Frank Sullivan
Boston Red Sox 1953–1960; Philadelphia Phillies 1961; Minnesota Twins 1962; Philadelphia Phillies 1962; Minnesota Twins 1963
Percentile snapshot
1961 season — qualified pitchers
of 67 qualified 1961 pitchers (min 155 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 18.8 | 32.4 | .232 | -0.2 |
| 1954 | 36 | 78 | 68 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .103 | .173 | .147 | .320 | -33.5 | -14.9 | .163 | 4.0 |
| 1955 | 35 | 105 | 89 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .112 | .151 | .146 | .297 | -39.8 | -22.4 | .146 | 6.2 |
| 1956 | 34 | 95 | 85 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .141 | .159 | .153 | .312 | -40.7 | -20.7 | .148 | 4.9 |
| 1957 | 31 | 87 | 79 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | .165 | .185 | .190 | .375 | -15.7 | 0.4 | .176 | 5.7 |
| 1958 | 32 | 80 | 67 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | .164 | .222 | .179 | .401 | 0.6 | 9.0 | .197 | 2.9 |
| 1959 | 30 | 69 | 60 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .210 | .217 | .426 | 3.3 | 14.8 | .196 | 1.9 |
| 1960 | 40 | 48 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .205 | .125 | .330 | -15.9 | -10.2 | .172 | -0.5 |
| 1961 | 49 | 41 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .152 | .263 | .152 | .415 | 21.9 | 14.6 | .217 | 1.1 |
| 1962 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | -29.7 | -41.2 | .148 | 0.2 |
| 1963 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.2 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 25.7 | 5.61 | 1.364 | 5.96 | 4.16 | 99.8 | 74.4 | -0.2 |
| 1954 | 36 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 185 | 72 | 66 | 124 | 18 | 206.3 | 3.14 | 1.216 | 5.41 | 3.36 | 83.0 | 128.8 | 4.0 |
| 1955 | 35 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 235 | 84 | 100 | 129 | 23 | 260.0 | 2.91 | 1.288 | 4.47 | 3.76 | 88.6 | 146.1 | 6.2 |
| 1956 | 34 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 253 | 92 | 82 | 116 | 22 | 242.0 | 3.42 | 1.384 | 4.31 | 3.84 | 84.3 | 133.2 | 4.9 |
| 1957 | 31 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 206 | 73 | 48 | 127 | 16 | 240.7 | 2.73 | 1.055 | 4.75 | 2.89 | 72.6 | 146.1 | 5.7 |
| 1958 | 32 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 216 | 79 | 49 | 103 | 12 | 199.3 | 3.57 | 1.329 | 4.65 | 2.98 | 74.3 | 112.3 | 2.9 |
| 1959 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 172 | 78 | 67 | 107 | 17 | 177.7 | 3.95 | 1.345 | 5.42 | 3.75 | 92.5 | 102.7 | 1.9 |
| 1960 | 40 | 22 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 164 | 87 | 52 | 98 | 12 | 153.7 | 5.10 | 1.406 | 5.74 | 3.28 | 81.1 | 79.3 | -0.5 |
| 1961 | 49 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 161 | 76 | 55 | 114 | 19 | 159.3 | 4.29 | 1.356 | 6.44 | 3.92 | 97.8 | 93.2 | 1.1 |
| 1962 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 56.3 | 4.47 | 1.704 | 3.51 | 4.41 | 110.6 | 89.3 | 0.2 |
| 1963 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11.0 | 5.73 | 1.727 | 1.64 | 4.37 | 118.7 | 64.3 | -0.2 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957-08-07 | BOS @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1957-08-18 | BOS @ MIN Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1955-04-17 | BAL @ BOS Gameday | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1958-08-24 | ATH @ BOS Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 1960-08-15 | BOS @ MIN Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960-06-17 | BOS @ CLE Gameday | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| 1959-07-02 | BOS @ MIN Gameday | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| 1954-05-21 | BOS @ NYY Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 1957-07-23 | ATH @ BOS Gameday | 9.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1954-09-21 | ATH @ BOS Gameday | 8.1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.