Billy Sullivan
1931–1947 · bats L / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Browns
962G
.289AVG
.346OBP
.395SLG
More career statistics
820H
29HR
388RBI
30SB
1Rare feat
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 · Caught stealing | 24 | 33 |
| Batting · Doubles | 152 | 151 |
| Batting · Runs | 347 | 345 |
| Batting · RBI | 388 | 386 |
| Batting · Walks | 240 | 239 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 962 | 3,130 | 2,840 | 347 | 820 | 152 | 32 | 29 | 388 | 240 | 119 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 1,123 | .289 | .346 | .395 | .741 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1936-08-09 to 1936-09-07
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1932-09-04 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1941-07-17 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1931-08-01 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 489 | 1537 | 419 | 16 | 205 | 118 | 52 | .300 | .349 | .422 |
| Away | 473 | 1593 | 401 | 13 | 181 | 121 | 67 | .278 | .328 | .370 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 53 | 159 | 38 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 4 | .277 | .352 | .350 |
| May | 134 | 376 | 103 | 9 | 68 | 22 | 10 | .298 | .332 | .474 |
| June | 191 | 619 | 155 | 3 | 69 | 50 | 32 | .274 | .331 | .369 |
| July | 202 | 677 | 173 | 5 | 94 | 47 | 27 | .281 | .325 | .390 |
| August | 210 | 730 | 204 | 6 | 93 | 55 | 23 | .308 | .355 | .413 |
| September | 169 | 556 | 144 | 5 | 50 | 46 | 21 | .288 | .342 | .366 |
| October | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .308 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 130 | 431 | 99 | 9 | 58 | 35 | 13 | .253 | .311 | .383 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 125 | 455 | 127 | 4 | 54 | 29 | 17 | .302 | .343 | .418 |
| boston-red-sox | 114 | 369 | 90 | 2 | 49 | 26 | 13 | .267 | .314 | .341 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 105 | 357 | 98 | 2 | 42 | 20 | 13 | .294 | .331 | .414 |
| cleveland-guardians | 90 | 280 | 90 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 9 | .354 | .400 | .484 |
| chicago-white-sox | 80 | 259 | 65 | 1 | 15 | 19 | 11 | .281 | .324 | .377 |
| st-louis-browns | 79 | 290 | 79 | 2 | 45 | 36 | 8 | .313 | .397 | .393 |
| detroit-tigers | 73 | 248 | 67 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 10 | .300 | .331 | .430 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 |  Chicago White Sox | 92 | 363 | 100 | 2 | 32 | 4 | .275 | – | – |
| 1932 | Chicago White Sox | 93 | 307 | 97 | 1 | 45 | 1 | .316 | – | – |
| 1933 | Chicago White Sox | 54 | 125 | 24 | – | 13 | – | .192 | – | – |
| 1935 |  Cincinnati Reds | 85 | 241 | 64 | 2 | 36 | 4 | .266 | – | – |
| 1936 |  Cleveland Guardians | 93 | 319 | 112 | 2 | 48 | 5 | .351 | – | – |
| 1937 | Cleveland Guardians | 72 | 168 | 48 | 3 | 22 | 1 | .286 | – | – |
| 1938 |  St. Louis Browns | 111 | 375 | 104 | 7 | 49 | 8 | .277 | – | – |
| 1939 | St. Louis Browns | 118 | 332 | 96 | 5 | 49 | 3 | .289 | – | – |
| 1940 |  Detroit Tigers | 78 | 220 | 68 | 3 | 41 | 2 | .309 | – | – |
| 1941 | Detroit Tigers | 85 | 234 | 66 | 3 | 29 | – | .282 | – | – |
| 1942 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 43 | 101 | 27 | 1 | 14 | 1 | .267 | – | – |
| 1947 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 38 | 55 | 14 | – | 8 | 1 | .255 | – | – |