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Billy Sullivan
William Joseph Sullivan Sr.

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 155 lb.

Debut September 13, 1899
Final Game April 15, 1916
Born February 1, 1875 in Oakland, WI
Died January 28, 1965 in Newberg, OR

Father of Billy Sullivan

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1899 24 BSN NL  22   74   10   20   2  0   2   12   2      1      .270  .308  .378   81   28   0           3    
 1900 25 BSN NL  72  238   36   65   6  0   8   41   4      9      .273  .302  .399   84   95   3           1    
 1901 26 CHW AL  98  367   54   90  15  6   4   56  12     10      .245  .271  .351   74  129  13           3    
 1902 27 CHW AL  76  263   36   64  12  3   1   26  11      6      .243  .268  .323   66   85   8           3    
 1903 28 CHW AL  32  111   10   21   4  0   1    7   3      5      .189  .224  .252   45   28   2           0    
 1904 29 CHW AL 108  371   29   85  18  4   1   44  11     12      .229  .255  .307   80  114  11           1    
 1905 30 CHW AL  98  323   25   65  10  3   2   26  14     13      .201  .239  .269   64   87  10           3    
 1906 31 CHW AL 118  387   37   83  18  4   2   33  10     22      .214  .262  .297   76  115  20           3    
 1907 32 CHW AL 112  329   30   59   8  4   0   36   6     21      .179  .235  .228   50   75  10           3    
 1908 33 CHW AL 137  430   40   82   8  4   0   29  15     22      .191  .235  .228   52   98  21           3    
 1909 34 CHW AL  97  265   11   43   3  0   0   16   9     17      .162  .226  .174   29   46  15           5    
 1910 35 CHW AL  45  142   10   26   4  1   0    6   0      7      .183  .227  .225   45   32   1           1    
 1911 36 CHW AL  89  256   26   55   9  3   0   31   1     16      .215  .266  .273   52   70  11           2    
 1912 37 CHW AL  41   91    9   19   2  1   0   15   0      9      .209  .287  .253   57   23   7           1    
 1914 39 CHW AL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0                           0   0           0    
 1916 41 DET AL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0                           0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons    1147 3647  363  777 119 33  21  378  98  0 170   0  .213  .254  .281   63 1025 132   0   0  32   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        515   51  110  17  5   3   53  14  0  24   0  .213  .254  .281   63  145  19   0   0   5   0
 Career High    137  430   54   90  18  6   8   56  15  0  22   0  .273  .302  .399   84  129  21   0   0   5   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1899 24 BSN NL   78   54    8   3.8   107| .270  .301| .308  .364| .378  .392| .686  .756|  81  .446  -2.4  -0.2     
 1900 25 BSN NL  251  176   28   4.2   108| .273  .301| .302  .364| .399  .397| .701  .761|  84  .488  -7.0  -0.7     
 1901 26 CHW AL  393  290   34   3.1    95| .245  .281| .271  .336| .351  .377| .622  .713|  74  .347 -14.2  -1.4     
 1902 27 CHW AL  280  207   22   2.8    94| .243  .279| .268  .336| .323  .376| .591  .712|  66  .318 -12.6  -1.3     
 1903 28 CHW AL  118   92    6   1.7    79| .189  .258| .224  .307| .252  .349| .476  .657|  45  .209  -7.3  -0.8     
 1904 29 CHW AL  395  297   29   2.6    70| .229  .247| .255  .298| .307  .324| .562  .622|  80  .409  -8.8  -1.0     
 1905 30 CHW AL  349  268   20   2.0    70| .201  .243| .239  .302| .269  .318| .508  .620|  64  .305 -13.9  -1.7     
 1906 31 CHW AL  432  324   30   2.5    73| .214  .254| .262  .309| .297  .325| .559  .634|  76  .379 -10.8  -1.3     
 1907 32 CHW AL  363  280   17   1.6    70| .179  .251| .235  .306| .228  .314| .463  .619|  50  .232 -18.6  -2.3     
 1908 33 CHW AL  476  369   23   1.7    67| .191  .244| .235  .300| .228  .310| .463  .610|  52  .264 -23.1  -2.9     
 1909 34 CHW AL  302  237   10   1.1    71| .162  .248| .226  .308| .174  .315| .400  .623|  29  .139 -20.8  -2.6     
 1910 35 CHW AL  151  117    7   1.6    71| .183  .244| .227  .310| .225  .316| .452  .625|  45  .221  -9.2  -1.1     
 1911 36 CHW AL  285  212   18   2.3    94| .215  .279| .266  .345| .273  .366| .539  .711|  52  .251 -17.0  -1.8     
 1912 37 CHW AL  108   79    6   2.0    89| .209  .269| .287  .337| .253  .354| .540  .691|  57  .228  -5.0  -0.5     
 1914 39 CHW AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0     
