John Sullivan
1942–1949 · bats R / throws R · St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
605G
.230AVG
.312OBP
.270SLG
More career statistics
422H
1HR
162RBI
18SB
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 · Hits | 422 | 420 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 206 | 208 |
| Batting · Runs | 203 | 202 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 605 | 2,088 | 1,833 | 203 | 422 | 52 | 9 | 1 | 162 | 216 | 206 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 495 | .230 | .312 | .270 | .582 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1943-06-10 to 1943-06-18
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1942-08-28 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 15 | 2 stolen bases | 1949-09-08 | 1 in 199 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1943-06-06 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 305 | 1036 | 208 | 0 | 94 | 123 | 98 | .234 | .319 | .273 |
| Away | 300 | 1052 | 212 | 1 | 68 | 93 | 110 | .224 | .290 | .265 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 20 | 72 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 4 | .217 | .347 | .233 |
| May | 101 | 344 | 67 | 0 | 25 | 45 | 39 | .228 | .326 | .248 |
| June | 106 | 359 | 68 | 0 | 29 | 41 | 41 | .217 | .304 | .274 |
| July | 131 | 416 | 87 | 1 | 46 | 36 | 44 | .235 | .296 | .289 |
| August | 129 | 468 | 96 | 0 | 26 | 43 | 42 | .232 | .297 | .268 |
| September | 113 | 410 | 83 | 0 | 27 | 36 | 36 | .227 | .290 | .260 |
| October | 5 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .375 | .474 | .438 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 99 | 342 | 79 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 48 | .261 | .330 | .310 |
| chicago-white-sox | 89 | 317 | 72 | 0 | 21 | 24 | 24 | .248 | .303 | .290 |
| cleveland-guardians | 87 | 306 | 62 | 0 | 23 | 32 | 31 | .231 | .307 | .257 |
| boston-red-sox | 87 | 284 | 58 | 0 | 22 | 29 | 25 | .232 | .306 | .316 |
| new-york-yankees | 82 | 274 | 47 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 29 | .197 | .288 | .230 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 78 | 276 | 51 | 0 | 24 | 27 | 29 | .210 | .283 | .218 |
| st-louis-browns | 67 | 249 | 47 | 1 | 26 | 29 | 20 | .225 | .305 | .263 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 16 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 | .129 | .325 | .129 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 94 | 357 | 82 | – | 42 | 2 | .230 | – | – |
| 1943 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 134 | 456 | 95 | 1 | 55 | 6 | .208 | – | – |
| 1944 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 138 | 471 | 118 | – | 30 | 3 | .251 | – | – |
| 1947 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 49 | 133 | 34 | – | 5 | – | .256 | – | – |
| 1948 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 85 | 173 | 36 | – | 12 | 2 | .208 | – | – |
| 1949 |  St. Louis Browns | 105 | 243 | 55 | – | 18 | 5 | .226 | – | – |