Leon Culberson

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: August 6, 1918 in Hall's Station, GA us

Died: September 17, 1989 in Rome, GA

Buried: Oaknoll Memorial Gardens, Rome, GA

Debut: May 16, 1943 (Age 24-283d, 9,466th in major league history)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: May 12, 1948 (Age 29-280d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1943 season

Full Name: Delbert Leon Culberson

Nicknames: Lee

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Relatives: Grandfather of Charlie Culberson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.1

1217

324

.266

148

RBI

131

OBP

.327

SLG

.379

OPS

.706

OPS+

100

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	37-22 / in Starts: 25-14
Longest Hitting Streak	10 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	18 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 204 PAs	18
Actual Runners on Base	99 (53-30-16) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 204 PAs	19
Avg. Runners on Base	132 (68-43-21)

Most Driven In
R York	1
D Ferriss	1
Self	1
E Pellagrini	1
D DiMaggio	1
R Russell	1
H Wagner	1
P Higgins	1

Most Driven In By
T Williams	7
B Doerr	5
J Pesky	4
G Metkovich	2
D DiMaggio	2
R York	1
T Hughson	1
Self	1

1946 Batting Game Log

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1946 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	254	7 (6)	Apr 22	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1						CF
2	255	8	Apr 23	BOS		WSH	L,2-8	CG(11)	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	2			0	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	6						RF
3	256	10 (1)	Apr 25	BOS		NYY	W,12-5	CG	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.200	.333	.300	.633	1	.30	0.053	1.04	0.11%	1.08	CF
4	257	11	Apr 26	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-0	CG	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.389	.286	.675	1	.50	0.005	1.59	0.01%	0.68	CF
5	258	12	Apr 28 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.391	.316	.707	1	.86	0.018	2.78	0.04%	0.04	CF
6	259	13	Apr 28 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	5	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	1	0	.304	.407	.435	.842	1	1.24	0.274	4.16	0.55%	0.94	CF
7	260	14	Apr 30	BOS		DET	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.387	.407	.795	1	.59	-0.008	2.41	-0.02%	-0.43	RF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	261	15	May 1	BOS		DET	W,13-1	6-GF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.424	.407	.832	3	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	1.66	LF
9	262	17 (1)	May 3	BOS		CLE	W,9-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.424	.407	.832	3						LF
10	263	21 (3)	May 7	BOS		SLB	W,10-6	0-GF(14)	6	6	1	1	0	0	1	5	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.273	.385	.455	.839	8						3B
11	264	22	May 8	BOS		CHW	W,14-10	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.386	.474	.860	8	.29	0.077	1.47	0.23%	0.75	3B
12	265	23	May 9	BOS		CHW	W,7-5	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.326	.408	.512	.920	1	.51	0.075	2.48	0.22%	1.49	3B
13	266	24	May 10	BOS	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-7	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.326	.415	.500	.915	8	1.06	0.091	6.41	0.33%	0.49	3B
14	267	33 (8)	May 21	BOS	@	DET	W,6-4	5-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.415	.500	.915	9						PR
15	268	38 (4)	May 26 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.319	.407	.489	.897	9	3.01	-0.076	19.12	-0.29%	-0.43	PH
16	269	40 (1)	May 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.319	.407	.489	.897	1						PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	270	47 (6)	Jun 8	BOS		DET	W,15-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.319	.407	.489	.897	3						LF
18	271	54 (6)	Jun 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.390	.462	.851	1	1.38	-0.111	4.72	-0.23%	-0.85	RF
19	272	56 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-7	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.377	.444	.821	6	.98	-0.044	3.12	-0.09%	-0.65	CF
20	273	57	Jun 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	1	.276	.354	.414	.768	7						CF
21	274	58	Jun 18	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.262	.338	.393	.732	1	1.57	-0.128	6.20	-0.31%	-0.72	CF
22	275	59	Jun 20	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.246	.319	.369	.689	1	1.68	-0.231	6.78	-0.56%	-1.62	CF
23	276	60	Jun 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.303	.348	.650	7	.82	-0.080	3.71	-0.22%	-0.84	CF
24	277	63 (2)	Jun 23 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-0	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.299	.343	.642	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.20	CF
25	278	66 (2)	Jun 26 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-16	0-GF	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.236	.313	.347	.660	6						CF
26	279	68 (1)	Jun 28	BOS		WSH	W,12-1	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.250	.321	.355	.677	1	.46	0.004	1.80	0.01%	0.09	RF
