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Leon
Culberson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: August 6, 1919 in Usa, GA, HALLS
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 23 BOS AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 5 4 4 8 8 8
1944 24 BOS AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 5 4 4 8 7 7
1945 25 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 5 4 4 8 7 7
1946 26 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 8 5 4 4 8 7 7
1947 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 7 7
1948 28 BOS AL     5 5 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 7 7
1949 29 BOS AL     5 5 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7
1950 30 BOS AL     5 5 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7
1951 31 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 4 4 4 8 7 7
1952 32 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 8 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1953 33 BOS AL $ 350,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 8 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1954 34 BOS AL $ 350,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 8 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 7
1955 35 BOS AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 7 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 4 4 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1943 23 AA   137 537 65 166 32 9 10 74 25 12 73 56 .309 .392 .458 .850 94.2  
1944 24 AAA   137 521 79 155 29 6 9 57 31 11 61 39 .298 .371 .428 .799 83.2  
1945 25 BOS AL 80 135 14 30 4 4 2 16 0 1 10 12 .222 .270 .356 .626 12.3 0.3
    AAA   26 102 16 38 9 2 4 26 1 1 12 5 .373 .439 .618 1.056 23.6  
1946 26 BOS AL 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0
    AAA   102 361 64 127 27 2 8 33 17 7 40 38 .352 .416 .504 .921 70.0  
1947 27 BOS AL 13 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 .000 .286 .000 .286 0.6 0.0
    AAA   133 504 69 152 30 5 13 70 21 15 67 39 .302 .384 .458 .842 85.5  
1948 28 AAA   137 498 62 150 30 3 6 73 21 6 50 59 .301 .365 .410 .775 74.3  
1949 29 AAA   80 313 37 98 24 0 3 60 6 2 35 31 .313 .382 .419 .801 48.8  
1950 30 AAA   137 544 86 153 36 7 16 97 23 7 56 57 .281 .348 .461 .810 86.6  
1951 31 BOS AL 62 68 21 20 4 2 3 13 1 2 8 9 .294 .368 .544 .913 11.5 2.0
1952 32 BOS AL 122 206 27 55 6 1 1 17 3 1 15 22 .267 .315 .320 .636 19.2 1.6
1953 33 BOS AL 148 508 57 116 32 8 2 39 0 3 24 73 .228 .264 .335 .599 40.1 1.8
1954 34 BOS AL 85 157 20 41 7 2 2 17 0 4 10 23 .261 .305 .369 .675 15.4 1.9
1955 35 BOS AL 62 55 14 10 1 1 0 5 0 0 3 11 .182 .224 .236 .461 0.8 0.0
8 Years Sim 578 1142 156 272 54 18 10 107 5 11 75 155 .238 .284 .343 .628 100.1 7.6
7 Years AAA 752 2843 413 873 185 25 59 416 120 49 321 268 .307 .376 .452 .828 472.1  
1 Years AA 137 537 65 166 32 9 10 74 25 12 73 56 .309 .390 .458 .848 94.2  
8 Years Minors 889 3380 478 1039 217 34 69 490 145 61 394 324 .307 .378 .453 .831 566.3  
162 Game Average 320 43 76 15 5 2 29 1 3 21 43 .238 .284 .343 .628 28.0  
Career Highs 148 508 57 116 32 8 3 39 3 4 24 73 .294 .368 .544 .913 40.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   642 94 146 27 9 6 62 2 3 35 97 .227 .268 .326 .594 53.1
vs LH   500 62 126 27 9 4 45 3 8 40 58 .252 .305 .366 .671 53.2
Home 290 542 77 131 28 9 4 59 0 4 34 67 .242 .285 .349 .633 51.1
Away 288 600 79 141 26 9 6 48 5 7 41 88 .235 .284 .338 .622 55.3
RISP   230 0 58 9 6 3 89 0 0 15 37 .252 .291 .383 .674 25.6
Pinch Hitting   140 22 40 4 6 1 21 0 0 13 16 .286 .344 .421 .766 19.9
Close/Late   120 51 34 6 6 1 21 0 0 17 19 .283 .370 .458 .828 20.0
Mar/Apr 76 163 21 30 7 1 2 13 0 1 5 29 .184 .208 .276 .484 7.6
May 109 221 33 64 9 5 2 26 2 1 10 26 .290 .326 .403 .729 26.9
June 98 216 31 52 13 5 1 20 1 3 22 30 .241 .308 .361 .669 23.5
July 102 232 27 59 11 3 2 15 1 0 14 29 .254 .293 .353 .647 23.8
August 92 173 22 44 9 2 2 21 0 5 8 24 .254 .284 .364 .648 15.7
Sep/Oct 101 137 22 23 5 2 1 12 1 1 16 17 .168 .253 .255 .509 9.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1945 25 BOS AL CF 46 26 250.7 65 1 5 1 .930 2.37   1.0
    LF 5 4 36.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    RF 4 3 24.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1947 27 BOS AL RF 4 2 18.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.2
    CF 3 1 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27    
1951 31 BOS AL RF 10 7 64.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.53   0.2
    CF 11 4 46.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.96    
    LF 14 2 38.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.66    
1952 32 BOS AL CF 40 22 183.0 49 0 2 0 .961 2.41   0.6
    RF 13 11 85.0 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.75    
    LF 32 5 79.7 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.60    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1953 33 BOS AL RF 127 123 1052.0 209 5 0 1 1.000 1.83   1.3
    CF 9 1 23.3 8 1 0 0 1.000 3.47    
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1954 34 BOS AL RF 28 24 213.3 32 1 0 0 1.000 1.39   0.7
    CF 17 9 89.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.72    
    LF 4 3 31.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.74    
1955 35 BOS AL RF 19 8 93.7 18 1 0 1 1.000 1.83   0.3
    LF 9 1 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
    CF 8 0 12.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.13    
  RF 205 178 1550.0 321 7 0 2 1.000 1.90   2.8
  CF 134 63 615.7 156 2 7 1 .958 2.31   1.6
  LF 65 15 205.3 52 0 0 0 1.000 2.28    
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   405 256 2373.0 529 11 7 3 .987 2.05   4.4
Career Highs   137 124 1076.3 218 6 5 1 1.000 4.34    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
1953-3-8
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Felix Mackiewicz (984)
  2. Stan Rojek (978)
  3. Ed Armbrister (977)
  4. Jim Piersall (976)
  5. Bob Elliott (974)
  6. Beau Bell (967)
  7. Ricky Nelson (966)
  8. Herb Adams (965)
  9. Jake Powell (964)
  10. Bob Perry (963)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 39th overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1943
Had first career hit on 5/4/1945, off Earl Johnson (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 7/8/1945, off Joe Nuxhall (BSN)
Injured on 8/17/1946 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 5 days
Injured on 5/4/1949 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 9-10 weeks
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Cleveland on 5/7/1953
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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