George Culver Stats

George Culver was born on Thursday, July 8, 1943, in Salinas, California. Culver was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 7, 1966, with the Cleveland Indians. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive George Culver baseball stats page.

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"Right now I don't even care about the ($1,000 bonus) money, but I'll take it if they want to give it to me. I don't even know right now what this all means to me. It's like I'm in another world. I was actually crying after the (no-hit) game." - George Culver in The Dayton Daily News (Jim Ferguson, Diary of a No-Hitter: Upset Stomach to Ingrown Toenail, July 30, 1968, Page 12)

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George Culver Autograph on a 1970 Topps Baseball Card (#92 | <a href='../baseball_cards/baseball_cards_oneset.php?s=1970top01' title='1970 Topps Baseball Card Checklist'>Checklist</a>)

George Culver Autograph on a 1970 Topps Baseball Card (#92 | Checklist)

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Birth Name:   George Raymond Culver
Nickname:   None
Born On:   07-08-1943  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Salinas, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   North High School (Bakersfield, CA)
College:   Bakersfield College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   09-07-1966 (Age 23)
Last Game:   06-09-1974
Draft:   Not Applicable / Signing Bonus = $2,500

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George Culver Pitching Stats

1966 23 Indians 5 1 1 0 2 .000 8.38 0 0 0 9.2 51 15 9 9 1 7 0 6 0 1 0 -
1967 24 Indians 53 1 21 7 3 .700 3.96 0 0 3 75.0 322 71 33 40 2 31 9 41 8 6 1 -
1968 25 Reds 42 35 5 11 16 .407 3.22 5 2 2 226.1 980 229 81 95 8 84 7 114 5 14 0 -
1969 26 Reds 32 13 10 5 7 .417 4.26 0 0 4 101.1 470 117 48 55 8 52 6 58 7 9 0 -
1970 27 Cardinals 11 7 1 3 3 .500 4.61 2 0 0 56.2 252 64 29 31 6 24 4 23 3 1 0 -
1970 27 Astros 32 0 15 3 3 .500 3.20 0 0 3 45.0 200 44 16 17 1 21 2 31 8 3 0 -
1971 28 Astros 59 0 34 5 8 .385 2.64 0 0 7 95.1 398 89 28 33 4 38 10 57 4 2 0 -
1972 29 Astros 45 0 16 6 2 .750 3.05 0 0 2 97.1 401 73 33 33 7 43 3 82 2 5 0 -
1973 30 Dodgers 28 0 13 4 4 .500 3.00 0 0 2 42.0 185 45 14 15 4 21 6 23 2 1 0 -
1973 30 Phillies 14 0 8 3 1 .750 4.82 0 0 0 18.2 94 26 10 10 0 15 6 7 2 0 0 -
1974 31 Phillies 14 0 3 1 0 1.000 6.65 0 0 0 21.2 98 20 16 16 1 16 1 9 2 1 0 -
9 Years 335 57 127 48 49 .495 3.62 7 2 23 789.0 3,451 793 317 354 42 352 54 451 43 43 1 -

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George Culver Hitting Stats

1966 23 Indians 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1967 24 Indians 53 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250
1968 25 Reds 49 66 2 8 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 24 11 0 0 2 .121 .159 .136
1969 26 Reds 32 31 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0 0 0 .097 .097 .097
1970 27 Cardinals 11 17 2 3 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 .176 .158 .294
1970 27 Astros 32 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250
1971 28 Astros 59 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 0 0 1 .091 .091 .091
1972 29 Astros 45 19 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 2 0 0 0 .158 .200 .211
1973 30 Dodgers 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1973 30 Phillies 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1974 31 Phillies 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
9 Years 342 161 8 20 2 1 0 0 11 4 0 63 20 2 0 3 .124 .144 .149

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George Culver Fielding Stats

1966 Indians P 5 1 29 4 0.8 4 1 3 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.72
1967 Indians P 53 1 225 23 0.4 22 6 16 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .957 2.64
1968 Reds P 42 35 679 70 1.7 68 23 45 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.70
1969 Reds P 32 13 304 34 1.1 33 10 23 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.93
1970 Cardinals P 11 7 170 22 2.0 21 5 16 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .955 3.34
1970 Astros P 32 0 135 7 0.2 6 3 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 1.20
1971 Astros P 59 0 286 27 0.5 24 7 17 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .889 2.27
1972 Astros P 45 0 292 20 0.4 18 6 12 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .900 1.66
1973 Dodgers P 28 0 126 17 0.6 17 5 12 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.64
1973 Phillies P 14 0 56 7 0.5 7 1 6 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.38
1974 Phillies P 14 0 65 5 0.4 3 0 3 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .600 1.25
P Totals 335 57 2,367 236 0.7 223 67 156 13 13 n/a n/a n/a .945 2.54
9 Years 335 57 2,367 236 0.7 223 67 156 13 13 n/a n/a n/a .945 2.54

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George Culver Miscellaneous Stats

1966 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.86 5.59 6.52
1967 Indians 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.32 4.92 3.72
1968 Reds 0 0 .000 0 7 n/a 0.0 2.8 33.0 1.36 4.53 3.34
1969 Reds 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.6 0.0 1.12 5.15 4.62
1970 Cardinals 1 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.4 2.8 0.96 3.65 3.81
1970 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.48 6.20 4.20
1971 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.8 5.5 1.50 5.38 3.59
1972 Astros 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.9 19.0 1.91 7.58 3.98
1973 Dodgers 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 4.0 0.0 1.10 4.93 4.50
1973 Phillies 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.47 3.37 7.23
1974 Phillies 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.56 3.74 6.65
9 Years 1 0 1.000 0 7 n/a 0.0 2.6 14.6 1.28 5.14 4.02

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George Culver Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1966 Cleveland Indians 40 Undetermined - -
1967 Cleveland Indians 40 $6,000.00 - -
1968 Cincinnati Reds 39 Undetermined - -
1969 Cincinnati Reds 39 Undetermined - -
1970 St. Louis Cardinals 39 Undetermined - -
1970 Houston Astros 39 Undetermined - -
1971 Houston Astros 39 Undetermined - -
1972 Houston Astros 39 Undetermined - -
1973 Los Angeles Dodgers 40 Undetermined - -
1973 Philadelphia Phillies 35 Undetermined - -
1974 Philadelphia Phillies 35 Undetermined - -

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George Raymond Culver was a Major League Baseball player who pitched for the Cleveland Indians (1966-1967), Cincinnati Reds (1968-1969), St. Louis Cardinals (1970), Houston Astros (1970-1972), Los Angeles Dodgers (1973) and Philadelphia Phillies (1973-1974).

Culver was an outstanding five-sport athlete at North High School (CA), where he was offered $1,000 to sign with the Philadelphia Phillies, but turned it down, played collegiate baseball at Bakersfield Junior College, and signed with the New York Yankees for $2,500 in 1963.

On July 29, 1968, George Culver woke up and felt sluggish. He was feeling sick, he was too nauseated to eat his lunch, he tried to ride to work with his roomie, Pat Corrales, but his stomach had other plans. He arrived late to the ballpark, then couldn't warm up as planned because his ingrown toenail flared up, requiring a novacaine injection. The AP wire said, "George Culver had himself quite a day - a lousy, sick, toe-hurtin', curve-ballin', no-hittin', glorious kind of day."

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George Culver No Hitter | The Philadelphia Daily News | July 30, 1968 | Page 49
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