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Leon Culberson

Delbert Leon Culberson (Lee)

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

Born: August 6, 1919 in Hall's Station, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 16, 1943
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Senators 1943-1948

Final Game: May 12, 1948
Died: September 17, 1989 in Rome, GA
Buried: Oaknoll Memorial Gardens, Rome, GA
Relatives: Grandfather of Charlie Culberson
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1940	20	KAN	D	68	267	267		82	11	2	14						.307	.307	.521	.828		139					KAN · NCSL
1941	21	BOS-min	A	76	276	276		64	9	5	1						.232	.232	.312	.543		86					SCR · EL
1942	22	BOS-min	A	120	433	433		124	9	5	1						.286	.286	.337	.624		146					SCR · EL
1943	23	BOS-min	AA	10	46	41	3	7	0	0	0	2	0		5	4	.171	.261	.171	.432		7	1	0	0		LOU · AA
1943	23	BOS	AL	81	347	312	36	85	16	6	3	34	14	0	31	35	.272	.338	.391	.729	111	122	5	0	4	O87
1944	24	BOS	AL	75	303	282	41	67	11	5	2	21	6	4	20	20	.238	.288	.333	.621	78	94	5	0	1	O8/9
1945	25	BOS	AL	97	355	331	26	91	21	6	6	45	4	3	20	37	.275	.316	.429	.745	114	142	14	0	4	O8/79
1946	26	BOS	AL	59	204	179	34	56	10	1	3	18	3	2	16	19	.313	.369	.430	.799	117	77	4	0	9	O98/75
1947	27	BOS	AL	47	102	84	10	20	1	0	0	11	1	1	12	10	.238	.354	.250	.604	65	21	2	3	3	O9/758
1948	28	NYY-min	AAA	83	354	313	47	81	17	1	5	39	4		40	40	.259	.343	.367	.710		115		0	1		KCY · AA
1948	28	WSH	AL	12	37	29	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	5	.172	.351	.172	.524	44	5	2	0	0	8O
1949	29	NYY-SFG-min	AAA	124	457	414	56	98	14	3	6	38	6		34	40	.237	.298	.329	.626		136		2	7		NWK,JER · IL
1950	30	ATL-min	C,AA	114	426	426		122	27	2	12						.286	.286	.444	.730		189					BTR,ATA · EVAN,SOUA
1951	31	ROM	D	103	370	370		118	23	1	14						.319	.319	.500	.819		185					ROM · GAAL
1952	32	RKH,MBO	B,D	87	267	267		82	22	3	1						.307	.307	.423	.730		113					RKH,MBO · TRIS,MTSS
6 Yrs				371	1348	1217	148	324	59	18	14	131	28	10	107	126	.266	.327	.379	.706	100	461	32	3	21
162 Game Avg.				162	589	531	65	141	26	8	6	57	12	4	47	55	.266	.327	.379	.706	100	201	14	1	9

BOS (5 yrs)				359	1311	1188	147	319	59	18	14	129	28	10	99	121	.269	.326	.384	.710	102	456	30	3	21
WSH (1 yr)				12	37	29	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	5	.172	.351	.172	.524	44	5	2	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1943	23	BOS	AL	81	347	4	3	0	2	-2	7	0.8	7	14	1.6	.510	.505	1.3	0.1	12	$	O87
1944	24	BOS	AL	75	303	-8	-0	0	-3	-0	-12	-1.3	6	-5	-0.7	.483	.492	-0.3	-0.4	-2	$	O8/9
1945	25	BOS	AL	97	355	4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.3	8	11	1.1	.504	.502	1.1	-0.1	11	$	O8/79
1946	26	BOS	AL	59	204	4	0	0	-3	-2	-0	-0.1	5	5	0.5	.499	.500	0.8	-0.5	8	$	O98/75
1947	27	BOS	AL	47	102	-3	-0	0	-2	-1	-6	-0.7	3	-4	-0.5	.485	.496	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$	O9/758
1948	28	WSH	AL	12	37	-2	0	-0	-2	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.464	.497	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	8O
6 Seasons				371	1348	-2	3	-0	-8	-6	-12	-1.4	30	17	1.7	.497	.499	2.6	-1.5	25	$

BOS (5 yrs)				359	1311	0	3	0	-6	-6	-8	-0.9	29	21	2.0	.498	.499	2.7	-1.3	27	$
WSH (1 yr)				12	37	-2	0	-0	-2	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.464	.497	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1943	23	BOS	AL	347	236	44	5.1	89	.299	.272	.258	.338	.333	.391	.357	.729	.690	111	.631	3.8	0.4	.720	.263	.119	4.9
1944	24	BOS	AL	303	225	27	3.2	91	.250	.238	.267	.288	.334	.333	.364	.621	.698	78	.402	-9.1	-1.0	.518	.174	.096	3.0
1945	25	BOS	AL	355	261	44	4.5	90	.295	.275	.264	.316	.336	.429	.359	.745	.695	114	.571	3.8	0.4	.634	.218	.154	4.8
1946	26	BOS	AL	204	138	28	5.4	101	.338	.313	.271	.369	.346	.430	.389	.799	.735	117	.619	4.2	0.4	.729	.212	.117	3.0
1947	27	BOS	AL	102	70	7	2.7	102	.270	.238	.271	.354	.352	.250	.389	.604	.741	65	.307	-3.5	-0.4	.537	.155	.012	.0
1948	28	WSH	AL	37	26	2	2.0	103	.208	.172	.269	.351	.354	.172	.389	.524	.743	44	.185	-1.9	-0.2	.500	.276	.000
6 Yrs				1348	956	152	4.3	93	.288	.266	.265	.327	.338	.379	.367	.706	.705	100	.534	-2.8	-0.3	.630	.215	.113	18.7
162 Game Avg.				589	417	66	4.3	93	.288	.266	.265	.327	.338	.379	.367	.706	.705	100	.534	-2.8	-0.3	.630	.215	.113	8

