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	18-29 / in Starts: 8-9
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	39 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 102 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	77 (41-22-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 102 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	66 (34-21-10)

Most Driven In
D DiMaggio	2
T Williams	2
B Doerr	2
J Pesky	1
R York	1
J Jones	1
S Mele	1

Most Driven In By
E Pellagrini	4
W Moses	1
J Dobson	1
T Williams	1
D DiMaggio	1
T Hughson	0
J Pesky	0

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 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	313	10 (9)	Apr 26	BOS		PHA	L,2-5	GS-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0		1.000			1	1.24	0.017	3.38	0.03%	0.18	RF
May		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
2	314	15 (4)	May 3	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-9	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	9	.06	-0.001	.15	0.00%	-0.14	PH
3	315	18 (2)	May 6	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-5	3-GF(11)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	6	1.39	-0.131	3.80	-0.22%	-0.60	RF
4	316	19	May 8	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.300	.125	.425	7	.81	-0.026	2.59	-0.05%	0.44	CF
5	317	20	May 10	BOS		NYY	L,6-9	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.429	.364	.792	7	.79	0.098	2.57	0.19%	1.71	RF
6	318	21	May 11	BOS		NYY	W,8-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.389	.333	.722	7	.46	-0.029	1.42	-0.05%	-0.78	RF
7	319	22	May 12	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.278	.381	.333	.714	7	2.39	-0.055	7.92	-0.11%	-0.50	RF
8	320	23	May 13	BOS		CHW	W,19-6	CG	6	5	2	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.348	.444	.391	.836	7	.64	0.066	2.16	0.14%	2.66	RF
9	321	24	May 14	BOS		CHW	W,5-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.484	.423	.907	7	.37	0.081	1.35	0.18%	1.29	RF
10	322	25	May 15	BOS		SLB	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.379	.471	.414	.884	7	1.97	-0.096	6.69	-0.20%	-0.42	RF
11	323	26	May 16	BOS		SLB	W,12-7	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0	1	0	0	.375	.487	.406	.893	7	.26	0.044	.88	0.09%	0.41	RF
12	324	27	May 17	BOS		SLB	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.442	.361	.803	7	1.53	-0.146	5.33	-0.30%	-0.97	RF
13	325	34 (6)	May 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-9	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.432	.351	.783	9	1.65	-0.037	5.32	-0.07%	-0.34	PH
14	326	35	May 27	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.422	.342	.764	4	.14	-0.004	.40	-0.01%	-0.10	LF
15	327	38 (2)	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-13	0-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.316	.435	.342	.777	3						CF
16	328	39	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.426	.333	.759	9	.79	-0.020	2.24	-0.03%	-0.09	PH
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	329	43 (3)	Jun 4	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.300	.417	.325	.742	4						LF
18	330	44	Jun 8	BOS	@	DET	L,0-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.293	.408	.317	.725	3						PH RF
19	331	48 (3)	Jun 13	BOS		CHW	W,5-3	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.407	.326	.733	3	1.44	-0.076	5.00	-0.16%	-0.62	RF
20	332	49	Jun 15 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,7-3	0-GF	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.292	.393	.313	.705	9						PH RF
21	333	52 (2)	Jun 18	BOS		SLB	W,6-5	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.386	.306	.692	8	2.26	-0.057	9.45	-0.14%	-0.24	PH
22	334	61 (8)	Jun 27	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-3	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.397	.320	.717	1	1.06	0.059	4.53	0.15%	0.65	PH 3B
23	335	62	Jun 28	BOS	@	WSH	W,8-0	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.302	.403	.321	.724	6	1.02	0.161	4.14	0.39%	1.45	3B
24	336	63	Jun 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.409	.321	.731	6	1.26	0.092	5.65	0.25%	0.31	3B
25	337	64	Jun 29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.400	.305	.705	6	1.33	-0.069	5.49	-0.17%	-0.27	3B CF
26	338	65	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.274	.392	.290	.682	5	2.16	-0.165	10.79	-0.50%	-1.10	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
27	339	67 (1)	Jul 3	BOS		PHA	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.387	.286	.672	9	.93	-0.019	2.50	-0.03%	-0.20	PH
28	340	75 (7)	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,0-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.382	.281	.663	9	2.78	-0.067	7.32	-0.11%	-0.58	PH
29	341	80 (4)	Jul 15	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.250	.363	.265	.627	3	.96	-0.121	1.16	-0.09%	-1.16	RF
30	342	83 (2)	Jul 17 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.246	.358	.261	.619	9						PH
31	343	89 (5)	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	W,8-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.354	.257	.611	9	1.91	-0.099	1.34	-0.04%	-0.66	PH
32	344	92 (2)	Jul 26	BOS		SLB	W,12-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.354	.257	.611	4						LF
33	345	94 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,11-2	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.354	.257	.611	4						LF
34	346	97 (2)	Jul 31	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.349	.254	.603	1	2.62	-0.065	2.41	-0.04%	-0.16	PH
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
35	347	100 (2)	Aug 3	BOS		DET	L,3-10	6-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.264	.621	9	.48	0.023	.29	0.01%	1.00	PH
36	348	102 (1)	Aug 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.353	.260	.613	9	2.13	-0.053	.69	-0.01%	-0.21	PH
37	349	110 (7)	Aug 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-10	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.349	.257	.606	9	3.90	-0.097	3.99	-0.06%	-0.74	PH
38	350	114 (3)	Aug 21	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.349	.257	.606	8						PH
39	351	120 (5)	Aug 26 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-12	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.341	.250	.591	9	.45	-0.022	.08	0.00%	-0.38	PH RF
40	352	122 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.238	.337	.250	.587	1	1.73	-0.023	.38	0.00%	-0.51	RF
Sept		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
41	353	131 (8)	Sep 3 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,6-9	6-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.344	.250	.594	9	.34	0.011	.03	0.00%	0.21	PH
42	354	132	Sep 5	BOS	@	PHA	L,7-9	7-7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.351	.250	.601	9	1.31	0.059	.03	0.00%	0.38	PH
43	355	135 (2)	Sep 7 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.358	.259	.617	9	3.83	0.110	.07	0.00%	0.38	PH
44	356	137 (1)	Sep 10	BOS		DET	L,0-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.354	.256	.610	9	.20	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.44	PH
45	357	140 (2)	Sep 12	BOS		CLE	L,6-11	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.361	.256	.617	4	.05	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.38	LF
46	358	149 (8)	Sep 18	BOS		SLB	W,10-6	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.357	.253	.610	9	.42	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.24	PH
47	359	157 (7)	Sep 28	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-5	3-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.354	.250	.604	9	2.21	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.31	PH
							18-29		102	84	10	20	1	0	0	11	12	0	10	3	3		0	2	1	1	.238	.354	.250	.604		1.23	-0.709	3.35	-0.96%	-0.33

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