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Roy
Cullenbine		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: October 18, 1913 in Usa, TN, NASHVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1940   
All-Star Selections 1940    1941    1942    1944   
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
1938 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 6 5 6 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
1939 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 6 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
1940 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 7 7 7 10 10 10 8 9 9
1941 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 7 7 7 10 10 10 8 9 9
1942 28 SDP NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
1943 29 SDP NL $ 4,235,714   7 7 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 10 10 10 8 9 9
1944 30 DET AL $ 4,235,714   7 7 7 5 6 5 7 7 7 10 10 10 9 9 9
1945 31 DET AL $ 4,500,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 7 7 7 10 10 10 8 9 8
1946 32 DET AL $ 4,500,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 8 7
1947 33 DET AL $ 4,500,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 8 7
1948 34 SDP NL $ 4,500,000   4 4 4 2 3 3 3 4 4 8 9 9 4 4 4
1949 35 NYA AL $ 1,000,000   1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 3 7 9 8 3 3 3
1950 36 NYA AL     1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 7 9 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 7 9 8 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,500,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 7 7 7 10 10 10 9 9 9
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
1938 24 SDP NL 25 92 16 30 4 0 2 11 0 0 15 8 .326 .421 .435 .855 16.8 3.2
    AAA   125 428 90 136 15 2 34 101 6 1 119 34 .318 .466 .600 1.067 117.5  
1939 25 SDP NL 125 439 82 135 20 5 6 45 0 0 99 47 .308 .432 .417 .849 82.8 18.7
    AAA   2 6 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 .500 .625 .500 1.125 2.1  
1940 26 SDP NL 151 493 80 163 21 5 18 80 0 0 111 38 .331 .450 .503 .953 110.4 26.6
1941 27 SDP NL 118 422 89 118 28 2 12 59 0 0 86 44 .280 .398 .441 .838 76.0 16.1
    AAA   29 110 26 41 7 0 7 15 5 3 25 8 .373 .489 .627 1.116 30.4  
1942 28 SDP NL 149 527 97 174 28 1 13 82 0 0 111 37 .330 .444 .461 .905 106.4 21.8
1943 29 SDP NL 149 513 96 128 25 2 14 60 0 0 110 53 .250 .381 .388 .769 82.7 14.2
1944 30 DET AL 142 503 112 154 24 6 20 78 0 0 107 33 .306 .425 .497 .922 100.2 19.0
1945 31 DET AL 155 544 118 154 30 5 17 89 0 1 127 43 .283 .417 .450 .867 105.4 21.9
1946 32 DET AL 144 481 99 106 22 1 14 63 1 1 124 45 .220 .380 .358 .737 76.5 11.8
1947 33 DET AL 138 460 102 121 26 3 16 80 1 1 107 52 .263 .399 .437 .836 83.8 17.1
1948 34 SDP NL 122 376 55 89 8 2 9 42 0 0 72 74 .237 .356 .340 .697 51.7 7.7
1949 35 NYA AL 32 37 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 6 .216 .370 .216 .586 3.7 0.2
    AAA   32 42 7 8 0 0 1 4 0 0 11 13 .190 .358 .262 .620 5.4  
1950 36 NYA AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
    AA   106 345 41 62 12 2 8 37 6 6 108 80 .180 .375 .296 .671 51.0  
13 Years Sim 1451 4888 949 1380 236 32 141 692 2 3 1078 481 .282 .410 .430 .840 896.3 178.3
4 Years AAA 188 586 124 188 22 2 42 121 12 4 157 55 .321 .461 .580 1.041 155.5  
1 Years AA 106 345 41 62 12 2 8 37 6 6 108 80 .180 .374 .296 .669 51.0  
5 Years Minors 294 931 165 250 34 4 50 158 18 10 265 135 .269 .428 .475 .902 206.4  
162 Game Average 545 105 154 26 3 15 77 0 0 120 53 .282 .410 .430 .840 100.1  
Career Highs 155 544 118 174 30 6 20 89 1 1 127 74 .331 .450 .503 .953 110.4  
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   3496 723 1015 166 23 106 513 2 2 810 311 .290 .421 .442 .863 693.0
vs LH   1392 226 365 70 9 35 179 0 1 268 170 .262 .380 .401 .781 227.9
Home 706 2340 448 680 113 17 79 342 0 3 504 221 .291 .414 .455 .869 459.3
Away 745 2548 501 700 123 15 62 350 2 0 574 260 .275 .405 .408 .813 461.6
RISP   1208 0 339 70 12 30 513 0 0 314 117 .281 .418 .433 .851 242.9
Pinch Hitting   97 17 28 6 0 3 19 0 0 23 9 .289 .418 .443 .861 19.3
Close/Late   575 103 162 19 3 21 81 0 0 139 52 .282 .422 .435 .857 114.2
Mar/Apr 259 908 162 244 35 9 24 143 1 0 192 99 .269 .391 .406 .798 158.8
May 275 925 169 248 46 6 25 133 0 1 211 95 .268 .402 .412 .814 167.3
June 254 824 181 233 44 4 27 100 0 2 192 76 .283 .416 .444 .860 161.6
July 226 794 157 238 35 5 25 111 1 0 162 60 .300 .418 .451 .869 154.8
August 212 715 147 224 39 7 23 122 0 0 167 69 .313 .442 .484 .925 155.6
Sep/Oct 225 722 133 193 37 1 17 83 0 0 154 82 .267 .393 .392 .785 122.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1938 24 SDP NL 1B 24 24 187.0 244 21 0 29 1.000 12.75 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1939 25 SDP NL LF 122 122 1039.7 203 11 6 2 .973 1.85 0 0 .000 0 3.1
1940 26 SDP NL LF 141 136 1190.0 227 10 6 2 .975 1.79 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    1B 5 0 9.3 14 0 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1941 27 SDP NL LF 114 112 983.3 212 11 5 3 .978 2.04 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    1B 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1942 28 SDP NL LF 144 140 1234.7 289 11 8 1 .974 2.19 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    1B 2 0 3.0 5 0 0 2 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1943 29 SDP NL LF 140 137 1202.0 258 10 9 1 .968 2.01 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    1B 5 0 8.0 13 1 0 2 1.000 15.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1944 30 DET AL LF 136 123 1131.0 267 10 8 1 .972 2.20 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    RF 2 2 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0  
