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Dick
Culler		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 160
 
Born: January 15, 1915 in Usa, NC, HIGH POINT
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1936 21 PIT NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 3 3 6 5 6 10 9 9
1937 22 PIT NL     4 4 5 1 1 1 4 3 4 6 5 5 9 9 9
1938 23 PIT NL     4 4 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 5 5 10 9 9
1939 24 SEM AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 5 5 10 9 9
1940 25 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 5 5 10 9 9
1941 26 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 3 3 6 5 5 10 10 10
1942 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 3 3 6 5 5 10 10 10
1943 28 SEM AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 5 5 10 10 10
1944 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 5 5 10 10 10
1945 30 SEM AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 4 3 3 6 5 5 10 10 10
1946 31 SEM AL     5 5 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 5 10 10 10
1947 32 SEM AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 5 10 10 10
1948 33 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 5 10 10 10
1949 34 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 4 9 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 4 9 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 5 6 10 10 10
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
1936 21 AA   85 299 25 80 14 2 2 20 4 1 53 13 .268 .378 .348 .726 43.4  
    A   50 179 30 55 4 3 2 23 6 2 44 6 .307 .444 .397 .841 35.4  
1937 22 AA   137 519 45 120 12 1 3 47 10 1 81 29 .231 .335 .276 .611 56.7  
1938 23 AA   136 493 51 143 22 1 6 44 2 7 67 26 .290 .375 .375 .750 69.8  
1939 24 SEM AL 51 164 21 43 10 0 2 16 0 0 17 6 .262 .339 .360 .699 19.7 2.5
    AAA   106 452 56 125 14 0 7 46 6 3 33 16 .277 .326 .354 .680 52.1  
1940 25 SEM AL 152 469 53 109 15 4 5 61 0 0 40 23 .232 .288 .313 .601 43.1 0.2
1941 26 SEM AL 67 116 11 28 5 0 1 12 0 0 7 3 .241 .285 .310 .595 9.0 0.3
1942 27 SEM AL 107 260 26 59 11 0 3 25 0 0 10 7 .227 .254 .304 .558 16.0 0.0
1943 28 SEM AL 51 85 7 21 1 0 2 6 0 0 7 2 .247 .304 .329 .634 8.1 0.4
1944 29 SEM AL 9 15 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .267 .313 .267 .579 0.6 0.0
    AAA   83 359 62 98 17 2 11 40 6 3 41 12 .273 .348 .423 .771 53.2  
1945 30 AAA   128 479 61 112 11 2 6 71 8 4 51 18 .234 .308 .303 .610 47.4  
1946 31 AAA   136 518 67 141 16 2 13 84 9 4 60 19 .272 .348 .386 .734 71.9  
1947 32 SEM AL 38 31 1 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 1 .226 .351 .226 .577 3.4 0.2
1948 33 DET AL 27 58 8 12 0 1 2 7 1 0 6 1 .207 .281 .345 .626 5.5 0.3
1949 34 CIN NL 123 333 30 82 6 4 5 37 0 0 19 16 .246 .285 .333 .618 31.1 2.0
9 Years Sim 625 1531 158 365 48 9 20 170 1 0 113 59 .238 .289 .321 .610 136.5 5.9
4 Years AAA 453 1808 246 476 58 6 37 241 29 14 185 65 .263 .330 .363 .693 224.5  
3 Years AA 358 1311 121 343 48 4 11 111 16 9 201 68 .262 .358 .330 .687 170.0  
1 Years A 50 179 30 55 4 3 2 23 6 2 44 6 .307 .438 .397 .835 35.4  
8 Years Minors 861 3298 397 874 110 13 50 375 51 25 430 139 .265 .348 .352 .699 429.9  
162 Game Average 396 40 94 12 2 5 44 0 0 29 15 .238 .289 .321 .610 35.4  
Career Highs 152 469 53 109 15 4 5 61 1 0 40 23 .267 .351 .360 .699 43.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   934 94 199 22 4 11 95 0 0 60 44 .213 .260 .281 .540 66.7
vs LH   597 64 166 26 5 9 75 1 0 53 15 .278 .334 .384 .718 76.7
Home 305 755 87 188 25 5 13 85 0 0 49 22 .249 .294 .347 .641 76.6
Away 320 776 71 177 23 4 7 85 1 0 64 37 .228 .285 .295 .580 66.7
