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Marc Sullivan

Marc Cooper Sullivan

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 25, 1958 in Quincy, MA
High School: Canton HS (Canton, MA)
School: University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 2nd round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 1, 1982
Team: RedSox 1982-1987

Final Game: October 3, 1987
Relatives: Son of Haywood 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
1979	20	BOS-min	A	31	92	92		19	2	1	0						.207	.207	.250	.457		23							WHV · FLOR
1980	21	BOS-min	A	94	344	293	32	66	8	3	4	30	2	1	42	51	.225	.326	.314	.640		92		3	4	2			WHV · FLOR
1981	22	BOS-min	A	120	484	406	67	109	21	1	14	64	4	0	66	98	.268	.379	.429	.807		174		8	1	3	6		WSM · CARL
1982	23	BOS-min	AA,AAA	121	433	379	31	77	8	2	1	34	3	4	43	92	.203	.288	.243	.531		92		3	6	2	3		BRI,PAW · EL,IL
1982	23	BOS	AL	2	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1983	24	BOS-min	AA,AAA	100	368	301	39	66	18	1	8	50	3	2	64	59	.219	.359	.365	.724		110		2	0	1	1		NBR,PAW · EL,IL
1984	25	BOS-min	AAA	116	445	383	54	78	14	1	15	63	1	1	47	105	.204	.296	.363	.659		139		5	6	4	0		PAW · IL
1984	25	BOS	AL	2	7	6	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.571	.500	1.071	195	3	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1985	26	BOS-min	AAA	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500		1		0	0	0	0		PAW · IL
1985	26	BOS	AL	32	77	69	10	12	2	0	2	3	0	0	6	15	.174	.240	.290	.530	42	20	0	0	2	0	0	2
1986	27	BOS	AL	41	134	119	15	23	4	0	1	14	0	0	7	32	.193	.260	.252	.512	41	30	1	4	3	1	0	2
1987	28	BOS	AL	60	173	160	11	27	5	0	2	10	0	0	4	43	.169	.198	.238	.435	14	38	5	2	6	1	0	2
1988	29	PHI-min	AAA	83	285	257	20	60	16	0	6	20	3	3	25	72	.233	.304	.366	.670		94		1	2	0	0		MAI · IL
1989	30	CHW-min	AAA	84	284	259	18	49	7	1	1	14	0	2	23	67	.189	.255	.236	.491		61		0	2	0	0		VAN · PCL
1990	31	CLE-min	AAA	12	36	32	4	10	3	0	1	7	0	0	4	6	.313	.389	.500	.889		16		0	0	0	0		CSP · PCL
5 Yrs				137	397	360	37	67	11	0	5	28	0	0	18	92	.186	.236	.258	.494	33	93	6	6	11	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	469	426	44	79	13	0	6	33	0	0	21	109	.186	.236	.258	.494	33	110	7	7	13	2	0

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
1982	23	BOS	AL	2	6	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2

1984	25	BOS	AL	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.550	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2
1985	26	BOS	AL	32	77	-6	0	0	1	1	-3	-0.2	2	-0	0.0	.491	.498	-0.1	0.3	-1	$	2
1986	27	BOS	AL	41	134	-10	-0	-0	-2	2	-11	-1.1	4	-7	-0.7	.473	.493	-0.5	0.0	-5	$110,000	2
1987	28	BOS	AL	60	173	-22	-1	-0	5	3	-16	-1.5	5	-10	-1.0	.474	.490	-1.5	0.8	-15	$150,000	2
5 Seasons				137	397	-37	-1	-0	4	6	-28	-2.7	12	-16	-1.6	.479	.496	-2.0	1.1	-20	$260,000

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
1982	23	BOS	AL	6	4	1	6.7	103	.500	.333	.271	.333	.336	.333	.413	.667	.748	80	.668	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

1984	25	BOS	AL	7	3	2	17.9	101	.500	.500	.269	.571	.333	.500	.406	1.071	.739	195	.925	0.9	0.1	1.333	.167	.000
1985	26	BOS	AL	77	59	5	2.3	102	.192	.174	.266	.240	.332	.290	.413	.530	.745	42	.216	-5.9	-0.6	.456	.203	.116	.0
1986	27	BOS	AL	134	101	9	2.4	100	.253	.193	.261	.260	.330	.252	.408	.512	.737	41	.226	-9.9	-1.0	.423	.118	.059	.0
1987	28	BOS	AL	173	145	7	1.3	108	.216	.169	.267	.198	.336	.238	.429	.435	.765	14	.078	-20.4	-2.0	.319	.094	.069	.0
5 Yrs				397	312	24	2.1	104	.234	.186	.265	.236	.333	.258	.418	.494	.751	33	.176	-35.5	-3.5	.391	.122	.072	.0
162 Game Avg.				469	369	28	2.1	104	.234	.186	.265	.236	.333	.258	.418	.494	.751	33	.176	-35.5	-3.5	.391	.122	.072

