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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	BOS		NYY	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 19 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	Apr 19 (2)	BOS		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 22	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 25	BOS	@	WSH	W,5-4	GS	0		5	1	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 28	BOS		PHA	L,5-7	CG	67	16.0	6	0	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 29	BOS		PHA	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	11	May 1	BOS		WSH	L,4-11	CG	50	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	12	May 2	BOS		WSH	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	13	May 3	BOS		WSH	W,11-10	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	15 (1)	May 6	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	16	May 10	BOS		CLE	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	17	May 11	BOS		CLE	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	18	May 12	BOS		CLE	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	19	May 13	BOS		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	20	May 14 (1)	BOS		DET	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	21	May 14 (2)	BOS		DET	L,0-9	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	22	May 16	BOS		SLB	L,3-7	CG	59	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	23	May 17 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	24	May 17 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,8-12	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	26 (1)	May 19	BOS		CHW	W,3-2	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
25	27	May 20	BOS		CHW	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	28	May 21 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
27	29	May 21 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	30	May 24	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	34 (3)	May 28 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	35	May 28 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	37 (1)	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-9	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	40 (2)	Jun 1	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
33	41	Jun 2	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	55 (13)	Jun 18 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-6	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
35	56	Jun 18 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-1	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	75 (18)	Jul 7	BOS		CLE	L,5-8	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	76	Jul 8	BOS		CLE	W,11-7	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
38	77	Jul 9 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
39	89 (11)	Jul 23 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-1	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
40	93 (3)	Jul 26	BOS	@	DET	T,1-1	CG	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	94	Jul 27	BOS	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	101 (6)	Aug 4 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
43	102	Aug 5	BOS		WSH	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	103	Aug 6 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	104	Aug 6 (2)	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	105	Aug 9	BOS		CHW	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	106	Aug 10	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	107	Aug 11	BOS		CHW	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	108	Aug 12	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
50	109	Aug 13 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	CG	58	13.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	110	Aug 13 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,1-6	CG	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	111	Aug 14	BOS		SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	112	Aug 15	BOS		SLB	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	113	Aug 16	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	114	Aug 17	BOS		DET	T,3-3	CG	24	5.1	1	0	0	1	0
56	115	Aug 18 (1)	BOS		DET	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	116	Aug 18 (2)	BOS		DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	117	Aug 19	BOS		DET	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	118	Aug 20 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	119	Aug 20 (2)	BOS		CLE	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	120	Aug 21	BOS		CLE	L,6-7	CG	57	13.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	121	Aug 22	BOS		CLE	L,3-5	GS	36	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	122	Aug 25 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
64	123	Aug 25 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	129 (5)	Aug 29 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-11	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	149 (19)	Sep 24	BOS	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	48	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	150	Sep 25	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	151	Sep 26	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	153 (1)	Sep 29	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	2	0	0	2	0
70	154	Sep 30	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
71	155	Oct 1 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	156	Oct 1 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
							72gm			174	5	4	183	2