Tim Cullen

Full Name: Timothy Leo Cullen	Primary Position: 2B,SS
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/185	First Game: August 8, 1966
Birthdate: February 16, 1942	Final Game: October 1, 1972
Birthplace: San Francisco, California	MLB Experience: 7 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Tim Cullen (Timothy Leo Cullen) was born on February 16, 1942 in San Francisco, California. He made his Major League debut on August 8, 1966 for the Washington Senators. In 1967, his rookie year, he hit .236 with 2 home runs and 31 RBI and made the Topps All Rookie Team. Cullen played for the Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 7 year career.

Cullen,nicknames "The Worm",was known as one of the best fielding second basemen in the American League. In 1970,he led the league with a .994 fielding percentage in 112 games. With the trade of Ed Brinkman to the Detroit Tigers after the 1970 season,Cullen split time between second base and shortstop in 1971. In 79 games at second base,he had a fielding percentage of .997,making only one error.

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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
1966	WAS	A	18	34	8	8	0	0	.235	.278	.265	1	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	0
1967	WAS	A	124	402	35	95	2	31	.236	.306	.269	7	0	40	47	1	7	4	2	5
1968	WAS	A	47	114	8	31	1	16	.272	.323	.368	4	2	7	12	2	2	0	1	2
1968	CHI	A	72	155	16	31	2	13	.200	.275	.284	7	0	15	23	1	5	0	5	3
1968	TOT	A	119	269	24	62	3	29	.230	.295	.320	11	2	22	35	3	7	0	6	5
1969	WAS	A	119	249	22	52	1	15	.209	.253	.249	7	0	14	27	2	8	1	1	13
1970	WAS	A	123	262	22	56	1	18	.214	.301	.279	10	2	31	38	3	2	3	6	10
1971	WAS	A	125	403	34	77	2	26	.191	.252	.258	13	4	33	47	0	6	2	4	11
1972	OAK	A	72	142	10	37	0	15	.261	.286	.331	8	1	5	17	0	2	0	0	3
Total			700	1761	155	387	9	134	.220	.282	.278	57	9	147	219	9	32	10	19	47

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1966	WAS	A	3B	8	6	52	7	9	2	1	.889
1966	WAS	A	2B	5	2	31	7	10	0	3	1.000
1967	WAS	A	SS	70	64	559.2	105	224	17	40	.951
1967	WAS	A	2B	47	34	337.1	98	107	9	24	.958
1967	WAS	A	3B	15	12	112.1	16	30	1	3	.979
1968	WAS	A	3B	3	2	21.1	0	1	1	0	.500
1968	WAS	A	SS	33	18	178.2	35	56	3	10	.968
1968	WAS	A	2B	16	15	116	34	40	3	7	.961
1968	CHI	A	2B	71	52	456.1	104	150	9	34	.966
1968	TOT	A	2B	87	67	572.1	138	190	12	41	.965
1969	WAS	A	3B	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.000
1969	WAS	A	2B	105	56	577.1	166	188	7	44	.981
1969	WAS	A	SS	9	4	53	7	22	3	3	.906
1970	WAS	A	2B	112	75	721.2	211	262	3	65	.994
1970	WAS	A	SS	6	0	10.2	1	3	0	0	1.000
1971	WAS	A	2B	79	69	592.2	165	213	1	47	.997
1971	WAS	A	SS	61	54	442.1	97	166	10	39	.963
1972	OAK	A	3B	4	0	15	4	3	0	0	1.000
1972	OAK	A	SS	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	1.000
1972	OAK	A	2B	65	43	390.2	103	117	11	24	.952
Total			3B	31	20	202.2	27	44	4	4	.947
Total			SS	180	140	1247.1	245	472	33	92	.956
Total			2B	500	346	3223	888	1087	43	248	.979

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1964).
Selected by Washington Senators from Boston Red Sox in the first-year minor league draft (November 30, 1964).
Traded by Washington Senators with Buster Narum and Bob Priddy to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Dennis Higgins, Steve Jones and Ron Hansen (February 13, 1968).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to Washington Senators in exchange for Ron Hansen (August 2, 1968).
Released by Texas Rangers (March 7, 1972).
Signed by Oakland Athletics (April 15, 1972).