Tom Sullivan (catcher)
{{Short description|American baseball player (1906–1944)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Tom Sullivan
|image=
|image_size=
|caption=
|position=Catcher
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|mf=yes|1906|12|19}}
|birth_place=Nome, Alaska, US
|death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|1944|8|16|1906|12|19}}
|death_place=Seattle, Washington, US
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=June 14
|debutyear=1925
|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=June 14
|finalyear=1925
|finalteam=Cincinnati Reds
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Batting average
|stat1value=.000 (0-for-1)
|stat2label=Home runs
|stat2value=0
|stat3label=Runs batted in
|stat3value=0
|teams=
- Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|1925}})
}}
Thomas Brandon Sullivan (December 19, 1906 – August 16, 1944) was a professional baseball catcher. He played in one game for the 1925 Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at {{convert|6|ft|0|in|m}} and {{convert|190|lb|kg}}, he batted and threw right-handed. Sullivan was the first person born in Alaska to play in MLB.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/AK_born.shtml |title=Players by birthplace: Alaska Baseball Stats and Info |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=July 19, 2020}}{{efn|At the time of Sullivan's birth, 1906, it was the District of Alaska, becoming the Territory of Alaska in 1912, and a state in 1959.}}
Biography
Baseball records list Sullivan's one game with the Cincinnati Reds in 1925, and 55 games with the minor league Seattle Indians of the Pacific Coast League in 1928.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=sulliv003tho |title=Tom Sullivan Minor League Statistics & History |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=July 19, 2020}}
Sullivan's one major league appearance came on June 14, 1925, with the Reds hosting the Brooklyn Robins at Redland Field (later renamed Crosley Field).{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1925/B06140CIN1925.htm |title=Brooklyn Robins 12, Cincinnati Reds 3 |date=June 14, 1925 |website=Retrosheet |accessdate=July 19, 2020}} Sullivan played defensively at catcher for the final three innings, allowing one passed ball from pitcher Neal Brady. Sullivan had one plate appearance; facing Brooklyn's Dazzy Vance with one out in the ninth inning, he grounded out, shortstop to first. The Cincinnati Enquirer noted that it was Sullivan's first professional game, referring to him as "the big college boy from Seattle".{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55683597/notes-of-the-game/ |title=Notes of the Game |newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer |page=11 |date=June 15, 1925 |accessdate=July 19, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}} He was released by the Reds on June 29.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55684234/notes-of-the-game/ |title=Notes of the Game |newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer |page=11 |date=June 29, 1925 |accessdate=July 19, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}
Sullivan attended the University of Washington prior to playing professional baseball.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55683923/tom-sullivan-with-black-pitts-last/ |title=Tom Sullivan, With Black Pitts Last Year, A Big Leaguer Now |newspaper=The Butte Miner |location=Butte, Montana |page=13 |date=June 18, 1925 |accessdate=July 19, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}
Notes
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite news |url=https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020/06/28/this-baseball-season-might-be-canceled-but-alaskas-history-with-the-game-goes-way-back/ |title=This baseball season might be canceled, but Alaska's history with the game goes way back |first=David |last=Reamer |website=Anchorage Daily News |date=June 28, 2020 |accessdate=June 19, 2020}}
External links
- {{baseballstats |br=s/sullito03 |brm=sulliv003tho |retro=S/Psullt102}}
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Category:Cincinnati Reds players
Category:Seattle Indians players
Category:Baseball players from Alaska
Category:People from Nome, Alaska