1945 31 DET AL LF 148 144 1264.3 272 12 12 2 .959 2.02 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    1B 1 0 7.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 14.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 3 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1946 32 DET AL LF 81 79 721.7 170 12 7 4 .963 2.27 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    1B 38 38 332.7 427 21 1 36 .998 12.12 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 7 6 56.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 6 6 54.0 22 1 0 0 1.000 3.83 0 0 .000 0  
1947 33 DET AL LF 122 118 1045.3 217 9 7 1 .970 1.95 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    1B 12 0 20.7 29 4 0 5 1.000 14.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 4 1 18.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 1 10.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1948 34 SDP NL LF 111 107 924.3 252 12 5 3 .981 2.57 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    RF 3 3 27.0 9 0 2 0 .818 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 35 NYA AL RF 8 4 40.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.68 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 4 2 19.0 28 1 0 3 1.000 13.74 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 4 0 15.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 5 0.0
    CF 3 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 1265 1218 10754.3 2372 108 73 20 .971 2.08 0 0 .000 0 29.7
  1B 94 64 590.7 771 49 1 79 .999 12.49 0 0 .000 0 1.1
  RF 27 16 161.0 42 1 2 0 .956 2.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 15 7 74.0 31 1 0 0 1.000 3.89 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 5 0.0
Career Totals   1402 1306 11588.0 3217 159 76 99 .978 2.62 0 0 .000 5 30.9
Career Highs   152 144 1274.3 632 35 12 40 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 5  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1939 25 SDP NL 5 20 6 6 2 0 1 3 0 0 5 1 .300 .440 .550 .990
1940 26 SDP NL 10 24 10 6 1 0 2 4 0 0 8 5 .250 .438 .542 .979
1941 27 SDP NL 9 36 3 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 5 .194 .326 .222 .548
1942 28 SDP NL 6 22 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .182 .217 .182 .399
1946 32 DET AL 8 25 4 6 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 1 .240 .269 .560 .829
1947 33 DET AL 8 8 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .625 .875
Career Post-Season Batting 46 135 26 31 6 0 6 15 0 0 22 15 .230 .338 .407 .745
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.
Batting Average
1940-2-.331
1942-4-.330
 On-Base Pct
1939-2-.432
1940-1-.450
1941-4-.398
1942-1-.444
1944-4-.425
1945-4-.417
1947-6-.399
CAR-9-.410
 Slugging Pct
1940-3-.503
1944-8-.497
 OPS
1939-8-.849
1940-2-.953
1941-8-.838
1942-2-.905
1944-7-.922
1947-10-.836
 XR
1939-10-82.8
1940-3-110.4
1942-2-106.4
1944-10-100.2
1945-7-105.4
 Games
1945-9-155
Runs
1939-7-82
1940-9-80
1941-10-89
1942-5-97
1943-8-96
1944-6-112
1945-5-118
1947-7-102
 Hits
1940-10-163
1942-9-174
 Total Bases
1940-9-248
 Singles
1942-8-132
 Triples
1945-10-5
 Homeruns
1940-7-18
1944-10-20
Walks
1939-1-99
1940-1-111
1941-5-86
1942-1-111
1943-1-110
1944-6-107
1945-2-127
1946-3-124
1947-3-107
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 72    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Stan Spence (937)
  2. George Selkirk (933)
  3. Ken Singleton (915)
  4. Ken Henderson (915)
  5. Bobby Brooks (915)
  6. Doug Rader (910)
  7. Dan Thomas (905)
  8. Ron Northey (898)
  9. Carlos May (896)
  10. Bobby Estalella (896)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by San Diego in 1938
Injured on 5/10/1938 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/2/1938, off Spud Chandler (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/6/1938, off Hy Vandenberg (SLC)
Injured on 6/28/1939 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Drove in 7 runs against Brooklyn on 4/23/1940
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1940, hitting .600 with 0 HR, 3 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1940, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1940 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against St. Louis (C) on 7/18/1940
Won World Series with San Diego in 1940
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1940
Was selected to the 1941 Allstar game
Won World Series with San Diego in 1941
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1942, hitting .545 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,235,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/14/1943 with a Bruised Ankle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1943, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,235,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from San Diego to Detroit on 3/3/1944 (Going to SDP: P Stu Flythe, P Freddy Schmidt, P Bill Lohrman, CF Ernie Sulik. Going to DET: LF Roy Cullenbine, C Babe Phelps, LF Goody Rosen)
Had 5 hits with 9 RBI against Boston (N) on 4/8/1944
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 6/28/1944
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
10/22/1944: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $4,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Hit 3 homeruns against New York (A), driving in 6 runs on 4/26/1945
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1945, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 8/16/1947 with a Stiff Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 2/1/1948 (Going to SDP: LF Roy Cullenbine, 3B Mel Ott. Going to DET: P Freddy Schmidt)
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/2/1949 to a 2-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
Released by New York (A) on 10/3/1950
 
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