MLB / Players

Mike Sullivan

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 210 lb
BornOctober 23, 1870 · Boston, MA, USA
MLB debutJune 17, 1889
Final gameAugust 18, 1899
Seasons10 (1889–1899)

Washington Nationals 1889; Chicago Colts 1890; New York Giants 1891; Philadelphia Athletics 1891; Cincinnati Reds 1892–1893; Cleveland Spiders 1894; Washington Senators 1894; Cleveland Spiders 1895; New York Giants 1896–1897; Boston Beaneaters 1899

Percentile snapshot

1897 season — qualified pitchers

G
23
24.5
GS
16
17
W
8
28.3
L
7
77.4
SV
2
90.6
CG
11
15.1
SHO
1
45.3
H
183
79.2
ER
84
67.9
BB
71
50.9
SO
35
24.5
HR
6
30.2
IP
148.7
20.8
ERA
5.09
17
WHIP
1.709
11.3
K/9
2.12
34
FIP
5.09
5.7
FIP-
118.3
5.7
ERA+
84.6
17
sWAR
0.4
22.6

of 54 qualified 1897 pitchers (min 137 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
85.7
1.5
sWAR
2.4
71.8

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1889921192100001200.053.143.053.195-14.5-44.6.118-1.0
189012424015100721200.125.167.150.3179.8-7.6.160-0.3
1891517173200000510.118.118.118.235-15.2-31.5.1120.3
1892217574513110501700.176.187.216.40328.821.5.1931.7
189327817971620172920.203.222.266.48836.929.3.2321.0
18943310710110222211542000.218.248.307.55540.832.9.257-0.1
1895415152210010300.133.133.200.333-2.8-14.8.151-0.8
18962581771016100511400.208.228.221.44927.218.5.2171.0
1897236866618100821000.273.294.288.58258.153.8.2800.4
18991430100001000.333.500.333.833143.0130.1.4330.0

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1889930303047333215241.07.241.9273.295.45135.555.6-1.0
18901212560100108495833396.04.591.7293.094.32121.377.5-0.3
1891551405041161818242.03.431.4053.863.85108.1102.10.3
1892211612401501795774568166.33.081.5213.033.88118.3106.51.7
189327188111140200103103405183.75.051.6501.965.12109.992.31.0
1894332381512002941501214014208.36.481.9921.736.20116.582.2-0.1
189543120204229165131.08.421.8711.455.32111.556.7-0.8
18962522101301801889671423185.34.661.3972.044.41101.293.51.0
189723168721111838471356148.75.091.7092.125.09118.384.60.4
189911100101054119.05.001.5561.005.83151.477.00.0

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

G
160
PA
511
AB
491
R
46
H
96
2B
9
3B
3
HR
2
RBI
48
BB
13
SO
92
SB
3
BA
.1955
OBP
.2209
SLG
.2383
OPS
.4592

Pitching

G (P)
160
GS
119
W
54
L
65
SV
4
CG
99
420th-most career CG
SHO
1
IP
1,111
SO (P)
285
BB allowed
568
ERA
5.037
WHIP
1.6737
K/9
2.31

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.