Denny Sullivan
1905–1909 · bats L / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Washington Senators (1901-60)
257G
.239AVG
.296OBP
.286SLG
More career statistics
221H
1HR
51RBI
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 · Games | 257 | 256 |
| Batting · At bats | 925 | 927 |
| Batting · Doubles | 25 | 24 |
| Batting · Hits | 221 | 220 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 16 | 18 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,041 | 1,046 |
| Batting · Runs | 106 | 107 |
| Batting · RBI | 51 | 47 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 30 | 20 |
| Batting · Walks | 59 | 61 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 257 | 1,041 | 925 | 106 | 221 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 51 | 59 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 265 | .239 | .296 | .286 | .582 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1907-08-06 to 1907-08-18
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1908-06-06 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1907-06-29 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1907-07-25 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 127 | 483 | 103 | 1 | 24 | 30 | 48 | .239 | .275 | .304 |
| Away | 129 | 563 | 117 | 0 | 23 | 31 | 48 | .236 | .263 | .266 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 19 | 76 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .162 | .211 | .176 |
| May | 41 | 165 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 14 | .201 | .267 | .281 |
| June | 47 | 205 | 48 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 24 | .258 | .273 | .301 |
| July | 50 | 214 | 46 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 13 | .237 | .252 | .278 |
| August | 59 | 241 | 53 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 19 | .250 | .278 | .278 |
| September | 35 | 124 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 12 | .273 | .306 | .336 |
| October | 5 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .222 | .286 | .333 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 40 | 161 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | .210 | .242 | .273 |
| detroit-tigers | 40 | 167 | 40 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 11 | .282 | .329 | .331 |
| cleveland-guardians | 38 | 155 | 39 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 12 | .271 | .290 | .312 |
| chicago-white-sox | 38 | 156 | 33 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 14 | .231 | .250 | .273 |
| st-louis-browns | 38 | 153 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 11 | .244 | .275 | .282 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 32 | 123 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | .255 | .268 | .300 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 29 | 131 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 20 | .158 | .214 | .202 |
| boston-red-sox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 3 | 11 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1907 |  Boston Red Sox | 143 | 552 | 135 | 1 | 18 | 16 | .245 | – | – |
| 1908 | Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians | 107 | 362 | 84 | – | 29 | 4 | .232 | – | – |
| 1909 |  Cleveland Guardians | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | .500 | – | – |