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George
Culver		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 190
 
Born: July 8, 1943 in Usa, CA, SALINAS
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 22 PIT NL   6 4 4 4 5 5 5 9 9 9
1967 23 PIT NL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 4 5 5 9 9 9
1968 24 PIT NL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 4 5 5 9 9 9
1969 25 PIT NL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 9 9 9
1970 26 PIT NL $ 350,000 6 4 4 4 4 5 4 9 9 9
1971 27 PIT NL $ 350,000 6 4 4 4 4 5 5 9 9 9
1972 28 PIT NL $ 350,000 6 4 4 4 4 5 5 9 9 9
1973 29 PIT NL $ 350,000 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1975 31 DET AL $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 8 8
1976 32 DET AL $ 300,000 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 4 4 4 3 4 4 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9
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
1966 22 PIT NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 26 PIT NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 27 PIT NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 28 PIT NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 29 PIT NL $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1975 31 DET AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1976 32 DET AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1966 22 AAA   1 1 .500 68 0 0 0 5 57.7 48 13 2 24 43 2.03 .226 .305 .297 .602  
1967 23 PIT NL 1 11 .083 41 8 0 0 3 80.3 114 73 3 51 46 8.18 .335 .423 .444 .867 0.0
1968 24 PIT NL 7 7 .500 63 2 1 1 10 65.0 69 38 4 34 33 5.26 .272 .366 .374 .740 2.8
1969 25 PIT NL 8 6 .571 53 0 0 0 8 84.3 86 40 10 34 40 4.27 .271 .346 .410 .756 7.5
1970 26 PIT NL 2 2 .500 22 0 0 0 2 35.3 34 22 2 22 14 5.60 .254 .361 .351 .712 1.2
1971 27 PIT NL 0 0 .000 13 0 0 0 1 12.7 14 6 0 6 8 4.27 .264 .339 .283 .622 0.8
1972 28 PIT NL 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 0 15.0 19 10 0 8 8 6.00 .306 .380 .339 .719 0.0
    AAA   2 0 1.000 35 0 0 0 1 30.0 28 9 3 14 15 2.70 .255 .339 .391 .730  
1973 29 AAA   6 5 .545 72 5 1 1 7 89.0 86 43 5 43 55 4.35 .253 .337 .341 .678  
1974 30 AAA   5 2 .714 30 0 0 0 1 45.7 48 23 2 23 29 4.53 .276 .360 .368 .728  
    AA   0 1 .000 24 0 0 0 3 15.0 14 6 0 6 13 3.60 .255 .328 .309 .637  
1975 31 AAA   1 2 .333 14 0 0 0 1 10.7 14 7 1 4 4 5.91 .333 .391 .524 .915  
    AA   6 3 .667 51 5 1 1 10 81.0 65 22 3 32 54 2.44 .223 .299 .312 .611  
1976 32 AAA   4 1 .800 41 2 0 0 3 43.7 34 12 1 22 29 2.47 .218 .315 .282 .597  
    AA   0 0 .000 17 0 0 0 4 13.3 14 4 1 2 8 2.70 .275 .302 .373 .674  
6 Years Sim 18 26 .409 200 10 1 1 24 292.7 336 189 19 155 149 5.81 .290 .376 .396 .772 12.3
6 Years AAA 19 11 .633 260 7 1 1 18 276.6 258 107 14 130 175 3.48 .250 .333 .340 .674  
3 Years AA 6 4 .600 92 5 1 1 17 109.3 93 32 4 40 75 2.63 .234 .304 .319 .623  
9 Years Minors 25 15 .625 352 12 2 2 35 386.0 351 139 18 170 250 3.24 .245 .325 .334 .660  
Season Average 3 4 .429 33 1 0 0 4 48.8 56 31 3 25 24 5.81 .290 .376 .396 .772  
Career Highs 8 11 .571 63 8 1 1 10 84.3 114 73 10 51 46 8.18 .335 .423 .444 .867  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   178 104 15 74 89   .280 .355 .406 .762
vs LH   158 85 4 81 60   .301 .394 .383 .777
Home 11 9 .550 108 5 1 1 9 167.0 177 104 11 91 72 5.61 .274 .364 .382 .746
Away 7 17 .292 92 5 0 0 15 125.6 159 85 8 64 77 6.09 .309 .386 .412 .798
Mar/Apr 6 5 .545 44 3 1 1 7 74.6 79 47 5 40 24 5.67 .274 .363 .365 .727
May 1 5 .167 33 3 0 0 4 47.3 62 40 4 32 23 7.61 .312 .407 .447 .854
June 2 5 .286 36 4 0 0 2 66.3 71 37 4 32 47 5.02 .275 .355 .391 .747
July 1 3 .250 30 0 0 0 4 34.0 49 28 5 15 15 7.41 .350 .413 .493 .906
August 2 6 .250 30 0 0 0 6 37.3 41 20 0 19 24 4.82 .273 .355 .353 .708
Sep/Oct 6 2 .750 27 0 0 0 1 33.0 34 17 1 17 16 4.64 .272 .359 .336 .695
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
1966 22 AAA   7 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.1  
1967 23 PIT NL 54 16 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2 0.0
1968 24 PIT NL 81 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1971 27 PIT NL 20 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0
1974 30 AA   4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0.7  
1975 31 AA   3 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.3  
1976 32 AAA   4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.4  
3 Years Sim 155 21 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .095 .136 .095 .232 -0.3 0.0
2 Years AAA 11 3 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 0.5  
2 Years AA 7 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .286 .375 .286 .661 1.0  
4 Years Minors 18 10 8 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 .400 .455 .500 .955 1.5  
162 Game Average 21 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .095 .136 .095 .232 -0.3  
Career Highs 81 16 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .125 .333 .125 .333 0.2  
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   11 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .091 .167 .091 .258 -0.1
vs LH   10 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.4
Home 82 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
Away 37 13 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .154 .214 .154 .368 0.3
RISP   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Close/Late   3 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
Mar/Apr 21 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
May 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
June 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.4
July 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0
August 14 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 0.7
Sep/Oct 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1967 23 PIT NL P 41 8 80.3 7 15 1 0 .957 2.46    
1968 24 PIT NL P 63 2 65.0 1 12 1 0 .929 1.80    
1969 25 PIT NL P 53 0 84.3 8 16 2 3 .923 2.56    
1970 26 PIT NL P 22 0 35.3 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.78    
1971 27 PIT NL P 13 0 12.7 2 1 1 0 .750 2.13    
    RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1972 28 PIT NL P 8 0 15.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.40    
  P 200 10 292.7 22 51 5 3 .936 2.25    
  RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   205 10 301.7 24 51 5 3 .938 2.24    
Career Highs   63 8 84.3 8 16 2 3 1.000 2.56    
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ken Holcombe (980)
  2. Tom Gorman (979)
  3. George Zuverink (974)
  4. Willie Underhill (969)
  5. Tom Dukes (969)
  6. Wayland Dean (968)
  7. Allyn Stout (967)
  8. Ed Albosta (966)
  9. Jim Umbricht (965)
  10. Ad Liska (964)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 40th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1966
Injured on 8/6/1966 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Earned first career win on 4/27/1967
Had first career hit on 6/20/1967, off Frank Baumann (SDP)
Injured on 3/12/1969 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (N) on 2/1/1974 (Going to PIT: P Steve Shea. Going to NYG: P Joe Moeller, P George Culver, P Joe Niekro)
Injured on 6/27/1974 with a Broken Hand, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 8/17/1974 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Released by New York (N) on 10/31/1974
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/21/1975 to a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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