MLB / Players

John Sullivan

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 170 lb

BornNovember 2, 1920 · Chicago, IL, USA

MLB debutJune 7, 1942

Final gameOctober 2, 1949

Seasons6 (1942–1949)

Washington Senators 1942–1944; Washington Senators 1947–1948; St. Louis Browns 1949

Percentile snapshot

1944 season — qualified batters

138

48.2

533

38.2

471

36.4

30.9

118

27.3

1.8

RBI

14.5

60.9

33.6

28.2

23.6

.251

14.5

OBP

.325

30.9

SLG

.280

2.7

OPS

.605

9.1

wRC+

79.6

18.2

OPS+

77.6

14.5

wOBA

.299

14.5

sWAR

1.2

38.2

of 111 qualified 1944 batters (min 477 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

1.1

64.4

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
1942	94	389	357	38	84	16	1	0	42	25	30	2	0	.235	.285	.286	.571	56.5	60.4	.276	-0.3
1943	134	525	456	49	95	12	2	1	55	57	59	6	2	.208	.298	.250	.548	63.3	62.4	.276	0.2
1944	138	533	471	49	118	12	1	0	30	52	43	3	3	.251	.325	.280	.605	79.6	77.6	.299	1.2
1947	49	157	133	13	34	0	1	0	5	22	14	0	2	.256	.361	.271	.632	84.9	78.2	.319	0.4
1948	85	198	173	25	36	4	1	0	12	22	25	2	2	.208	.297	.243	.540	46.3	45.5	.272	-0.4
1949	105	286	243	29	55	8	3	0	18	38	35	5	2	.226	.331	.284	.615	59.2	58.5	.309	-0.1

Career totals

605

2,088

1,833

203

422

RBI

162

216

206

.2302

OBP

.3117

SLG

.2700

OPS

.5817

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	TB
1943-07-04	MIN @ BAL Gameday	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	6
1948-06-20	MIN @ CWS Gameday	4	1	3	0	1	0	2	5
1942-09-13	MIN @ DET Gameday	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	5
1944-07-16	ATH @ MIN Gameday	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	5
1944-08-13	CLE @ MIN Gameday	3	1	3	0	1	0	0	5

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1942-04-14	NYY @ MIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942-04-15	NYY @ MIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942-04-16	NYY @ MIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942-04-17	MIN @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942-04-18	MIN @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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.