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Dick Culler
Richard Broadus Culler

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 155 lb.
School High Point University

Debut September 19, 1936
Final Game May 25, 1949
Born January 15, 1915 in High Point, NC
Died June 16, 1964 in Chapel Hill, NC

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1936 21 PHA AL   9   38    3    9   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   3  .237  .256  .237   23    9   1           0    
 1943 28 CHW AL  53  148    9   32   5  1   0   11   4  5  16  11  .216  .297  .264   64   39   2           1   4
 1944 29 BSN NL   8   28    2    2   0  0   0    0   0      4   2  .071  .188  .071  -26    2   0           0   1
 1945 30 BSN NL 136  527   87  138  12  1   2   30   7     50  35  .262  .328  .300   75  158   8           2   8
 1946 31 BSN NL 134  482   70  123  15  3   0   33   7     62  18  .255  .342  .299   82  144   7           2  15
 1947 32 BSN NL  77  214   20   53   5  1   0   19   1     19  15  .248  .309  .280   59   60   8           0   5
 1948 33 CHC NL  48   89    4   15   2  0   0    5   0     13   3  .169  .275  .191   30   17   3           0   4
 1949 34 NYG NL   7    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      1   0  .000  .500  .000   45    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      472 1527  195  372  39  6   2   99  19  5 166  87  .244  .320  .281   68  429  29   0   0   5  37
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        524   67  128  13  2   1   34   7  2  57  30  .244  .320  .281   68  147  10   0   0   2  13
 Career High    136  527   87  138  15  3   2   33   7  5  62  35  .262  .342  .300   82  158   8   0   0   2  15
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1936 21 PHA AL   40   30    2   1.8   120| .237  .296| .256  .371| .237  .435| .493  .806|  23  .111  -4.7  -0.4   0%
 1943 28 CHW AL  167  127   11   2.4    87| .216  .256| .297  .330| .264  .353| .561  .684|  64  .295  -6.5  -0.7  44%
 1944 29 BSN NL   32   27    0   0.0    97| .071  .273| .188  .340| .071  .383| .259  .723| -26  .000  -4.8  -0.5     
 1945 30 BSN NL  587  405   51   3.4    97| .262  .273| .328  .343| .300  .377| .628  .720|  75  .392 -17.0  -1.8     
 1946 31 BSN NL  553  381   49   3.4    93| .255  .264| .342  .339| .299  .369| .641  .708|  82  .427  -9.6  -1.0     
 1947 32 BSN NL  241  174   19   2.9   104| .248  .272| .309  .346| .280  .403| .589  .749|  59  .298 -12.4  -1.2     
 1948 33 CHC NL  105   81    5   1.6    99| .169  .264| .275  .338| .191  .391| .466  .728|  30  .139  -8.3  -0.8     
 1949 34 NYG NL    2    1    0   0.0   104| .000  .270| .500  .344| .000  .405| .500  .749|  45  .000   0.0   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      1727 1226  137   3.0    96| .244  .268| .320  .341| .281  .378| .601  .719|  68  .345 -63.3  -6.4     

* 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
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1936 21 PHA AL 2B 7 20 15 2 4 .946 .972 5.00 5.59 SS 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.20 1943 28 CHW AL 3B 26 31 45 4 8 .950 .951 2.92 3.07 2B 19 36 71 4 16 .964 .969 5.63 5.44 SS 3 4 5 0 0 1.000 .957 3.00 4.93 1944 29 BSN NL SS 8 14 33 5 6 .904 .953 5.88 4.85 1945 30 BSN NL SS 126 252 386 31 71 .954 .947 5.06 4.75 3B 6 9 14 3 1 .885 .943 3.83 2.97 1946 31 BSN NL SS 132 279 380 36 68 .948 .957 4.99 4.67 1947 32 BSN NL SS 77 106 212 11 31 .967 .963 4.13 4.66 1948 33 CHC NL SS 43 65 114 6 18 .968 .959 4.16 4.59 2B 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 4.85 1949 34 NYG NL SS 7 3 5 1 2 .889 .964 1.14 4.70
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1936 21 PHA AL 2B 7 20 15 2 4 .946 .972 5.00 5.59 1943 28 CHW AL 2B 19 36 71 4 16 .964 .969 5.63 5.44 1948 33 CHC NL 2B 2 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 4.85 1943 28 CHW AL 3B 26 31 45 4 8 .950 .951 2.92 3.07 1945 30 BSN NL 3B 6 9 14 3 1 .885 .943 3.83 2.97 1936 21 PHA AL SS 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 5.20 1943 28 CHW AL SS 3 4 5 0 0 1.000 .957 3.00 4.93 1944 29 BSN NL SS 8 14 33 5 6 .904 .953 5.88 4.85 1945 30 BSN NL SS 126 252 386 31 71 .954 .947 5.06 4.75 1946 31 BSN NL SS 132 279 380 36 68 .948 .957 4.99 4.67 1947 32 BSN NL SS 77 106 212 11 31 .967 .963 4.13 4.66 1948 33 CHC NL SS 43 65 114 6 18 .968 .959 4.16 4.59 1949 34 NYG NL SS 7 3 5 1 2 .889 .964 1.14 4.70
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 398 723 1139 90 196 .954 .955 4.68 4.69 3B 32 40 59 7 9 .934 .949 3.09 3.05 2B 28 59 87 6 20 .961 .970 5.21 5.44 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 458 822 1285 103 225 .953 .955 4.60 4.62
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Grounded into Double Plays
1946 NL-15-4

At Bats per Strikeout
1946 NL-26.8-4

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3867) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

September, 1936: Sent from the Concord (Carolina) to the Philadelphia Athletics in an unknown transaction.

Before 1937 Season: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.

November 2, 1942: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox from the St Paul (American Association) in the 1942 rule 5 draft.

October 28, 1943: Sent by the Chicago White Sox to the Milwaukee (American Association) to complete an earlier deal made on September 20, 1943. The Chicago White Sox sent players to be named later to the Milwaukee (American Association) for Grey Clarke. The Chicago White Sox sent Dick Culler (October 28, 1943) and Bill Swift (October 28, 1943) to the Milwaukee (American Association) to complete the trade.

September, 1944: Traded by the Milwaukee (American Association) with Tommy Nelson to the Boston Braves for players to be named later. The Boston Braves sent Buck Etchison (October 14, 1944) and Carl Lindquist (January, 1945) to the Milwaukee (American Association) to complete the trade.

March 1, 1948: Traded by the Boston Braves to the Chicago Cubs for Bobby Sturgeon.

August 3, 1948: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Chicago Cubs.


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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