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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1955	BOS	AL	24	C	2	2	1	15.0	12	11	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	7.20	6.00	.988	5.58	5.55	0	0	1	0	0%	47%	1
1957	BOS	AL	26	C	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	18.00	2.00	.990	6.30	5.90	0	0	0	0			0
1959	BOS	AL	28	C	2	0	0	4.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	9.00	2.00	.990	6.08	6.05	0	0	0	0			0
1960	BOS	AL	29	C	50	41	24	342.1	252	237	13	2	5	.992	-2	-7	6.57	5.00	.987	5.93	5.92	0	19	13	7	35%	40%	1
1961	KCA	AL	30	C	88	78	67	689.1	426	387	32	7	7	.984	-1	-2	5.47	4.76	.989	6.21	6.14	9	22	26	17	40%	36%	0
1961	KCA	AL	30	1B	16	10	9	94.2	115	101	12	2	12	.983	1	9	10.74	7.06	.990	9.45	9.34
1961	KCA	AL	30	OF	5	3	3	28.0	7	6	0	1	0	.857	-1	-39	1.93	1.20	.977	2.25	2.22
1961	KCA	AL	30	RF	3	2	2	18.0	6	5	0	1	0	.833	-1	-40	2.50	1.67	.977	2.05	2.03
1961	KCA	AL	30	LF	2	1	1	10.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-36	0.90	0.50	.970	1.98	2.00
1962	KCA	AL	31	C	94	80	70	706.2	488	447	31	10	2	.980	-6	-10	6.09	5.09	.989	6.30	6.28	8	32	32	13	29%	36%	3
1962	KCA	AL	31	1B	1	0	0	3.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	40	6.00	2.00	.990	9.30	9.40
1963	KCA	AL	32	C	37	33	28	300.0	243	226	15	2	3	.992	-1	-4	7.23	6.51	.989	6.64	6.64	0	5	28	7	20%	33%	1
	7 Seasons			C	274	234	190	2058.1	1427	1314	92	21	17	.985	-10	-6	6.15	5.13	.989	6.25	6.21	17	78	100	44	31%	36%	6
	2 Seasons			1B	17	10	9	97.2	117	103	12	2	12	.983	1	10	10.60	6.76	.990	9.45	9.34
	1 Season			OF	5	3	3	28.0	7	6	0	1	0	.857	-1	-39	1.93	1.20	.977	2.25	2.22
	1 Season			RF	3	2	2	18.0	6	5	0	1	0	.833	-1	-40	2.50	1.67	.977	2.05	2.03
	1 Season			LF	2	1	1	10.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-36	0.90	0.50	.970	1.98	2.00
	7 Seasons			TOT	296	247	202	2184.0	1551	1423	104	24	29	.985	-10	-6	6.29	5.16	.989	6.34	6.32	17	78	100	44	31%	36%	6

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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.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch
1955	BOS	AL	24	C	0	0						0
1957	BOS	AL	26	C	0	0						0
1959	BOS	AL	28	C	0	0						0
1960	BOS	AL	29	C	-2	-7						-2
1961	KCA	AL	30	C	-1	-2						-1
1961	KCA	AL	30	1B	1	9	1	-0	1	0
1961	KCA	AL	30	RF	-1	-40	-1	0	-1		0
1961	KCA	AL	30	LF	-0	-36	-0	0	-0		0
1962	KCA	AL	31	C	-6	-10						-6
1962	KCA	AL	31	1B	0	40	0	0	0
1963	KCA	AL	32	C	-1	-4						-1
	7 Seasons			C	-10	-6						-10
	2 Seasons			1B	1	10	1	-0	1	0
	1 Season			RF	-1	-40	-1	0	-1		0
	1 Season			LF	-0	-36	-0	0	-0		0
	7 Seasons			TOT	-10	-6	-0	-0	0	0	0	-10