BOS (5 yrs)				1311	930	150	4.4	92	.290	.269	.265	.326	.337	.384	.366	.710	.704	102	.543	-0.9	-0.1	.634	.214	.115	18.7
WSH (1 yr)				37	26	2	2.0	103	.208	.172	.269	.351	.354	.172	.389	.524	.743	44	.185	-1.9	-0.2	.500	.276	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1946	26	BOS	AL	WS	STL	L	5	10	9	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	.222	.300	.556	.856	5	0	0	0	0	1
1 WS							5	10	9	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	.222	.300	.556	.856	5	0	0	0	0	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1943	23	BOS	AL	347	0.9%	10.1%	8.9%	7.2%	29%	1.13	8.9	104.0	9.2		79%
1944	24	BOS	AL	303	0.7%	6.6%	6.6%	5.9%	27%	1.00	14.1	141.0	13.4		86%
1945	25	BOS	AL	355	1.7%	10.4%	5.6%	9.3%	36%	1.85	8.9	55.2	7.4		81%
1946	26	BOS	AL	204	1.5%	9.3%	7.8%	6.9%	25%	1.19	9.4	59.7	9.9		77%
1947	27	BOS	AL	102	0.0%	9.8%	11.8%	1.0%	5%	0.83	8.4		7.6		73%
1948	28	WSH	AL	37	0.0%	13.5%	21.6%	0.0%	0%	0.63	5.8		14.5	1.22	65%
6 Yrs				1348	1.0%	9.4%	7.9%	6.8%	28%	1.18	9.7	86.9	9.3	1.22	80%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.1%	5.9%	25%	1.01	9.6	69.8	8.8	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1943	23	BOS	AL	3.8	0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	24	BOS	AL	-9.1	-1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	25	BOS	AL	3.4	0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	26	BOS	AL	4.2	0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	27	BOS	AL	-3.5	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	28	WSH	AL	-1.9	-0.2	37	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	.89	-0.2	-0.1	-1.8	-0.2	0.95	-1.3	3.07	1
6 Yrs				-3.1	-0.3	37	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	.89	-0.2	-0.1	-1.8	-0.2	0.95	-1.3	3.07	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	28	WSH	AL	1	0	8%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
6 Yrs				1	0	32%	25	28	10	74%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	28	WSH	AL	37	32%	5			1	0	0	0	3.07	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	2	25%	2	0	0%	28	3	11%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
6 Yrs				37	32%	324			1	0	0	0	3.07	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21		8	32	400%	2	0	0%	28	3	11%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			955%			96%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1943	23	81	347	312	36	85	16	6	3	34	14	0	31	35	.272	.338	.391	.729	111	122	5	0	4
1944	24	156	650	594	77	152	27	11	5	55	20	4	51	55	.256	.315	.364	.678	95	216	10	0	5
1945	25	253	1005	925	103	243	48	17	11	100	24	7	71	92	.263	.315	.387	.702	102	358	24	0	9
1946	26	312	1209	1104	137	299	58	18	14	118	27	9	87	111	.271	.324	.394	.718	104	435	28	0	18
1947	27	359	1311	1188	147	319	59	18	14	129	28	10	99	121	.269	.326	.384	.710	102	456	30	3	21
1948	28	371	1348	1217	148	324	59	18	14	131	28	10	107	126	.266	.327	.379	.706	100	461	32	3	21

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1943	23	85	373	334	42	95	18	7	3	40	16	35	37	.284	.352	.407	.759	48	81
1944	24	78	322	299	47	74	12	6	2	24	7	22	21	.247	.299	.348	.647	31	75
1945	25	103	384	357	31	103	24	7	7	53	5	23	39	.289	.332	.454	.785	53	97
1946	26	62	214	188	36	59	11	1	3	19	3	17	20	.314	.371	.431	.802	30	59
1947	27	49	106	87	10	21	1	0	0	11	1	13	10	.241	.359	.253	.612	7	47
1948	28	13	41	31	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	10	5	.194	.390	.194	.584	2	12
6 Yrs		390	1440	1296	167	358	66	21	15	149	32	120	132	.276	.339	.394	.733	171	371
162 Game Avg.		162	598	538	69	149	27	9	6	62	13	50	55	.276	.339	.394	.733	71	371

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y 1943 AL 14 (8th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1947 AL 3 (10th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1945 AL 14 (5th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1943 AL 14 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1947 AL 3 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1945 AL 14 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2198), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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