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Dick Culler

Richard Broadus Culler

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: January 15, 1915 in High Point, NC
High School: High Point School (High Point, NC)
School: High Point University (High Point, NC)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1936
Teams (by GP): Braves/WhiteSox/Cubs/Athletics/Giants 1936-1949

Final Game: May 25, 1949
Died: June 16, 1964 in Chapel Hill, NC
Buried: Floral Garden Park Cemetery, High Point, NC
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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
1936	21	PHA	AL	9	40	38	3	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.237	.256	.237	.493	24	9		0	1	/46

1938	23	REI	D	71	306	306		101	10	2	11						.330	.330	.484	.814		148					REI · BIST
1939	24	LAD-min	D	94	377	377		131	29	2	9						.347	.347	.507	.854		191					REI · BIST
1940	25	LAD-min	A1	152	573	573		159	28	4	1						.277	.277	.346	.623		198					NVL · SOUA
1941	26	NVL	A1	150	577	577		154	17	3	2						.267	.267	.317	.584		183					NVL · SOUA
1942	27	STP	AA	143	632	570	64	148	15	4	4	43	8		47	35	.260	.316	.321	.637		183	11	0	15		STP · AA
1943	28	CHW	AL	53	167	148	9	32	5	1	0	11	4	5	16	11	.216	.297	.264	.560	65	39	4	1	2	54/6
1944	29	MLW	AA	148	686	629	131	194	30	4	5	54	19		46	33	.308	.358	.393	.751		247	8	3	8		MLW · AA
1944	29	BSN	NL	8	32	28	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		4	2	.071	.188	.071	.259	-26	2	1	0	0	/6
1945	30	BSN	NL	136	587	527	87	138	12	1	2	30	7		50	35	.262	.328	.300	.628	75	158	8	2	8	*6/5
1946	31	BSN	NL	134	555	482	70	123	15	3	0	33	7		62	18	.255	.342	.299	.641	82	144	15	2	7	*6
1947	32	BSN	NL	77	241	214	20	53	5	1	0	19	1		19	15	.248	.309	.280	.589	59	60	5	0	8	6
1948	33	SFG-min	AAA	35	140	128	11	35	6	0	0	9	1		11	9	.273	.336	.320	.656		41		1	0		MNE · AA
1948	33	CHC	NL	48	105	89	4	15	2	0	0	5	0		13	3	.169	.275	.191	.466	31	17	4	0	3	6/4
1949	34	SFG-min	AAA	81	290	261	28	60	9	2	2	27	8		27	23	.230	.302	.303	.605		79		0	2		JER · IL
1949	34	NYG	NL	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	45	0	0	0	0	/6
1950	35	BAL-min	AAA	1	0	0		0	0	0	0											0					BLT · IL
8 Yrs				472	1728	1527	195	372	39	6	2	99	19	5	166	87	.244	.320	.281	.601	68	429	37	5	29
162 Game Avg.				162	593	524	67	128	13	2	1	34	7		57	30	.244	.320	.281	.601	68	147		2	10

BSN (4 yrs)				355	1415	1251	179	316	32	5	2	82	15		135	70	.253	.327	.291	.618	73	364	29	4	23
NYG (1 yr)				7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	45	0	0	0	0
PHA (1 yr)				9	40	38	3	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.237	.256	.237	.493	24	9		0	1
CHC (1 yr)				48	105	89	4	15	2	0	0	5	0		13	3	.169	.275	.191	.466	31	17	4	0	3
CHW (1 yr)				53	167	148	9	32	5	1	0	11	4	5	16	11	.216	.297	.264	.560	65	39	4	1	2

NL (6 yrs)				410	1521	1341	183	331	34	5	2	87	15		149	73	.247	.324	.284	.608	70	381	33	4	26
AL (2 yrs)				62	207	186	12	41	5	1	0	12	4	5	17	14	.220	.289	.258	.547	56	48	4	1	3

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
1936	21	PHA	AL	9	40	-5	0	0	-1	0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.3	.449	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/46

1943	28	CHW	AL	53	167	-6	-1	0	1	1	-4	-0.5	4	-1	-0.2	.490	.497	-0.3	0.2	-2	$	54/6
1944	29	BSN	NL	8	32	-4	0	0	0	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.4	.444	.497	-0.4	0.1	-3	$	/6
1945	30	BSN	NL	136	587	-16	-0	0	-1	8	-9	-0.9	18	9	0.9	.493	.494	1.0	0.8	10	$	*6/5
1946	31	BSN	NL	134	555	-8	-0	0	-2	9	-2	-0.3	20	17	1.6	.498	.498	1.8	0.8	19	$	*6
1947	32	BSN	NL	77	241	-12	0	0	2	4	-6	-0.6	8	3	0.3	.492	.496	0.1	0.6	1	$	6
1948	33	CHC	NL	48	105	-8	-0	-0	2	2	-4	-0.4	4	-0	-0.1	.491	.497	-0.3	0.4	-2	$	6/4
1949	34	NYG	NL	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/6
8 Seasons				472	1728	-58	-2	-0	1	25	-34	-3.6	55	20	1.8	.492	.497	1.6	2.9	20	$

