Bob Turley 1953 Game by Game Pitching Logs

Bob Turley pitched in 10 Major League games during the 1953 regular season. The chart below is a comprehensive analysis of the games Turley pitched in, specifically relating to his 1953 pitching statistics. Notes: The Date / Box field has a link to the box score from the game being described. If the Date is followed by an asterisk (*), Turley started that game. Cumulative monthly totals are provided where applicable.

"He (Bob Turley) was no herky-jerky tangle of arms and legs like Dizzy Dean or Cleveland's fireballing Bob Feller, with whose fastball his was sometimes compared. Like the great Walter Johnson, he pitched with practically no windup, and had a remarkably smooth delivery for his 6-foot-2, 215-pound frame. He had a curve, a slider and a change-up, but the fastball was his magic. To a batter's naked, unflinching eye, it was an intimidating marvel to behold: the ball perfectly hidden as Turley looked in for the sign, paused to inspect the crowd, and let fly — an incoming rocket, a white blur barely visible for just over four-tenths of a second, and then — smack! — gone into the catcher’s mitt. 'Man!' Roy Campanella, the Brooklyn Dodgers’ catcher, exclaimed after Turley struck him out three times in succession in a 1956 game. 'When you see me take three swings at three fastballs and not even foul tip one, the fellow throwing 'em must have something. Maybe he was using a little gun to fire that ball up there.'" - Sportswriter Robert D. McFadden in The New York Times (03/30/2013, 'Bob Turley, Pitcher With a Blazing Fastball, Dies at 82', Source)
Bob Turley 1953 Game by Game Pitching Logs

In Chronological Order / Bob Turley Stats

08-18-1953at White Sox0000.001.02000010000
08-19-1953at White Sox1002.253.04111040000
08-23-1953 *at Indians0106.752.24446140000
08-27-1953 *vs Athletics0005.686.03733160000
08-31-1953vs Senators0105.063.15211020000
 August 1953 Totals
1 2 0 5.06 16.0 18 14 9 11 2 17 0 0 0 0
09-05-1953 *vs Tigers1002.8912.014300040000
09-09-1953 *at Senators0102.5211.18822080000
09-16-1953 *at Yankees0102.668.08433070000
09-20-1953 *at White Sox0103.046.05444150010
09-25-1953 *vs White Sox0103.287.08544130000
 September 1953 Totals
1 4 0 3.28 44.1 43 24 13 13 2 27 0 0 1 0
 1953 Yearly Totals 2 6 0 3.29 60.1 61 38 22 24 4 44 0 0 1 0
Bob Turley 1953 Game by Game Pitching Logs


Did you know that Bob Turley pitched 4 games at home, had an ERA of 2.54, pitched 28.1 innings, allowed 17 hits, had 8 earned runs, 8 runs, and 2 home runs, walked 15 batters (0 intentionally), threw 0 wild pitches, hit batters 0 times, and balked 0 times?

On the road, Bob Turley pitched 6 games, had an ERA of 3.94, pitched 32 innings, allowed 21 hits, had 14 earned runs, 16 runs, and 2 home runs, walked 29 batters (0 intentionally), threw 0 wild pitches, hit batters 1 times, and balked 0 times.

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