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Leon Culberson
Delbert Leon Culberson (Lee)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.

Debut May 16, 1943
Final Game May 12, 1948
Born August 6, 1919 in Halls, GA
Died September 17, 1989 in Rome, GA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1943 23 BOS AL  80  312   36   85  16  6   3   34  13  0  30  35  .272  .336  .391  111  122   4           0   5
 1944 24 BOS AL  75  282   41   67  11  5   2   21   6  4  20  20  .238  .288  .333   78   94   1           0   5
 1945 25 BOS AL  97  331   26   91  21  6   6   45   4  3  20  37  .275  .316  .429  114  142   4           0  14
 1946 26 BOS AL  59  179   34   56  10  1   3   18   3  2  16  19  .313  .369  .430  117   77   9           0   4
 1947 27 BOS AL  47   84   10   20   1  0   0   11   1  1  12  10  .238  .354  .250   65   21   3           3   2
 1948 28 WSH AL  12   29    1    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   8   5  .172  .351  .172   44    5   0           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      370 1217  148  324  59 18  14  131  27 10 106 126  .266  .327  .379  100  461  21   0   0   3  32
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        533   65  142  26  8   6   57  12  4  46  55  .266  .327  .379  100  202   9   0   0   1  14
 Career High     97  331   41   91  21  6   6   45  13  4  30  37  .275  .336  .429  114  142   9   0   0   3  14
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1943 23 BOS AL  346  236   43   5.0    89| .272  .258| .336  .333| .391  .356| .727  .690| 111  .620   3.5   0.4 100%
 1944 24 BOS AL  303  225   27   3.2    91| .238  .267| .288  .334| .333  .364| .621  .698|  78  .402  -9.1  -1.0  60%
 1945 25 BOS AL  355  261   44   4.5    90| .275  .264| .316  .336| .429  .359| .745  .695| 114  .571   3.8   0.4  57%
 1946 26 BOS AL  204  138   28   5.4   101| .313  .271| .369  .346| .430  .389| .799  .735| 117  .619   4.2   0.4  60%
 1947 27 BOS AL  102   70    7   2.7   102| .238  .270| .354  .352| .250  .389| .604  .741|  65  .307  -3.5  -0.4  50%
 1948 28 WSH AL   37   26    2   2.0   103| .172  .269| .351  .354| .172  .389| .523  .743|  44  .185  -1.9  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons      1347  956  151   4.3    93| .266  .265| .327  .338| .379  .367| .706  .705| 100  .531  -3.0  -0.4  72%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1943 23 BOS AL OF 79 211 10 5 2 .978 .977 2.80 2.39 28 51 0 1944 24 BOS AL OF 72 182 6 4 2 .979 .974 2.61 2.35 0 72 0 1945 25 BOS AL OF 91 219 14 8 6 .967 .978 2.56 2.27 1 89 1 1946 26 BOS AL OF 49 87 1 3 0 .967 .977 1.80 2.24 6 18 26 3B 4 2 9 2 2 .846 .948 2.75 2.90 1947 27 BOS AL OF 25 35 2 1 0 .974 .979 1.48 2.35 5 4 16 3B 4 1 4 1 1 .833 .962 1.25 2.90 1948 28 WSH AL OF 11 16 1 0 0 1.000 .977 1.55 2.36 0 11 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1946 26 BOS AL 3B 4 2 9 2 2 .846 .948 2.75 2.90 1947 27 BOS AL 3B 4 1 4 1 1 .833 .962 1.25 2.90 1943 23 BOS AL OF 79 211 10 5 2 .978 .977 2.80 2.39 28 51 0 1944 24 BOS AL OF 72 182 6 4 2 .979 .974 2.61 2.35 0 72 0 1945 25 BOS AL OF 91 219 14 8 6 .967 .978 2.56 2.27 1 89 1 1946 26 BOS AL OF 49 87 1 3 0 .967 .977 1.80 2.24 6 18 26 1947 27 BOS AL OF 25 35 2 1 0 .974 .979 1.48 2.35 5 4 16 1948 28 WSH AL OF 11 16 1 0 0 1.000 .977 1.55 2.36 0 11 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 327 750 34 21 10 .974 .977 2.40 2.32 40 245 43 3B 8 3 13 3 3 .842 .952 2.00 2.90 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 335 753 47 24 13 .971 .976 2.39 2.34
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    BOS STL     L   5   9   1   2  0  0  1   1   1   2  .222  .300  .556   1  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Stolen Bases
1943 AL-13-9

Hit By Pitch
1947 AL-3-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1945 AL-14-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2075) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2483) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 10, 1947: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Al Kozar to the Washington Senators for Stan Spence.

May 13, 1948: Traded by the Washington Senators with $20,000 to the New York Yankees for Bud Stewart.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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