:Mike Sullivan (pitcher)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1866–1906)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Mike Sullivan

|position=Pitcher

|image=Mike Sullivan Pitcher.jpg

|alt=Mike Sullivan, Pitcher, in Washington Nationals Uniform

|caption=Sullivan in Washington Nationals uniform

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1870|10|23}}

|birth_place=Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1906|6|14|1870|10|23}}

|death_place=Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 17

|debutyear=1889

|debutteam=Washington Nationals

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 12

|finalyear=1899

|finalteam=Boston Beaneaters

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=54–65

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.04

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=285

|teams=

• Washington Nationals ({{mlby|1889}})
• Chicago Colts ({{mlby|1890}})
• Philadelphia Athletics ({{mlby|1891}})
• New York Giants ({{mlby|1891}})
• Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|1892}}–{{mlby|1893}})
• Washington Senators ({{mlby|1894}})
• Cleveland Spiders ({{mlby|1894}}–{{mlby|1895}})
• New York Giants ({{mlby|1896}}–{{mlby|1897}})
• Boston Beaneaters ({{mlby|1899}})

}}

Michael Joseph Sullivan (October 23, 1870 – June 14, 1906) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher from {{mlby|1886}} to {{mlby|1899}} for the Washington Nationals (1889), Chicago Colts (1890), Philadelphia Athletics (1891), New York Giants (1891 and 1896–97), Cincinnati Reds (1892–93), Washington Senators (1894), Cleveland Spiders (1894–95) and the Boston Beaneaters (1899).

He led the National League in win–loss percentage (.750) in 1892.

In 10 seasons he had a 54–65 win–loss record, 160 games (119 started), 99 complete games, 1 shutout, 40 games finished, 4 saves, {{frac|1,111|1|3}} innings pitched, 1,292 hits allowed, 892 runs allowed, 622 earned runs allowed, 45 home runs allowed, 568 walks allowed, 285 strikeouts, 18 hit batsmen, 76 wild pitches, a 5.04 ERA and a 1.674 WHIP.

Sullivan graduated from Boston University School of Law and served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Massachusetts Senate and for three terms on the Massachusetts Governor's Council. He was running for Congress as the representative of Massachusetts's 10th congressional district when he collapsed in the office of Boston Mayor John F. Fitzgerald and was pronounced dead at Boston City Hospital of a cerebral hemorrhage.{{cite news |title=Hon. Michael J. Sullivan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/boston-evening-transcript-obituary-for-m/159455432/ |access-date=21 November 2024 |work=Boston Evening Transcript |date=15 June 1906}}