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	39-40 / in Starts: 38-38
Longest Hitting Streak	10 games
Longest On Base Streak	19 games
Most Games w/o HR	49 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 347 PAs	34
Actual Runners on Base	147 (78-44-25) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 347 PAs	33
Avg. Runners on Base	223 (115-72-34)

Most Driven In
S Newsome	7
R Partee	5
Self	3
B Conroy	3
B Doerr	2
E Lake	2
L Lucier	1
G Metkovich	1

Most Driven In By
P Fox	6
B Doerr	5
J Tabor	4
T Lupien	3
S Newsome	3
Self	3
J Cronin	1
R Partee	0

1943 Batting Game Log

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1943 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	1	21 (20)	May 16 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0		1.000			9	1.28	0.057	1.77	0.05%	0.40	PH
2	2	22	May 16 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.600	1.100	1	1.15	0.030	1.39	0.02%	0.10	CF
3	3	23	May 20 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.400	.764	1	.95	-0.051	1.37	-0.05%	-0.28	CF
4	4	24	May 20 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	1	.38	0.027	.60	0.03%	0.08	CF
5	5	25	May 21	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG(13)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.211	.318	.316	.634	1						CF
6	6	26	May 22	BOS	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.269	.261	.530	1	.66	-0.066	1.11	-0.07%	-0.62	CF
7	7	27	May 23 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.300	.385	.685	1	1.00	0.034	1.58	0.03%	1.24	CF
8	8	28	May 23 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG(10)	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.167	.286	.333	.619	1						CF
9	9	29	May 27 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,2-0	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.152	.282	.303	.585	1	1.14	-0.086	1.90	-0.09%	-0.66	CF
10	10	30	May 27 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.302	.351	.654	1	.75	0.081	1.37	0.09%	1.78	CF
11	11	31	May 28	BOS		CLE	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.195	.298	.341	.639	1						CF
12	12	32	May 29	BOS		DET	L,4-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.182	.294	.318	.612	1	.42	-0.039	.67	-0.04%	-0.90	CF
13	13	33	May 30 (1)	BOS		DET	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.309	.333	.642	1	.79	-0.014	1.16	-0.01%	0.07	CF
14	14	34	May 30 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	1	0	.212	.305	.327	.632	1	.45	-0.010	.67	-0.01%	0.03	CF
15	15	35	May 31 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,2-1	CG(13)	7	6	1	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.241	.333	.379	.713	1						CF
16	16	36	May 31 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	1	0	.250	.338	.383	.722	1						CF
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	17	47 (10)	Jun 13 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,5-16	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0			1	0	0	.250	.342	.375	.717	1						CF
18	18	49 (1)	Jun 15 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.246	.338	.369	.707	9	.36	0.023	.66	0.03%	0.61	PH
19	19	56 (6)	Jun 20 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.342	.371	.713	1	.59	-0.028	.93	-0.03%	0.63	CF
20	20	57	Jun 20 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.333	.360	.693	1	.93	-0.098	1.57	-0.10%	-0.63	CF
21	21	58	Jun 22	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	5	5	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.288	.360	.388	.747	1						CF
22	22	59	Jun 23	BOS	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.366	.422	.787	1	.69	0.122	1.59	0.17%	0.82	CF
23	23	60	Jun 24	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.287	.367	.414	.781	1	.79	0.008	1.96	0.01%	0.04	CF
24	24	61	Jun 25	BOS		NYY	T,2-2	CG(11)	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.369	.400	.769	1	1.15	-0.008	3.25	-0.01%	-0.08	CF
25	25	62	Jun 26	BOS		NYY	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.364	.394	.758	1	1.09	-0.049	3.23	-0.09%	-0.38	CF
26	26	63	Jun 27 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,2-3	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.355	.381	.736	1	1.34	-0.098	4.67	-0.21%	-0.82	CF
27	27	64	Jun 27 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.257	.342	.366	.708	1	.92	-0.042	2.73	-0.08%	-0.47	CF
28	28	65	Jun 30	BOS	@	DET	T,3-3	CG(12)	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.336	.368	.704	1	1.05	-0.046	2.86	-0.08%	0.01	CF
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
29	29	66	Jul 1	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	5	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.279	.355	.387	.742	1	.98	-0.021	2.71	-0.03%	-0.10	CF
30	30	67	Jul 2	BOS	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.352	.383	.734	1	.69	-0.003	1.92	-0.01%	0.02	CF
31	31	68	Jul 3	BOS	@	CLE	W,12-4	CG	6	5	3	4	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.373	.450	.823	1	.67	0.432	1.64	0.63%	2.52	CF
32	32	69	Jul 5 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.312	.381	.464	.845	1	1.16	0.016	3.47	0.03%	0.07	CF
33	33	70	Jul 5 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	5	5	1	3	0	1	0	3	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.323	.389	.485	.874	1						CF
34	34	71	Jul 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG(14)	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.387	.470	.857	1	1.03	-0.035	2.83	-0.06%	0.13	CF
35	35	72	Jul 8	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.307	.383	.460	.843	1	.93	-0.010	2.09	-0.01%	-0.26	CF
36	36	73	Jul 9	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.384	.458	.841	1	1.39	0.019	2.58	0.02%	0.28	CF
37	37	74	Jul 10	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.378	.449	.827	1	1.22	-0.049	2.07	-0.05%	-0.57	CF
38	38	75	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG(12)	6	6	0	3	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	1	0	.314	.382	.458	.840	1						CF
39	39	76	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.312	.379	.452	.832	1	.75	-0.013	1.17	-0.01%	-0.04	CF
