Billy Sunday stats
Bio
- Debut
- 1883
Bio
- Debut
- 1883
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 499
- AB
- 2,007
- R
- 339
- H
- 498
- HR
- 12
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 246
- AVG
- .248
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883 |  CHC | 14 | 54 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| 1884 | CHC | 43 | 176 | 25 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| 1885 | CHC | 46 | 172 | 36 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| 1886 | CHC | 28 | 103 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .243 |
| 1887 | CHC | 50 | 199 | 41 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 34 | .291 |
| 1888 | PIT | 120 | 505 | 69 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 71 | .236 |
| 1889 | PIT | 81 | 321 | 62 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 47 | .240 |
| 1890 |  PIT/PHI | 117 | 477 | 84 | 123 | 1 | 0 | 84 | .258 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 7
- AB
- 22
- R
- 5
- H
- 6
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .273
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,155
- TB
- 637
- XBH
- 91
- HBP
- 14
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883 | CHC | 55 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1884 | CHC | 180 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1885 | CHC | 184 | 59 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1886 | CHC | 110 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1887 | CHC | 221 | 85 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1888 | PIT | 519 | 139 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | PIT | 352 | 105 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1890 | PIT/PHI | 534 | 144 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 2.1
- RC
- 247.6
- RC/27
- 4.40
- ISOP
- .069
- SECA
- .259
- BB/K
- 0.59
- AB/HR
- 167.3
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1883 | CHC | -0.4 | 4.1 | 2.7 | .074 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1884 | CHC | -1.0 | 13 | 2.6 | .102 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 44 | 0 |
| 1885 | CHC | -0.2 | 18.6 | 3.9 | .087 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 86 | 0 |
| 1886 | CHC | 0.1 | 11.2 | 3.9 | .058 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1887 | CHC | 0.2 | 38.9 | 7.4 | .136 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 66.3 | 0 |
| 1888 | PIT | 1.0 | 47.6 | 3.3 | .040 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1889 | PIT | 1.1 | 43.6 | 4.8 | .087 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 160.5 | 0 |
| 1890 | PIT/PHI | 1.3 | 71 | 5.4 | .044 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 477 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Billy Sunday's career stats?
Billy Sunday played 8 seasons for the Cubs and the Pirates. He was a career .248 hitter with 498 hits, 12 home runs and 0 RBI. His best season was 1887: a .291 batting average, 3 home runs and 0 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
8 seasons, 1 postseason, 1883 to 1890
All-time career rank
- 245th in stolen bases (246)
Among the 10,340 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.