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Ray Culp
Raymond Leonard Culp

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb.

Debut April 10, 1963
  vs. CIN 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER, W
Final Game September 3, 1973
Born August 6, 1941 in Elgin, TX

Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)

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        A great competitor - one of my favorite pitchers for the Red Sox when I was a kid

Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1963 21 PHI NL  14  11  34  30  10   5   0  0  203.3  148   76   67  15  102  176   6   5   840   8   0  2.97  3.26  110 1.230 RoY-3,AS
 1964 22 PHI NL   8   7  30  19   3   1   4  0  135.0  139   77   62  15   56   96   5   8   601   4   1  4.13  3.46   84 1.444
 1965 23 PHI NL  14  10  33  30  11   2   1  0  204.3  188   89   73  14   78  134  12   7   877   9   0  3.22  3.47  108 1.302
 1966 24 PHI NL   7   4  34  12   1   0  11  1  110.7  106   66   62  19   53  100   7   9   495   4   1  5.04  3.57   71 1.437
 1967 25 CHC NL   8  11  30  22   4   1   3  0  152.7  138   69   66  22   59  111   2   5   649   4   0  3.89  3.54   91 1.290
 1968 26 BOS AL  16   6  35  30  11   6   2  0  216.3  166   79   70  18   82  190   9   9   888   8   0  2.91  3.19  109 1.146
 1969 27 BOS AL  17   8  32  32   9   2   0  0  227.0  195  103   96  25   79  172   6   8   944   6   0  3.81  3.85  101 1.207 AS
 1970 28 BOS AL  17  14  33  33  15   1   0  0  251.3  211  104   85  22   91  197  11  10  1057   8   0  3.04  3.98  131 1.202
 1971 29 BOS AL  14  16  35  35  12   3   0  0  242.3  236  108   97  21   67  151   5   7  1024   4   0  3.60  3.74  104 1.250
 1972 30 BOS AL   5   8  16  16   4   1   0  0  105.0  104   60   52   8   53   52   3   2   467   3   1  4.46  3.25   73 1.495
 1973 31 BOS AL   2   6  10   9   0   0   0  0   50.3   46   32   25   9   32   32   4   3   224   0   0  4.47  4.05   91 1.550
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .547 122 101 322 268  80  22  21  1 1898.3 1677  863  755 188  752 1411  70  73  8066  58   3  3.58  3.58  100 1.280
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    14  11  37  30   9   2   2  0  218.7  193   99   87  21   86  162   8   8   929   6   0  3.58  3.58  100 1.280
 Career High     17  16  35  35  15   6  11  1  251.3  236  108   97  25  102  197  12  10  1057   9   1  2.91  4.05  131 1.146