27	280	69	Jun 29	BOS		WSH	W,12-8	CG	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.266	.341	.367	.708	1	.72	0.080	2.64	0.17%	1.04	RF
28	281	70	Jun 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,15-8	CG	6	4	3	2	0	0	1	1	2		0	0	0			0	0	0	.277	.362	.410	.771	1						CF RF
29	282	71	Jun 30 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-9	CG	5	4	0	3	2	0	0	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.299	.384	.448	.832	1						RF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	283	72	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.376	.438	.814	1	.96	-0.047	4.73	-0.14%	-0.44	RF
31	284	74 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.297	.379	.440	.818	1	1.21	0.023	4.43	0.05%	0.31	RF
32	285	75	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-8	CG	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.302	.380	.438	.817	1	1.79	0.130	6.92	0.30%	0.08	RF
33	286	76	Jul 5	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		1	0	0	0	.310	.384	.440	.824	1	1.17	0.242	4.28	0.53%	1.26	RF
34	287	77	Jul 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.298	.371	.423	.794	1	1.04	-0.155	3.79	-0.34%	-1.98	RF
35	288	78	Jul 7 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,11-1	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.371	.423	.794	4						LF
36	289	79	Jul 7 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-4	4-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.373	.419	.792	1	.06	0.002	.23	0.00%	0.15	RF
37	290	80	Jul 11	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.377	.422	.799	7	.48	0.021	2.06	0.05%	0.33	RF
38	291	81	Jul 12	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.301	.373	.416	.789	1	.97	-0.005	3.82	-0.01%	-0.08	RF
39	292	82	Jul 13	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.299	.369	.419	.788	1	1.79	0.053	5.97	0.11%	-0.41	RF
40	293	83	Jul 14 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,11-10	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.378	.426	.804	1	1.18	0.084	2.69	0.11%	0.48	RF
41	294	84	Jul 14 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.312	.377	.424	.801	1	.64	-0.024	1.32	-0.03%	-0.29	RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
42	295	125 (40)	Aug 24 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.374	.421	.795	8	.54	-0.014	.05	0.00%	-0.10	PH
43	296	127 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,13-6	CG	5	5	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.328	.389	.450	.839	1	.70	0.076	.04	0.00%	2.18	RF
44	297	128	Aug 26	BOS		CLE	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.319	.378	.437	.815	1	.60	-0.063	.02	0.00%	-0.97	RF
45	298	129	Aug 28	BOS		DET	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.309	.368	.424	.793	1	1.17	-0.120	.01	0.00%	-0.84	RF
46	299	130	Aug 29	BOS		DET	L,8-9	CG(14)	8	7	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.375	.432	.807	1	1.85	-0.116	.05	0.00%	-0.04	RF
47	300	131	Aug 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-0	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.376	.430	.806	1	.77	0.038	.03	0.00%	0.04	RF
48	301	133 (1)	Aug 31	BOS		PHA	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	1	.323	.379	.452	.830	1	.98	-0.030	.01	0.00%	-0.35	RF
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
49	302	134	Sep 1	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG(10)	6	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.325	.383	.456	.839	1	2.02	0.471	.01	0.00%	1.03	RF
50	303	140 (5)	Sep 7	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.323	.380	.451	.831	1	.75	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.24	RF
51	304	141	Sep 8	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.321	.378	.448	.826	9	.35	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
52	305	143 (1)	Sep 11	BOS	@	DET	L,3-7	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.319	.376	.446	.821	9	1.33	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.23	PH
53	306	147 (3)	Sep 15 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.312	.368	.435	.803	5	1.04	-0.105	.00	0.00%	-1.09	LF
54	307	149 (1)	Sep 19	BOS	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.312	.370	.434	.804	6	1.13	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.25	CF
55	308	150	Sep 21	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-5	8-GF(11)	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.320	.377	.440	.817	4	4.48	0.412	.00	0.00%	1.95	LF
56	309	153 (2)	Sep 25	BOS		NYY	W,5-2	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.375	.438	.813	3	.04	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.16	CF
57	310	154	Sep 27	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.316	.373	.435	.808	3						CF
58	311	155	Sep 28	BOS		WSH	L,3-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.371	.433	.804	3	3.33	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.29	CF
59	312	156	Sep 29	BOS		WSH	L,0-7	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.313	.369	.430	.799	1						RF
							37-22		204	179	34	56	10	1	3	18	16	0	19	0	9		2	4	3	2	.313	.369	.430	.799		1.06	0.776	2.47	0.61%	2.90

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