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Haywood Sullivan

Haywood Cooper Sullivan

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: December 15, 1930 in Donalsonville, GA
School: University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1955
Teams (by GP): Athletics/RedSox 1955-1963

Final Game: June 30, 1963
Died: February 12, 2003 in Fort Myers, FL
Buried: Dothan City Cemetery, Dothan, AL
Relatives: Father of Marc 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
1953 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955 24 BOS AL 2 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1957 26 BOS AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1958 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1959 28 BOS AL 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1960 29 BOS AL 52 141 124 9 20 1 0 3 10 0 0 16 24 .161 .255 .242 .497 34 30 3 0 0 1 2 2
1961 30 KCA AL 117 379 331 42 80 16 2 6 40 1 0 46 45 .242 .333 .356 .690 85 118 9 0 1 1 0 23/97
1962 31 KCA AL 95 313 274 33 68 7 2 4 29 1 0 31 54 .248 .325 .332 .657 75 91 6 1 5 2 5 2/3
1963 32 KCA AL 40 131 113 9 24 6 1 0 8 0 0 15 15 .212 .300 .283 .583 61 32 6 0 1 2 2 2
7 Yrs 312 974 851 94 192 30 5 13 87 2 0 109 140 .226 .312 .318 .631 70 271 24 1 7 6 9
162 Game Avg. 162 506 442 49 100 16 3 7 45 1 0 57 73 .226 .312 .318 .631 70 141 12 1 4 3 5
BOS (4 yrs) 60 151 133 10 20 1 0 3 10 0 0 17 26 .150 .245 .226 .471 27 30 3 0 0 1 2
KCA (3 yrs) 252 823 718 84 172 29 5 10 77 2 0 92 114 .240 .325 .336 .660 77 241 21 1 7 5 7

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
1955 24 BOS AL 2 6 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .451 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /2
1957 26 BOS AL 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .483 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /2
1959 28 BOS AL 4 3 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .492 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /2
1960 29 BOS AL 52 141 -12 -1 -0 -2 2 -13 -1.4 4 -9 -1.0 .474 .492 -0.8 -0.0 -7 $ 2
1961 30 KCA AL 117 379 -7 0 -1 -1 4 -4 -0.6 10 6 0.5 .496 .497 0.7 0.2 7 $ 23/97
1962 31 KCA AL 95 313 -11 1 1 -6 4 -11 -1.2 8 -2 -0.4 .488 .493 0.3 -0.2 4 $ 2/3
1963 32 KCA AL 40 131 -6 -0 -1 -1 2 -6 -0.8 4 -3 -0.4 .482 .496 -0.2 0.1 -2 $ 2
7 Seasons 312 974 -37 0 -1 -10 12 -36 -4.2 27 -9 -1.4 .488 .497 -0.1 -0.0 1 $
BOS (4 yrs) 60 151 -13 -1 -0 -2 2 -14 -1.6 4 -10 -1.1 .475 .498 -0.9 -0.0 -8 $
KCA (3 yrs) 252 823 -24 1 -1 -8 10 -22 -2.6 22 1 -0.3 .491 .495 0.8 -0.0 9 $

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
1955 24 BOS AL 6 6 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .277 .000 .358 .000 .412 .000 .770 -100 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1957 26 BOS AL 1 1 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .270 .000 .343 .000 .408 .000 .751 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1959 28 BOS AL 3 2 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .265 .333 .337 .000 .405 .333 .742 -1 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
1960 29 BOS AL 141 108 8 2.0 104 .173 .161 .267 .255 .341 .242 .408 .497 .749 34 .185 -12.0 -1.2 .430 .210 .081 .0
1961 30 KCA AL 379 262 41 4.2 104 .263 .242 .264 .333 .339 .356 .411 .690 .750 85 .451 -6.4 -0.6 .635 .257 .115 1.7
1962 31 KCA AL 313 219 31 3.8 106 .294 .248 .268 .325 .341 .332 .417 .657 .758 75 .418 -9.8 -1.0 .585 .201 .084 1.6
1963 32 KCA AL 131 98 9 2.5 99 .240 .212 .262 .300 .329 .283 .405 .583 .734 61 .276 -5.5 -0.6 .495 .204 .071
7 Yrs 974 696 89 3.4 104 .254 .226 .265 .312 .339 .318 .412 .631 .750 70 .374 -36.0 -3.6 .561 .223 .093 3.5
162 Game Avg. 506 361 46 3.4 104 .254 .226 .265 .312 .339 .318 .412 .631 .750 70 .374 -36.0 -3.6 .561 .223 .093 2
BOS (4 yrs) 151 117 8 1.8 104 .162 .150 .267 .245 .342 .226 .409 .471 .750 27 .164 -14.3 -1.4 .405 .203 .075 .0
KCA (3 yrs) 823 579 81 3.8 104 .270 .240 .265 .325 .338 .336 .412 .660 .750 77 .413 -21.7 -2.2 .593 .227 .096 3.3

