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John Sullivan

John Peter Sullivan (Sully)

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 3, 1941 in Somerville, NJ
High School: Bernardsville HS (Bernardsville, NJ)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1963
Teams (by GP): Mets/Tigers/Phillies 1963-1968

Final Game: August 7, 1968
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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
1959	18	DET-min	D	110	348	348		112	29	1	13						.322	.322	.523	.845		182							ERI · NYPL
1960	19	DET-min	B	125	419	419		117	18	4	11						.279	.279	.420	.699		176							DHM · CARL
1961	20	DET-min	AA	126	485	415	47	95	14	2	8	57	0		70	76	.229	.340	.330	.670		137							BIR · SOUA
1962	21	DET-min	A	117	473	389	50	104	18	2	6	36	0		69	51	.267	.384	.370	.754		144		6	7	2	12		KNX · SALL
1963	22	DET-min	AAA	106	361	323	35	85	14	1	6	35	1	0	38	41	.263	.341	.368	.709		119							SYR · IL
1963	22	DET	AL	3	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.286	.000	.286	-12	0	1	0	0	0	0	/2
1964	23	DET-min	AAA	93	305	264	29	58	9	4	6	27	0	0	36	37	.220	.310	.352	.663		93		0	2	3			SYR · IL
1964	23	DET	AL	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1965	24	DET-min	AAA	29	95	77	10	13	2	0	2	8	0	0	17	10	.169	.316	.273	.589		21		0	0	1			SYR · IL
1965	24	DET	AL	34	97	86	5	23	0	0	2	11	0	0	9	13	.267	.340	.337	.677	93	29	1	1	0	1	0	2

1966	25	OAK-min	AAA	83	279	238	34	78	12	2	5	34	0	0	39	29	.328	.421	.458	.879		109		0	1	1			VAN · PCL
1967	26	NYM	NL	65	155	147	4	32	5	0	0	6	0	2	6	26	.218	.248	.252	.500	45	37	2	0	2	0	3	2
1968	27	PHI-min	AAA	83	293	256	18	63	11	0	1	23	1	2	32	29	.246	.333	.301	.634		77		2	2	1			SDG · PCL
1968	27	PHI	NL	12	20	18	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.222	.300	.222	.522	59	4	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1969	28	BAL-min	AAA	95	330	293	26	74	17	0	4	44	0	2	33	41	.253	.326	.352	.678		103		0	2	2			ROC · IL
1970	29	KCR-min	AAA	64	189	160	10	41	12	0	1	20	0	1	21	18	.256	.332	.350	.682		56		0	2	6			OMA · AA
1971	30	KCR-min	AAA	82	250	215	22	71	14	2	4	40	0	1	28	22	.330	.399	.470	.869		101		0	2	5			OMA · AA
1972	31	KCR-min	AA	88	256	220	19	56	11	0	3	32	1	0	31	11	.255	.344	.345	.689		76		1	0	4			JCK · SOUL
5 Yrs				116	282	259	9	59	5	0	2	18	0	2	19	45	.228	.282	.270	.552	60	70	4	1	2	1	3
162 Game Avg.				162	394	362	13	82	7	0	3	25	0	3	27	63	.228	.282	.270	.552	60	98	6	1	3	1	4

DET (3 yrs)				39	107	94	5	23	0	0	2	11	0	0	11	15	.245	.327	.309	.636	81	29	2	1	0	1	0
NYM (1 yr)				65	155	147	4	32	5	0	0	6	0	2	6	26	.218	.248	.252	.500	45	37	2	0	2	0	3
PHI (1 yr)				12	20	18	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.222	.300	.222	.522	59	4	0	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				39	107	94	5	23	0	0	2	11	0	0	11	15	.245	.327	.309	.636	81	29	2	1	0	1	0
NL (2 yrs)				77	175	165	4	36	5	0	0	7	0	2	8	30	.218	.254	.248	.503	47	41	2	0	2	0	3

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
1963	22	DET	AL	3	7	-1	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.470	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
1964	23	DET	AL	2	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.460	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
1965	24	DET	AL	34	97	-1	-0	-0	3	1	3	0.3	3	6	0.6	.510	.502	0.3	0.5	3	$	2

1967	26	NYM	NL	65	155	-12	-1	0	-1	2	-12	-1.3	5	-6	-0.8	.479	.492	-0.7	0.2	-5	$	2
1968	27	PHI	NL	12	20	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	1	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.0	0.2	0	$	/2
5 Seasons				116	282	-15	-2	-0	3	4	-10	-1.1	9	-1	-0.3	.490	.499	-0.6	0.9	-4	$

DET (3 yrs)				39	107	-3	-0	-0	3	2	1	0.1	3	4	0.4	.504	.500	0.1	0.5	1	$
NYM (1 yr)				65	155	-12	-1	0	-1	2	-12	-1.3	5	-6	-0.8	.479	.492	-0.7	0.2	-5	$
PHI (1 yr)				12	20	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0.1	1	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.0	0.2	0	$

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
1963	22	DET	AL	7	6	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.259	.286	.325	.000	.400	.286	.725	-12	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.333	.400	.000
1964	23	DET	AL	3	3	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.258	.000	.327	.000	.401	.000	.727	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1965	24	DET	AL	97	65	11	4.6	93	.292	.267	.252	.340	.322	.337	.386	.677	.708	93	.556	-0.7	-0.1	.609	.174	.070	.0

