Billy Sullivan stats

Last played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1947

Age 116

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Billy Sullivan played 12 MLB seasons, 1931 to 1947.

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
962
AB
2,840
R
347
H
820
HR
29
RBI
388
SB
30
AVG
.289
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1931CHW92363481002334.275
1932CHW9330731971451.316
1933CHW541259240130.192
1935CIN8524129642364.266
1936CLE93319391122485.351
1937CLE7216826483221.286
1938BAL111375351047498.277
1939BAL11833253965503.289
1940DET7822036683412.309
1941DET8523429663290.282
1942LAD4310111271141.267
1947PIT3855114081.255

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
5
AB
13
R
3
H
2
HR
0
RBI
0
SB
0
AVG
.154

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
3,130
TB
1,123
XBH
213
HBP
11
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1931CHW392132231000
1932CHW328118180000
1933CHW1402610000
1935CIN26587152000
1936CLE339162400000
1937CLE19075181000
1938BAL401143241000
1939BAL374138274000
1940DET25699212000
1941DET26992190000
1942LAD1153440000
1947PIT611730000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
7.1
RC
408.1
RC/27
5.30
ISOP
.107
SECA
.193
BB/K
2.02
AB/HR
97.9
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1931CHW0.242.94.2.0880.11.4181.50
1932CHW0.843.15.4.0680.12.23070
1933CHW-0.96.51.6.0160.1200
1935CIN0.530.94.6.0950.21.2120.50
1936CLE1.860.87.7.1570.21.8159.50
1937CLE0.426.65.6.1610.22.4560
1938BAL0.446.74.5.1040.2253.60
1939BAL1.152.55.8.1270.21.966.40
1940DET1.542.37.4.1410.32.873.30
1941DET0.736.75.8.1110.23.2780
1942LAD0.513.34.7.0690.221010
1947PIT0.16.44.2.0550.2200

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
116 yearsOct 23, 1910
Debut
1931

What were Billy Sullivan's career stats?

Billy Sullivan played 12 seasons for the White Sox, the Reds, the Guardians, the Orioles, the Tigers, the Dodgers and the Pirates. He was a career .289 hitter with 820 hits, 29 home runs and 388 RBI. His best season was 1936: a .351 batting average, 2 home runs and 48 RBI.

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