Leon Culberson

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Full Name: Delbert Leon Culberson	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/180	First Game: May 16, 1943
Birthdate: August 6, 1919	Final Game: May 12, 1948
Birthplace: Hall's Station, Georgia	MLB Experience: 6 years
Died: September 17, 1989
Deathplace: Rome, Georgia
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Leon Culberson (Delbert Leon Culberson) was born on August 6, 1919 in Hall's Station, Georgia. He made his Major League debut on May 16, 1943 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1943, his rookie year, he hit .272 with 3 home runs and 34 RBI. Culberson played for the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators over the course of his 6 year career.

Most people believe that Leon Culberson's best season was 1945, when he hit for a .275 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1943	BOS	A	80	312	36	85	3	34	.272	.336	.391	16	6	30	35	0	4	13	0	5
1944	BOS	A	75	282	41	67	2	21	.238	.288	.333	11	5	20	20	0	1	6	0	5
1945	BOS	A	97	331	26	91	6	45	.275	.316	.429	21	6	20	37	0	4	4	0	14
1946	BOS	A	59	179	34	56	3	18	.313	.369	.430	10	1	16	19	0	9	3	0	4
1947	BOS	A	47	84	10	20	0	11	.238	.354	.250	1	0	12	10	3	3	1	0	2
1948	WAS	A	12	29	1	5	0	2	.172	.351	.172	0	0	8	5	0	0	0	0	2
Total			370	1217	148	324	14	131	.266	.327	.379	59	18	106	126	3	21	27	0	32

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1943	BOS	A	OF	79	0	0	211	10	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1944	BOS	A	OF	72	0	0	182	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1945	BOS	A	OF	91	0	0	219	14	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1946	BOS	A	OF	49	0	0	87	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1946	BOS	A	3B	4	0	0	2	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.846
1947	BOS	A	OF	25	0	0	35	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1947	BOS	A	3B	4	0	0	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1948	WAS	A	OF	11	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	8	0	0	3	13	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.842
Total			OF	327	0	0	750	34	21	10	0	0	0	0	0	.974

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Boston Red Sox with Al Kozar to Washington Senators in exchange for Stan Spence (December 10, 1947).
Traded by Washington Senators with $20000 to New York Yankees in exchange for Bud Stewart (May 13, 1948).

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