John Sullivan

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: January 3, 1941 in Somerville, NJ us

Died: June 1, 2023 in Wayland, NY

Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Dansville, NY

High School: Bernards HS (Bernardsville, NJ)

Debut: September 20, 1963 (Age 22-260d, 12,171st in major league history)
vs. CHW 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 7, 1968 (Age 27-217d)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: John Peter Sullivan

Nicknames: Sully

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

259

.228

RBI

OBP

.282

SLG

.270

OPS

.552

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-18 / in Starts: 13-13
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 97 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	51 (27-17-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 97 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	57 (29-18-9)

Most Driven In
A Kaline	3
N Cash	3
Self	2
J Northrup	1
W Horton	1
D Demeter	1

Most Driven In By
Self	2
J Lumpe	1
D Wert	1
D McAuliffe	1

1965 Batting Game Log

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1965 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	6	1	Apr 12	DET	@	KCA	W,6-2	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	1.250	1.850	7	1.13	0.103	2.47	0.14%	2.24	C
2	7	2	Apr 13	DET	@	KCA	W,11-4	CG	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	1.000	1.600	7	.72	0.106	1.69	0.15%	1.35	C
3	8	3	Apr 15	DET	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.429	.600	1.029	7	.93	-0.061	2.45	-0.10%	-0.64	C
4	9	4	Apr 17	DET	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.444	.571	1.016	7	.75	0.013	2.03	0.02%	0.19	C
5	10	5	Apr 18	DET	@	CAL	W,4-1	13-GF(13)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.444	.571	1.016	6						C
6	11	7 (1)	Apr 21	DET		KCA	W,1-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.444	.571	1.016	7						C
7	12	8	Apr 23	DET		MIN	L,6-8	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.391	.474	.865	7	.86	-0.004	2.52	-0.01%	0.42	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	13	15 (6)	May 2 (2)	DET		BOS	L,3-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.333	.391	.725	7	.44	-0.047	1.18	-0.08%	-0.73	C
9	14	17 (1)	May 5 (1)	DET		CHW	L,0-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.321	.375	.696	9	.99	-0.028	2.42	-0.04%	-0.30	PH
10	15	18	May 5 (2)	DET		CHW	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.323	.370	.693	7	.53	-0.016	1.18	-0.02%	-0.12	C
11	16	21 (2)	May 9 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,4-5	GS-12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.286	.323	.608	7	.97	-0.091	1.89	-0.11%	-0.72	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	17	70 (48)	Jun 29	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.316	.441	.757	8	.99	0.308	2.56	0.48%	2.04	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	18	71	Jul 1	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.293	.405	.698	8	1.20	-0.105	2.61	-0.14%	-0.96	C
14	19	74 (2)	Jul 4	DET	@	WSA	L,3-6	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.295	.400	.695	8	1.12	0.010	2.60	0.01%	0.31	C
15	20	89 (14)	Jul 21 (2)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.277	.372	.649	8	1.08	-0.079	2.35	-0.10%	-0.64	C
16	21	93 (3)	Jul 25 (2)	DET		CHW	W,13-2	CG	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.327	.391	.718	8	.26	0.070	.58	0.09%	1.29	C
17	22	95 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-0	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.315	.375	.690	8	.77	-0.038	1.42	-0.04%	-0.30	C
18	23	99 (3)	Jul 31	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.316	.373	.688	8	.78	-0.006	1.68	-0.01%	-0.02	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	24	100	Aug 1 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.322	.365	.687	8	1.49	-0.004	2.66	-0.01%	0.04	C
20	25	107 (6)	Aug 7	DET		NYY	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.317	.358	.675	9	7.51	-0.258	7.36	-0.15%	-0.67	PH
21	26	111 (3)	Aug 11 (2)	DET		KCA	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.302	.339	.641	8	1.54	-0.113	.85	-0.04%	-1.08	C
22	27	115 (3)	Aug 15 (1)	DET		CAL	W,9-2	CG	4	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.343	.383	.727	8	.08	0.013	.08	0.01%	1.51	C
23	28	118 (2)	Aug 19 (1)	DET		MIN	L,3-8	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.279	.348	.377	.725	8	.48	-0.007	1.31	-0.01%	-0.11	C
24	29	125 (6)	Aug 24	DET	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.342	.369	.712	7	.20	-0.019	.11	-0.01%	-0.43	C
25	30	126	Aug 25	DET	@	KCA	L,0-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.342	.368	.710	7	.35	-0.003	.33	0.00%	-0.30	C
26	31	128 (1)	Aug 27	DET	@	CAL	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.351	.377	.727	9	3.89	0.048	1.34	0.01%	0.16	PH
27	32	129	Aug 28	DET	@	CAL	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.346	.371	.718	9	2.66	-0.071	.47	-0.01%	-0.20	PH
28	33	132 (2)	Aug 31	DET	@	MIN	W,7-6	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.354	.371	.726	9	3.07	0.044	.65	0.01%	0.22	PH
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	34	136 (3)	Sep 4	DET		WSA	L,0-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.354	.371	.726	6						C
30	35	138 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	DET		WSA	W,11-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.349	.365	.714	7	.51	0.102	.03	0.00%	1.01	C
31	36	140 (1)	Sep 7	DET		BOS	W,5-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.349	.364	.712	7	.79	-0.019	.03	0.00%	-0.31	C
32	37	157 (16)	Sep 26 (2)	DET		CLE	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.337	.350	.687	7	.35	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.49	C
33	38	159 (1)	Sep 28 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.333	.345	.679	7	.74	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.16	C
34	39	162 (2)	Oct 3	DET	@	WSA	L,2-3	GS-9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.340	.337	.677	7	1.31	0.075	.00	0.00%	0.15	C
							16-18		97	86	5	23	0	0	2	11	9	0	13	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.267	.340	.337	.677		.91	-0.124	1.37	0.06%	2.77

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