Dick Culler
[edit] Biography
Dick Culler (Richard Broadus Culler) was born on January 15, 1915 in High Point, North Carolina. He made his Major League debut on September 19, 1936 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In 1943, his rookie year, he hit .216 with 0 home runs and 11 RBI. Culler played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs and New York Giants over the course of his 8 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1936
| PHI
| A
| 9
| 38
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 1
| .237
| .256
| .237
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1943
| CHI
| A
| 53
| 148
| 9
| 32
| 0
| 11
| .216
| .297
| .264
| 5
| 1
| 16
| 11
| 1
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 4
|
| 1944
| BOS
| N
| 8
| 28
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .071
| .188
| .071
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1945
| BOS
| N
| 136
| 527
| 87
| 138
| 2
| 30
| .262
| .328
| .300
| 12
| 1
| 50
| 35
| 2
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 8
|
| 1946
| BOS
| N
| 134
| 482
| 70
| 123
| 0
| 33
| .255
| .342
| .299
| 15
| 3
| 62
| 18
| 2
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 15
|
| 1947
| BOS
| N
| 77
| 214
| 20
| 53
| 0
| 19
| .248
| .309
| .280
| 5
| 1
| 19
| 15
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 5
|
| 1948
| CHI
| N
| 48
| 89
| 4
| 15
| 0
| 5
| .169
| .275
| .191
| 2
| 0
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1949
| NY
| N
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .500
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 410
| 1341
| 183
| 331
| 2
| 87
| .247
| .324
| .284
| 34
| 5
| 149
| 73
| 4
| 26
| 15
| 0
| 33
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 62
| 186
| 12
| 41
| 0
| 12
| .220
| .289
| .258
| 5
| 1
| 17
| 14
| 1
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 4
|
| Total
|
|
| 472
| 1527
| 195
| 372
| 2
| 99
| .244
| .320
| .281
| 39
| 6
| 166
| 87
| 5
| 29
| 19
| 0
| 37
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1936
| PHI
| A
| 2B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 15
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1936
| PHI
| A
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1943
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 45
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1943
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 71
| 4
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1943
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1944
| BOS
| N
| SS
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 33
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .904
|
| 1945
| BOS
| N
| SS
| 126
| 0
| 0
| 252
| 386
| 31
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| 1945
| BOS
| N
| 3B
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 14
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .885
|
| 1946
| BOS
| N
| SS
| 132
| 0
| 0
| 279
| 380
| 36
| 68
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1947
| BOS
| N
| SS
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 106
| 212
| 11
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1948
| CHI
| N
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1948
| CHI
| N
| SS
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 65
| 114
| 6
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1949
| NY
| N
| SS
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .889
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 59
| 7
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .934
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 398
| 0
| 0
| 723
| 1139
| 90
| 196
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 59
| 87
| 6
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
[edit] Transactions
- Released by Philadelphia Athletics (1937).
- Selected by Chicago White Sox from St Paul (American Association) in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 2, 1942).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Bill Swift to Milwaukee (American Association) (October 28, 1943) completing trade in which Milwaukee (American Association) traded Grey Clarke to Chicago White Sox in exchange for 2 players to be named later (September 20, 1943).
- Traded by Milwaukee (American Association) with Tommy Nelson to Boston Braves in exchange for 2 players to be named later (September, 1944); Milwaukee (American Association) received Buck Etchison (October 14, 1944) and Carl Lindquist (January, 1945).
- Traded by Boston Braves to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bobby Sturgeon (March 1, 1948).
- Sold by Chicago Cubs to New York Giants (August 3, 1948).
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