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Tim Cullen

Timothy Leo Cullen

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 16, 1942 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Serra HS (San Mateo, CA)
School: Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 8, 1966
Teams (by GP): Senators/WhiteSox/Athletics 1966-1972

Final Game: October 1, 1972
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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	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1964	22	BOS-min	AAA	78	245	209	35	53	15	2	2	20	2	0	26	44	.254	.342	.373	.715		78		3	5	2			SLE · PCL
1965	23	TEX-min	AAA	148	543	493	52	109	14	2	6	39	7	4	40	73	.221	.285	.294	.579		145		5	2	3			HAW · PCL
1966	24	TEX-min	AAA	111	477	431	50	127	27	4	2	41	3	4	38	49	.295	.354	.390	.743		168		3	2	3			HAW · PCL
1966	24	WSA	AL	18	36	34	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.235	.278	.265	.542	58	9	0	0	0	0	0	/54
1967	25	WSA	AL	124	452	402	35	95	7	0	2	31	4	5	40	47	.236	.306	.269	.574	74	108	5	1	7	2	2	645/
1968	26	TOT	AL	119	302	269	24	62	11	2	3	29	0	0	22	35	.230	.295	.320	.615	86	86	5	3	7	1	6	46/5
1968	26	CHW	AL	72	176	155	16	31	7	0	2	13	0	0	15	23	.200	.275	.284	.559	67	44	3	1	5	0	5	4
1968	26	WSA	AL	47	126	114	8	31	4	2	1	16	0	0	7	12	.272	.323	.368	.691	113	42	2	2	2	1	1	64/5
1969	27	WSA	AL	119	277	249	22	52	7	0	1	15	1	1	14	27	.209	.253	.249	.502	45	62	13	2	8	4	1	4/65
1970	28	WSA	AL	123	300	262	22	56	10	2	1	18	3	2	31	38	.214	.301	.279	.580	65	73	10	3	2	3	6	*4/6
1971	29	WSA	AL	125	443	403	34	77	13	4	2	26	2	0	33	47	.191	.252	.258	.510	50	104	11	0	6	1	4	46
1972	30	OAK-min	AAA	43	170	158	17	42	10	2	2	15	0	0	10	28	.266	.308	.392	.700		62		0	1	1			IWA · AA
1972	30	OAK	AL	72	149	142	10	37	8	1	0	15	0	1	5	17	.261	.286	.331	.617	88	47	3	0	2	0	0	4/56
7 Yrs				700	1959	1761	155	387	57	9	9	134	10	9	147	219	.220	.282	.278	.559	65	489	47	9	32	11	19
162 Game Avg.				162	453	408	36	90	13	2	2	31	2	2	34	51	.220	.282	.278	.559	65	113	11	2	7	3	4

WSA (6 yrs)				556	1634	1464	129	319	42	8	7	106	10	8	127	179	.218	.282	.272	.554	63	398	41	8	25	11	14
OAK (1 yr)				72	149	142	10	37	8	1	0	15	0	1	5	17	.261	.286	.331	.617	88	47	3	0	2	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				72	176	155	16	31	7	0	2	13	0	0	15	23	.200	.275	.284	.559	67	44	3	1	5	0	5

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
1966	24	WSA	AL	18	36	-1	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.2	1	-0	-0.1	.492	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/54
1967	25	WSA	AL	124	452	-11	-2	0	7	6	1	-0.1	13	14	1.2	.501	.501	0.5	1.4	6	$	645/
1968	26	CHW	AL	72	176	-6	-0	0	4	1	-1	-0.2	5	4	0.3	.498	.499	-0.1	0.6	0	$15,500	4
1968	26	WSA	AL	47	126	2	1	-0	-5	2	0	-0.0	4	4	0.3	.501	.500	1.0	-0.3	8	$	64/5
1969	27	WSA	AL	119	277	-16	0	-2	1	2	-15	-1.7	8	-7	-0.9	.486	.490	-0.9	0.3	-8	$18,000	4/65
1970	28	WSA	AL	123	300	-14	-1	-1	15	2	0	-0.0	10	10	0.9	.500	.500	-0.6	1.8	-4	$	*4/6
1971	29	WSA	AL	125	443	-25	1	-0	12	6	-7	-0.9	14	7	0.5	.493	.495	-0.8	2.0	-4	$	46
1972	30	OAK	AL	72	149	-2	-0	0	1	1	-0	-0.1	5	4	0.4	.499	.500	0.3	0.3	4	$	4/56
7 Seasons				700	1959	-74	-2	-3	34	22	-23	-3.2	59	36	2.6	.496	.498	-0.6	6.1	2	$33,500

