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Billy
Sullivan		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: October 23, 1910 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1939    1944   
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
1931 20 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 4 4 9 9 9
1932 21 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 3 4 4 8 9 8
1933 22 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 8 7 3 4 4 8 8 8
1934 23 NYA AL $ 350,000   6 6 5 3 3 3 7 8 8 3 4 4 8 8 8
1935 24 NYA AL $ 350,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 8 8 3 4 4 8 8 8
1936 25 NYA AL $ 1,530,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 8 8 4 4 4 8 9 8
1937 26 BRK NL $ 8,400,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1938 27 BRK NL $ 8,400,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1939 28 BRK NL $ 8,400,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 9 9
1940 29 BRK NL $ 8,500,001   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 8 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1941 30 BRK NL $ 8,500,001   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1942 31 BRK NL $ 8,500,001   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1943 32 DET AL $ 5,250,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8
1944 33 BSN NL $ 5,250,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
1945 34 BSN NL $ 5,250,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1946 35 BSN NL $ 5,250,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,500,001   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 4 4 4 9 9 9
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
1931 20 NYA AL 93 295 40 79 16 3 3 48 2 0 17 13 .268 .306 .373 .679 31.9 3.9
1932 21 NYA AL 131 378 39 101 20 4 2 53 1 0 27 18 .267 .314 .357 .671 43.9 5.0
1933 22 NYA AL 102 268 36 67 14 1 5 43 1 0 24 17 .250 .312 .366 .678 28.4 2.0
1934 23 NYA AL 111 316 34 83 21 1 4 31 1 0 17 25 .263 .302 .373 .676 31.2 2.9
1935 24 NYA AL 117 348 49 92 19 2 3 45 2 1 22 24 .264 .309 .356 .665 36.5 4.0
1936 25 NYA AL 55 140 18 46 7 0 5 24 0 0 10 9 .329 .371 .486 .857 22.6 4.4
1937 26 BRK NL 138 461 50 121 25 1 3 54 6 2 42 42 .262 .322 .341 .663 49.3 6.9
1938 27 BRK NL 138 475 73 139 29 6 4 56 3 2 47 35 .293 .355 .404 .759 64.3 13.1
1939 28 BRK NL 140 466 66 141 30 6 8 84 1 0 32 27 .303 .343 .444 .787 67.6 12.2
1940 29 BRK NL 135 443 71 132 22 5 7 64 0 0 39 24 .298 .352 .418 .769 62.1 11.1
1941 30 BRK NL 117 407 51 127 20 4 5 72 0 0 34 32 .312 .362 .418 .779 55.3 10.1
1942 31 BRK NL 102 241 27 66 10 0 0 31 0 0 18 21 .274 .323 .315 .638 22.5 2.8
1943 32 DET AL 139 506 74 158 37 3 8 89 0 0 32 47 .312 .352 .445 .796 72.7 11.0
1944 33 BSN NL 145 474 59 127 17 4 2 37 0 0 37 49 .268 .320 .333 .653 45.1 3.8
1945 34 BSN NL 114 376 34 84 15 1 3 50 0 0 31 38 .223 .280 .293 .573 27.9 0.5
1946 35 AAA   125 378 43 89 14 0 3 37 2 6 45 68 .235 .317 .296 .613 36.4  
15 Years Sim 1777 5594 721 1563 302 41 62 781 17 5 429 421 .279 .329 .381 .710 661.3 93.7
1 Years AAA 125 378 43 89 14 0 3 37 2 6 45 68 .235 .317 .296 .613 36.4  
162 Game Average 509 65 142 27 3 5 71 1 0 39 38 .279 .329 .381 .710 60.3  
Career Highs 145 506 74 158 37 6 8 89 6 2 47 49 .329 .371 .486 .857 72.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4625 599 1309 254 35 54 655 13 5 368 345 .283 .334 .388 .722 587.6
vs LH   969 122 254 48 6 8 126 4 0 61 76 .262 .305 .349 .653 101.1
Home 883 2725 341 777 146 19 31 408 7 2 215 208 .285 .335 .387 .722 346.7
Away 894 2869 380 786 156 22 31 373 10 3 214 213 .274 .323 .376 .699 342.0
RISP   1478 0 437 88 5 18 662 0 0 145 111 .296 .349 .399 .747 206.8
Pinch Hitting   274 35 87 15 0 2 56 1 0 21 21 .318 .362 .394 .757 38.0
Close/Late   745 80 214 26 5 7 98 0 0 59 58 .287 .339 .364 .702 91.1
Mar/Apr 288 890 110 237 43 9 9 127 5 1 78 74 .266 .322 .365 .688 105.7
May 312 960 123 264 36 11 6 124 4 1 82 74 .275 .331 .354 .685 113.0
June 280 905 107 236 45 3 12 123 4 1 69 71 .261 .312 .357 .669 100.4
July 296 971 134 285 68 6 16 151 0 1 57 74 .294 .331 .425 .757 128.9
August 320 1001 123 272 49 6 8 138 1 1 76 75 .272 .322 .357 .678 113.3
Sep/Oct 281 867 124 269 61 6 11 118 3 0 67 53 .310 .357 .433 .790 127.4
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
1931 20 NYA AL C 76 72 631.7 228 32 2 1 .992 3.70 25 12 .480 2 5.6
    LF 8 3 32.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.41 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 3 2 20.3 0 8 0 0 1.000 3.54 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 1 14.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 14.79 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1932 21 NYA AL C 89 87 758.3 227 34 6 0 .978 3.10 30 10 .333 4 5.2
    1B 17 5 77.3 99 6 2 11 .981 12.22 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 8 6 55.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 9 2 26.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.12 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1933 22 NYA AL C 59 43 396.0 148 16 1 0 .994 3.73 11 7 .636 1 3.4
    3B 11 11 100.7 7 19 1 1 .963 2.32 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 11 7 69.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 1 1 9.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1934 23 NYA AL 3B 72 64 537.0 43 95 6 4 .958 2.31 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    C 12 9 82.0 34 5 1 0 .975 4.28 5 3 .600 0 0.8
    RF 9 6 58.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.64 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 8 6 54.7 66 6 0 6 1.000 11.86 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 2 19.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95 0 0 .000 0  
1935 24 NYA AL C 31 30 249.0 83 14 1 1 .990 3.51 9 7 .778 1 2.3
