Leon Culberson
1943–1948 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60)
371G
.266AVG
.327OBP
.379SLG
More career statistics
324H
14HR
131RBI
28SB
2Rare feats
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 · RBI | 131 | 132 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 371 | 1,348 | 1,217 | 148 | 324 | 59 | 18 | 14 | 131 | 107 | 126 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 461 | .266 | .327 | .379 | .706 |
Streaks
10longest hitting streak · 1943-07-26 to 1943-08-07
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | Natural Cycle | 1943-07-03 | 1 in 17,361 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | The Cycle | 1943-07-03 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 3 doubles | 1945-05-01 | 1 in 2,195 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 191 | 705 | 183 | 6 | 69 | 51 | 64 | .287 | .332 | .403 |
| Away | 180 | 643 | 141 | 8 | 63 | 56 | 62 | .243 | .306 | .352 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 37 | 157 | 34 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 20 | .250 | .325 | .353 |
| May | 79 | 293 | 67 | 4 | 28 | 30 | 23 | .261 | .331 | .381 |
| June | 58 | 208 | 50 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 16 | .266 | .317 | .362 |
| July | 74 | 263 | 76 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 25 | .311 | .338 | .430 |
| August | 81 | 308 | 76 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 28 | .267 | .315 | .407 |
| September | 39 | 108 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 12 | .198 | .269 | .250 |
| October | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 61 | 219 | 51 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 22 | .254 | .306 | .358 |
| chicago-white-sox | 60 | 224 | 54 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 24 | .261 | .304 | .367 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 58 | 195 | 49 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 17 | .271 | .303 | .387 |
| st-louis-browns | 55 | 208 | 47 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 15 | .250 | .293 | .351 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 51 | 192 | 49 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 18 | .295 | .365 | .440 |
| cleveland-guardians | 46 | 182 | 46 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 17 | .286 | .357 | .435 |
| new-york-yankees | 39 | 124 | 28 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 13 | .257 | .331 | .312 |
| boston-red-sox | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 |  Boston Red Sox | 81 | 312 | 85 | 3 | 34 | 14 | .272 | – | – |
| 1944 | Boston Red Sox | 75 | 282 | 67 | 2 | 21 | 6 | .238 | – | – |
| 1945 | Boston Red Sox | 97 | 331 | 91 | 6 | 46 | 4 | .275 | – | – |
| 1946 | Boston Red Sox | 59 | 179 | 56 | 3 | 18 | 3 | .313 | – | – |
| 1947 | Boston Red Sox | 47 | 84 | 20 | – | 11 | 1 | .238 | – | – |
| 1948 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 12 | 29 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .172 | – | – |