Raymond Leonard Culp (born August 6, 1941 in Elgin, Texas) was a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies (196366), Chicago Cubs (1967), and Boston Red Sox ...
on the act, joining Josh Beckett on May 20, 2006 against the Phillies as the only Sox pitchers in the designated hitter era (since 1973) to record at least two hits and an RBI in a game. He also was the first Sox pitcher to record two hits and allow no more than three since Ray Culp on May 30, 1972.
He will be 29 next year, a dangerous age for Boston pitchers of the past. In the 1950s, Tom Brewer and Frank Sullivan both were washed up shortly after turning 30. So was Parnell. Ray Culp, an All-Star in the late 1960s, was done at 31.