finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1880 right 12 september 1881 boston , massachusetts boston , massachusetts 1877 july 17 .258 55 24 first baseman worcester ruby legs batting average runs scored rbis september 24 12 january 1856 chub sullivan.jpg chub sullivan
 cincinnati reds chub sullivan right
chub sullivan

john frank `` chub '' sullivan -lrb- january 12 , 1856 -- september 12 , 1881 -rrb- , was an american major league baseball first baseman who played for three seasons ; two with the cincinnati reds -lrb- - -rrb- and one with the worcester ruby legs -lrb- -rrb- .
he was nicknamed `` chub '' , but was 6 feet tall and weighed a mere 164 pounds .
during his career , he was a popular player , sometimes known as a clown for his antics , and an early pioneer of the slide .
