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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 (High Point, NC)
School: High Point University (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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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…

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…

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
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

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	-min	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	553	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	2	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 Seasons				472	1727	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	1413	1251	179	316	32	5	2	82	15		135	70	.253	.327	.291	.618	73	364	29	4	23
NYG (1 yr)				7	2	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	1520	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: 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
1936	21	PHA	AL	40	-5	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-5	-0.4	-4	-0.3	-0.1	$	/46

1943	28	CHW	AL	167	-6	-2	0	0	1	1	4	-2	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	54/6
1944	29	BSN	NL	32	-4	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/6
1945	30	BSN	NL	587	-16	3	0	0	-1	8	17	11	1.1	12	1.3	-0.2	$	*6/5
1946	31	BSN	NL	553	-7	2	0	0	-2	9	20	22	2.1	24	2.5	-0.4	$	*6
1947	32	BSN	NL	241	-13	0	0	0	2	5	9	3	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$	6
1948	33	CHC	NL	105	-8	-1	0	0	2	3	4	0	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$	6/4
1949	34	NYG	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/6
8 Seasons				1727	-59	2	0	0	1	27	56	27	2.3	26	2.9	-0.6	$

BSN (4 yrs)				1413	-40	5	0	0	-1	23	47	34	3.2	35	3.7	-0.5	$
NYG (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
PHA (1 yr)				40	-5	0	0	0	-1	0	1	-5	-0.4	-4	-0.3	-0.1	$
CHC (1 yr)				105	-8	-1	0	0	2	3	4	0	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$
CHW (1 yr)				167	-6	-2	0	0	1	1	4	-2	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1936	PHA	AL	21	2B	7	7	7	37	20	15	2	4	.946	5.00	.972	5.79
1936	PHA	AL	21	SS	2	2	1	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.00	.950	5.35
1943	CHW	AL	28	3B	26	23	20	80	31	45	4	8	.950	2.92	.951	3.17
1943	CHW	AL	28	2B	19	18	16	111	36	71	4	16	.964	5.63	.969	5.57
1943	CHW	AL	28	SS	3	0	0	9	4	5	0	0	1.000	3.00	.953	5.13
1944	BSN	NL	29	SS	8	7	6	52	14	33	5	6	.904	5.88	.954	5.41
1945	BSN	NL	30	SS	126	124	115	669	252	386	31	71	.954	5.06	.947	5.26
1945	BSN	NL	30	3B	6	6	6	26	9	14	3	1	.885	3.83	.941	3.20
1946	BSN	NL	31	SS	132	130	110	695	279	380	36	68	.948	4.99	.957	5.15
1947	BSN	NL	32	SS	77	66	44	329	106	212	11	31	.967	4.13	.963	5.11
1948	CHC	NL	33	SS	43	32	16	185	65	114	6	18	.968	4.16	.959	4.98
1948	CHC	NL	33	2B	2	1	1	4	3	1	0	0	1.000	2.00	.970	5.40
1949	NYG	NL	34	SS	7	0	0	9	3	5	1	2	.889	1.14	.961	5.04
	8 Seasons			SS	398	361	292	1952	723	1139	90	196	.954	4.68	.955	5.16
	2 Seasons			3B	32	29	26	106	40	59	7	9	.934	3.09	.949	3.18
	3 Seasons			2B	28	26	24	152	59	87	6	20	.961	5.21	.970	5.61
	8 Seasons			TOT	458	416	342	2210	822	1285	103	225	.953	4.60	.955	5.05

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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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1945 NL 34 (3rd) 1946 NL 36 (2nd)	Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1945 NL 126 (2nd) 1946 NL 132 (3rd)
Putouts as SS s c a p y 1945 NL 252 (2nd) 1946 NL 279 (3rd)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1945 NL 386 (2nd) 1946 NL 380 (4th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1945 NL 31 (4th) 1946 NL 36 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1945 NL 5.06 (3rd) 1946 NL 4.99 (4th)
Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1945 NL .954 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 1 (2891), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September, 1936: Sent from 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 St Paul (American Association) in the 1942 rule 5 draft.
October 28, 1943: the Chicago White Sox sent Dick Culler and Bill Swift to Milwaukee (American Association) to complete an earlier deal made on September 20, 1943. September 20, 1943: The Chicago White Sox sent players to be named later to Milwaukee (American Association) for Grey Clarke.
September, 1944: Traded by 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 (February 6, 1945) to Milwaukee (American Association) to complete the trade.
March 1, 1948: Traded by the Boston Braves with Walt Lanfranconi to the Chicago Cubs for Bobby Sturgeon.
August 3, 1948: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Chicago Cubs.

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