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1982	23	BOS	AL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0			1.00	67%

1984	25	BOS	AL	7	0.0%	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	0.00			6.0	0.00	86%
1985	26	BOS	AL	77	2.6%	19.5%	7.8%	5.2%	33%	2.50	4.6	34.5	23.0	1.05	68%
1986	27	BOS	AL	134	0.8%	23.9%	5.2%	3.7%	22%	4.57	3.7	119.0	8.5	0.68	65%
1987	28	BOS	AL	173	1.2%	24.9%	2.3%	4.1%	26%	10.75	3.7	80.0	16.0	0.87	67%
5 Yrs				397	1.3%	23.2%	4.5%	4.0%	24%	5.11	3.9	72.0	12.9	0.82	67%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.3%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	1.67	6.3	39.5	8.3	1.08	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1982	23	BOS	AL	-0.2	-0.0	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.76	-0.0	-0.1	-0.5	-0.0	0.66	-0.4	0

1984	25	BOS	AL	0.9	0.1	7	0.2	0.2	-0.0	.71	0.1	0.2	1.7	0.2	0.82	1.2	0
1985	26	BOS	AL	-5.9	-0.6	79	-0.1	1.1	-1.2	.94	-0.4	0.3	-4.0	-0.4	0.89	-5.1	0
1986	27	BOS	AL	-10.0	-1.0	138	-0.7	1.4	-2.1	.83	-1.0	0.2	-7.0	-0.7	0.97	-10.5	0
1987	28	BOS	AL	-20.7	-2.0	173	-1.3	1.7	-3.0	.88	-2.0	0.5	-22.2	-2.1	0.95	-23.7	0
5 Yrs				-35.9	-3.5	403	-2.1	4.4	-6.5	.87	-3.4	1.0	-32.1	-3.1	0.94	-38.6	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1982	23	BOS	AL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1984	25	BOS	AL	0	0	25%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1985	26	BOS	AL	1	0	50%	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	44%	3	2	1	2	2	0	4	0	3
1986	27	BOS	AL	1	0	42%	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	31%	6	5	1	4	2	2	6	4	2
1987	28	BOS	AL	0	0	29%	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	17%	4	4	0	0	0	0	8	5	2
5 Yrs				2	0	37%	109	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	11	31%	14	12	2	6	4	2	19	9	8

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
1982	23	BOS	AL	6	67%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1984	25	BOS	AL	7	71%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		4	1	25%	0	0		0	0		0
1985	26	BOS	AL	77	68%	12			0	0	0	0		2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	3	2	67%	13	0	0%	5	3	60%	35	1	3%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1986	27	BOS	AL	134	43%	23			0	0	0	0		1	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	100%	17	1	6%	15	4	27%	83	13	16%	6	2	33%	6	1	17%	0
1987	28	BOS	AL	173	32%	27			0	0	0	0		2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	6	6	100%	38	5	13%	20	9	45%	106	8	8%	7	1	14%	4	2	50%	0
5 Yrs				397	44%	67			0	0	0	0		5	0	7	2	3	4	1	0	12	11	92%	70	6	9%	40	16	40%	231	23	10%	14	3	21%	12	4	33%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			81%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1982	23	2	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	2	0	0	0	0
1983	24	2	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	2	0	0	0	0
1984	25	4	13	12	1	5	0	0	1	1	2	.417	.462	.417	.878	140	5	0	0	0	0
1985	26	36	90	81	11	17	2	2	4	7	17	.210	.273	.309	.581	57	25	0	0	2	0
1986	27	77	224	200	26	40	6	3	18	14	49	.200	.265	.275	.540	47	55	1	4	5	1
1987	28	137	397	360	37	67	11	5	28	18	92	.186	.236	.258	.494	33	93	6	6	11	2

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
1982	23	2	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.429	.429	.429	.857	1	2

1984	25	2	7	6	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.500	.571	.500	1.071	2	2
1985	26	32	77	69	10	12	2	0	2	3	0	6	15	.174	.240	.290	.530	5	32
1986	27	41	134	119	15	23	4	0	1	14	0	7	32	.193	.260	.252	.512	7	41
1987	28	60	173	160	11	27	5	0	2	10	0	4	43	.169	.198	.238	.435	7	60
5 Yrs		137	398	361	37	68	11	0	5	28	0	18	92	.188	.238	.260	.498	22	137
162 Game Avg.		162	471	427	44	80	13	0	6	33	0	21	109	.188	.238	.260	.498	26	137

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