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1963 21 PHI NL  34   66    4    9   1  0   0    4   0  0   3  29  .136  .174  .152   -5   10   7   0   0   0   1 RoY-3,AS
 1964 22 PHI NL  30   44    1    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   2  24  .114  .152  .114  -23    5   0   0   0   0   0
 1965 23 PHI NL  33   68    7    6   1  0   0    3   0  0   4  28  .088  .139  .103  -30    7   8   0   0   0   1
 1966 24 PHI NL  34   26    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  17  .077  .077  .077  -57    2   5   0   0   0   0
 1967 25 CHC NL  30   51    4    5   0  2   0    5   0  0   0  29  .098  .098  .176  -24    9   8   0   0   0   0
 1968 26 BOS AL  35   70    4    8   1  0   0    3   0  0   3  38  .114  .162  .129  -14    9   7   0   0   1   0
 1969 27 BOS AL  32   79    9   12   4  0   1    5   0  1   4  33  .152  .193  .241   18   19   6   0   0   0   3 AS
 1970 28 BOS AL  33   97    3   12   1  0   0    4   0  0   3  39  .124  .150  .134  -23   13   5   0   0   0   2
 1971 29 BOS AL  35   68    5    8   0  0   0    5   0  0   6  40  .118  .189  .118  -14    8  17   0   0   0   1
 1972 30 BOS AL  16   33    3    7   0  0   0    2   0  0   1  15  .212  .235  .212   31    7   4   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     312  602   40   74   8  2   1   34   0  1  26 292  .123  .161  .148  -13   89  67   0   0   1   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        313   21   38   4  1   1   18   0  1  14 152  .123  .161  .148  -13   46  35   0   0   1   4
 Career High     35   97    9   12   4  2   1    5   0  1   6  40                          19  17   0   0   1   3
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1963 21 PHI NL   76   65    2   0.8    88| .136  .253| .174  .315| .152  .378| .326  .693|  -5  .055  -9.0  -1.0   0%
 1964 22 PHI NL   46   39    1   0.7    93| .114  .262| .152  .320| .114  .389| .266  .709| -23  .037  -7.2  -0.8   0%
 1965 23 PHI NL   80   71    1   0.4    92| .088  .256| .139  .319| .103  .387| .242  .706| -30  .012 -11.7  -1.2   0%
 1966 24 PHI NL   31   29    0   0.0    96| .077  .265| .077  .323| .077  .399| .154  .722| -57  .000  -5.5  -0.6   0%
 1967 25 CHC NL   59   54    1   0.5    94| .098  .264| .098  .327| .176  .387| .274  .714| -24  .022  -8.8  -1.0   0%
 1968 26 BOS AL   81   69    2   0.8    86| .114  .246| .162  .317| .129  .364| .291  .681| -14  .060 -10.0  -1.2   0%
 1969 27 BOS AL   89   77    3   1.0   100| .152  .262| .193  .340| .241  .395| .434  .735|  18  .073  -9.3  -1.0   0%
 1970 28 BOS AL  105   92    2   0.6   104| .124  .267| .150  .342| .134  .407| .284  .750| -23  .025 -17.2  -1.8   0%
 1971 29 BOS AL   91   78    3   1.0    99| .118  .264| .189  .337| .118  .392| .307  .729| -14  .076 -10.9  -1.2   0%
 1972 30 BOS AL   38   30    2   1.8    88| .212  .253| .235  .323| .212  .365| .447  .688|  31  .215  -3.0  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      696  604   17   0.8    95| .123  .259| .161  .328| .148  .388| .309  .716| -13  .045 -92.7 -10.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1963 21 PHI NL P 34 13 27 0 3 1.000 .950 1.18 0.84 1.77 2.06 30 203.3 AS 1964 22 PHI NL P 30 10 20 2 0 .938 .952 1.00 0.84 2.00 2.14 19 135.3 1965 23 PHI NL P 33 19 24 0 2 1.000 .956 1.30 0.81 1.89 2.08 30 204.3 1966 24 PHI NL P 34 3 14 2 0 .895 .944 0.50 0.74 1.38 1.96 12 110.7 1967 25 CHC NL P 30 7 21 1 2 .966 .959 0.93 0.78 1.65 2.00 22 152.7 1968 26 BOS AL P 35 15 23 0 1 1.000 .957 1.09 0.73 1.58 1.89 30 216.3 1969 27 BOS AL P 32 20 31 8 1 .864 .951 1.59 0.69 2.02 1.88 32 227.0 AS 1970 28 BOS AL P 33 22 24 5 4 .902 .950 1.39 0.67 1.65 1.86 33 251.3 1971 29 BOS AL P 35 8 32 3 1 .930 .957 1.14 0.77 1.49 1.98 35 242.3 1972 30 BOS AL P 16 12 14 0 1 1.000 .949 1.62 0.75 2.23 1.86 16 105.0 1973 31 BOS AL P 10 6 7 1 0 .929 .949 1.30 0.86 2.33 1.86 9 50.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1963 21 PHI NL P 34 13 27 0 3 1.000 .950 1.18 0.84 1.77 2.06 30 203.3 1964 22 PHI NL P 30 10 20 2 0 .938 .952 1.00 0.84 2.00 2.14 19 135.3 1965 23 PHI NL P 33 19 24 0 2 1.000 .956 1.30 0.81 1.89 2.08 30 204.3 1966 24 PHI NL P 34 3 14 2 0 .895 .944 0.50 0.74 1.38 1.96 12 110.7 1967 25 CHC NL P 30 7 21 1 2 .966 .959 0.93 0.78 1.65 2.00 22 152.7 1968 26 BOS AL P 35 15 23 0 1 1.000 .957 1.09 0.73 1.58 1.89 30 216.3 1969 27 BOS AL P 32 20 31 8 1 .864 .951 1.59 0.69 2.02 1.88 32 227.0 1970 28 BOS AL P 33 22 24 5 4 .902 .950 1.39 0.67 1.65 1.86 33 251.3 1971 29 BOS AL P 35 8 32 3 1 .930 .957 1.14 0.77 1.49 1.98 35 242.3 1972 30 BOS AL P 16 12 14 0 1 1.000 .949 1.62 0.75 2.23 1.86 16 105.0 1973 31 BOS AL P 10 6 7 1 0 .929 .949 1.30 0.86 2.33 1.86 9 50.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 322 135 237 22 15 .944 .953 1.16 0.77 1.76 1.96 268 1898.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 322 135 237 22 15 .944 .953 1.16 0.77 1.76 1.96 268 1899
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1963   PHI NL      0  0  0   1     1   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1969   BOS AL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 2/2      0  0  0  0   2     1   0   0   0   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0   0.00 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1963   PHI NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1969   BOS AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/2      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1963 *
1969 *

Sac. Hits
1967 NL-8-10
1971 AL-17-2

ERA
1970 AL-3.04-8

Wins
1968 AL-16-8
1969 AL-17-9
1970 AL-17-9

Won-Loss %
1968 AL-.727-2
1969 AL-.680-8

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1970 AL-1.202-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1963 NL-6.55-2
1968 AL-6.91-8
1970 AL-7.56-5

Strikeouts/9IP
1963 NL-7.79-3
1968 AL-7.90-4
1969 AL-6.82-6
1970 AL-7.05-8

Strikeouts
1963 NL-176-8
1968 AL-190-8
1969 AL-172-8
1970 AL-197-5

Comp. Games
1968 AL-11-9
1970 AL-15-5

Shutouts
1963 NL-5-5
1968 AL-6-2

Home Runs Allow.
1967 NL-22-3
1969 AL-25-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1963 NL-102-1
1965 NL-78-8
1968 AL-82-6
1970 AL-91-9

SO to Walk
1969 AL-2.18-8

Losses
1970 AL-14-10
1971 AL-16-7

Earned Runs Allow.
1969 AL-96-10
1971 AL-97-9

Wild Pitches
1966 NL-9-9
1968 AL-9-8
1970 AL-10-9

Hit Batsmen
1965 NL-12-1
1966 NL-7-9
1970 AL-11-1

Adjusted ERA+
1970 AL-131-4

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 50 (499) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 17.0 (385) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 16.0 (705) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 6, 1959: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

December 7, 1966: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with cash to the Chicago Cubs for Dick Ellsworth.

November 30, 1967: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Boston Red Sox for Bill Schlesinger and cash.

October 27, 1972: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

Before 1973 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 25, 1973: Released by the Boston Red Sox.


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