RISP   363 0 88 10 1 7 146 0 0 26 13 .242 .283 .333 .616 35.8
Pinch Hitting   25 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .200 .286 .200 .486 1.6
Close/Late   167 9 44 5 0 2 11 0 0 4 6 .263 .281 .329 .610 14.5
Mar/Apr 92 203 23 50 4 3 5 33 0 0 17 6 .246 .298 .369 .667 23.3
May 97 265 22 73 10 3 4 34 0 0 20 14 .275 .323 .381 .704 32.4
June 95 243 21 62 4 1 3 22 0 0 15 12 .255 .294 .317 .611 23.0
July 80 155 20 33 4 1 2 13 0 0 7 5 .213 .247 .290 .537 10.5
August 126 305 29 58 7 1 4 27 1 0 27 13 .190 .257 .259 .517 20.5
Sep/Oct 133 360 43 89 19 0 2 41 0 0 27 9 .247 .301 .317 .617 33.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1939 24 SEM AL 2B 51 51 439.0 99 209 3 46 .990 6.31   2.8
1940 25 SEM AL 2B 152 152 1238.3 250 550 13 107 .984 5.81   6.1
1941 26 SEM AL SS 42 11 152.3 23 62 2 11 .977 5.02   0.6
    2B 20 15 152.0 38 62 0 9 1.000 5.92   0.8
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 1 1 0 .500 2.25   0.0
1942 27 SEM AL SS 99 66 631.0 129 267 14 56 .966 5.65   2.6
    2B 7 0 19.0 5 10 1 1 .938 7.11   0.1
1943 28 SEM AL SS 32 9 131.0 19 54 3 11 .961 5.02   0.5
    2B 12 8 74.3 22 31 1 4 .981 6.42   0.4
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1944 29 SEM AL 2B 3 2 21.0 4 12 1 2 .941 6.86   0.1
    SS 5 0 8.7 1 3 1 0 .800 4.16   0.0
1947 32 SEM AL 3B 21 1 34.3 3 10 0 1 1.000 3.41   0.1
    SS 4 1 17.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.71   0.1
    2B 3 1 10.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.0
1948 33 DET AL 3B 14 11 91.7 10 34 1 3 .978 4.32   0.6
    SS 9 4 43.0 10 17 0 8 1.000 5.65   0.4
    2B 4 1 13.7 7 7 0 2 1.000 9.22   0.1
1949 34 CIN NL 2B 89 77 664.0 158 315 14 67 .971 6.41   2.4
    SS 25 6 85.0 19 44 3 13 .955 6.67   0.6
    3B 11 9 73.0 3 23 1 3 .963 3.21   0.2
  2B 341 307 2631.3 585 1200 33 239 .982 6.11   12.9
  SS 216 97 1068.0 203 452 23 99 .966 5.52   4.8
  3B 49 21 204.0 16 68 3 7 .966 3.71   1.0
Career Totals   606 425 3903.3 804 1720 59 345 .977 5.82   18.6
Career Highs   152 152 1238.3 250 550 18 107 1.000 6.31    
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 24 SEM AL 11 38 6 11 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 1 .289 .325 .421 .746
1940 25 SEM AL 8 30 4 9 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 1 .300 .344 .400 .744
1941 26 SEM AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 21 69 11 20 3 1 1 9 0 0 4 2 .290 .329 .406 .735
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1936
Injured on 7/5/1936 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Injured on 9/1/1938 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Traded from Pittsburgh to Seattle (M) on 2/1/1939 (Going to SEM: SS Dick Culler. Going to PIT: 2B Bill Knickerbocker)
Had first career hit on 7/31/1939, off Lefty Gomez (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 8/9/1939, off Joe Dobson (CIN)
Won World Series with Seattle (M) in 1939
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 7/10/1940
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/3/1943: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
3/3/1944: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
Injured on 4/11/1945 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 3 days
Injured on 8/6/1945 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
3/3/1948: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
Released by Seattle on 4/2/1948
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 7/1/1948 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 4/2/1949 to a minor league deal
 
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