Joe Sullivan
[edit] Biography
Born on September 26, 1910 in Mason City, Illinois, Joe Sullivan (Joe Sullivan) played for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 5 year career. Sullivan broke into the bigs on April 20, 1935 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 3.51 ERA in 125.2 innings pitched in 1935, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Joe Sullivan's best season was 1940, when he posted a 3.55 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 64 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1935
| DET
| A
| 25
| 12
| 6
| 6
| 3.51
| 53
| 66
| 49
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 125.2
| 119
| 4
| 71
| 0
| 4
| 3
|
| 1936
| DET
| A
| 26
| 4
| 2
| 5
| 6.78
| 32
| 70
| 60
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 79.2
| 111
| 4
| 40
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| 1939
| BOS
| N
| 31
| 11
| 6
| 9
| 3.64
| 46
| 57
| 46
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 113.2
| 114
| 3
| 50
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| 1940
| BOS
| N
| 36
| 22
| 10
| 14
| 3.55
| 64
| 89
| 70
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 177.1
| 157
| 9
| 89
| 0
| 2
| 8
|
| 1941
| PIT
| N
| 16
| 4
| 4
| 1
| 2.97
| 10
| 26
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 39.1
| 40
| 2
| 22
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1941
| BOS
| N
| 16
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 4.13
| 11
| 26
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 52.1
| 60
| 3
| 26
| 0
| 4
| 2
|
| 1941
| TOT
| N
| 32
| 6
| 6
| 3
| 3.63
| 21
| 52
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 91.2
| 100
| 5
| 48
| 0
| 6
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 99
| 39
| 22
| 26
| 3.60
| 131
| 198
| 153
| 14
| 0
| 4
| 382.2
| 371
| 17
| 187
| 0
| 12
| 12
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 51
| 16
| 8
| 11
| 4.78
| 85
| 136
| 109
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 205.1
| 230
| 8
| 111
| 0
| 7
| 5
|
| Total
|
|
| 150
| 55
| 30
| 37
| 4.01
| 216
| 334
| 262
| 20
| 0
| 5
| 588
| 601
| 25
| 298
| 0
| 19
| 17
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1935
| DET
| A
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 20
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .871
|
| 1936
| DET
| A
| P
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1939
| BOS
| N
| P
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1940
| BOS
| N
| P
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 38
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1941
| PIT
| N
| P
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| BOS
| N
| P
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1941
| TOT
| N
| P
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 22
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 150
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 115
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1935
| DET
| A
| 25
| 43
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 5
| .163
| .234
| .186
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1936
| DET
| A
| 26
| 28
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .179
| .207
| .179
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| BOS
| N
| 33
| 40
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 1
| .300
| .349
| .325
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1940
| BOS
| N
| 36
| 71
| 3
| 14
| 0
| 6
| .197
| .197
| .211
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| PIT
| N
| 16
| 11
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .364
| .364
| .364
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| BOS
| N
| 16
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .067
| .125
| .067
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1941
| TOT
| N
| 32
| 26
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .192
| .222
| .192
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 101
| 137
| 5
| 31
| 0
| 9
| .226
| .248
| .241
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 17
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 51
| 71
| 9
| 12
| 0
| 6
| .169
| .224
| .183
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 18
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 152
| 208
| 14
| 43
| 0
| 15
| .207
| .240
| .221
| 3
| 0
| 9
| 35
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Toronto (International) to Boston Bees (August 31, 1938).
- Sold by Boston Braves to Pittsburgh Pirates (June 20, 1941).
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