American baseball player, manager, and executive (1930-2003)
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Baseball player
Haywood Sullivan
Catcher
Born:(1930-12-15)December 15, 1930 Donalsonville, Georgia, U.S.
Died: February 12, 2003(2003-02-12) (aged 72) Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 20, 1955, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
June 30, 1963, for the Kansas City Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average
.226
Home runs
13
Runs batted in
87
Managerial record
54–82
Winning %
.397
Teams
As player
Boston Red Sox (1955, 1957, 1959–1960)
Kansas City Athletics (1961–1963)
As manager
Kansas City Athletics (1965)
Career highlights and awards
Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame
Haywood Cooper Sullivan (December 15, 1930 – February 12, 2003) was an American college and professional baseball player who was a catcher, manager, general manager and club owner in Major League Baseball. From May 23, 1978, through November 23, 1993, he was a general partner in the Boston Red Sox, where he parlayed a $200,000 investment into a cash out of at least $12 million.
Haywood Cooper Sullivan (December 15, 1930 – February 12, 2003) was an American college and professional baseball player who was a catcher, manager, general...
Boston Americans. † During the ownership tenure of Mrs. Jean R. Yawkey, HaywoodSullivan and Buddy LeRoux became general partners. A purchase of the team from...
Player, Al Rosen, former American League Most Valuable Player, and HaywoodSullivan, former managing partner of the Boston Red Sox. Dalton Guthrie (born...
Scarborough (1945) Billy Parker (1946) Angus Williams (1947–1949) HaywoodSullivan (1950–1951) Rick Casares (1952) Doug Dickey (1952–1953) Dick Allen...
Scarborough (1945) Billy Parker (1946) Angus Williams (1947–1949) HaywoodSullivan (1950–1951) Rick Casares (1952) Doug Dickey (1952–1953) Dick Allen...
complicated racial past, and the team's relationship with its young manager, HaywoodSullivan, a white Alabamian who went on to own the Boston Red Sox. Richard Ben...
Yawkey eventually sold the team to HaywoodSullivan and Edward "Buddy" LeRoux. As chief executive, HaywoodSullivan found himself in another racism controversy...
Scarborough (1945) Billy Parker (1946) Angus Williams (1947–1949) HaywoodSullivan (1950–1951) Rick Casares (1952) Doug Dickey (1952–1953) Dick Allen...
the American League in May 1978, resulting in each of Mrs. Yawkey, HaywoodSullivan, and Buddy LeRoux having a one-third controlling interest in the team...
Scarborough (1945) Billy Parker (1946) Angus Williams (1947–1949) HaywoodSullivan (1950–1951) Rick Casares (1952) Doug Dickey (1952–1953) Dick Allen...
Scarborough (1945) Billy Parker (1946) Angus Williams (1947–1949) HaywoodSullivan (1950–1951) Rick Casares (1952) Doug Dickey (1952–1953) Dick Allen...
Scarborough (1945) Billy Parker (1946) Angus Williams (1947–1949) HaywoodSullivan (1950–1951) Rick Casares (1952) Doug Dickey (1952–1953) Dick Allen...
Scarborough (1945) Billy Parker (1946) Angus Williams (1947–1949) HaywoodSullivan (1950–1951) Rick Casares (1952) Doug Dickey (1952–1953) Dick Allen...
Scarborough (1945) Billy Parker (1946) Angus Williams (1947–1949) HaywoodSullivan (1950–1951) Rick Casares (1952) Doug Dickey (1952–1953) Dick Allen...
too popular with HaywoodSullivan, the Boston general manager. When Fisk's contract expired at the end of the 1980 season, Sullivan in fact mailed him...
Georgia in 1949. He was later a well known insurance executive in Tampa. HaywoodSullivan 1950–1951 University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame. The first sophomore...
Scarborough (1945) Billy Parker (1946) Angus Williams (1947–1949) HaywoodSullivan (1950–1951) Rick Casares (1952) Doug Dickey (1952–1953) Dick Allen...
the Chicago White Sox; Harrelson noted that he and Red Sox co-owner HaywoodSullivan "didn't get along". Harrelson served as a White Sox announcer from...
fourth inning, Paige took the mound, to be removed according to plan by HaywoodSullivan. He walked off to a standing ovation from the small crowd of 9,289...
Scarborough (1945) Billy Parker (1946) Angus Williams (1947–1949) HaywoodSullivan (1950–1951) Rick Casares (1952) Doug Dickey (1952–1953) Dick Allen...
appointed vice president and general manager, succeeding co-owner HaywoodSullivan, who moved up to chief executive officer. When Gorman took on the general...
the 1977 season began the team lacked uniforms. BoSox vice president HaywoodSullivan stepped in and sent Pawtucket 48 sets of old home and away uniforms...
Scarborough (1945) Billy Parker (1946) Angus Williams (1947–1949) HaywoodSullivan (1950–1951) Rick Casares (1952) Doug Dickey (1952–1953) Dick Allen...
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