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Joe Sullivan

Joe Sullivan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 26, 1910 in Mason City, IL
High School: Silverdale (Silverdale, WA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1935
Teams (by GP): Bees/Tigers/Pirates/Braves 1935-1941

Final Game: September 23, 1941
Died: April 8, 1985 in Sequim, WA
Cremated
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1935 24 DET AL 6 6 .500 3.51 25 12 7 5 0 0 125.2 119 66 49 4 71 53 3 0 4 566 118 1.512 8.5 0.3 5.1 3.8 0.75
1936 25 DET AL 2 5 .286 6.78 26 4 12 1 0 1 79.2 111 70 60 4 40 32 2 0 3 382 73 1.895 12.5 0.5 4.5 3.6 0.80
1939 28 BSN NL 6 9 .400 3.64 31 11 12 7 0 2 113.2 114 57 46 3 50 46 2 0 4 496 101 1.443 9.0 0.2 4.0 3.6 0.92
1940 29 BSN NL 10 14 .417 3.55 36 22 9 7 0 1 177.1 157 89 70 9 89 64 8 0 2 766 104 1.387 8.0 0.5 4.5 3.2 0.72
1941 30 TOT NL 6 3 .667 3.63 32 6 15 0 0 1 91.2 100 52 37 5 48 21 2 0 6 417 99 1.615 9.8 0.5 4.7 2.1 0.44
1941 30 BSN NL 2 2 .500 4.13 16 2 9 0 0 0 52.1 60 26 24 3 26 11 2 0 4 239 86 1.643 10.3 0.5 4.5 1.9 0.42
1941 30 PIT NL 4 1 .800 2.97 16 4 6 0 0 1 39.1 40 26 13 2 22 10 0 0 2 178 123 1.576 9.2 0.5 5.0 2.3 0.45
5 Seasons 30 37 .448 4.01 150 55 55 20 0 5 588.0 601 334 262 25 298 216 17 0 19 2627 99 1.529 9.2 0.4 4.6 3.3 0.72
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .448 4.01 50 18 18 7 0 2 195 199 111 87 8 99 72 6 0 6 871 99 1.529 9.2 0.4 4.6 3.3 0.72
BSN (3 yrs) 18 25 .419 3.67 83 35 30 14 0 3 343.1 331 172 140 15 165 121 12 0 10 1501 100 1.445 8.7 0.4 4.3 3.2 0.73
DET (2 yrs) 8 11 .421 4.78 51 16 19 6 0 1 205.1 230 136 109 8 111 85 5 0 7 948 93 1.661 10.1 0.4 4.9 3.7 0.77
PIT (1 yr) 4 1 .800 2.97 16 4 6 0 0 1 39.1 40 26 13 2 22 10 0 0 2 178 123 1.576 9.2 0.5 5.0 2.3 0.45
NL (3 yrs) NL 22 26 .458 3.60 99 39 36 14 0 4 382.2 371 198 153 17 187 131 12 0 12 1679 102 1.458 8.7 0.4 4.4 3.1 0.70
AL (2 yrs) AL 8 11 .421 4.78 51 16 19 6 0 1 205.1 230 136 109 8 111 85 5 0 7 948 93 1.661 10.1 0.4 4.9 3.7 0.77

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1935 24 DET AL 125.2 12 66 82 3 1.0 16 0.9 $
1936 25 DET AL 79.2 4 70 59 0 1.0 -11 -1.1 $
1939 28 BSN NL 113.2 11 57 65 3 1.0 8 0.2 $
1940 29 BSN NL 177.1 22 89 100 1 1.0 11 0.8 $
1941 30 BSN NL 52.1 2 26 29 0 1.0 3 0.2 $
1941 30 PIT NL 39.1 4 26 22 0 1.0 -4 -0.5 $
5 Seasons 588.0 55 334 357 7 1.0 23 0.5 $
BSN (3 yrs) 343.1 35 172 194 4 1.0 22 1.2 $
DET (2 yrs) 205.1 16 136 141 3 1.0 5 -0.2 $
PIT (1 yr) 39.1 4 26 22 0 1.0 -4 -0.5 $

