Frank Sullivan
Franklin Leal Sullivan
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 215 lb.

Born: January 23, 1930 in Hollywood, CA
High School: Burbank (Burbank, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1953
Final Game: June 12, 1963
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1953 BOS AL 23 P 14 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 0.43 .950 0.88
1954 BOS AL 24 P 36 26 206.1 50 12 36 2 5 .960 2.09 1.33 .958 2.01 0.93
1955 BOS AL 25 P 35 35 260.0 64 22 41 1 5 .984 2.18 1.80 .955 1.99 0.83 AS,MVP-24
1956 BOS AL 26 P 34 33 242.0 54 16 37 1 5 .981 1.97 1.56 .948 1.92 0.82 AS
1957 BOS AL 27 P 31 30 240.2 66 17 48 1 5 .985 2.43 2.10 .962 1.99 0.86
1958 BOS AL 28 P 32 29 199.1 39 13 26 0 5 1.000 1.76 1.22 .962 1.95 0.82
1959 BOS AL 29 P 30 26 177.2 37 15 20 2 4 .946 1.77 1.17 .957 2.05 0.85
1960 BOS AL 30 P 40 22 153.2 23 6 17 0 1 1.000 1.35 0.58 .965 1.96 0.78
1961 PHI NL 31 P 49 18 159.1 46 10 34 2 0 .957 2.49 0.90 .959 2.18 0.88
1962 TOT MLB 32 P 40 0 56.1 16 6 10 0 0 1.000 2.56 0.40 .950 2.08 0.80
1962 PHI NL 32 P 19 0 23.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.74 0.37 .943 2.07 0.82
1962 MIN AL 32 P 21 0 33.1 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.43 0.43 .956 2.08 0.79
1963 MIN AL 33 P 10 0 11.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.27 0.40 .950 1.96 0.79
11 Seasons P 351 219 1706.1 405 121 275 9 30 .978 2.09 1.13 .957 2.00 0.84
11 Seasons TOT 351 219 1706.1 405 121 275 9 30 .978 2.09 1.13 .935 2.00 0.84

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1953 BOS AL 23 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BOS AL 24 36 26 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BOS AL 25 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BOS AL 26 34 33 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 BOS AL 27 31 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 BOS AL 28 32 29 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 BOS AL 29 30 26 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BOS AL 30 40 22 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 PHI NL 31 49 18 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 MIN AL 32 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 PHI NL 32 19 0 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 MIN AL 33 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 351 219 351 351 351 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 BOS AL 24 833 78% 30% 39 90% 2 10 2 8 33 25 4 2 0 1 1 1 5 2 5 0 3 67%
1955 BOS AL 25 1118 79% 29% 46 93% 0 22 1 16 38 27 8 1 0 1 0 1 5 4 4 1 4 100%
1956 BOS AL 26 1068 81% 29% 44 91% 0 16 2 12 38 27 8 1 1 0 0 0 5 5 5 0 8 75%
1957 BOS AL 27 899 82% 34% 48 96% 2 14 1 10 45 37 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 4 100%
1958 BOS AL 28 857 82% 29% 29 90% 1 13 1 11 26 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 4 1 3 33%
1959 BOS AL 29 767 76% 26% 24 92% 0 16 2 9 19 14 2 2 1 1 0 1 4 2 4 0 4 75%
1960 BOS AL 30 692 78% 26% 21 86% 2 5 1 4 17 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 60%
1961 PHI NL 31 707 75% 32% 40 88% 0 10 2 7 32 25 4 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1962 MIN AL 32 148 84% 27% 5 80% 0 4 0 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1962 PHI NL 32 119 78% 27% 5 100% 0 2 0 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1963 MIN AL 33 49 88% 31% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
10 Seasons 7257 79% 29% 304 91% 7 112 12 83 260 197 37 9 2 4 3 4 28 19 26 2 40 75%
MLB Averages 78% 26% 89% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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