    RF 17 16 133.0 28 1 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 18 12 112.7 126 12 1 11 .993 11.02 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 12 12 107.0 28 0 1 0 .966 2.36 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 15 12 102.0 11 34 5 4 .900 3.97 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 2 0 2.0 1 2 0 2 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1936 25 NYA AL C 11 11 93.3 40 4 0 0 1.000 4.24 6 3 .500 0 0.9
    RF 6 6 51.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 9 4 46.0 50 4 1 3 .982 10.57 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 9 4 43.7 2 11 3 1 .813 2.68 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 5 5 43.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0  
1937 26 BRK NL C 119 114 1041.3 440 38 1 1 .998 4.13 30 13 .433 1 8.8
    3B 2 0 6.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 3 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 6.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1938 27 BRK NL C 122 116 1065.7 510 38 4 0 .993 4.63 25 8 .320 5 2.6
    3B 3 0 12.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 1 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 5.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 14.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1939 28 BRK NL C 109 109 970.3 513 47 4 0 .993 5.19 45 20 .444 1 8.5
    RF 9 0 20.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 2 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 29 BRK NL C 108 107 954.0 451 35 7 0 .986 4.58 53 14 .264 3 3.7
    3B 5 0 12.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 5 0 6.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 12.16 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1941 30 BRK NL C 80 67 631.7 338 21 4 0 .989 5.12 15 6 .400 1 1.4
    LF 31 31 243.0 43 2 0 1 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 7 0 22.7 1 5 0 1 1.000 2.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 0 6.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1942 31 BRK NL C 42 37 331.7 162 12 3 0 .983 4.72 5 1 .200 0 1.7
    LF 19 13 120.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.58 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 10 0 13.7 2 3 0 0 1.000 3.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 5 0 7.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 14.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1943 32 DET AL C 116 110 978.0 411 37 6 0 .987 4.12 36 11 .306 0 5.3
    LF 16 16 136.0 35 0 2 0 .946 2.32 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 2 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1944 33 BSN NL C 121 114 1015.3 438 37 6 1 .988 4.21 34 13 .382 2 6.1
    RF 9 1 21.3 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 5 0 12.7 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.84 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 0 6.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 14.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1945 34 BSN NL C 89 86 771.3 334 23 2 0 .994 4.17 31 6 .194 4 4.0
    RF 9 8 68.0 25 0 0 0 1.000 3.31 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 7 5 42.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.36 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 5 2 24.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1184 1112 9969.6 4357 393 48 4 .990 4.29 360 134 .372 25 60.2
  3B 152 95 919.0 73 187 15 11 .945 2.55 0 0 .000 0 1.9
  LF 123 89 793.0 165 2 3 1 .982 1.90 0 0 .000 0 1.3
  RF 90 51 506.3 134 2 1 0 .993 2.42 0 0 .000 0 1.7
  1B 75 29 351.0 420 32 4 33 .991 11.59 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  2B 2 0 2.0 1 2 0 2 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1627 1376 12542.9 5150 618 71 51 .988 4.14 360 134 .372 25 65.9
Career Highs   140 126 1120.0 523 106 8 18 .998 5.14 53 20 .778 5  
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
1932 21 NYA AL 5 21 2 9 1 1 1 5 0 0 1 2 .429 .455 .714 1.169
Career Post-Season Batting 5 21 2 9 1 1 1 5 0 0 1 2 .429 .455 .714 1.169
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.
Batting Average
1943-10-.312
 Triples
1939-10-6
 RBIs
1939-7-84
 Stolen Bases
1937-9-6
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Milt May (907)
  5. Joe Ginsberg (907)
  6. Hal Wagner (900)
  7. Jim Sundberg (896)
  8. Jim Gantner (890)
  9. Earl Battey (890)
  10. Charlie Silvera (888)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 19th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1931
Had first career hit on 4/3/1931, off Ad Liska (ATL)
Hit first career homerun on 6/2/1931, off Ted Blankenship (SDP)
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,530,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/15/1936 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 5-6 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/5/1937 to a 3-year deal worth $8,400,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Seattle (M) on 5/5/1938
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1939, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1939
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/3/1940 to a 3-year deal worth $8,500,001 per year
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Detroit on 5/24/1940
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1941, hitting .647 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/9/1943 to a 4-year deal worth $5,250,000 per year
Traded from Detroit to Boston (N) on 2/21/1944 (Going to BSN: C Billy Sullivan. Going to DET: P Tommy De la cruz)
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1944
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 7/7/1945
 
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