1903
Born August 6, 1903
Antioch, TN, USA
Jim Turner Notable
Jim Turner played for three clubs across nine seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Boston Bees in 1937 and closing with the New York Yankees in 1945.
He went 69 and 60 with a 3.22 earned run average, pitching 1,132 innings in 231 games. He struck out 329, completed 69 of his 119 starts and threw 8 shutouts. Across 238 games he batted .218, with 87 hits and 32 runs. He finished with 1 home run and 16 doubles.
He led the league in saves once, in 1945, with 10. He led the league in shutouts once, in 1937, with 5.
He was an All-Star in 1938.
He was born in Antioch, TN, USA on August 6, 1903, and died on November 29, 1998. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| All-Star selection | 1 | 1938 |
| Baseball Magazine All-Star | 2 | 1937, 1938 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | BSN | 39 | 96 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .250 |
| 1938 | BSN | 35 | 96 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 0 | .229 |
| 1939 | BSN | 25 | 55 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .236 |
| 1940 | CIN | 25 | 75 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .240 |
| 1941 | CIN | 23 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .146 |
| 1942 | CIN/NYY | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1943 | NYY | 18 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .077 |
| 1944 | NYY | 35 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .200 |
| 1945 | NYY | 30 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .091 |
| Career | — | 238 | 399 | 32 | 87 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 39 | 0 | .218 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | BSN | 20 | 11 | 33 | 30 | 1 | 256.2 | 228 | 68 | 52 | 69 | 2.38 |
| 1938 | BSN | 14 | 18 | 35 | 34 | 0 | 268.0 | 267 | 103 | 54 | 71 | 3.46 |
| 1939 | BSN | 4 | 11 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 157.2 | 181 | 75 | 51 | 50 | 4.28 |
| 1940 | CIN | 14 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 187.0 | 187 | 60 | 32 | 53 | 2.89 |
| 1941 | CIN | 6 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 113.0 | 120 | 39 | 24 | 34 | 3.11 |
| 1942 | CIN/NYY | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10.1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4.35 |
| 1943 | NYY | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 43.1 | 44 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 3.53 |
| 1944 | NYY | 4 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 41.2 | 42 | 16 | 22 | 13 | 3.46 |
| 1945 | NYY | 3 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 54.1 | 45 | 22 | 31 | 22 | 3.64 |
| Career | — | 69 | 60 | 231 | 119 | 20 | 1132.0 | 1123 | 405 | 283 | 329 | 3.22 |
On this day & linked events
1998
Died November 29, 1998
1937
Major-league debut: Jim Turner
Jim Turner made a major-league debut on April 30, 1937.
1940
Tex Carleton's No-Hitter
Tex Carleton threw a no-hitter for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Cincinnati Reds on April 30, 1940, winning 3–0.
1945
Final major-league game: Jim Turner
Jim Turner played a final major-league game on September 13, 1945.
Image: Cincinnati Reds - 1940 Team Issue, public domain