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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
1935 24 DET AL 25 48 43 6 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 9 .163 .234 .186 .420 12 8 0 1 1
1936 25 DET AL 26 30 28 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .179 .207 .179 .385 -4 5 0 1 1
1939 28 BSN NL 33 44 40 2 12 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 .300 .349 .325 .674 88 13 1 0 1 1
1940 29 BSN NL 36 74 71 3 14 1 0 0 6 0 0 9 .197 .197 .211 .408 16 15 0 0 3 1
1941 30 TOT NL 32 27 26 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 .192 .222 .192 .415 19 5 0 0 0 1
1941 30 BSN NL 16 16 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .067 .125 .067 .192 -44 1 0 0 0 1
1941 30 PIT NL 16 11 11 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .364 .364 .364 .727 105 4 0 0 0 1
5 Seasons 152 223 208 14 43 3 0 0 15 1 0 9 35 .207 .240 .221 .461 26 46 1 0 6
162 Game Avg. 162 238 222 15 46 3 0 0 16 1 10 37 .207 .240 .221 .461 26 49 0 6
BSN (3 yrs) 85 134 126 5 27 2 0 0 7 1 4 16 .214 .238 .230 .469 33 29 1 0 4
DET (2 yrs) 51 78 71 9 12 1 0 0 6 0 0 5 18 .169 .224 .183 .407 5 13 0 2
PIT (1 yr) 16 11 11 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .364 .364 .364 .727 105 4 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 101 145 137 5 31 2 0 0 9 1 4 17 .226 .248 .241 .489 38 33 1 0 4
AL (2 yrs) 51 78 71 9 12 1 0 0 6 0 0 5 18 .169 .224 .183 .407 5 13 0 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1935 24 DET AL 48 -6 0 0 0 0 3 2 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1936 25 DET AL 30 -5 0 0 0 0 3 1 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ 1
1939 28 BSN NL 44 -1 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
1940 29 BSN NL 74 -8 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1941 30 BSN NL 16 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1941 30 PIT NL 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
5 Seasons 223 -23 0 0 0 0 18 8 3 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $
BSN (3 yrs) 134 -12 0 0 0 0 11 5 4 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $
DET (2 yrs) 78 -11 0 0 0 0 6 3 -2 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $
PIT (1 yr) 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1935 DET AL 24 P 25 12 5 125.2 31 7 20 4 5 .871 1.93 1.08 .949 2.15 2.14
1936 DET AL 25 P 26 4 1 79.2 16 3 12 1 0 .938 1.69 0.58 .956 1.99 1.96
1939 BSN NL 28 P 31 11 7 113.2 29 6 23 0 0 1.000 2.30 0.94 .960 2.19 2.16
1940 BSN NL 29 P 36 22 7 177.1 49 8 38 3 1 .939 2.33 1.28 .962 2.22 2.22
1941 TOT NL 30 P 32 6 0 91.2 29 7 22 0 1 1.000 2.85 0.91 .965 2.23 2.21
1941 BSN NL 30 P 16 2 0 52.1 18 3 15 0 0 1.000 3.10 1.13 .965 2.24 2.21
1941 PIT NL 30 P 16 4 0 39.1 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 2.52 0.69 .965 2.22 2.21
5 Seasons P 150 55 20 588.0 154 31 115 8 7 .948 2.23 0.97 .959 2.17 2.15
5 Seasons TOT 150 55 20 588.0 154 31 115 8 7 .948 2.23 0.97 .959 2.17 2.15
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1940 NL  7.968 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1940 NL  89 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1940 NL  14 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1941 NL  6 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1940 NL  8 (3rd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1939 NL  1.000 (1st)
1941 NL  1.000 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 2 (2433), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1856), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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