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RHP - Ray Culp was only 21 when he made the 1963 Phillies roster out of Spring Training. He took everyone by surprise
by compiling a 14-11 record that year, with a 2.97 earned run average. Culp, with no prevous major league experience made
the National League all-star team and he pitched a scoreless inning in that years' mid-season classic. Culp finished as the
Runner-Up in the NL Rookie Of The Year voting to Pete Rose.
Culp would win at least 14 games six times in his career with the Phillies and the Red Sox. His career best win totals were in
1969 and 1970 when he won 17 games each year, but his best year was probably 1968 when he was leading the American League
in wins and he appeared to be headed toward his first 20 win season, when an injury cut his efforts short and he finished with a
16-6 record. Culp finished his career with a 122-101 record and he turned 78 just a few days ago. (August 6).