1967	26	NYM	NL	155	121	9	2.0	89	.264	.218	.256	.248	.318	.252	.376	.500	.694	45	.224	-10.6	-1.1	.345	.061	.034
1968	27	PHI	NL	20	14	1	1.9	81	.286	.222	.252	.300	.310	.222	.355	.522	.666	59	.244	-0.9	-0.1	.429	.111	.000
5 Yrs				282	209	21	2.7	90	.268	.228	.254	.282	.319	.270	.378	.552	.697	60	.332	-13.6	-1.5	.427	.108	.042	.0
162 Game Avg.				394	292	29	2.7	90	.268	.228	.254	.282	.319	.270	.378	.552	.697	60	.332	-13.6	-1.5	.427	.108	.042

DET (3 yrs)				107	74	11	4.0	93	.269	.245	.252	.327	.322	.309	.387	.636	.709	81	.495	-2.2	-0.2	.562	.181	.064	.0
NYM (1 yr)				155	121	9	2.0	89	.264	.218	.256	.248	.318	.252	.376	.500	.694	45	.223	-10.6	-1.1	.345	.061	.034
PHI (1 yr)				20	14	1	1.9	81	.286	.222	.252	.300	.310	.222	.355	.522	.666	59	.245	-0.9	-0.1	.429	.111	.000

AL (3 yrs)				107	74	11	4.0	93	.269	.245	.252	.327	.322	.309	.387	.636	.709	81	.495	-2.2	-0.2	.562	.181	.064	.0
NL (2 yrs)				175	135	10	2.0	88	.267	.218	.255	.254	.317	.248	.373	.503	.690	47	.226	-11.4	-1.2	.353	.067	.030

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1963	22	DET	AL	7	0.0%	14.3%	28.6%	0.0%		0.50	5.0			1.50	57%
1964	23	DET	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			1.00	67%
1965	24	DET	AL	97	2.1%	13.4%	9.3%	2.1%	9%	1.44	6.6	43.0	7.8	0.68	74%

1967	26	NYM	NL	155	0.0%	16.8%	3.9%	3.2%	16%	4.33	5.7		24.5	1.04	78%
1968	27	PHI	NL	20	0.0%	20.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	2.00	4.5		18.0	1.50	70%
5 Yrs				282	0.7%	16.0%	6.7%	2.5%	12%	2.37	5.8	129.5	14.4	0.94	76%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.7%	7.8%	6.1%	28%	2.00	5.7	43.3	9.4	1.10	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1963	22	DET	AL	-0.7	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	1.20	-0.1	-0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.93	-1.0	0.24	0
1964	23	DET	AL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.17	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.54	-0.8		0
1965	24	DET	AL	-0.8	-0.1	97	-0.1	1.4	-1.5	.91	-0.1	-0.0	2.7	0.3	0.87	0.4	3.62	4

1967	26	NYM	NL	-10.6	-1.1	159	-1.1	2.4	-3.5	1.19	-1.2	0.2	-11.1	-1.2	0.97	-11.1	1.63	26
1968	27	PHI	NL	-0.9	-0.1	20	-0.3	0.1	-0.5	1.22	-0.1	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	1.00	-1.4	2.06	7
5 Yrs				-13.7	-1.5	286	-1.8	3.9	-5.7	1.09	-1.6	-0.1	-10.5	-1.1	0.93	-13.9	1.93	37

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1963	22	DET	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	23	DET	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
1965	24	DET	AL	0	0	10%	37	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60%	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	2

1967	26	NYM	NL	0	0	11%	38	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	25%	4	4	0	1	1	0	3	1	2
1968	27	PHI	NL	0	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				0	0	9%	81	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	38%	9	7	2	1	1	0	6	2	4

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
1963	22	DET	AL	7	100%	0			0	0	0	0	0.24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1964	23	DET	AL	3	100%	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		0
1965	24	DET	AL	97	92%	23			4	1	0	0	3.62	2	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		12	1	8%	6	2	33%	51	9	18%	4	2	50%	1	0	0%	0

1967	26	NYM	NL	155	96%	32			26	4	0	2	1.63	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	29	2	7%	14	5	36%	92	6	7%	7	2	29%	5	4	80%	0
1968	27	PHI	NL	20	95%	4			7	1	0	1	2.06	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		15	1	7%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				282	95%	59			37	6	0	3	1.93	2	0	8	2	0	0	2	0	4	2	50%	46	4	9%	22	7	32%	161	16	10%	13	4	31%	6	4	67%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			79%			10%			30%			13%			47%			51%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1963	22	3	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.286	.000	.286	-12	0	1	0	0	0	0
1964	23	5	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	-39	0	1	0	0	0	0
1965	24	39	107	94	5	23	0	2	11	0	11	15	.245	.327	.309	.636	81	29	2	1	0	1	0
1966	25	39	107	94	5	23	0	2	11	0	11	15	.245	.327	.309	.636	81	29	2	1	0	1	0
1967	26	104	262	241	9	55	5	2	17	2	17	41	.228	.281	.274	.555	60	66	4	1	2	1	3
1968	27	116	282	259	9	59	5	2	18	2	19	45	.228	.282	.270	.552	60	70	4	1	2	1	3

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
1963	22	3	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.286	.000	.286	0	3
1964	23	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1965	24	34	100	88	6	25	0	0	2	12	0	10	13	.284	.360	.352	.712	11	34

1967	26	65	159	150	5	35	5	0	0	7	0	7	26	.233	.268	.267	.534	11	65
1968	27	12	21	19	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	.263	.333	.263	.596	2	12
5 Yrs		116	290	265	11	65	5	0	2	21	0	21	45	.245	.302	.287	.589	24	116
162 Game Avg.		162	405	370	15	91	7	0	3	29	0	29	63	.245	.302	.287	.589	34	116

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