Billy Sullivan

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: October 23, 1910 in Chicago, IL us

Died: January 4, 1994 in Sarasota, FL

Buried: Sarasota Memorial Park, Sarasota, FL

Schools: University of Portland (Portland, OR), University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)

Debut: June 9, 1931 (Age 20-229d, 7,231st in major league history)
vs. WSH 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 3, 1947 (Age 36-315d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1931 season

Full Name: William Joseph Sullivan

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Relatives: Son of Billy Sullivan

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.7

2840

820

.289

346

RBI

388

OBP

.347

SLG

.395

OPS

.742

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 22	SLB	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
2	2	Apr 23	SLB	@	CHW	L,4-17	CG	46	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	5 (2)	Apr 26	SLB	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	43	9.2	4	1	0	5	0
4	6	Apr 27	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
5	9 (2)	Apr 30	SLB		CHW	L,5-6	GF	0		3	1	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	10	May 2	SLB		WSH	L,7-9	CG	46	9.0	6	1	1	8	1
7	11	May 3	SLB		WSH	L,10-11	CG	0	9.0	6	0	1	7	1
8	15 (3)	May 7	SLB		BOS	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
9	16	May 9	SLB		BOS	L,8-10	GF	0	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	18 (1)	May 11	SLB		NYY	L,8-10	CG	50	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	20 (1)	May 13	SLB		DET	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	22 (1)	May 14 (2)	SLB		DET	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
13	23	May 16	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	25 (1)	May 18	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
15	29 (3)	May 22	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	30	May 23	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	2
17	33 (2)	May 27	SLB	@	DET	L,5-12	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	35 (1)	May 29	SLB	@	DET	L,9-10	GF	11	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
19	36	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	9	1	1	11	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	38 (1)	Jun 1	SLB		PHA	L,7-10	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	39	Jun 3 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
22	40	Jun 3 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	41	Jun 4 (1)	SLB		WSH	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	42	Jun 4 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	43	Jun 6	SLB		WSH	L,7-10	CG	49	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	44	Jun 8	SLB		BOS	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	45	Jun 9 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	46	Jun 9 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,7-18	CG	53	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
29	47	Jun 11 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
30	48	Jun 11 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	50 (1)	Jun 16	SLB	@	PHA	L,10-11	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	51	Jun 17	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	49	10.1	0	0	0	0	0
33	52	Jun 19 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,2-1	GS	37	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	54 (1)	Jun 20	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	55	Jun 21	SLB	@	BOS	W,6-0	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	56	Jun 22	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	57	Jun 24	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	59 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-11	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	60	Jun 27	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-11	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	63 (2)	Jul 1	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	64	Jul 2 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	65	Jul 2 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
43	66	Jul 3	SLB		CHW	L,3-8	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
44	67	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	68	Jul 4 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,4-7	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
46	69	Jul 6	SLB		DET	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	70	Jul 7	SLB		DET	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
48	71	Jul 8 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	72	Jul 8 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,10-9	GS	30	5.0	2	0	1	3	0
50	73	Jul 9 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,2-14	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
51	81 (7)	Jul 18 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	82	Jul 18 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
53	83	Jul 20	SLB		NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	86 (2)	Jul 23 (1)	SLB		BOS	L,5-13	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
55	87	Jul 23 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,3-11	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
56	88	Jul 25	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	89	Jul 26	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-14	CG	46	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	90	Jul 28	SLB	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	91	Jul 29	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
60	92	Jul 30	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	93	Aug 1	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	94	Aug 2	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	98 (3)	Aug 6 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	99	Aug 6 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	100	Aug 7	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	101	Aug 9	SLB	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	114 (12)	Aug 25 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,0-11	GS	46	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
68	115	Aug 25 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,2-8	CG	48	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
69	116	Aug 26	SLB		NYY	L,1-6	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	3
70	117	Aug 27 (1)	SLB		WSH	L,7-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	119 (1)	Aug 28	SLB		WSH	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	120	Aug 30 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,8-9	GS	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
73	121	Aug 30 (2)	SLB		PHA	L,0-2	CG	28	7.0	3	0	1	4	0
74	122	Aug 31	SLB		PHA	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	136 (13)	Sep 13	SLB	@	PHA	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
76	137	Sep 14	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	140 (2)	Sep 17 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	149 (8)	Sep 24 (2)	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	155 (5)	Sep 30 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	156	Oct 1	SLB		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
							82gm		172.0	228	16	12	256	12