He made his major league debut with the Toledo Blue Stockings, but left after a year to play for the Chattanooga Lookouts.

[1] Bullas left baseball in 1887 and began working in a foundry in Cleveland owned by British industrialist Francis Ley.

In 1893, former professional baseball players in Cleveland organized a one-off team to play against other retired veterans in other cities.

Bullas was loaned to the "old leaguers" team from Detroit, Michigan, who lacked a catcher.

[1] From 1890 until his death, Bullas worked as a stagehand and ticket takers at the Euclid Avenue Opera House in Cleveland.