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Joe Sullivan
Joe Sullivan

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 20, 1935
Final Game September 23, 1941
Born September 26, 1910 in Mason City, IL
Died April 8, 1985 in Sequim, WA

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1935 24 DET AL   6   6  25  12   5   0   7  0  125.7  119   66   49   4   71   53   3   4   566       0  3.51  4.19  119 1.512
 1936 25 DET AL   2   5  26   4   1   0  12  1   79.7  111   70   60   4   40   32   2   3   382       0  6.78  4.94   73 1.895
 1939 28 BSN NL   6   9  31  11   7   0  12  2  113.7  114   57   46   3   50   46   2   4   496       0  3.64  3.68  101 1.443
 1940 29 BSN NL  10  14  36  22   7   0   9  1  177.3  157   89   70   9   89   64   8   2   766       0  3.55  3.73  105 1.387
 1941 30 TOT NL   6   3  32   6   0   0  15  1   91.7  100   52   37   5   48   21   2   6   417       0  3.63  3.59   99 1.615
         BSN NL   2   2  16   2   0   0   9  0   52.3   60   26   24   3   26   11   2   4   239       0  4.13  3.56   86 1.643
         PIT NL   4   1  16   4   0   0   6  1   39.3   40   26   13   2   22   10   0   2   178       0  2.97  3.63  122 1.576
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .448  30  37 150  55  20   0  55  5  588.0  601  334  262  25  298  216  17  19  2627       0  4.01  3.96   99 1.529
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  12  49  18   6   0  18  1  195.0  199  110   86   8   98   71   5   6   871   0   0  4.01  3.96   99 1.529
 Career High     10  14  36  22   7   0  15  2  177.3  157   89   70   9   89   64   8   6   766   0   0  3.51  4.94  119 1.387

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1935 24 DET AL  25   43    6    7   1  0   0    5   0  0   4   9  .163  .234  .186   11    8   1           0    
 1936 25 DET AL  26   28    3    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   9  .179  .207  .179   -4    5   1           0    
 1939 28 BSN NL  33   40    2   12   1  0   0    1   1      3   3  .300  .349  .325   88   13   1           0   1
 1940 29 BSN NL  36   71    3   14   1  0   0    6   0      0   9  .197  .197  .211   15   15   3           0   0
 1941 30 TOT NL  32   26    0    5   0  0   0    2   0      1   5  .192  .222  .192   19    5   0           0   0
         BSN NL  16   15    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      1   4  .067  .125  .067  -44    1   0           0   0
         PIT NL  16   11    0    4   0  0   0    2   0      0   1  .364  .364  .364  105    4   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      152  208   14   43   3  0   0   15   1  0   9  35  .207  .240  .221   26   46   6   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        222   15   46   3  0   0   16   1  0  10  37  .207  .240  .221   26   49   6   0   0   0   1
 Career High     36   71    6   14   1  0   0    6   1  0   4   9                          15   3   0   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1935 24 DET AL   48   37    2   1.4   109| .163  .284| .234  .356| .186  .410| .420  .766|  11  .093  -5.7  -0.5   0%
 1936 25 DET AL   30   24    1   1.1   121| .179  .299| .207  .374| .179  .439| .386  .813|  -4  .050  -4.8  -0.4   0%
 1939 28 BSN NL   44   30    5   4.4    97| .300  .271| .349  .336| .325  .388| .674  .724|  88  .488  -0.6  -0.1     
 1940 29 BSN NL   74   60    3   1.4    94| .197  .266| .197  .330| .211  .382| .408  .712|  15  .104  -8.2  -0.8     
 1941 30 TOT NL   27   21    1   1.3    92| .192  .262| .222  .332| .192  .370| .414  .702|  19  .104  -2.8  -0.3     
         BSN NL   16   14    0   0.0    90| .067  .260| .125  .329| .067  .366| .192  .696| -44  .000  -2.8  -0.3     
         PIT NL   11    7    1   3.8    94| .364  .266| .364  .336| .364  .375| .728  .711| 105  .463   0.0   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       223  172   12   1.9   101| .207  .275| .240  .343| .221  .395| .461  .738|  26  .157 -22.0  -2.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1935 24 DET AL P 25 7 20 4 5 .871 .947 1.08 1.12 1.93 2.15 12 125.7 1936 25 DET AL P 26 3 12 1 0 .938 .955 0.58 1.04 1.69 1.99 4 79.7 1939 28 BSN NL P 31 6 23 0 0 1.000 .960 0.94 1.09 2.30 2.19 11 113.7 1940 29 BSN NL P 36 8 38 3 1 .939 .962 1.28 1.10 2.34 2.22 22 177.3 1941 30 TOT NL P 32 7 22 0 1 1.000 .963 0.91 1.09 2.85 2.23 6 91.6 BSN NL P 16 3 15 0 0 1.000 .963 1.12 1.09 3.10 2.24 2 52.3 PIT NL P 16 4 7 0 1 1.000 .965 0.69 1.09 2.52 2.22 4 39.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1935 24 DET AL P 25 7 20 4 5 .871 .947 1.08 1.12 1.93 2.15 12 125.7 1936 25 DET AL P 26 3 12 1 0 .938 .955 0.58 1.04 1.69 1.99 4 79.7 1939 28 BSN NL P 31 6 23 0 0 1.000 .960 0.94 1.09 2.30 2.19 11 113.7 1940 29 BSN NL P 36 8 38 3 1 .939 .962 1.28 1.10 2.34 2.22 22 177.3 1941 30 TOT NL P 32 7 22 0 1 1.000 .963 0.91 1.09 2.85 2.23 6 91.6 BSN NL P 16 3 15 0 0 1.000 .963 1.12 1.09 3.10 2.24 2 52.3 PIT NL P 16 4 7 0 1 1.000 .965 0.69 1.09 2.52 2.22 4 39.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 150 31 115 8 7 .948 .959 0.97 1.09 2.23 2.17 55 588.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 150 31 115 8 7 .948 .959 0.97 1.09 2.23 2.17 55 588
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Hits Allowed/9IP
1940 NL-7.97-5

Bases On Balls Allow.
1940 NL-89-8

Losses
1940 NL-14-6

Wild Pitches
1941 NL-6-6

Hit Batsmen
1940 NL-8-3

Gray Ink: Pitching - 2 (2411) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1779) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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 

August 31, 1938: Purchased by the Boston Bees from the Toronto (International).

June 20, 1941: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Boston Braves.


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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