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
1955 24 BOS AL 6 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 6.0 0.33 83%
1957 26 BOS AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
1959 28 BOS AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 0.0% 1.00 2.0 0.00 33%
1960 29 BOS AL 141 2.1% 17.0% 11.4% 2.8% 20% 1.50 5.2 41.3 12.4 1.08 70%
1961 30 KCA AL 379 1.6% 11.9% 12.1% 6.3% 30% 0.98 7.4 55.2 8.3 1.25 74%
1962 31 KCA AL 313 1.3% 17.3% 9.9% 4.2% 19% 1.74 5.1 68.5 9.4 0.93 70%
1963 32 KCA AL 131 0.0% 11.5% 11.5% 5.3% 29% 1.00 7.5 14.1 0.93 76%
7 Yrs 974 1.3% 14.4% 11.2% 4.9% 25% 1.28 6.1 65.5 9.8 1.05 72%
MLB Averages 2.4% 13.3% 8.8% 6.6% 29% 1.51 6.7 37.8 8.4 1.02 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1955 24 BOS AL -1.8 -0.2 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .99 -0.1 -0.0 -1.3 -0.1 0.99 -0.9 0
1957 26 BOS AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.50 -0.0 0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.43 -0.2 1.50 1
1959 28 BOS AL -0.2 -0.0 3 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .83 -0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 1.36 -0.5 1.23 1
1960 29 BOS AL -12.0 -1.2 143 -1.5 1.2 -2.7 .91 -1.1 -0.5 -14.1 -1.4 0.93 -11.5 1.24 2
1961 30 KCA AL -6.8 -0.7 385 -0.1 6.8 -6.8 1.02 -0.4 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.94 -1.5 1.88 12
1962 31 KCA AL -9.8 -1.0 307 -1.0 4.8 -5.9 1.10 -1.1 0.2 -14.8 -1.5 1.04 -12.9 1.46 2
1963 32 KCA AL -5.5 -0.6 132 -0.5 1.7 -2.2 .96 -0.7 0.2 -6.8 -0.7 0.91 -7.1 2.31 4
7 Yrs -36.4 -3.7 977 -3.3 14.6 -17.9 1.02 -3.5 0.3 -37.7 -3.7 0.97 -34.5 1.82 22

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1955 24 BOS AL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1957 26 BOS AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 28 BOS AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 29 BOS AL 2 0 18% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 20% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1961 30 KCA AL 4 0 30% 148 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 46% 20 11 8 2 1 1 15 6 8
1962 31 KCA AL 3 0 30% 114 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 63% 14 8 6 3 1 2 10 1 9
1963 32 KCA AL 2 0 23% 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 42% 4 4 0 2 2 0 6 1 5
7 Yrs 12 0 28% 338 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 17 50% 41 24 14 7 4 3 34 9 24

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
1955 24 BOS AL 6 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1957 26 BOS AL 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 1.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1959 28 BOS AL 3 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1.23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1960 29 BOS AL 141 40% 20 2 0 0 0 1.24 3 0 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 23 3 13% 16 2 13% 83 7 8% 9 3 33% 4 0 0% 0
1961 30 KCA AL 379 36% 80 12 4 1 2 1.88 6 0 6 3 3 3 3 0 2 1 50% 75 9 12% 34 8 24% 245 36 15% 20 11 55% 12 4 33% 0
1962 31 KCA AL 313 33% 68 2 1 0 0 1.46 4 0 13 2 2 2 2 0 7 5 71% 71 6 8% 40 10 25% 232 25 11% 21 10 48% 13 7 54% 0
1963 32 KCA AL 131 45% 24 4 2 0 1 2.31 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 22 6 27% 10 3 30% 79 9 11% 7 3 43% 4 2 50% 0
7 Yrs 974 37% 192 22 7 1 3 1.82 13 0 26 7 6 6 7 0 10 7 70% 193 24 12% 102 23 23% 650 77 12% 57 27 47% 34 13 38% 0
MLB Averages 50% 76% 10% 31% 14% 49% 53%

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
1955 24 2 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 25 2 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 26 4 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 27 4 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 28 8 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .100 .000 .100 -71 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 29 60 151 133 10 20 1 0 3 10 0 0 17 26 .150 .245 .226 .471 27 30 3 0 0 1 2
1961 30 177 530 464 52 100 17 2 9 50 1 0 63 71 .216 .308 .319 .627 68 148 12 0 1 2 2
1962 31 272 843 738 85 168 24 4 13 79 2 0 94 125 .228 .314 .324 .638 71 239 18 1 6 4 7
1963 32 312 974 851 94 192 30 5 13 87 2 0 109 140 .226 .312 .318 .631 70 271 24 1 7 6 9

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
1955 24 2 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1957 26 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1959 28 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 4
1960 29 55 148 130 10 21 1 0 3 11 0 17 25 .162 .257 .238 .495 8 52
1961 30 117 377 330 42 79 16 2 6 40 1 45 45 .239 .330 .355 .684 39 117
1962 31 95 310 272 31 66 7 2 4 27 1 30 54 .243 .318 .327 .645 28 95
1963 32 40 131 113 9 24 6 1 0 8 0 15 15 .212 .300 .283 .583 10 40
7 Yrs 315 976 854 93 190 30 5 13 86 2 108 141 .222 .309 .315 .624 85 312
162 Game Avg. 162 502 439 48 98 15 3 7 44 1 56 73 .222 .309 .315 .624 44 312

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