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.

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 17	CLE	@	SLB	W,13-10	CG	53	10.0	10	0	0	10	0
2	5 (1)	Apr 19	CLE	@	SLB	W,13-6	GF	29	6.0	3	3	0	6	0
3	10 (4)	Apr 26	CLE		SLB	W,8-7	CG	70	16.0	12	2	0	14	0
4	12 (1)	Apr 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	17 (4)	May 3	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-0	CG	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	18	May 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
7	19	May 5	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
8	20	May 6	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
9	21	May 7	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
10	22	May 9	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
11	25 (2)	May 14	CLE		PHA	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	26	May 15	CLE		BOS	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
13	27	May 16	CLE		BOS	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
14	29 (1)	May 19	CLE		NYY	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
15	30	May 20	CLE		WSH	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	32 (1)	May 22	CLE		DET	L,10-13	CG	52	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
17	33	May 23 (1)	CLE		DET	L,5-13	CG	50	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	35 (1)	May 24	CLE		DET	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	37 (1)	May 27	CLE		SLB	W,12-2	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
20	38	May 28	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	8	1	1	10	1
21	39	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
22	41 (1)	May 31	CLE		CHW	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	42	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-14	GS	23	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	43	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
25	46 (2)	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	47	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	59	15.2	7	1	0	8	1
27	50 (2)	Jun 11	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
28	51	Jun 13 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
29	53 (1)	Jun 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
30	54	Jun 16	CLE		NYY	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
31	55	Jun 17 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,4-15	CG	50	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
32	56	Jun 17 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	9	1	0	10	3
33	57	Jun 18	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	GS	24	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
34	61 (3)	Jun 22	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	62	Jun 23	CLE		PHA	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
36	63	Jun 24 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
37	66 (2)	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	W,8-7	CG	45	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
38	67	Jun 27	CLE		BOS	W,14-5	CG	44	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	69 (1)	Jul 1 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,12-16	CG	47	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
40	71 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,14-6	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	72	Jul 2 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-2	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	74 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
43	76 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
44	79 (2)	Jul 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-18	GS	35	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	83 (3)	Jul 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
46	84	Jul 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	2	5	0
47	89 (4)	Jul 19 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	93 (3)	Jul 24	CLE		PHA	W,16-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
49	94	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	L,12-15	CG	54	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
50	95	Jul 26 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,0-13	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
51	99 (3)	Jul 29 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	103 (3)	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	T,4-4	GF	53	12.0	11	0	0	11	0
53	104	Aug 3	CLE	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	106 (1)	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	42	10.0	6	2	0	8	2
55	109 (2)	Aug 8	CLE		CHW	L,7-9	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
56	110	Aug 9 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,9-1	CG	30	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
57	111	Aug 9 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	113 (1)	Aug 12	CLE		DET	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	114	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
60	116 (1)	Aug 15	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
61	117	Aug 16	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	4	3	1	8	0
62	118	Aug 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-7	GF	31	5.1	4	0	1	5	0
63	119	Aug 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,10-11	CG	50	9.1	3	1	0	4	0
64	120	Aug 21	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
65	123 (2)	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
66	127 (3)	Aug 29 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	22	4.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	128	Aug 30 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	131 (2)	Sep 2	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	2	1	0	3	1
69	133 (1)	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-9	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	134	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-15	CG	46	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	136 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
72	138 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
73	139	Sep 9 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,9-12	GF	12	3.0	1	0	1	2	0
74	142 (2)	Sep 12	CLE		WSH	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
75	144 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
76	146 (1)	Sep 16	CLE		BOS	W,13-3	CG	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	149 (2)	Sep 19	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	151 (1)	Sep 22	CLE		CHW	T,8-8	GS	36	7.0	6	0	1	7	0
79	152	Sep 23 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,17-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
80	153	Sep 23 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	CG	33	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
81	156 (2)	Sep 26	CLE		DET	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
							82gm		668.0	355	52	12	419	13