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 Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1943	BOS	AL	23	OF	79	78	72		226	211	10	5	2	.978		2.80	.977		2.47
1943	BOS	AL	23	CF	52	52	47		154	141	8	5	1	.968		2.87	.978		2.79
1943	BOS	AL	23	LF	27	26	25		72	70	2	0	1	1.000		2.67	.979		2.40
1944	BOS	AL	24	OF	72	67	62		192	182	6	4	2	.979		2.61	.974		2.47
1944	BOS	AL	24	CF	71	66	61		187	178	5	4	1	.979		2.58	.979		3.01
1944	BOS	AL	24	RF	1	1	1		5	4	1	0	1	1.000		5.00	.972		2.10
1945	BOS	AL	25	OF	91	84	77		241	219	14	8	6	.967		2.56	.978		2.40
1945	BOS	AL	25	CF	89	83	76		239	217	14	8	6	.967		2.60	.982		2.80
1945	BOS	AL	25	LF	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.980		2.30
1945	BOS	AL	25	RF	1	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.970		2.20
1946	BOS	AL	26	OF	49	37	32		91	87	1	3	0	.967		1.80	.977		2.36
1946	BOS	AL	26	RF	27	26	21		57	55	0	2	0	.965		2.04	.972		2.10
1946	BOS	AL	26	CF	17	10	10		32	30	1	1	0	.969		1.82	.984		2.74
1946	BOS	AL	26	LF	6	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		0.33	.975		2.23
1946	BOS	AL	26	3B	4	3	2		13	2	9	2	2	.846		2.75	.948		3.05
1947	BOS	AL	27	OF	25	15	13		38	35	2	1	0	.974		1.48	.979		2.47
1947	BOS	AL	27	RF	16	13	11		23	21	1	1	0	.957		1.38	.977		2.11
1947	BOS	AL	27	LF	5	0	0		5	5	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.976		2.36
1947	BOS	AL	27	3B	4	3	1		6	1	4	1	1	.833		1.25	.958		3.00
1947	BOS	AL	27	CF	4	2	2		10	9	1	0	0	1.000		2.50	.983		2.95
1948	WSH	AL	28	CF	11	8	8		17	16	1	0	0	1.000		1.55	.978		3.01
1948	WSH	AL	28	OF	11	8	8		17	16	1	0	0	1.000		1.55	.975		2.51
	6 Seasons			OF	327	289	264		805	750	34	21	10	.974		2.40	.977		2.43
	6 Seasons			CF	244	221	204		639	591	30	18	8	.972		2.55	.980		2.87
	4 Seasons			RF	45	41	34		86	81	2	3	1	.965		1.84	.973		2.11
	4 Seasons			LF	39	27	26		80	78	2	0	1	1.000		2.05	.979		2.37
	2 Seasons			3B	8	6	3		19	3	13	3	3	.842		2.00	.951		3.02
	6 Seasons			TOT	335	295	267		824	753	47	24	13	.971		2.39	.976		2.45
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos
1943	BOS	AL	23	CF
1943	BOS	AL	23	LF
1944	BOS	AL	24	CF
1944	BOS	AL	24	RF
1945	BOS	AL	25	CF
1945	BOS	AL	25	LF
1945	BOS	AL	25	RF
1946	BOS	AL	26	RF
1946	BOS	AL	26	CF
1946	BOS	AL	26	LF
1946	BOS	AL	26	3B
1947	BOS	AL	27	RF
1947	BOS	AL	27	LF
1947	BOS	AL	27	3B
1947	BOS	AL	27	CF
1948	WSH	AL	28	CF
	6 Seasons			CF
	4 Seasons			RF
	4 Seasons			LF
	2 Seasons			3B
	6 Seasons			TOT

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1943	BOS	AL	23	81	78	81	79	0	27	52	0	79	2	0
1944	BOS	AL	24	75	67	75	72	0	0	71	1	72	1	2
1945	BOS	AL	25	97	84	97	91	0	1	89	1	91	6	1
1946	BOS	AL	26	59	40	59	53	4	6	17	27	49	4	2
1947	BOS	AL	27	47	18	47	28	4	5	4	16	25	23	0
1948	WSH	AL	28	12	8	12	11	0	0	11	0	11	1	0
	6 Seasons			371	295	371	334	8	39	244	45	327	37	5

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1948	WSH	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	10	5	50.0%	5	0	0.0%	1	318	62%	86%	32%	36	47%
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	10	5	50.0%	5	0	0.0%	1	318	62%	86%	32%	36	47%
	MLB Averages																														46.1%			2.6%			61%	82%	31%		58%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1943 AL 8 (4th) 1945 AL 14 (1st)	Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1943 AL 5 (5th) 1945 AL 8 (1st)	Assists as OF s c a p y 1945 AL 14 (4th)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1945 AL 8 (2nd)
Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1945 AL 2.60 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1943 AL 2.80 (2nd)

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