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Joe
Sullivan		  
Nickname: Sully
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: September 26, 1910 in Usa, IL, MASON CITY
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1935 24 ATL NL $ 300,000 7 5 4 5 4 3 3 7 7 7
1936 25 ATL NL $ 300,000 7 5 4 5 5 3 4 7 7 7
1937 26 BSN NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 4 3 3 8 7 7
1938 27 BSN NL $ 350,000 7 5 5 5 4 3 3 7 6 6
1939 28 BSN NL $ 350,000 7 6 5 5 4 3 3 6 5 6
1940 29 BSN NL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 6 6 6
1941 30 BSN NL $ 350,000 6 5 4 5 4 3 3 6 5 6
1942 31 BSN NL $ 350,000 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 6 5 6
1943 32 BSN NL $ 350,000 7 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 3 3 3 4 3 3 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 7 6 5 5 5 3 4 8 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1935 24 ATL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1936 25 ATL NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1937 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1938 27 BSN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1939 28 BSN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1940 29 BSN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1941 30 BSN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1942 31 BSN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1943 32 BSN NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1935 24 ATL NL 6 7 .462 44 0 0 0 22 42.7 49 24 1 25 15 5.06 .293 .381 .371 .753 5.5
1936 25 ATL NL 6 5 .545 45 0 0 0 5 45.3 49 29 4 28 13 5.76 .275 .373 .410 .783 2.3
1937 26 BSN NL 3 5 .375 48 0 0 0 7 50.7 62 34 6 21 16 6.04 .304 .367 .466 .833 0.7
1938 27 BSN NL 6 4 .600 61 0 0 0 7 75.0 81 34 2 41 24 4.08 .280 .367 .367 .734 6.2
1939 28 BSN NL 0 7 .000 48 0 0 0 1 46.3 78 47 6 29 8 9.13 .368 .444 .552 .996 0.0
1940 29 BSN NL 0 1 .000 5 1 0 0 0 6.3 9 4 0 1 3 5.69 .346 .370 .462 .832 0.0
    AAA   2 10 .167 50 0 0 0 2 33.0 48 32 5 25 18 8.73 .353 .453 .537 .990  
1941 30 AAA   0 2 .000 38 0 0 0 5 32.0 27 18 2 17 18 5.06 .241 .341 .357 .698  
1942 31 BSN NL 0 1 .000 17 0 0 0 0 21.3 28 9 2 12 1 3.80 .329 .404 .459 .863 1.3
    AAA   3 2 .600 25 0 0 0 1 20.7 25 8 0 13 12 3.48 .309 .404 .309 .713  
1943 32 AAA   1 2 .333 9 3 0 0 1 19.7 28 12 4 8 11 5.49 .337 .396 .566 .962  
7 Years Sim 21 30 .412 268 1 0 0 42 287.6 356 181 21 157 80 5.66 .307 .387 .434 .821 16.1
4 Years AAA 6 16 .273 122 3 0 0 9 105.3 128 70 11 63 59 5.98 .311 .402 .449 .851  
Season Average 3 4 .429 38 0 0 0 6 41.1 50 25 3 22 11 5.66 .307 .387 .434 .821  
Career Highs 6 7 .600 61 1 0 0 22 75.0 81 47 6 41 24 9.13 .368 .444 .552 .996  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   227 123 14 107 52   .317 .406 .459 .865
vs LH   129 58 7 50 28   .289 .361 .395 .756
Home 14 12 .538 156 1 0 0 18 169.0 222 107 13 94 53 5.70 .316 .396 .452 .849
Away 7 18 .280 112 0 0 0 24 118.7 134 74 8 63 27 5.61 .293 .378 .406 .784
Mar/Apr 7 4 .636 45 0 0 0 5 49.3 56 33 5 27 13 6.02 .292 .379 .427 .806
May 3 10 .231 54 1 0 0 10 59.7 73 44 1 34 16 6.64 .299 .385 .398 .782
June 7 2 .778 59 0 0 0 10 66.0 73 30 6 38 13 4.09 .290 .383 .417 .799
July 1 4 .200 39 0 0 0 5 40.3 53 33 2 23 17 7.37 .321 .404 .461 .865
August 2 6 .250 37 0 0 0 8 38.7 49 19 4 13 6 4.42 .308 .360 .434 .794
Sep/Oct 1 4 .200 34 0 0 0 4 33.6 52 22 3 22 15 5.89 .349 .433 .503 .936
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1935 24 ATL NL 44 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1936 25 ATL NL 45 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0
2 Years Sim 89 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
162 Game Average 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.4  
Career Highs 45 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
Home 50 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
Away 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
RISP   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
May 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
July 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
August 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1935 24 ATL NL P 44 0 42.7 7 12 0 1 1.000 4.01    
1936 25 ATL NL P 45 0 45.3 1 13 1 1 .933 2.78    
1937 26 BSN NL P 48 0 50.7 1 7 1 2 .889 1.42    
1938 27 BSN NL P 61 0 75.0 4 10 0 0 1.000 1.68    
1939 28 BSN NL P 48 0 46.3 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.75    
1940 29 BSN NL P 5 1 6.3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
1942 31 BSN NL P 17 0 21.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.69    
Career Totals   268 1 287.6 17 51 3 4 .958 2.13    
Career Highs   61 1 75.0 7 13 1 2 1.000 4.01    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1935-2-22
1937-7-7
1938-7-7
 Games Pitched
1937-9-48
1938-7-61
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 41st overall pick, by Atlanta in 1935
Earned first career win on 4/12/1935
Had first career hit on 8/21/1936, off Hy Vandenberg (SLC)
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1939: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1940: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/25/1940 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 8/12/1940 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
2/1/1941: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/18/1943 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
 
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