WSA (6 yrs)				556	1634	-65	-1	-4	29	19	-22	-2.9	49	27	1.9	.496	.497	-0.8	5.2	-1	$18,000
OAK (1 yr)				72	149	-2	-0	0	1	1	-0	-0.1	5	4	0.4	.499	.500	0.3	0.3	4	$
CHW (1 yr)				72	176	-6	-0	0	4	1	-1	-0.2	5	4	0.3	.498	.499	-0.1	0.6	0	$15,500

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
1966	24	WSA	AL	36	26	3	3.1	89	.308	.235	.247	.278	.314	.265	.381	.542	.695	58	.397	-1.9	-0.2	.423	.088	.029
1967	25	WSA	AL	452	326	35	2.9	81	.262	.236	.239	.306	.307	.269	.358	.574	.666	74	.386	-11.8	-1.3	.467	.129	.032	2.7
1968	26	TOT	AL	302	220	26	3.2	81	.254	.230	.239	.295	.309	.320	.354	.615	.663	86	.455	-4.6	-0.5	.524	.171	.089	.0
1968	26	CHW	AL	176	132	12	2.4	84	.223	.200	.243	.275	.313	.284	.360	.559	.673	67	.340	-6.3	-0.7	.472	.181	.084	.0
1968	26	WSA	AL	126	88	14	4.3	77	.294	.272	.234	.323	.302	.368	.346	.691	.648	113	.590	1.6	0.2	.600	.158	.096	.0
1969	27	WSA	AL	277	223	14	1.7	90	.227	.209	.247	.253	.323	.249	.373	.502	.696	45	.158	-17.8	-1.8	.370	.096	.040	1.0
1970	28	WSA	AL	300	223	22	2.6	93	.243	.214	.252	.301	.325	.279	.385	.580	.710	65	.292	-11.4	-1.2	.495	.187	.065	1.5
1971	29	WSA	AL	443	344	26	2.0	86	.211	.191	.247	.252	.318	.258	.367	.510	.684	50	.223	-26.6	-2.8	.412	.154	.067	2.0
1972	30	OAK	AL	149	111	13	3.2	79	.296	.261	.241	.286	.309	.331	.348	.617	.657	88	.436	-2.6	-0.3	.468	.099	.070
7 Yrs				1959	1473	139	2.5	85	.245	.220	.244	.282	.315	.278	.365	.559	.680	65	.311	-76.6	-8.2	.452	.142	.058	9.5
162 Game Avg.				453	341	32	2.5	85	.245	.220	.244	.282	.315	.278	.365	.559	.680	65	.311	-76.6	-8.2	.452	.142	.058	2

WSA (6 yrs)				1634	1230	114	2.5	86	.242	.218	.245	.282	.316	.272	.367	.554	.683	63	.298	-67.8	-7.2	.448	.142	.054	8.2
OAK (1 yr)				149	111	13	3.1	79	.296	.261	.241	.286	.309	.331	.348	.617	.657	88	.435	-2.6	-0.3	.468	.099	.070
CHW (1 yr)				176	132	12	2.4	84	.223	.200	.243	.275	.313	.284	.360	.559	.673	67	.340	-6.3	-0.7	.472	.181	.084	.0

