 1910 - 1985 (74 years)
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| Name |
Joe Sullivan [1] |
| Born |
26 Sep 1910 |
Mason City, Mason County, Illinois  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
08 Apr 1985 |
Sequim, Clallam, Washington [1] |
| Person ID |
I10231 |
Jerry Milo Johnson |
| Last Modified |
29 Mar 2015 |
| Father |
Henry Clay Sullivan, b. 19 Jul 1879, Illinois , d. 19 Apr 1943, Tracyton, Kitsap County, Washington (Age 63 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
Lulu L Safer, b. Apr 1877, Illinois , d. 27 Nov 1957, Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington (Age ~ 80 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Married |
Abt 1902 [1] |
| Family ID |
F3620 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Listed in 1920 Idaho Census, Twin Falls County, Twin Falls, Precinct# 2 (ED# 253, Sheet 12A)
Wikipedia entry (as of May 24, 2009:
Joe Sullivan (September 26, 1910 ñ April 8, 1985, was a Major League pitcher who played five season in the Major Leagues with the Detroit Tigers (1935-1936), Boston Red Sox (1939-1940), Boston Braves (1941), and Pittsburgh Pirates (1941). In five major league seasons, Sullivan had a record of 0-67 with a 19.96 ERA.
Born in Mason City, Illinois, his family moved west, where Sullivan graduated from Sliverdale (now Central Kitsap) High School in 1928. Sullivan was a three-sport player who all in all was terrible at Silverdale High. After high school, Sullivan played semi-pro ball for the Bremerton Cruisers of the Northwest League. In 1929, Sullivan played for New Westminster of the Vancouver City League. In 1930, Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Co. of Port Angeles took him to a 16-team state tournament where Sullivan signed with New York Yankees scout Bill Essick. That season, he played with Hollywood of the Pacific Coast League. After being released, Sullivan went to Tucson to play in the Arizona State League.
The Detroit Tigers bought his contract in 1932 and sent him to Beaumont of the Texas League. Returning to play for Hollywood in 1934, a 25-11 season earned him his first shot in the bigs the following year. Sullivan broke into the major leagues in 1935 with a Detroit Tigers team that went on to win its first World Series Championship in Sullivan's rookie season. Sullivan started 12 games for the 1935 Tigers and a 3.51 ERA. Sullivan did not appear in the 1935 World Series. In 1936, Sullivan's performance lagged, as his ERA jumped to 6.78 in 26 games (22 in relief). He finished the 1936 season 2-5 and did not pitch in the major leagues in 1937 or 1938.
In 1939, Sullivan was given a second chance by the Boston Braves. He played three seasons with the Braves, but never had a winning record. In June 1941, Sullivan was purchased from the Braves by the Pittsburgh Pirates, where he pitched in 16 games and finally had a winning record of 4-1. Despite having his first winning record with the Pirates, Sullivan never played another game in major league baseball.
After his 1941 season with Pittsburgh, Sullivan played for Portland of the Pacific Coast League. In 1943 he played for the Bremerton Cruisers and then pitched home games for the original Kitsap BlueJackets in 1946, then of the class-B Western International League.
In 1945, he began a career with the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, where he eventually became fire chief and worked until 1970. Sullivan died April 8, 1985 in Sequim, Washington,after a long bout with cancer.
Joe Sullivan career statistics
Pitching Stats:
SEASON TEAM W L ERA G GS CG SHO SV SVO IP H R ER HR HBP BB SO
1935 Detroit Tigers 6 6 3.51 25 12 5 0 0 --- 125.2 119 66 49 4 3 71 53
1936 Detroit Tigers 2 5 6.78 26 4 1 0 1 --- 79.2 111 70 60 4 2 40 32
1939 Boston Braves 6 9 3.64 31 11 7 0 2 --- 113.2 114 57 46 3 2 50 46
1940 Boston Braves 10 14 3.55 36 22 7 0 1 --- 177.1 157 89 70 9 8 89 64
1941 Boston Braves 2 2 4.13 16 2 0 0 0 --- 52.1 60 26 24 3 2 26 11
1941 Pittsburgh Pirates 4 1 2.97 16 4 0 0 1 --- 39.1 40 26 13 2 0 22 10
Career Totals 30 37 4.01 150 55 20 0 5 --- 588.0 601 334 262 25 17 298 216
Hitting Stats:
SEASON TEAM G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG
1935 Detroit Tigers 25 43 6 7 1 0 0 5 8 4 9 0 0 .229 .186 .163
1936 Detroit Tigers 26 28 3 5 0 0 0 1 5 1 9 0 0 .200 .179 .179
1939 Boston Braves 33 40 2 12 1 0 0 1 13 3 3 1 --- .341 .325 .300
1940 Boston Braves 36 71 3 14 1 0 0 6 15 0 9 0 --- .189 .211 .197
1941 Boston Braves 16 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0--- .125 .067 .067
1941 Pittsburgh Pirates 16 11 0 4 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 0--- .364 .364 .364
Career Totals 152 208 14 43 3 0 0 15 46 9 35 1 --- .233 .221 .207
Fielding Stats:
SEASON TEAM POS G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS FPCT
1935 Detroit Tigers P 25 12 125.2 31 7 20 4 5 --- --- --- .871
1936 Detroit Tigers P 26 4 79.2 16 3 12 1 0 --- --- --- .938
1939 Boston Braves P 31 11 113.2 29 6 23 0 0 --- --- --- 1.000
1940 Boston Braves P 36 22 177.1 49 8 38 3 1 --- --- --- .939
1941 Boston Braves P 16 2 52.1 18 3 15 0 0 --- --- --- 1.000
1941 Pittsburgh Pirates P 16 4 39.1 11 4 7 0 1 --- --- --- 1.000
Career Totals 150 55 588.0 154 31 115 8 7 --- --- --- .948
Joe's obituary appeared in Article in The Sporting News May 6, 1985 (Vol. 199, Issue 18) -- p. 32
An article reflecting on his rookie success appeared in Baseball Magazine June, 1935 (Vol. 55, Issue 1) -- p. 295
From the SunLink (Bremerton, WA) Dec 28, 1999:
"Athletes of the Century"
3. Joe Sullivan .... Pitched home games for the Bluejackets. The southpaw from Tracyton pitched parts of five seasons in the majors. A 1928 graduate of Silverdale (now Central Kitsap) High School, Sullivan won 30 games with the Detroit Tigers (1935-36), the Boston Braves (1939-41) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1941). His most productive season came in 1940, when he won 10 games for the Braves and compiled a 3.55 earned-run average. His major league career over, Sullivan returned to Kitsap County and pitched with the Kitsap Bluejackets of the Western International League in 1944. He worked at PSNS from 1945 to 1970. Born in Illinois, Sullivan died in Sequim in 1985 after a bout with cancer.
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