 1916 41 DET AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     3981 3002  258   2.3    80| .213  .261| .254  .318| .281  .340| .535  .658|  63  .312 -170.6 -19.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1899 24 BSN NL C 22 94 26 6 3 .952 .952 5.45 4.38 6 1900 25 BSN NL C 66 227 71 8 10 .974 .949 4.52 4.73 21 2B 1 3 3 0 1 1.000 .938 6.00 5.20 SS 1 2 3 1 0 .833 .926 5.00 5.80 1901 26 CHW AL C 97 396 104 17 13 .967 .950 5.15 4.79 13 3B 1 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 3.50 1902 27 CHW AL C 70 242 81 11 8 .967 .957 4.61 4.70 10 1B 2 11 0 0 2 1.000 .982 5.50 10.75 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.05 1 0 1 1903 28 CHW AL C 31 123 35 2 1 .988 .971 5.10 5.75 8 1904 29 CHW AL C 107 463 130 22 10 .964 .969 5.54 5.90 10 1905 30 CHW AL C 92 389 104 13 8 .974 .971 5.36 5.96 10 1B 2 15 0 0 2 1.000 .980 7.50 10.65 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10 1906 31 CHW AL C 118 475 134 16 7 .974 .961 5.16 5.46 11 1907 32 CHW AL C 108 477 117 10 12 .983 .968 5.50 5.46 11 2B 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 .952 4.00 5.30 1908 33 CHW AL C 137 553 156 11 11 .985 .969 5.18 5.55 9 1909 34 CHW AL C 97 452 119 10 6 .983 .969 5.89 5.79 10 1910 35 CHW AL C 45 290 71 9 5 .976 .968 8.02 6.14 7 1911 36 CHW AL C 89 447 114 8 13 .986 .965 6.30 5.89 13 1912 37 CHW AL C 41 147 52 5 4 .975 .961 4.85 5.85 1 1914 39 CHW AL C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.70 0 1916 41 DET AL C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1902 27 CHW AL 1B 2 11 0 0 2 1.000 .982 5.50 10.75 1905 30 CHW AL 1B 2 15 0 0 2 1.000 .980 7.50 10.65 1900 25 BSN NL 2B 1 3 3 0 1 1.000 .938 6.00 5.20 1907 32 CHW AL 2B 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 .952 4.00 5.30 1901 26 CHW AL 3B 1 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 3.50 1905 30 CHW AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.10 1899 24 BSN NL C 22 94 26 6 3 .952 .952 5.45 4.38 6 1900 25 BSN NL C 66 227 71 8 10 .974 .949 4.52 4.73 21 1901 26 CHW AL C 97 396 104 17 13 .967 .950 5.15 4.79 13 1902 27 CHW AL C 70 242 81 11 8 .967 .957 4.61 4.70 10 1903 28 CHW AL C 31 123 35 2 1 .988 .971 5.10 5.75 8 1904 29 CHW AL C 107 463 130 22 10 .964 .969 5.54 5.90 10 1905 30 CHW AL C 92 389 104 13 8 .974 .971 5.36 5.96 10 1906 31 CHW AL C 118 475 134 16 7 .974 .961 5.16 5.46 11 1907 32 CHW AL C 108 477 117 10 12 .983 .968 5.50 5.46 11 1908 33 CHW AL C 137 553 156 11 11 .985 .969 5.18 5.55 9 1909 34 CHW AL C 97 452 119 10 6 .983 .969 5.89 5.79 10 1910 35 CHW AL C 45 290 71 9 5 .976 .968 8.02 6.14 7 1911 36 CHW AL C 89 447 114 8 13 .986 .965 6.30 5.89 13 1912 37 CHW AL C 41 147 52 5 4 .975 .961 4.85 5.85 1 1914 39 CHW AL C 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.70 0 1916 41 DET AL C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20 0 1902 27 CHW AL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.05 1 0 1 1900 25 BSN NL SS 1 2 3 1 0 .833 .926 5.00 5.80
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 1122 4776 1314 148 111 .976 .964 5.43 5.50 140 1B 4 26 0 0 4 1.000 .981 6.50 10.70 2B 2 5 5 0 2 1.000 .943 5.00 5.25 OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.05 1 0 1 3B 2 0 0 2 0 .000 0.00 3.30 SS 1 2 3 1 0 .833 .926 5.00 5.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1133 4810 1322 151 117 .976 .964 5.41 5.50
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1906   WS    CHW CHC     W   6  21   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   9  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   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.

Home Runs
1900 NL-8-5

Oldest Player
1911 AL-36-8
1914 AL-39-5
1916 AL-41-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1790) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.9 (1711) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1336) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

September, 1899: Traded by the Grand Rapids (Western) to the Boston Beaneaters for a player to be named later and $1,000. The Boston Beaneaters sent Charlie Frisbee (November, 1899) to the Grand Rapids (Western) to complete the trade.

Before 1901 Season: Jumped from the Boston Beaneaters to the Chicago White Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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