BSN (4 yrs)				355	1415	-40	-1	0	-1	22	-21	-2.2	46	26	2.4	.494	.497	2.5	2.3	27	$
NYG (1 yr)				7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
PHA (1 yr)				9	40	-5	0	0	-1	0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.3	.449	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$
CHC (1 yr)				48	105	-8	-0	-0	2	2	-4	-0.4	4	-0	-0.1	.491	.497	-0.3	0.4	-2	$
CHW (1 yr)				53	167	-6	-1	0	1	1	-4	-0.5	4	-1	-0.2	.490	.497	-0.3	0.2	-2	$

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
1936	21	PHA	AL	40	30	2	1.8	119	.257	.237	.295	.256	.370	.237	.433	.493	.803	24	.111	-4.6	-0.4	.345	.026	.000

1943	28	CHW	AL	167	127	11	2.4	86	.234	.216	.255	.297	.329	.264	.352	.560	.681	65	.295	-6.3	-0.7	.440	.149	.047	.0
1944	29	BSN	NL	32	27	0	0.0	97	.077	.071	.273	.188	.340	.071	.383	.259	.723	-26	.000	-4.8	-0.5	.222	.143	.000
1945	30	BSN	NL	587	405	51	3.4	97	.278	.262	.273	.328	.343	.300	.377	.628	.720	75	.392	-17.0	-1.8	.547	.146	.038	3.1
1946	31	BSN	NL	555	381	49	3.4	94	.265	.255	.264	.342	.339	.299	.369	.641	.709	82	.427	-9.7	-1.0	.575	.187	.044	.0
1947	32	BSN	NL	241	174	19	2.9	104	.266	.248	.272	.309	.347	.280	.403	.589	.749	59	.298	-12.5	-1.2	.482	.126	.033	.0
1948	33	CHC	NL	105	81	5	1.6	98	.174	.169	.263	.275	.336	.191	.389	.466	.726	31	.139	-8.1	-0.8	.385	.169	.022
1949	34	NYG	NL	1	1	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.270	.500	.344	.000	.405	.500	.749	45	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
8 Yrs				1728	1226	137	3.0	96	.257	.244	.268	.320	.341	.281	.378	.601	.719	68	.345	-63.0	-6.5	.513	.155	.037	3.6
162 Game Avg.				593	421	47	3.0	96	.257	.244	.268	.320	.341	.281	.378	.601	.719	68	.345	-63.0	-6.5	.513	.155	.037	1

BSN (4 yrs)				1415	987	119	3.2	97	.266	.253	.269	.327	.342	.291	.379	.618	.721	73	.377	-44.0	-4.5	.537	.158	.038	3.5
NYG (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.270	.500	.344	.000	.405	.500	.749	45	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000
PHA (1 yr)				40	30	2	1.8	119	.257	.237	.295	.256	.370	.237	.433	.493	.803	24	.111	-4.6	-0.4	.345	.026	.000
CHC (1 yr)				105	81	5	1.6	98	.174	.169	.263	.275	.336	.191	.389	.466	.726	31	.138	-8.1	-0.8	.385	.169	.022
CHW (1 yr)				167	127	11	2.4	86	.234	.216	.255	.297	.329	.264	.352	.560	.681	65	.295	-6.3	-0.7	.440	.149	.047	.0

NL (6 yrs)				1521	1069	124	3.1	97	.260	.247	.269	.324	.342	.284	.379	.608	.721	70	.359	-52.1	-5.3	.526	.160	.037	3.5
AL (2 yrs)				207	157	13	2.2	93	.238	.220	.263	.289	.337	.258	.368	.547	.705	56	.247	-11.0	-1.1	.422	.124	.038	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1936	21	PHA	AL	40	0.0%	7.5%	2.5%	0.0%	0%	3.00	12.7		38.0		88%

