 As a rookie, he made the NL All-Star squad and went on to retire Al Kaline, Frank Malzone, and Carl Yastrzemski (around a Leon Wagner single), in a scoreless fifth inning of the Senior Circuit’s 5–3 victory.Culp returned to the All-Star game in 1969, pitching a perfect ninth inning for the American League (AL).He retired Pete Rose (on a foul pop fly) and struck out Randy Hundley and Tony Pérez.