Dick Culler
1936–1949 · bats R / throws R · Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, New York Giants, Philadelphia Athletics
472G
.244AVG
.320OBP
.281SLG
More career statistics
372H
2HR
99RBI
19SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 5 | 19 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,727 | 1,728 |
| Batting · RBI | 99 | 98 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 19 | 18 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 472 | 1,727 | 1,527 | 195 | 372 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 99 | 166 | 87 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 429 | .244 | .320 | .281 | .601 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1945-08-12 to 1945-08-21
26longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 4 walks | 1946-08-18 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1945-04-24 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 10 | 3 runs scored | 1945-07-06 | 1 in 98 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 242 | 908 | 191 | 1 | 63 | 88 | 46 | .238 | .307 | .275 |
| Away | 230 | 820 | 181 | 1 | 35 | 78 | 41 | .250 | .316 | .287 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 29 | 104 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 5 | .258 | .337 | .337 |
| May | 64 | 209 | 47 | 0 | 15 | 17 | 14 | .247 | .306 | .258 |
| June | 89 | 345 | 77 | 1 | 23 | 34 | 13 | .254 | .322 | .297 |
| July | 86 | 275 | 61 | 1 | 12 | 22 | 12 | .245 | .302 | .281 |
| August | 98 | 364 | 85 | 0 | 22 | 42 | 17 | .269 | .349 | .323 |
| September | 105 | 427 | 79 | 0 | 21 | 38 | 26 | .210 | .274 | .233 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 70 | 260 | 62 | 0 | 15 | 27 | 9 | .274 | .342 | .319 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 59 | 225 | 45 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 19 | .218 | .267 | .252 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 57 | 206 | 57 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 8 | .310 | .359 | .375 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 57 | 207 | 44 | 0 | 11 | 26 | 8 | .251 | .338 | .280 |
| cincinnati-reds | 55 | 213 | 44 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 10 | .235 | .319 | .251 |
| new-york-giants | 55 | 208 | 46 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 8 | .256 | .346 | .306 |
| chicago-cubs | 50 | 199 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 11 | .178 | .231 | .200 |
| cleveland-guardians | 15 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | .173 | .259 | .231 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 9 | 38 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .237 | – | – |
| 1943 |  Chicago White Sox | 53 | 148 | 32 | – | 11 | 3 | .216 | – | – |
| 1944 |  Boston Braves | 8 | 28 | 2 | – | – | – | .071 | – | – |
| 1945 | Boston Braves | 136 | 527 | 138 | 2 | 30 | 7 | .262 | – | – |
| 1946 | Boston Braves | 134 | 482 | 123 | – | 33 | 7 | .255 | – | – |
| 1947 | Boston Braves | 77 | 214 | 53 | – | 18 | 1 | .248 | – | – |
| 1948 |  Chicago Cubs | 48 | 89 | 15 | – | 5 | – | .169 | – | – |
| 1949 |  New York Giants | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |