6.6%	5.4%	21%	2.96	4.6	94.5	12.6	0.78	1.34	70%	25%	2.6%	4%
2006	26	COL	NL	443	0.5%	22.6%	7.2%	8.6%	37%	3.13	3.9	193.0	12.9	0.56	1.21	65%	26%	1.2%	4%
2007	27	COL	NL	153	1.3%	16.3%	5.9%	5.9%	23%	2.78	5.6	70.0	10.0	0.64	1.13	75%	26%	3.0%	6%
2008	28	COL	NL	24	0.0%	20.8%	0.0%	4.2%	20%		4.6		5.8	0.29	0.30	75%	17%	0.0%	7%
2009	29	NYM	NL	157	1.3%	14.0%	12.1%	5.7%	27%	1.16	6.2	68.0	9.1	0.93	1.50	73%	19%	3.5%	5%
2010	30	HOU	NL	71	0.0%	25.4%	8.5%	2.8%	17%	3.00	3.6		16.0	0.96	1.47	65%	19%	0.0%	4%
6 Yrs				1272	0.8%	19.9%	7.4%	6.5%	27%	2.69	4.5	112.7	11.6	0.70	1.25	69%	24%	2.1%	4%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.4%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.04	5.1	33.4	7.7	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.6%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2005	25	COL	NL	-10.5	-1.0	444	-0.5	6.9	-7.3	.98	-0.0	-0.4	-0.3	-0.0	0.91	-3.6	1.15	29
2006	26	COL	NL	-14.4	-1.4	464	-2.6	5.9	-8.5	1.03	-1.5	-1.0	-13.2	-1.2	0.90	-14.0	1.32	16
2007	27	COL	NL	-4.3	-0.4	158	-0.0	2.5	-2.6	.90	0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.92	-1.9	1.01	31
2008	28	COL	NL	-2.3	-0.2	25	-0.1	0.2	-0.4	.87	-0.2	-0.0	0.5	0.0	0.91	-0.7	0.57	6
2009	29	NYM	NL	-1.6	-0.2	170	0.2	2.9	-2.7	1.03	0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.95	3.5	1.49	21
2010	30	HOU	NL	-5.9	-0.6	72	-0.1	1.4	-1.5	1.25	-0.6	0.6	-3.9	-0.4	0.92	-6.4	1.42	40
6 Yrs				-38.9	-3.7	1333	-3.0	19.9	-22.9	1.01	-1.9	-1.2	-17.9	-1.7	0.91	-23.0	1.24	143

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2005	25	COL	NL	4	44%	199	12	3	80%	11	2	1	1	3	1	3	4	63%	21	12	9	5	2	2	23	1	20
2006	26	COL	NL	4	34%	183	10	6	63%	9	5	1	1	1	0	5	7	38%	16	13	3	2	1	0	11	2	8
2007	27	COL	NL	2	35%	75	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	41%	10	7	3	0	0	0	7	3	4
2008	28	COL	NL	0	50%	16	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
2009	29	NYM	NL	2	29%	57	7	1	88%	7	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	44%	9	5	4	3	2	1	6	2	3
2010	30	HOU	NL	0	33%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	25%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
6 Yrs				12	37%	546	32	10	76%	30	8	2	2	5	1	15	16	50%	60	39	21	10	5	3	49	8	36

