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Russ
Sullivan		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 211
 
Born: February 19, 1923 in Usa, VA, FREDERICKSBUR
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 28 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1952 29 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1953 30 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 10 10
1954 31 TAM AL $ 394,286   6 6 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 9 9
1955 32 TAM AL $ 394,286   5 5 5 5 6 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1956 33 TAM AL $ 394,286   5 5 5 5 6 5 7 8 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1957 34 TAM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 6 5 7 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 7
1958 35 TAM AL $ 400,000   3 3 3 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1959 36 TAM AL $ 400,000   3 3 3 3 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 3 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 400,000   6 6 6 5 6 5 7 8 7 6 6 6 9 10 10
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
1951 28 TAM AL 97 138 34 29 5 2 3 13 17 4 18 10 .210 .306 .341 .647 17.5 1.1
1952 29 TAM AL 107 166 34 45 12 0 2 14 17 4 18 12 .271 .344 .380 .724 22.8 3.4
1953 30 TAM AL 70 111 29 26 6 2 5 15 16 2 6 5 .234 .271 .459 .731 16.4 2.7
1955 32 TAM AL 70 92 24 21 4 0 1 10 15 4 15 7 .228 .339 .304 .644 12.4 1.8
1956 33 TAM AL 87 64 17 12 3 0 1 8 9 2 11 6 .188 .307 .281 .588 6.9 0.6
1957 34 TAM AL 84 56 25 13 1 0 3 12 16 2 5 10 .232 .290 .411 .701 9.6 1.5
1958 35 TAM AL 66 24 24 5 1 0 0 0 18 3 2 4 .208 .269 .250 .519 3.9 0.6
1959 36 TAM AL 29 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.5 0.0
8 Years Sim 610 656 196 151 32 4 15 72 115 22 75 56 .230 .310 .360 .670 90.0 11.6
162 Game Average 174 52 40 8 1 3 19 30 5 19 14 .230 .310 .360 .670 23.9  
Career Highs 107 166 34 45 12 2 5 15 18 4 18 12 .271 .344 .459 .731 22.8  
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   422 135 104 20 0 8 46 76 19 52 36 .246 .333 .351 .683 58.7
vs LH   234 61 47 12 4 7 26 39 3 23 20 .201 .269 .376 .645 30.8
Home 304 328 95 77 14 3 6 32 61 12 34 30 .235 .309 .351 .659 43.4
Away 306 328 101 74 18 1 9 40 54 10 41 26 .226 .312 .369 .681 46.0
RISP   163 0 38 7 1 4 50 0 0 22 12 .233 .321 .362 .683 20.3
Pinch Hitting   181 31 43 3 0 3 26 6 3 20 17 .238 .312 .304 .616 18.7
Close/Late   110 78 21 5 0 3 7 0 0 10 10 .191 .264 .318 .583 9.3
Mar/Apr 89 75 25 15 2 0 2 9 11 1 3 9 .200 .228 .307 .535 6.7
May 117 133 45 30 4 2 5 14 28 5 16 12 .226 .316 .398 .714 20.7
June 92 116 27 27 6 0 1 12 18 5 14 9 .233 .313 .310 .623 13.6
July 90 81 19 15 6 0 1 10 10 5 11 6 .185 .298 .296 .594 7.4
August 110 131 41 41 11 1 5 17 31 4 17 11 .313 .389 .527 .916 29.6
Sep/Oct 101 120 35 23 3 1 1 10 15 2 14 9 .192 .272 .258 .530 11.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1951 28 TAM AL RF 18 8 99.0 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    C 7 7 63.7 28 3 0 0 1.000 4.38 2 2 1.000 7 0.1
    LF 8 7 57.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 6 6 51.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.65 0 0 .000 0  
1952 29 TAM AL LF 12 12 104.0 19 1 3 0 .870 1.73 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 25 7 93.7 22 2 0 0 1.000 2.31 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 10 10 83.0 26 0 3 0 .897 2.82 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1953 30 TAM AL RF 23 21 173.0 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 20 2 62.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.15 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 3 2 21.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 32 TAM AL LF 28 12 142.7 31 0 3 0 .912 1.96 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    C 4 3 27.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 6.67 0 0 .000 4 0.0
    RF 11 0 21.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.42 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 2 18.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
1956 33 TAM AL RF 9 2 29.0 4 1 0 1 1.000 1.55 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 4 3 28.3 12 0 1 0 .923 3.81 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 2 17.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.18 0 0 .000 0  
1957 34 TAM AL LF 5 5 45.0 16 0 1 0 .941 3.20 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 10 1 25.3 6 1 1 0 .875 2.49 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1958 35 TAM AL RF 11 2 40.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.48 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 2 1 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1959 36 TAM AL RF 6 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 113 41 490.3 88 5 1 1 .989 1.71 0 0 .000 0 1.4
  LF 78 41 440.3 99 2 7 0 .935 2.06 0 0 .000 0 1.3
  CF 28 25 219.3 71 0 4 0 .947 2.91 0 0 .000 0  
  C 12 10 91.7 49 3 0 0 1.000 5.11 2 2 1.000 11 0.1
  2B 2 0 5.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   234 117 1247.6 309 12 12 1 .964 2.32 2 2 1.000 11 2.9
Career Highs   48 29 281.7 78 4 6 1 1.000 2.87 2 2 1.000 7  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1953 30 TAM AL 5 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000
1956 33 TAM AL 5 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
1957 34 TAM AL 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 13 8 7 3 2 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 .375 .375 .625 1.000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Stolen Bases
1951-7-17
1952-5-17
1953-8-16
1955-5-15
1957-4-16
1958-4-18
 Caught Stealing
1951-10-4
1952-8-4
1958-10-3
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  4. Jim Piersall (955)
  5. Walt Moryn (953)
  6. Leo Posada (951)
  7. Bob Dernier (951)
  8. Al Spangler (950)
  9. Leon Culberson (949)
  10. Ed Armbrister (945)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 23rd overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1951
3/3/1951: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Had first career hit on 4/14/1951, off Joe Coleman (OAK)
Hit first career homerun on 5/6/1951, off Marius Russo (DET)
3/3/1952: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $394,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $394,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/7/1955 with a Fractured Hip, out for 6 weeks
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $394,286 through salary arbitration
3/3/1956: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
3/3/1957: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
10/3/1957: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $400,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1957
4/2/1959: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
 
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