John Sullivan (catcher)
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John Peter Sullivan (January 3, 1941 – June 1, 2023) was an American Major League Baseball catcher and coach. A left-handed batter who threw right-handed, Sullivan stood 6 feet (180 cm) tall and weighed 195 pounds (88 kg) as an active player.
Playing career
After graduating from
Coaching career
Sullivan managed in
In 1979, Sullivan began a 15-year run as a Major League coach, serving with the Royals (1979), Atlanta Braves (1980–81), and Toronto Blue Jays (1982–93). He was brought to Toronto by Bobby Cox after Cox's first term as Braves' manager, and remained with the club under Cox's successors Jimy Williams and Cito Gaston, coaching on the Blue Jays' 1992 and 1993 World Series championship teams. His final game was Game 6 of the 1993 World Series, during which he caught Joe Carter's game-winning home run in the bullpen.[2] Sullivan's retirement was announced at the Blue Jays' championship celebration, and he was asked to unveil the 1993 World Series Championship banner at the end of festivities.
Sullivan's family called Dansville, New York, home from 1973 on. He died in nearby Wayland, New York, on June 1, 2023, at the age of 82.[2]
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
References
- ^ Hurte, Bob. "John Sullivan". sabr.org. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- ^ a b "Dansville's Sullivan had a hand in World Series drama 20 years ago". Rochester Business Journal. October 25, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
- Howe News Bureau, Toronto Blue Jays 1984 Organization Book. St. Petersburg. Fla.: The Baseball Library, 1984.
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, eds., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007.