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2005	25	COL	NL	424	88%	111	16	9	29	7	1	3	1.15	4	0	7	4	0	1	3	0	12	10	83%	65	6	9%	37	16	43%	206	26	13%	15	6	40%	10	7	70%	0
2006	26	COL	NL	443	93%	103	10	4	16	3	0	1	1.32	2	0	7	1	1	0	2	0	22	19	86%	66	5	8%	43	25	58%	209	29	14%	23	11	48%	13	5	38%	0
2007	27	COL	NL	153	88%	40	3	1	31	8	0	4	1.01	2	0	5	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	100%	21	5	24%	9	3	33%	78	12	15%	7	2	29%	7	6	86%	0
2008	28	COL	NL	24	83%	5	0	0	6	1	0	1	0.57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	3	2	67%	11	4	36%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
2009	29	NYM	NL	157	87%	34	3	0	21	5	0	1	1.49	2	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		33	5	15%	17	5	29%	93	14	15%	9	7	78%	4	3	75%	0
2010	30	HOU	NL	71	96%	12	2	0	40	6	0	3	1.42	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	11	2	18%	5	4	80%	42	5	12%	1	1	100%	3	3	100%	0
6 Yrs				1272	90%	305	34	14	143	30	1	13	1.24	10	0	23	9	1	3	7	0	36	31	86%	199	23	12%	114	55	48%	639	90	14%	56	28	50%	38	25	66%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			67%			11%			32%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2005	25	COL	NL	425	1648	3.88	1072	65%	22%	15%	34%	29%	78%	0%	50%	81%	32%	4%	18	0	16%	66	26	6%	25	19	14%	-1	0	0
2006	26	COL	NL	447	1709	3.82	1115	65%	24%	17%	31%	28%	76%	2%	49%	78%	30%	5%	21	0	15%	69	25	8%	36	26	21%	-4	0	0
2007	27	COL	NL	153	586	3.83	404	69%	22%	14%	35%	29%	78%	2%	54%	82%	30%	3%	4	0	11%	17	6	5%	7	5	32%	0	0	0
2008	28	COL	NL	24	91	3.79	65	71%	18%	18%	35%	28%	82%	0%	58%	77%	38%	0%	0	0	13%	3	2	4%	1	1	0%	0	0	0
2009	29	NYM	NL	157	636	4.05	382	60%	33%	11%	26%	30%	67%	2%	40%	84%	10%	6%	10	0	20%	31	12	8%	12	7	18%	0	0	0
2010	30	HOU	NL	71	256	3.61	167	65%	29%	16%	26%	28%	71%	0%	46%	77%	28%	7%	5	0	11%	8	3	7%	5	3	11%	0	0	0
6 Yrs				1277	4926	3.86	3205	65%	25%	15%	32%	29%	75%	1%	49%	80%	28%	5%	58	0	15%	194	74	7%	86	61	19%	-5	0	0
MLB Averages						3.78		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

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
2005	25	139	424	378	64	111	15	4	4	30	12	3	28	83	.294	.343	.386	.729	83	146	6	3	10	5	0
2006	26	265	867	764	111	214	41	14	6	60	22	9	60	183	.280	.332	.394	.726	80	301	11	4	29	10	3
2007	27	337	1020	904	130	254	47	15	8	74	24	9	69	208	.281	.332	.393	.725	80	355	16	6	30	11	4
2008	28	355	1044	927	133	259	47	16	8	78	25	9	69	213	.279	.330	.391	.721	79	362	16	7	30	11	4
2009	29	419	1201	1063	150	293	49	21	10	93	32	10	88	235	.276	.331	.389	.721	81	414	21	7	30	13	5
2010	30	476	1272	1127	156	305	50	22	10	97	32	10	94	253	.271	.327	.381	.708	79	429	23	7	31	13	5

Neutralized Batting

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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
2005	25	139	414	370	56	103	14	4	4	26	11	26	83	.278	.327	.370	.697	44	139
2006	26	126	431	377	40	94	24	9	2	26	9	29	100	.249	.301	.377	.678	43	126
2007	27	72	151	138	17	38	6	1	2	13	2	9	25	.275	.327	.377	.703	16	72
2008	28	18	23	22	2	4	0	1	0	3	1	0	5	.182	.217	.273	.490	1	18
2009	29	64	157	136	17	34	2	5	2	15	7	19	22	.250	.338	.382	.720	18	64
2010	30	57	71	64	6	12	1	1	0	4	0	6	18	.188	.257	.234	.492	4	57
6 Yrs		476	1247	1107	138	285	47	21	10	87	30	89	253	.257	.313	.365	.678	126	476
162 Game Avg.		162	424	377	47	97	16	7	3	30	10	30	86	.257	.313	.365	.678	43	476

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 2006 NL 10 (7th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 2006 NL 19 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
2006 NL 10 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
2006 NL 19 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2197), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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