Jim Turner Stats

Jim Turner was born on Thursday, August 6, 1903, in Antioch, Tennessee. Turner was 33 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 30, 1937, with the Boston Bees. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jim Turner baseball stats page.

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Jim Turner

Jim Turner Autograph on a 1952 Topps Reprint (#373)

Jim Turner Autograph on a 1952 Topps Reprint (#373)

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Birth Name:   James Riley Turner
Nickname:   Jim or Milkman Jim
Born On:   08-06-1903  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Antioch, Tennessee
Year of Death Data Died On:   11-29-1998 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Nashville, Tennessee
Cemetery:   Woodlawn Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee
High School:   Cane Ridge High School (Nashville, TN)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   185
First Game:   04-30-1937 (Age 33)
Last Game:   09-13-1945
Draft:   Not Applicable

Jim Turner

Jim Turner Pitching Stats

1937 34 Bees 33 30 3 20 11 .645 2.38 24 5 1 256.2 1,031 228 68 80 13 52 - 69 0 0 0 -
1938 35 Bees 35 34 1 14 18 .438 3.46 22 3 0 268.0 1,107 267 103 123 21 54 - 71 1 5 0 -
1939 36 Bees 25 22 2 4 11 .267 4.28 9 0 0 157.2 692 181 75 83 10 51 - 50 2 4 0 -
1940 37 Reds 24 23 1 14 7 .667 2.89 11 0 0 187.0 749 187 60 70 9 32 - 53 1 0 0 -
1941 38 Reds 23 10 6 6 4 .600 3.11 3 0 0 113.0 465 120 39 49 5 24 - 34 1 1 0 -
1942 39 Reds 3 0 2 0 0 .000 10.80 0 0 0 3.1 18 5 4 5 1 3 - 0 0 0 0 -
1942 39 Yankees 5 0 5 1 1 .500 1.29 0 0 1 7.0 25 4 1 1 0 1 - 2 0 0 0 -
1943 40 Yankees 18 0 12 3 0 1.000 3.53 0 0 1 43.1 183 44 17 22 1 13 - 15 0 0 0 -
1944 41 Yankees 35 0 28 4 4 .500 3.46 0 0 7 41.2 189 42 16 23 3 22 - 13 0 0 0 -
1945 42 Yankees 30 0 26 3 4 .429 3.64 0 0 10 54.1 238 45 22 26 4 31 - 22 1 0 0 -
9 Years 231 119 86 69 60 .535 3.22 69 8 20 1,132.0 4,697 1,123 405 482 67 283 - 329 6 10 0 -

Jim Turner

Jim Turner Hitting Stats

1937 34 Bees 39 96 10 24 3 0 0 0 7 2 - 7 7 - 1 3 .250 .273 .281
1938 35 Bees 35 96 5 22 4 0 0 0 5 3 - 14 4 - 2 3 .229 .267 .271
1939 36 Bees 25 55 5 13 1 0 1 0 6 1 - 4 3 - 0 0 .236 .250 .309
1940 37 Reds 25 75 7 18 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 - 0 1 .240 .240 .333
1941 38 Reds 23 41 2 6 2 0 0 0 2 1 - 5 2 - 0 0 .146 .167 .195
1942 39 Reds 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1942 39 Yankees 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1943 40 Yankees 18 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .077 .077 .077
1944 41 Yankees 35 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .273 .300
1945 42 Yankees 30 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .091 .167 .091
9 Years 238 399 32 87 16 1 1 0 22 8 0 39 17 0 4 7 .218 .241 .271

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Jim Turner Fielding Stats

1937 Bees P 33 30 770 75 2.3 71 12 59 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .947 2.49
1938 Bees P 35 34 804 89 2.5 89 17 72 0 4 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.99
1939 Bees P 25 22 473 48 1.9 46 8 38 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .958 2.63
1940 Reds P 24 23 561 44 1.8 43 8 35 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.07
1941 Reds P 23 10 339 34 1.5 33 0 33 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.63
1942 Reds P 3 0 10 3 1.0 3 2 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 8.10
1942 Yankees P 5 0 21 3 0.6 3 0 3 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.86
1943 Yankees P 18 0 130 12 0.7 11 3 8 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .917 2.28
1944 Yankees P 35 0 125 10 0.3 8 2 6 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 1.73
1945 Yankees P 30 0 163 18 0.6 17 3 14 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .944 2.82
P Totals 231 119 3,396 336 1.5 324 55 269 12 18 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.58
9 Years 231 119 3,396 336 1.5 324 55 269 12 18 n/a n/a n/a .964 2.58

Jim Turner

Jim Turner Miscellaneous Stats

1937 Bees 0 - - 5 1 n/a 0.0 13.7 13.7 1.33 2.42 1.82
1938 Bees 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.9 19.2 1.31 2.38 1.81
1939 Bees 0 - - 0 0 n/a 55.0 13.8 9.2 0.98 2.85 2.91
1940 Reds 0 - - 1 0 n/a 0.0 25.0 37.5 1.66 2.55 1.54
1941 Reds 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 8.2 20.5 1.42 2.71 1.91
1942 Reds 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 8.10
1942 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.00 2.57 1.29
1943 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.5 0.0 1.15 3.12 2.70
1944 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.0 0.0 0.59 2.81 4.75
1945 Yankees 0 1 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 5.5 0.0 0.71 3.64 5.14
9 Years 0 1 .000 6 1 n/a 399.0 10.2 18.1 1.16 2.62 2.25

Jim Turner

Jim Turner Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1937 Boston Bees 23 Undetermined - -
1938 Boston Bees 23 Undetermined Stats -
1939 Boston Bees 23 Undetermined - -
1940 Cincinnati Reds 34 Undetermined - Stats
1941 Cincinnati Reds 34 Undetermined - -
1942 Cincinnati Reds 34 Undetermined - Stats
1942 New York Yankees 30 Undetermined - Stats
1943 New York Yankees 30 $4,000.00 - -
1944 New York Yankees 30 $5,500.00 - -
1945 New York Yankees 30 Undetermined n/a -

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