Billy Sullivan

1899–1916 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers

1,150G

.213AVG

.254OBP

.281SLG

More career statistics

777H

21HR

378RBI

98SB

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · Games	1,150	1,148
Batting · At bats	3,647	3,639
Batting · Doubles	119	122
Batting · Hits	777	775
Batting · Hit by pitch	32	36
Batting · Strikeouts	0	533
Batting · Plate appearances	3,981	3,972
Batting · Runs	363	361
Batting · RBI	378	390
Batting · Stolen bases	98	99
Batting · Triples	33	34
Batting · Walks	170	167

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,150	3,981	3,647	363	777	119	33	21	378	170	0	98	0	32	0	1,025	.213	.254	.281	.535

Streaks

10longest hitting streak · 1905-04-24 to 1905-05-28

11longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
39	2 triples	1906-05-18	1 in 1,837 player-games	box score ↗
32	4 runs scored	1901-07-09	1 in 1,014 player-games	box score ↗
29	struck out 4 times	1902-08-18	1 in 728 player-games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	592	1999	405	10	203	90	262	.222	.248	.290
Away	556	1973	370	11	187	77	271	.204	.227	.275

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	98	343	55	0	27	21	32	.181	.222	.230
May	195	698	167	4	95	24	78	.260	.274	.337
June	182	618	120	2	65	28	92	.213	.239	.268
July	234	819	162	8	76	36	116	.215	.242	.304
August	190	629	106	2	42	21	113	.179	.202	.243
September	205	709	127	4	63	31	83	.199	.223	.262
October	44	156	38	1	22	6	19	.260	.282	.342

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
philadelphia-athletics	161	556	105	3	34	17	115	.205	.219	.280
detroit-tigers	160	571	119	3	57	28	66	.234	.257	.301
boston-red-sox	157	508	81	3	37	14	72	.172	.187	.240
cleveland-guardians	140	487	85	0	40	16	57	.189	.207	.233
washington-senators-1901-60	135	483	102	1	60	18	64	.227	.248	.296
st-louis-browns	134	455	81	0	48	27	47	.198	.237	.254
new-york-yankees	131	450	84	1	44	35	69	.210	.264	.270
baltimore-orioles-1901-02	22	81	20	0	9	2	2	.263	.272	.382

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1899	Boston Braves	22	74	20	2	12	2	.270	–	–
1900	Boston Braves	72	238	65	8	41	4	.273	–	–
1901	Chicago White Sox	98	368	90	4	56	12	.245	–	–
1902	Chicago White Sox	76	263	64	1	26	11	.243	–	–
1903	Chicago White Sox	32	112	21	1	7	3	.188	–	–
1904	Chicago White Sox	108	370	85	1	44	11	.230	–	–
1905	Chicago White Sox	97	321	65	2	25	14	.202	–	–
1906	Chicago White Sox	120	388	83	2	45	10	.214	–	–
1907	Chicago White Sox	112	329	59	–	32	7	.179	–	–
1908	Chicago White Sox	137	426	81	–	30	15	.190	–	–
1909	Chicago White Sox	96	262	42	–	19	9	.160	–	–
1910	Chicago White Sox	45	141	26	–	6	–	.184	–	–
1911	Chicago White Sox	89	256	55	–	32	1	.215	–	–
1912	Chicago White Sox	42	91	19	–	15	–	.209	–	–
1914	Chicago White Sox	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1916	Detroit Tigers	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–