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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
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 7:08AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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 SF IBB Pos Awards
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 .745 113 142 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 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
6 Seasons 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 .710 101 456 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1943 23 BOS AL 347 3 4 0 0 2 -2 7 14 1.5 12 1.3 0.2 $ O87
1944 24 BOS AL 303 -7 1 0 0 -3 0 7 -2 -0.3 1 0.1 -0.4 $ O8/9
1945 25 BOS AL 355 3 -1 0 0 0 -1 8 9 0.9 9 1.0 -0.1 $ O8/79
1946 26 BOS AL 204 5 1 0 0 -3 -2 5 6 0.7 9 1.0 -0.3 $ O98/75
1947 27 BOS AL 102 -3 0 0 0 -2 -1 3 -3 -0.4 -1 -0.1 -0.3 $ O9/758
1948 28 WSH AL 37 -2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $ 8O
6 Seasons 1348 -1 5 0 0 -8 -6 31 21 2.1 29 3.2 -1.1 $
BOS (5 yrs) 1311 1 5 0 0 -6 -6 30 24 2.4 30 3.3 -0.9 $
WSH (1 yr) 37 -2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 -3 -0.3 -1 -0.1 -0.2 $

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

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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 3.03
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
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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  • 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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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)

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)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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