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Billy Sunday
William Ashley Sunday (Parson or The Evangelist)

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 160 lb.

Debut May 22, 1883
Final Game October 4, 1890
Born November 19, 1862 in Ames, IA
Died November 6, 1935 in Chicago, IL

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1883 20 CHC NL  14   54    6   13   4  0   0    5          1  18  .241  .255  .315   66   17                    
 1884 21 CHC NL  43  176   25   39   4  1   4   28          4  36  .222  .239  .324   70   57                    
 1885 22 CHC NL  46  172   36   44   3  3   2   20         12  33  .256  .304  .343   97   59                    
 1886 23 CHC NL  28  103   16   25   2  2   0    6  10      7  26  .243  .291  .301   70   31                    
 1887 24 CHC NL  50  199   41   58   6  6   3   32  34     21  20  .291  .362  .427  107   85               1    
 1888 25 PIT NL 120  505   69  119  14  3   0   15  71     12  36  .236  .256  .275   75  139               2    
 1889 26 PIT NL  81  321   62   77  10  6   2   25  47     27  33  .240  .307  .327   84  105               4    
 1890 27 TOT NL 117  477   84  123  12  3   1   39  84     50  27  .258  .337  .302   93  144               7    
         PIT NL  86  358   58   92   9  2   1   33  56     32  20  .257  .327  .302   93  108               5    
         PHI NL  31  119   26   31   3  1   0    6  28     18   7  .261  .367  .303   93   36               2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      499 2007  339  498  55 24  12  170 246  0 134 229  .248  .300  .317   86  637   0   0   0  14   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        652  110  162  18  8   4   55  80  0  44  74  .248  .300  .317   86  207   0   0   0   5   0
 Career High    120  505   84  123  14  6   4   39  84  0  50  36  .291  .362  .427  107  144   0   0   0   7   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1883 20 CHC NL   55   41    4   2.6    87| .241  .277| .255  .305| .315  .382| .570  .687|  66  .312  -2.2  -0.2     
 1884 21 CHC NL  180  137   14   2.7    79| .222  .259| .239  .300| .324  .359| .563  .659|  70  .364  -6.6  -0.7     
 1885 22 CHC NL  184  128   18   3.7    80| .256  .262| .304  .307| .343  .351| .647  .658|  97  .544  -0.7  -0.1     
 1886 23 CHC NL  110   78    9   3.0    91| .243  .274| .291  .325| .301  .375| .592  .700|  70  .403  -4.0  -0.4     
 1887 24 CHC NL  221  141   31   5.8   107| .291  .289| .362  .349| .427  .412| .789  .761| 107  .617   1.9   0.2     
 1888 25 PIT NL  519  386   35   2.4    66| .236  .237| .256  .284| .275  .324| .531  .608|  75  .363 -14.1  -1.6     
 1889 26 PIT NL  352  244   31   3.3    88| .240  .262| .307  .331| .327  .357| .634  .688|  84  .386  -6.8  -0.7     
 1890 27 TOT NL  534  354   47   3.5    81| .258  .249| .337  .325| .302  .337| .639  .662|  93  .446  -1.9  -0.2     
         PIT NL  395  266   34   3.4    78| .257  .245| .327  .319| .302  .331| .629  .651|  93  .429  -1.8  -0.2     
         PHI NL  139   88   13   3.9    90| .261  .263| .367  .340| .303  .355| .670  .695|  93  .494  -0.1   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2155 1509  189   3.3    82| .248  .256| .300  .314| .317  .351| .617  .665|  86  .436 -34.2  -3.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1890 27 PIT NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    0.0    2    2    2   0    0    0   0   0     2       0   inf  0.00    0   inf
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    0.0    2    2    2   0    0    0   0   0     2       0   inf  0.00    0   inf
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0   0  0    0.0  136  136  136   0    0    0   0   0   136   0   0   inf  0.00    0   inf

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1883 20 CHC NL OF 14 10 1 6 0 .647 .846 0.79 1.86 1 0 13 1884 21 CHC NL OF 43 45 8 27 1 .663 .867 1.23 1.76 0 9 34 1885 22 CHC NL OF 46 46 6 11 2 .825 .881 1.13 1.82 1 4 43 1886 23 CHC NL OF 28 50 3 5 0 .914 .889 1.89 1.71 1 0 27 1887 24 CHC NL OF 50 78 4 25 2 .766 .883 1.64 1.92 2 23 25 1888 25 PIT NL OF 120 297 27 21 5 .939 .906 2.70 1.90 1 117 3 1889 26 PIT NL OF 81 157 17 10 2 .946 .910 2.15 1.97 1 0 80 1890 27 TOT NL OF 117 250 30 31 11 .900 .914 2.39 1.89 0 82 35 PIT NL OF 86 181 23 27 9 .883 .914 2.37 1.89 0 51 35 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 PHI NL OF 31 69 7 4 2 .950 .913 2.45 1.89 0 31 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1883 20 CHC NL OF 14 10 1 6 0 .647 .846 0.79 1.86 1 0 13 1884 21 CHC NL OF 43 45 8 27 1 .663 .867 1.23 1.76 0 9 34 1885 22 CHC NL OF 46 46 6 11 2 .825 .881 1.13 1.82 1 4 43 1886 23 CHC NL OF 28 50 3 5 0 .914 .889 1.89 1.71 1 0 27 1887 24 CHC NL OF 50 78 4 25 2 .766 .883 1.64 1.92 2 23 25 1888 25 PIT NL OF 120 297 27 21 5 .939 .906 2.70 1.90 1 117 3 1889 26 PIT NL OF 81 157 17 10 2 .946 .910 2.15 1.97 1 0 80 1890 27 TOT NL OF 117 250 30 31 11 .900 .914 2.39 1.89 0 82 35 PIT NL OF 86 181 23 27 9 .883 .914 2.37 1.89 0 51 35 PHI NL OF 31 69 7 4 2 .950 .913 2.45 1.89 0 31 0 1890 27 PIT NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 499 933 96 136 23 .883 .902 2.06 1.88 7 235 260 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 500 933 96 136 23 .883 .902 2.06 1.88
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1885   WS    CHC STL     T   7  22   5   6  2  0  0   0   2   0  .273  .333  .364   0                
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Stolen Bases
1888 NL-71-3
1889 NL-47-8
1890 NL-84-3

Gray Ink: Batting - 6 (1643) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2744) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Most Similar by Age 

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  1. Roy White (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Eddie Burke (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Cliff Carroll (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Darren Lewis (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Cliff Carroll (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

January 15, 1888: Purchased by the Pittsburg Alleghenys from the Chicago White Stockings for $2,000. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

August 22, 1890: Traded by the Pittsburg Alleghenys to the Philadelphia Phillies for Eddie Burke, Bill Day, and $1,100.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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Name and misspellings: Parson William The Bill Evangelist Billy billie Ashley asheley Sunday

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