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
1972	30	OAK	AL	ALCS	DET	W	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	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%
1966	24	WSA	AL	36	0.0%	22.2%	5.6%	2.8%	13%	4.00	4.3			0.55	72%
1967	25	WSA	AL	452	0.4%	10.4%	8.9%	2.0%	10%	1.18	8.6	201.0	13.0	0.97	79%
1968	26	TOT	AL	302	1.0%	11.6%	7.3%	5.3%	26%	1.59	7.7	89.7	9.3	1.16	77%
1968	26	CHW	AL	176	1.1%	13.1%	8.5%	5.1%	29%	1.53	6.7	77.5	11.9	1.06	74%
1968	26	WSA	AL	126	0.8%	9.5%	5.6%	5.6%	23%	1.71	9.5	114.0	7.1	1.31	81%
1969	27	WSA	AL	277	0.4%	9.8%	5.1%	2.9%	15%	1.93	9.2	249.0	16.6	0.97	81%
1970	28	WSA	AL	300	0.3%	12.7%	10.3%	4.3%	23%	1.23	6.9	262.0	14.6	0.57	75%
1971	29	WSA	AL	443	0.5%	10.6%	7.5%	4.3%	25%	1.42	8.6	201.5	15.5	0.88	80%
1972	30	OAK	AL	149	0.0%	11.4%	3.4%	6.0%	24%	3.40	8.4		9.5	0.88	84%
7 Yrs				1959	0.5%	11.2%	7.5%	3.8%	19%	1.49	8.0	195.7	13.1	0.89	79%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.2%	8.4%	5.9%	27%	1.81	5.9	44.6	9.3	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1966	24	WSA	AL	-1.9	-0.2	37	-0.0	0.5	-0.6	1.01	-0.2	0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.89	-1.2	1.31	7
1967	25	WSA	AL	-11.8	-1.3	465	-0.5	7.1	-7.6	.99	-1.1	0.6	-6.6	-0.7	0.93	-10.0	2.87	2
1968	26	TOT	AL	-4.9	-0.6	306	-0.0	5.1	-5.2	1.09	-0.4	0.4	1.8	0.2	0.96	-2.5	3.36	5
1968	26	CHW	AL	-6.4	-0.7	178	-0.8	2.4	-3.2	1.10	-0.6	-0.2	-4.3	-0.5	0.97	-5.6	2.01	3
1968	26	WSA	AL	1.5	0.2	128	0.8	2.8	-2.0	1.08	0.2	0.6	6.2	0.7	0.94	3.1	5.39	2
1969	27	WSA	AL	-17.8	-1.8	282	-1.6	3.8	-5.5	1.13	-1.6	0.2	-16.0	-1.7	1.00	-17.5	1.53	12
1970	28	WSA	AL	-11.4	-1.2	311	-2.1	3.4	-5.4	.91	-1.4	-0.8	-18.0	-1.9	0.95	-15.1	1.10	12
1971	29	WSA	AL	-27.1	-2.9	449	-3.2	4.8	-8.0	.97	-2.8	-0.5	-25.9	-2.9	0.96	-25.7	0.56	1
1972	30	OAK	AL	-2.6	-0.3	150	-0.7	1.8	-2.5	.92	-0.3	-0.4	1.6	0.2	0.93	-1.9	3.70	3
7 Yrs				-77.5	-8.3	2000	-8.2	26.5	-34.7	1.00	-7.8	-0.4	-64.3	-7.0	0.95	-73.9	1.78	42

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1966	24	WSA	AL	1	80%	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	20%	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0
1967	25	WSA	AL	6	25%	195	4	5	44%	4	5	0	2	4	5	47%	18	14	4	4	2	2	14	3	11
1968	26	TOT	AL	5	25%	92	0	0		0	0	0	1	4	8	55%	14	7	5	1	1	0	7	0	7
1968	26	CHW	AL	3	31%	56	0	0		0	0	0	1	3	5	47%	11	6	3	0	0	0	4	0	4
1968	26	WSA	AL	2	18%	36	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	3	71%	3	1	2	1	1	0	3	0	3
1969	27	WSA	AL	6	31%	112	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	2	6	50%	13	6	6	2	1	1	5	2	3
1970	28	WSA	AL	2	24%	120	3	2	60%	3	2	0	1	7	4	47%	8	4	4	0	0	0	11	5	5
1971	29	WSA	AL	5	30%	139	2	0	100%	2	0	0	1	3	6	52%	13	7	6	2	1	1	16	5	9
1972	30	OAK	AL	1	24%	61	0	1	0%	0	0	1	0	3	1	63%	7	3	4	1	0	1	0	0	0
7 Yrs				26	27%	738	10	9	53%	10	8	1	5	23	31	50%	76	43	30	11	6	5	54	16	35

