1984
Born November 23, 1984
Long Beach, CA, USA
Justin Turner Marquee
b. November 23, 1984 · Baltimore Orioles 2009–2010, New York Mets 2010–2013, Los Angeles Dodgers 2014–2022, Boston Red Sox 2023, Toronto Blue Jays 2024, Seattle Mariners 2024, Chicago Cubs 2025
New York let him go in December 2013 after three seasons as a utility infielder with a .265 average. He signed a minor-league contract with Los Angeles, rebuilt his swing on a batting cage in Long Beach with a hitting coach who had him lift the ball, and hit .340 in 2014.
Nine seasons in Los Angeles gave him 1,088 hits and 156 home runs. He was the most valuable player of the 2017 Championship Series, hit a walk-off home run in the second game of it on the twenty-ninth anniversary of Kirk Gibson's, and won the World Series in 2020.
Seventeen seasons have given him 1,617 hits, 201 home runs, 832 runs batted in, 354 doubles and a .283 average, with two All-Star selections and the Roberto Clemente Award in 2022. He was still playing in 2025, for the Cubs, at forty.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| All-Star selection | 2 | 2017, 2021 |
| NLCS MVP | 1 | 2017 |
| Player of the Month | 1 | 2018 |
| Roberto Clemente Award | 1 | 2022 |
| Rookie of the Month | 1 | 2011 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | BAL | 12 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .167 |
| 2010 | BAL/NYM | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .059 |
| 2011 | NYM | 117 | 435 | 49 | 113 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 39 | 59 | 7 | .260 |
| 2012 | NYM | 94 | 171 | 20 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 24 | 1 | .269 |
| 2013 | NYM | 86 | 200 | 12 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 34 | 0 | .280 |
| 2014 | LAD | 109 | 288 | 46 | 98 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 43 | 28 | 58 | 6 | .340 |
| 2015 | LAD | 126 | 385 | 55 | 113 | 26 | 1 | 16 | 60 | 36 | 71 | 5 | .294 |
| 2016 | LAD | 151 | 556 | 79 | 153 | 34 | 3 | 27 | 90 | 48 | 107 | 4 | .275 |
| 2017 | LAD | 130 | 457 | 72 | 147 | 32 | 0 | 21 | 71 | 59 | 56 | 7 | .322 |
| 2018 | LAD | 103 | 365 | 62 | 114 | 31 | 1 | 14 | 52 | 47 | 54 | 2 | .312 |
| 2019 | LAD | 135 | 479 | 80 | 139 | 24 | 0 | 27 | 67 | 51 | 88 | 2 | .290 |
| 2020 | LAD | 42 | 150 | 26 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 26 | 1 | .307 |
| 2021 | LAD | 151 | 533 | 87 | 148 | 22 | 0 | 27 | 87 | 61 | 98 | 3 | .278 |
| 2022 | LAD | 128 | 468 | 61 | 130 | 36 | 0 | 13 | 81 | 50 | 89 | 3 | .278 |
| 2023 | BOS | 146 | 558 | 86 | 154 | 31 | 0 | 23 | 96 | 51 | 110 | 4 | .276 |
| 2024 | SEA/TOR | 139 | 460 | 59 | 119 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 55 | 59 | 95 | 0 | .259 |
| 2025 | CHC | 80 | 169 | 14 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 37 | 2 | .219 |
| Career | — | 1758 | 5709 | 811 | 1617 | 354 | 9 | 201 | 832 | 589 | 1012 | 47 | .283 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | LAD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Career | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
On this day & linked events
2009
Major-league debut: Justin Turner
Justin Turner made a major-league debut on September 8, 2009.
2019
Justin Turner's Three-Home-Run Game, 2019
Justin Turner hit three home runs for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Atlanta Braves on May 7, 2019.
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