Jim Turner

Full Name: James Riley Turner	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/185	First Game: April 30, 1937
Birthdate: August 6, 1903	Final Game: September 13, 1945
Birthplace: Antioch, Tennessee	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: November 29, 1998
Deathplace: Nashville, Tennessee
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Born on August 6, 1903 in Antioch, Tennessee, Jim Turner (James Riley Turner) played for the Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees over the course of his 9 year career. Turner broke into the bigs on April 30, 1937 with the Boston Braves, and put up a 2.38 ERA in 256.2 innings pitched in 1937, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jim Turner's best season was 1937, when he posted a 2.38 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 69 batters.

He led the National League in earned run average in 1937 as a rookie with Boston. Because he worked for his family's dairy farm in the offseason, he was known as "Milkman Jim" to his fans. Following his playing career, he went on to serve as pitching coach for the Reds and Yankees.

For his career, Turner compiled a 69-60 record in 231 games, with a 3.22 earned run average and 329 strikeouts. He was a member of two World Series championship teams, the 1940 Reds and the 1943 Yankees, as well as the 1942 Yankees team that won the American League pennant. In two postseason appearances, Turner was 0-1 with a 6.43 ERA and 4 strikeouts in 7 innings pitched.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1937	BOS	N	33	30	20	11	2.38	69	80	68	24	5	1	256.2	228	13	52	0	0
1938	BOS	N	35	34	14	18	3.46	71	123	103	22	3	0	268	267	21	54	1	5
1939	BOS	N	25	22	4	11	4.28	50	83	75	9	0	0	157.2	181	10	51	2	4
1940	CIN	N	24	23	14	7	2.89	53	70	60	11	0	0	187	187	9	32	1	0
1941	CIN	N	23	10	6	4	3.11	34	49	39	3	0	0	113	120	5	24	1	1
1942	NY	A	5	0	1	1	1.29	2	1	1	0	0	1	7	4	0	1	0	0
1942	CIN	N	3	0	0	0	1.80	0	5	4	0	0	0	3.1	5	1	3	0	0
1942	Total		8	0	1	1	4.35	2	6	5	0	0	1	10.1	9	1	4	0	0
1943	NY	A	18	0	3	0	3.53	15	22	17	0	0	1	43.1	44	1	13	0	0
1944	NY	A	35	0	4	4	3.46	13	23	16	0	0	7	41.2	42	3	22	0	0
1945	NY	A	30	0	3	4	3.64	22	26	22	0	0	10	54.1	45	4	31	1	0
Total	NL		143	119	58	51	3.19	277	410	349	69	8	1	985.2	988	59	216	5	10
Total	AL		88	0	11	9	3.44	52	72	56	0	0	19	146.1	135	8	67	1	0
Total			231	119	69	60	3.22	329	482	405	69	8	20	1132	1123	67	283	6	10

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1937	BOS	N	P	33	12	59	4	3	.947
1938	BOS	N	P	35	17	72	0	4	1.000
1939	BOS	N	P	25	8	38	2	3	.958
1940	CIN	N	P	24	8	35	1	1	.977
1941	CIN	N	P	23	0	33	1	4	.971
1942	NY	A	P	5	0	3	0	1	1.000
1942	CIN	N	P	3	2	1	0	0	1.000
1942	Total		P	8	2	4	0	1	1.000
1943	NY	A	P	18	3	8	1	0	.917
1944	NY	A	P	35	2	6	2	0	.800
1945	NY	A	P	30	3	14	1	2	.944
Total			P	231	55	269	12	18	.964

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1937	BOS	N	39	96	10	24	0	7	.250	.273	.281	3	0	2	7	1	7	3
1938	BOS	N	35	96	5	22	0	5	.229	.267	.271	4	0	3	14	2	4	3
1939	BOS	N	25	55	5	13	1	6	.236	.250	.309	1	0	1	4	0	3	0
1940	CIN	N	25	75	7	18	0	2	.240	.240	.333	5	1	0	3	0	1	1
1941	CIN	N	23	41	2	6	0	2	.146	.167	.195	2	0	1	5	0	2	0
1942	NY	A	5	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942	CIN	N	3	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1942	Total		8	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1943	NY	A	18	13	2	1	0	0	.077	.077	.077	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
1944	NY	A	35	10	1	2	0	0	.200	.273	.300	1	0	1	2	0	0	0
1945	NY	A	30	11	0	1	0	0	.091	.167	.091	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
Total	NL		150	364	29	83	1	22	.228	.249	.283	15	1	7	33	3	17	7
Total	AL		88	35	3	4	0	0	.114	.162	.143	1	0	1	6	1	0	0
Total			238	399	32	87	1	22	.218	.241	.271	16	1	8	39	4	17	7

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Traded by Boston Bees to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Les Scarsella and cash (December 6, 1939).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Joe Abreu to New York Yankees in exchange for Frankie Kelleher (July 16, 1942).

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