Roy Cullenbine
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: October 18, 1913 Nashville, Tennessee |
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Died: May 28, 1991 (aged 77) Detroit, Michigan |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 19, 1938, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
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| September 28, 1947, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .276 | ||
| Home runs | 110 | ||
| Runs batted in | 599 | ||
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Roy Joseph Cullenbine (October 18, 1913 – May 28, 1991) was a major league baseball outfielder and first baseman, playing for six teams in ten years: Detroit Tigers (1938–1939; 1945–1947), Brooklyn Dodgers (1940), St. Louis Browns (1940–1942), Washington Senators (1942), New York Yankees (1942) and Cleveland Indians (1943–1945). Cullenbine is particularly notable for his career-long ability to draw walks; he was among the American League leaders in walks for seven consecutive seasons from 1941 to 1947, and holds the major league record for most consecutive games (22) with a walk.
Born in Nashville, Tennessee but raised in Detroit, Michigan, Cullenbine was a switch-hitter and one of the most prolific recipients of bases on balls in major league history. In his ten-year career, he collected almost as many walks (853) as he did hits (1,072). He was among the American League leaders in walks for seven consecutive seasons from 1941 to 1947. He was once walked four times in the same game by Yankee ace Lefty Gomez, in August 1941. [1] In a July 1941 game, he scored 5 runs in only 2 official at bats.
Driven largely by his ability to draw walks, he had a career on-base percentage of .408, 132 points higher than his career batting average of .276. This on-base percentage ranks 38th best in major league history, higher than many Hall of Fame legends, including Honus Wagner, Joe DiMaggio, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron.
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