Ted Sullivan (baseball)

Ted Sullivan (baseball)

Infobox MLB retired
name=Ted Sullivan
position=Manager/Right fielder


birthdate=March 17, 1851
city-state|County Clare|Ireland
deathdate=death date and age|1929|7|5|1851|3|17
Washington, D.C.
bats=Unknown
throws=Unknown
debutdate=July 16
debutyear=1884
debutteam=Kansas City Cowboys
finaldate=October 18
finalyear=1884
finalteam=Kansas City Cowboys
stat1label=Games played
stat2label=At bats
stat3label=Batting average
stat1value=4
stat2value=11
stat3value=.364
teams=As Player
*Kansas City Cowboys (by|1884)As Manager
*St. Louis Browns (by|1883)
*St. Louis Maroons (by|1884)
*Kansas City Cowboys (by|1884)
*Washington Nationals (by|1888)
highlights=

Timothy Paul "Ted" Sullivan (March 17 1851 – July 5 1929) was an Irish-American manager and player in Major League Baseball who was born in County Clare, Ireland.

Career

After attending Saint Louis University, [ [http://www.sabr.org/cmsFiles/Files/SABRcollege2006-1.pdf SABR research] ] he managed four teams during the 1880s, one of which was the by|1884 St. Louis Maroons of the Union Association, who finished with an astonishing 94-19 record. He began the year with a 28-3 record, but moved on in midseason to manage another UA team, the Kansas City Cowboys; Fred Dunlap took over in St. Louis, compiling a 66-16 record as the Maroons won the UA pennant in the league's only year of existence. Kansas City was a dismal 3-17 when Sullivan took over managerial duties, going 13-46 the rest of way. During his time in Kansas City he also made his only three field appearances, playing two games in right field and one as a shortstop; he collected 3 hits in 9 at bats. He didn't manage again until the by|1888 Washington Nationals, then 10-29, hired him to finish out the season. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WHS/1888.shtml Baseball Reference manager page] ] He led the team to a mark of 38-57, and ended his major league career with a record of 132-132. Sullivan later managed in the minors, including a stint with the Nashville Tigers of the Southern League in by|1893. [Traughber, Bill. [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/news/newsarchive.asp?newsId=1004 "Looking Back: Nashville Tigers See Light in 1894."] "Nashville Sounds". 5 May 2004. 22 March 2008]

Sullivan is considered a pioneer of early baseball; he founded both the Northwest League and the Texas League, both minor leagues that still exist and thrive today. Credited with discovering Charles Comiskey, he is considered by some to be the first person to emphasize the importance of scouting. [ [http://www.press.umich.edu/webhome/fantalk.pdf Peter Morris research presentation] ] Comiskey joined the St. Louis Browns in by|1882, and replaced Sullivan as the team's manager in mid-by|1883; it had been Sullivan's first managerial post, as he compiled a record of 53-26 to begin the year. Also, Sullivan was a great promoter of the game; he would tell stories of baseball's beginnings, and of its many star players. He authored books detailing these, including a barnstorming trip around the world in 1913-1914 by Comiskey's Chicago White Sox and the New York Giants. He also credited himself as the originator of the word "fan", as in baseball fan. Sullivan later became a team executive and owner.

Post-career

Sullivan died in Washington, D.C. at the age of 78, and is interred at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

ee also

*List of players from Ireland in Major League Baseball

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/sullite01.shtml Baseball-Reference.com] - career managing record and playing statistics
* [http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/books/excerpts/4295.pdf Nebraska Press: "The Tour to End All Tours"] - account of Charles Comiskey's 1913-1914 baseball world tour, recounts his early association with Sullivan
* [http://www.amazon.com/phrase/Ted-Sullivan Ted Sullivan at Amazon.com]
* [http://www.haroldseymour.com/article.asp?articleid=60045 review of "The Tour to End All Tours"]

Persondata
NAME = Sullivan, Ted
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Sullivan, Timothy Paul
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Major League Baseball player, Manager
DATE OF BIRTH = March 17 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH = County Clare, Ireland
DATE OF DEATH = July 5 1929
PLACE OF DEATH = Washington, D.C.


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