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
1966	24	WSA	AL	36	17%	8			7	2	0	0	1.31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	0	0		14	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1967	25	WSA	AL	452	33%	95			2	0	0	0	2.87	2	0	7	1	1	2	0	0	7	7	100%	61	5	8%	25	13	52%	228	31	14%	14	12	86%	15	9	60%	0
1968	26	TOT	AL	302	38%	62			5	2	0	2	3.36	3	0	12	3	0	2	1	0	8	7	88%	51	5	10%	29	10	34%	183	27	15%	17	6	35%	6	2	33%	0
1968	26	CHW	AL	176	33%	31			3	0	0	0	2.01	2	0	8	2	0	1	1	0	6	5	83%	33	3	9%	20	7	35%	106	12	11%	10	2	20%	4	1	25%	0
1968	26	WSA	AL	126	46%	31			2	2	0	2	5.39	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	18	2	11%	9	3	33%	77	15	19%	7	4	57%	2	1	50%	0
1969	27	WSA	AL	277	57%	52			12	2	0	0	1.53	1	0	9	0	1	1	0	0	8	8	100%	68	13	19%	28	14	50%	190	16	8%	12	7	58%	15	10	67%	0
1970	28	WSA	AL	300	61%	56			12	1	0	0	1.10	1	0	8	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	56	10	18%	30	6	20%	174	17	10%	17	7	41%	7	2	29%	0
1971	29	WSA	AL	443	34%	77			1	0	0	0	0.56	2	0	10	0	2	0	2	0	7	6	86%	78	11	14%	45	19	42%	250	26	10%	24	9	38%	28	18	64%	0
1972	30	OAK	AL	149	40%	37			3	1	0	1	3.70	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	23	3	13%	11	3	27%	83	16	19%	4	2	50%	4	2	50%	0
7 Yrs				1959	42%	387			42	8	0	3	1.78	9	0	49	4	5	6	3	0	34	32	94%	343	47	14%	168	65	39%	1122	133	12%	88	43	49%	75	43	57%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			76%			11%			30%			13%			46%			52%

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	SF	IBB
1966	24	18	36	34	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.235	.278	.265	.542	58	9	0	0	0	0	0
1967	25	142	488	436	43	103	8	0	2	31	4	5	42	55	.236	.304	.268	.572	73	117	5	1	7	2	2
1968	26	261	790	705	67	165	19	2	5	60	4	5	64	90	.234	.300	.288	.588	78	203	10	4	14	3	8
1969	27	380	1067	954	89	217	26	2	6	75	5	6	78	117	.227	.288	.278	.566	69	265	23	6	22	7	9
1970	28	503	1367	1216	111	273	36	4	7	93	8	8	109	155	.225	.291	.278	.569	68	338	33	9	24	10	15
1971	29	628	1810	1619	145	350	49	8	9	119	10	8	142	202	.216	.281	.273	.554	64	442	44	9	30	11	19
1972	30	700	1959	1761	155	387	57	9	9	134	10	9	147	219	.220	.282	.278	.559	65	489	47	9	32	11	19

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1966	24	18	37	35	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	2	8	.257	.297	.286	.583	3	18
1967	25	124	470	415	44	108	8	0	2	39	5	45	47	.260	.333	.294	.627	41	124
1968	26	119	316	279	31	72	13	2	3	37	0	26	35	.258	.327	.351	.678	32	119
1969	27	119	283	254	25	57	8	0	1	17	1	15	27	.224	.269	.268	.537	18	119
1970	28	123	306	265	24	59	11	2	1	20	3	33	38	.223	.313	.291	.603	24	123
1971	29	126	459	415	42	87	15	5	2	32	2	37	47	.210	.274	.284	.558	32	125
1972	30	75	164	156	14	46	10	1	0	21	0	6	18	.295	.321	.372	.693	19	72
7 Yrs		704	2035	1819	190	438	66	10	9	166	11	164	220	.241	.305	.303	.608	169	700
162 Game Avg.		162	468	419	44	101	15	2	2	38	3	38	51	.241	.305	.303	.608	39	700

* 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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1967 AL 1.4 (10th) 1971 AL 2.0 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1967 AL 1.4 (10th)
1971 AL 2.0 (6th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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