Benny Culp
American baseball player (1914-2000)
Benny Culp | |
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Catcher | |
Born:
(
1914-01-19
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January 19, 1914
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Died:
October 13, 2000
(2000-10-13)
(aged
86)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Batted:
Right
Threw:
Right
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MLB debut | |
September 17, 1942, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 9, 1944, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .192 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 2 |
Teams | |
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Benjamin Baldy Culp (January 19, 1914 – October 23, 2000) was an American professional baseball player and coach . A catcher , he appeared in 15 Major League games for the Philadelphia Phillies ( 1942 – 44 ). He threw and batted right-handed , stood 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg) .
Culp is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the Major Leagues during World War II , making his debut on September 17, 1942, in a home game against the Chicago Cubs at Shibe Park . Culp served in the United States Navy during the last two years of the war. [1] [2] He then returned to the MLB Phillies as a coach during the 1946 – 47 seasons, working under manager Ben Chapman .
His MLB career totals include 15 games played , 5 hits in 26 at bats (.192), a .276 on-base percentage , 2 runs batted in , and 5 runs scored . In the field he handled 25 of 27 total chances successfully for a fielding percentage of .926, well below the league average at the time.
Culp died in his hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , at the age of 86.
References
- ↑ Baseball in Wartime
- ↑ The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia . Sterling Publishing. 2007. p. 423. ISBN 978-1-4027-4771-7 .
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB , or Baseball Reference
- Retrosheet
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