1943	28	CHW	AL	167	0.0%	6.6%	9.6%	3.6%	19%	0.69	13.5		13.5		82%
1944	29	BSN	NL	32	0.0%	6.3%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	0.50	14.0				81%
1945	30	BSN	NL	587	0.3%	6.0%	8.5%	2.6%	11%	0.70	15.1	263.5	17.6		83%
1946	31	BSN	NL	555	0.0%	3.2%	11.2%	3.2%	15%	0.29	26.8		14.6		84%
1947	32	BSN	NL	241	0.0%	6.2%	7.9%	2.5%	11%	0.79	14.3		11.3		83%
1948	33	CHC	NL	105	0.0%	2.9%	12.4%	1.9%	13%	0.23	29.7		17.8	1.45	82%
1949	34	NYG	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.00				0.00	100%
8 Yrs				1728	0.1%	5.0%	9.6%	2.7%	13%	0.52	17.6	763.5	15.4	1.33	83%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.1%	9.1%	6.3%	27%	1.00	9.8	63.8	8.3	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1936	21	PHA	AL	-4.6	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1943	28	CHW	AL	-6.3	-0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	29	BSN	NL	-4.8	-0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	30	BSN	NL	-17.0	-1.8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	31	BSN	NL	-9.7	-1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	32	BSN	NL	-12.5	-1.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	33	CHC	NL	-8.1	-0.8	35	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	.89	-0.3	-0.2	-4.1	-0.4	0.95	-3.6	0
1949	34	NYG	NL	0.0	0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.55	-0.0	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.72	-0.4	0
8 Yrs				-63.0	-6.5	36	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	.88	-0.4	-0.2	-4.8	-0.5	0.97	-4.0	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	XBT%	2^ndS	2^ndS3
1948	33	CHC	NL	1	14%	8	0			0%	1	1
1949	34	NYG	NL	0	0%	0	0				0	0
8 Yrs				1	36%	8	19	5	211%	0%	1	1

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	33	CHC	NL	105	26%	15			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	300%	6	4	67%	2	2	100%	22	1	5%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1949	34	NYG	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
8 Yrs				106	25%	372			0	0	0	0		2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	29	2900%	7	37	529%	3	2	67%	24	1	4%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			923%			89%			34%			15%			51%			56%

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
1936	21	9	40	38	3	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.237	.256	.237	.493	24	9		0	1
1937	22	9	40	38	3	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.237	.256	.237	.493	24	9		0	1
1938	23	9	40	38	3	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.237	.256	.237	.493	24	9		0	1
1939	24	9	40	38	3	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.237	.256	.237	.493	24	9		0	1
1940	25	9	40	38	3	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.237	.256	.237	.493	24	9		0	1
1941	26	9	40	38	3	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.237	.256	.237	.493	24	9		0	1
1942	27	9	40	38	3	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.237	.256	.237	.493	24	9		0	1
1943	28	62	207	186	12	41	5	1	0	12	4	5	17	14	.220	.289	.258	.547	56	48	4	1	3
1944	29	70	239	214	14	43	5	1	0	12	4	5	21	16	.201	.275	.234	.509	45	50	5	1	3
1945	30	206	826	741	101	181	17	2	2	42	11	5	71	51	.244	.313	.281	.594	66	208	13	3	11
1946	31	340	1381	1223	171	304	32	5	2	75	18	5	133	69	.249	.325	.288	.613	73	352	28	5	18
1947	32	417	1622	1437	191	357	37	6	2	94	19	5	152	84	.248	.322	.287	.609	70	412	33	5	26
1948	33	465	1727	1526	195	372	39	6	2	99	19	5	165	87	.244	.320	.281	.601	68	429	37	5	29
1949	34	472	1728	1527	195	372	39	6	2	99	19	5	166	87	.244	.320	.281	.601	68	429	37	5	29

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
1936	21	9	41	39	3	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	.231	.250	.231	.481	2	9

1943	28	56	179	158	11	36	6	1	0	13	4	18	12	.228	.311	.278	.589	14	53
1944	29	8	33	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	.000	.121	.000	.121	0	8
1945	30	142	612	550	90	143	12	1	2	31	7	52	37	.260	.326	.296	.623	53	136
1946	31	140	589	511	81	136	17	3	0	38	8	69	19	.266	.356	.311	.667	56	134
1947	32	80	249	222	20	54	5	1	0	19	1	19	16	.243	.303	.275	.578	19	77
1948	33	50	110	93	4	16	2	0	0	6	0	14	3	.172	.280	.194	.474	5	48
1949	34	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	7
8 Yrs		492	1815	1603	209	394	42	6	2	108	20	178	92	.246	.323	.283	.606	149	472
162 Game Avg.		162	598	528	69	130	14	2	1	36	7	59	30	.246	.323	.283	.606	49	472

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1946 NL 0.8 (10th) 1947 NL 0.6 (9th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1946 NL 15 (4th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1946 NL 26.8 (4th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1946 NL 0.8 (10th)
1947 NL 0.6 (9th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1946 NL 15 (4th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1946 NL 26.8 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

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