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.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	Apr 18	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 19	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
4	4	Apr 20	BOS		PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 21	BOS		PHA	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 22	BOS		PHA	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 26	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 27	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 28	BOS	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
10	10	Apr 29 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	Apr 29 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	0	13.0	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	BOS		WSH	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	14 (1)	May 5	BOS		NYY	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	15	May 6 (1)	BOS		NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
15	16	May 6 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,0-2	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	23 (6)	May 20 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
17	24	May 20 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
18	25	May 23	BOS		SLB	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	26	May 24	BOS		SLB	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	27	May 25	BOS		SLB	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
21	28	May 26	BOS		SLB	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	29	May 27 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,7-0	CG	28	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	30	May 27 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	31	May 28	BOS		CHW	L,6-8	GS	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	39 (7)	Jun 3 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	46 (6)	Jun 12	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	0	11.1	2	1	0	3	1
27	47	Jun 14	BOS	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	48	Jun 15 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-5	CG	55	14.0	6	1	0	7	1
29	49	Jun 15 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	T,4-4	CG	50	13.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	50	Jun 16	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
31	51	Jun 17 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
32	52	Jun 17 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,7-1	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	53	Jun 19	BOS		NYY	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	54	Jun 21	BOS		NYY	L,4-14	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	55	Jun 22	BOS		WSH	W,10-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	56	Jun 23	BOS		WSH	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	57	Jun 24 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	58	Jun 24 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,2-5	CG	43	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
39	59	Jun 27	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-9	GS	20	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	60	Jun 29	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
41	61	Jun 30	BOS	@	SLB	T,2-2	CG	25	6.1	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	62	Jul 1 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	63	Jul 1 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	64	Jul 2 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	65	Jul 2 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
46	66	Jul 3	BOS	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
47	67	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	68	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	71 (2)	Jul 6 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
50	72	Jul 7	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	73	Jul 8 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	74	Jul 8 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
53	75	Jul 12	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
54	76	Jul 13	BOS		DET	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
55	77	Jul 14	BOS		DET	W,7-1	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	82 (4)	Jul 19	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	88 (5)	Jul 27	BOS		WSH	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	97 (8)	Aug 4 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	W,15-4	GF	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	98	Aug 5 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
60	99	Aug 5 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	102 (2)	Aug 9	BOS	@	DET	L,5-11	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
62	103	Aug 10	BOS	@	DET	W,9-0	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
63	104	Aug 11	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
64	111 (6)	Aug 16	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-11	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	116 (4)	Aug 20	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-10	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	117	Aug 21 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
67	118	Aug 21 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	119	Aug 22 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
69	120	Aug 22 (2)	BOS	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
70	121	Aug 26 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
71	122	Aug 26 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	123	Aug 28	BOS	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	124	Aug 29	BOS	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	125	Aug 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	126	Aug 31 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-6	GS	25	6.0	3	0	1	4	0
76	127	Aug 31 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,4-2	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	137 (9)	Sep 8	BOS		CLE	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	138	Sep 9 (1)	BOS		DET	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
79	139	Sep 9 (2)	BOS		DET	T,3-3	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
80	140	Sep 10 (1)	BOS		DET	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	141	Sep 10 (2)	BOS		DET	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	143 (1)	Sep 12	BOS		SLB	L,2-9	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
83	144	Sep 13	BOS		SLB	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
84	145	Sep 14	BOS		SLB	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	146	Sep 16 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	147	Sep 16 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
87	148	Sep 17 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	149	Sep 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	153 (3)	Sep 22	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
90	155 (1)	Sep 23 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	157 (1)	Sep 30	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
							91gm			205	13	8	226	6