40	40	77	Jul 15	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.311	.376	.460	.836	1	.94	0.136	1.25	0.11%	1.46	CF
41	41	78	Jul 16	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.377	.458	.835	1	1.53	0.131	1.74	0.09%	1.07	CF
42	42	79	Jul 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.369	.447	.816	1	.87	-0.082	1.06	-0.06%	-0.54	CF
43	43	80	Jul 18 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.303	.365	.440	.805	1	1.48	-0.093	1.53	-0.06%	-0.70	CF
44	44	81	Jul 18 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.360	.433	.794	1	.74	-0.021	.60	-0.01%	0.29	CF
45	45	82	Jul 21 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.363	.446	.809	3	1.76	0.283	.84	0.08%	0.68	CF
46	46	83	Jul 21 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,6-8	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.309	.366	.457	.823	3	.92	0.184	.52	0.06%	2.23	CF
47	47	84	Jul 23 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	CG(10)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.306	.362	.451	.813	3	.97	-0.111	.51	-0.04%	-1.10	LF
48	48	85	Jul 23 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.364	.452	.816	3	.49	0.002	.25	0.00%	0.48	LF
49	49	86	Jul 24	BOS		SLB	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.305	.359	.445	.804	3	.71	-0.165	.26	-0.04%	-1.72	LF
50	50	87	Jul 25 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,7-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	.302	.359	.441	.800	3	.76	-0.002	.39	0.00%	-0.14	LF
51	51	88	Jul 25 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.296	.353	.432	.785	3						LF
52	52	89	Jul 26	BOS		SLB	L,1-7	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.295	.351	.433	.784	3	.59	0.009	.39	0.00%	0.02	LF
53	53	90	Jul 28 (1)	BOS		DET	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.299	.353	.444	.797	3	.61	0.116	.32	0.04%	1.14	LF
54	54	91	Jul 28 (2)	BOS		DET	W,6-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.353	.444	.797	3						LF
55	55	92	Jul 30 (1)	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.352	.440	.792	3	1.05	-0.013	.80	-0.01%	-0.37	LF
56	56	93	Jul 30 (2)	BOS		DET	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.299	.354	.439	.793	3						LF
57	57	94	Jul 31	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG(12)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.296	.354	.434	.787	3	1.20	-0.123	.64	-0.04%	-0.42	LF
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
58	58	95	Aug 1 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,6-8	CG	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.351	.429	.779	3	1.24	-0.145	.90	-0.06%	-1.13	LF
59	59	96	Aug 1 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,4-1	CG	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.348	.432	.780	3	.80	-0.053	.46	-0.02%	-1.31	LF
60	60	97	Aug 3	BOS		CLE	L,9-11	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.292	.349	.429	.778	3	.64	-0.074	.30	-0.02%	-0.69	LF
61	61	98	Aug 6	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.347	.426	.773	7	1.03	-0.036	.39	-0.01%	-0.16	LF
62	62	99	Aug 7	BOS		WSH	W,7-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.290	.346	.423	.769	7	.90	-0.136	.27	-0.03%	-0.87	LF
63	63	100	Aug 8 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.287	.342	.418	.760	7	1.32	-0.091	.52	-0.02%	-0.85	LF
64	64	101	Aug 8 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.286	.341	.416	.756	7	1.66	0.106	.41	0.02%	0.53	LF
65	65	102	Aug 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.283	.339	.411	.750	7	.67	-0.042	.14	-0.01%	-0.38	LF
66	66	103	Aug 11	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-0	GS-9	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.340	.408	.749	7	.62	0.004	.12	0.00%	0.62	LF
67	67	106 (2)	Aug 13	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.283	.343	.411	.754	7	1.52	0.098	.37	0.02%	0.25	CF
68	68	107	Aug 14	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.339	.407	.746	7	1.25	-0.083	.16	-0.01%	-0.55	LF
69	69	108	Aug 15 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,3-2	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.280	.339	.406	.745	6	.85	0.010	.07	0.00%	-0.10	CF
70	70	113 (4)	Aug 19 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.341	.405	.746	7	1.63	0.149	.14	0.01%	0.80	LF
71	71	115 (1)	Aug 20	BOS	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.338	.401	.738	7	1.15	-0.086	.06	0.00%	-0.58	LF
72	72	116	Aug 21	BOS	@	DET	W,7-6	CG(12)	6	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	1		0	0	1			0	0	0	.281	.342	.406	.748	7						LF
73	73	117	Aug 22 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-6	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.282	.342	.408	.750	7						LF
74	74	118	Aug 22 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,6-7	CG(13)	6	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	.281	.345	.410	.755	1	.90	0.057	.01	0.00%	1.30	LF
75	75	119	Aug 23	BOS	@	CLE	W,9-7	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.284	.349	.411	.760	1	.61	0.073	.01	0.00%	1.88	LF
76	76	120	Aug 24 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.282	.349	.408	.757	7						CF
77	77	121	Aug 24 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-0	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.347	.403	.749	1	.93	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.71	CF
78	78	122	Aug 25 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-8	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.274	.341	.396	.737	1						CF
79	79	123	Aug 25 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.343	.397	.741	1	1.16	0.063	.01	0.00%	0.48	CF
80	80	124	Aug 26	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.275	.341	.395	.736	1						CF
81	81	155 (30)	Oct 3 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.272	.338	.391	.729	6						CF
							39-40		347	312	36	85	16	6	3	34	31	0	35	0	4		5	5	14	0	.272	.338	.391	.729		.96	0.095	1.18	0.10%	3.90

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