William Sullivan Jr.
[edit] Biography
Billy Sullivan (William Joseph Sullivan, Jr.) was born on October 23, 1910 in Chicago, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on June 9, 1931 for the Chicago White Sox. In 1931, his rookie year, he hit .275 with 2 home runs and 33 RBI. Sullivan played for the Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, Detroit Tigers, Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 12 year career.
Most people believe that Billy Sullivan's best season was 1936, when he hit for a .351 average.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1931
| CHI
| A
| 92
| 363
| 48
| 100
| 2
| 33
| .275
| .315
| .364
| 16
| 5
| 20
| 14
| 1
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| CHI
| A
| 93
| 307
| 31
| 97
| 1
| 45
| .316
| .358
| .384
| 16
| 1
| 20
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| CHI
| A
| 54
| 125
| 9
| 24
| 0
| 13
| .192
| .252
| .208
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| CIN
| N
| 85
| 241
| 29
| 64
| 2
| 36
| .266
| .324
| .361
| 9
| 4
| 19
| 16
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 5
|
| 1936
| CLE
| A
| 93
| 319
| 39
| 112
| 2
| 48
| .351
| .382
| .508
| 32
| 6
| 16
| 9
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1937
| CLE
| A
| 72
| 168
| 26
| 48
| 3
| 22
| .286
| .355
| .446
| 12
| 3
| 17
| 7
| 1
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| 111
| 375
| 35
| 104
| 7
| 49
| .277
| .316
| .381
| 16
| 1
| 20
| 10
| 1
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 0
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| 118
| 332
| 53
| 96
| 5
| 50
| .289
| .362
| .416
| 17
| 5
| 34
| 18
| 4
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 10
|
| 1940
| DET
| A
| 78
| 220
| 36
| 68
| 3
| 41
| .309
| .399
| .450
| 14
| 4
| 31
| 11
| 2
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 2
|
| 1941
| DET
| A
| 85
| 234
| 29
| 66
| 3
| 29
| .282
| .375
| .393
| 15
| 1
| 35
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| 43
| 101
| 11
| 27
| 1
| 14
| .267
| .345
| .337
| 2
| 1
| 12
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1947
| PIT
| N
| 38
| 55
| 1
| 14
| 0
| 8
| .255
| .328
| .309
| 3
| 0
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 166
| 397
| 41
| 105
| 3
| 58
| .264
| .330
| .348
| 14
| 5
| 37
| 25
| 2
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 7
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 796
| 2443
| 306
| 715
| 26
| 330
| .293
| .349
| .403
| 138
| 27
| 203
| 94
| 9
| 34
| 24
| 0
| 17
|
| Total
|
|
| 962
| 2840
| 347
| 820
| 29
| 388
| .289
| .346
| .395
| 152
| 32
| 240
| 119
| 11
| 39
| 30
| 0
| 24
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1931
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1931
| CHI
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1931
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 83
| 0
| 0
| 96
| 152
| 24
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .912
|
| 1932
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 30
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .880
|
| 1932
| CHI
| A
| C
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .867
|
| 1932
| CHI
| A
| 1B
| 52
| 0
| 0
| 485
| 35
| 5
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1932
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .600
|
| 1933
| CHI
| A
| 1B
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 211
| 12
| 4
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1933
| CHI
| A
| C
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1935
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 30
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1935
| CIN
| N
| 2B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 17
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| 1935
| CIN
| N
| 1B
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 350
| 31
| 3
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .992
|
| 1936
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1936
| CLE
| A
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1936
| CLE
| A
| C
| 72
| 0
| 0
| 324
| 40
| 12
| 8
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1936
| CLE
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1937
| CLE
| A
| C
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 146
| 20
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| 1937
| CLE
| A
| 1B
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 52
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1937
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| C
| 99
| 0
| 0
| 441
| 65
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1938
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 4
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| C
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 88
| 8
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 2
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1939
| STL
| A
| OF
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 139
| 7
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| 1940
| DET
| A
| 3B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 14
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1940
| DET
| A
| C
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 292
| 29
| 8
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1941
| DET
| A
| C
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 339
| 33
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1942
| BRO
| N
| C
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 140
| 13
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .962
|
| 1947
| PIT
| N
| C
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 17
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 65
| 0
| 0
| 144
| 7
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 127
| 0
| 0
| 139
| 237
| 33
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .919
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 133
| 0
| 0
| 1196
| 88
| 13
| 119
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 414
| 0
| 0
| 1845
| 216
| 59
| 37
| 0
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Phil Gallivan and $20000 to Indianapolis (American Association) in exchange for George Washington (November 21, 1934).
- Traded by Indianapolis (American Association) with Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, to St Paul (American Association) in exchange for f="../B/Pblueo101.htm">Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, Otto Bluege, (November 21, 1934).
- Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Cleveland Indians (January 29, 1936).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Ed Cole and Roy Hughes to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Rollie Hemsley (February 10, 1938).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Slick Coffman (January 30, 1940).
- Sold by Detroit Tigers to Brooklyn Dodgers (March 13, 1942).
- Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (April 19, 1947).
- Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (@April 25, 1947).
- Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (September 29, 1947).
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