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	C	1B	LF	RF	OF	PH
1955	BOS	AL	24	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1957	BOS	AL	26	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
1959	BOS	AL	28	4	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
1960	BOS	AL	29	52	41	52	50	50	0	0	0	0	2
1961	KCA	AL	30	117	91	117	105	88	17	2	3	5	17
1962	KCA	AL	31	95	80	95	94	94	1	0	0	0	2
1963	KCA	AL	32	40	33	40	37	37	0	0	0	0	5
	7 Seasons			312	247	312	291	274	18	2	3	5	29

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.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

					Pitching Stats						Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	ERA	RAvg	Fld	F2O%	XI	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	SO	Tot	1B	2B	3B	K23	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	263	n23	GB	bFld	bF2O%
1955	BOS	AL	24	69	4.80	7.80	1	100%	0	0	11	1	1	0	9	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	BOS	AL	26	6	9.00	9.00	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	BOS	AL	28	21	9.00	9.00	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	BOS	AL	29	1503	4.52	5.10	32	91%	0	0	239	21	2	11	204	13	6	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	5	0	2	2	6	67%
1961	KCA	AL	30	3042	4.92	5.53	48	92%	0	0	386	34	3	10	338	32	7	0	1	2	7	0	3	4	0	7	0	1	2	5	80%
1962	KCA	AL	31	3031	5.04	5.40	54	98%	0	0	441	40	3	23	375	28	4	1	0	5	8	3	1	4	0	2	0	0	1	2	100%
1963	KCA	AL	32	1295	3.60	3.91	18	94%	0	0	231	16	1	5	209	16	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	1	0
	7 Seasons			8967	4.71	5.20	153	94%	0	0	1314	112	10	49	1141	91	18	2	2	10	19	3	6	10	1	17	0	4	6	13	77%
	MLB Averages				3.87	4.38		95%																							88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PB	WP	SBO	SB	CS	CSctch	CS%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	RBA	RK	SBlev	CSlev
1955	BOS	AL	24	1	0	24	1	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0.01
1957	BOS	AL	26	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	BOS	AL	28	0	0	11	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	BOS	AL	29	0	19	589	13	7	5	35%	13	4	0	2	0	1	1	0	36	8	0.98	1.66
1961	KCA	AL	30	8	22	1292	26	17	16	40%	22	12	4	4	0	1	0	0	80	27	1.06	0.90
1962	KCA	AL	31	6	32	1173	31	12	12	28%	29	12	2	0	0	0	3	0	88	19	1.34	1.11
1963	KCA	AL	32	0	5	508	28	7	7	20%	26	7	1	0	1	0	1	0	38	12	1.62	1.11
	7 Seasons			15	78	3599	99	43	40	30%	91	35	7	6	1	2	6	0	244	67	1.28	1.12
	MLB Averages									40%											1.18	1.17

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

											Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	3U	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	363	361	36	GB	GBs	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1961	KCA	AL	30	397	69%	83%	29%	19	95%	0	95	6	90	0	4	9	6	3	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	12	0	0	1	11	0	1	1	0	1	100%
1962	KCA	AL	31	13	54%	85%	8%	1	100%	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2 Seasons			410	68%	83%	28%	20	95%	0	97	7	91	0	4	9	6	3	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	12	0	0	1	11	0	1	1	0	1	100%
	MLB Averages				63%	80%	27%		94%																											86%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1961	KCA	AL	30	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	66.7%	1	0	0.0%	0	79	67%	89%	33%	9	56%
	1 Season			1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	66.7%	1	0	0.0%	0	79	67%	89%	33%	9	56%
	MLB Averages																														41.3%			3.1%			63%	80%	29%		54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1961	KCA	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	2	50.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	47	74%	72%	17%	5	20%
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	2	50.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	47	74%	72%	17%	5	20%
	MLB Averages																														58.4%			2.6%			63%	80%	29%		48%

* 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

Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1962 AL 10 (1st)	Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1962 AL 32 (5th)	Caught Stealing %† s c a p y 1961 AL 39.5 (5th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1962 AL 10 (1st)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1962 AL 32 (5th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1961 AL 39.5 (5th)

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