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Turk Lown

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Full Name: Omar Joseph Lown Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180 First Game: April 24, 1951
Birthdate: May 30, 1924 Final Game: September 22, 1962
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on May 30, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York, Turk Lown (Omar Joseph Lown) played for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 11 year career. Lown broke into the bigs on April 24, 1951 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 5.46 ERA in 127 innings pitched in 1951, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Turk Lown's best season was 1959, when he posted a 2.89 ERA, notched 15 saves and struck out 63 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1951 CHI N 31 18 4 9 5.46 39 80 77 3 1 0 127 125 14 90 0 7 1
1952 CHI N 33 19 4 11 4.37 73 87 76 5 0 0 156.2 154 13 93 0 5 3
1953 CHI N 49 12 8 7 5.16 76 93 85 2 0 3 148.1 166 20 84 0 6 2
1954 CHI N 15 0 0 2 6.14 16 18 15 0 0 0 22 23 1 15 1 5 0
1956 CHI N 61 0 9 8 3.58 74 49 44 0 0 13 110.2 95 10 78 12 1 1
1957 CHI N 67 0 5 7 3.77 51 45 39 0 0 12 93 74 10 51 4 4 0
1958 CIN N 11 0 0 2 5.40 9 8 7 0 0 0 11.2 12 2 12 2 0 0
1958 CHI N 4 0 0 0 4.50 4 2 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 0
1958 CHI A 27 0 3 3 3.98 40 22 18 0 0 8 40.2 49 1 28 4 2 0
1958 Total 42 0 3 5 4.31 53 32 27 0 0 8 56.1 63 3 43 6 2 0
1958 TOT N 15 0 0 2 5.17 13 10 9 0 0 0 15.2 14 2 15 2 0 0
1959 CHI A 60 0 9 2 2.89 63 32 30 0 0 15 93.1 73 12 42 4 1 2
1960 CHI A 45 0 2 3 3.88 39 31 29 0 0 5 67.1 60 6 34 6 0 0
1961 CHI A 59 0 7 5 2.76 50 37 31 0 0 11 101 87 13 35 3 1 0
1962 CHI A 42 0 4 2 3.04 40 21 19 0 0 6 56.1 58 3 25 5 1 1
Total NL 271 49 30 46 4.61 342 382 345 10 1 28 673.1 651 70 426 19 28 7
Total AL 233 0 25 15 3.19 232 143 127 0 0 45 358.2 327 35 164 22 5 3
Total 504 49 55 61 4.12 574 525 472 10 1 73 1032 978 105 590 41 33 10

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1951 CHI N P 31 0 0 9 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1952 CHI N P 33 0 0 12 33 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1953 CHI N P 49 0 0 12 33 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1954 CHI N P 15 0 22 2 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .889
1956 CHI N P 61 0 0 9 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .957
1957 CHI N P 67 0 93 5 22 1 4 0 2 3 0 0 .964
1958 CIN N P 11 0 11.2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .667
1958 CHI N P 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1958 CHI A P 27 0 40.2 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1.000
1958 Total P 42 0 56.1 6 5 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 .917
1958 TOT N P 15 0 15.2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .667
1959 CHI A P 60 0 93.1 2 21 1 0 0 0 6 3 0 .958
1960 CHI A P 45 0 67.1 4 13 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 .895
1961 CHI A P 59 0 101 6 15 2 1 0 0 4 4 0 .913
1962 CHI A P 42 0 56.1 7 14 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 .955
Total P 504 0 489.1 74 198 11 16 0 3 19 16 0 .961

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1951 CHI N 31 39 4 8 0 1 .205 .279 .231 1 0 4 5 0 2 0 0 2
1952 CHI N 33 50 3 7 0 2 .140 .173 .200 1 1 2 11 0 5 0 0 0
1953 CHI N 49 48 3 6 0 2 .125 .160 .146 1 0 2 8 0 2 0 0 2
1954 CHI N 16 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 CHI N 61 23 2 5 1 2 .217 .280 .435 0 1 2 11 0 1 0 0 0
1957 CHI N 67 10 0 2 0 1 .200 .273 .200 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CIN N 11 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHI N 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHI A 27 9 0 3 0 2 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
1958 Total 42 10 0 3 0 2 .300 .300 .300 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
1958 TOT N 15 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHI A 60 12 1 3 0 0 .250 .308 .250 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHI A 45 5 0 1 0 0 .200 .333 .400 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
1961 CHI A 60 14 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0
1962 CHI A 42 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 272 171 12 28 1 8 .164 .214 .222 3 2 11 36 0 10 0 0 4
Total AL 234 43 1 7 0 2 .163 .200 .186 1 0 2 12 0 4 0 0 0
Total 506 214 13 35 1 10 .164 .211 .215 4 2 13 48 0 14 0 0 4

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1942).
  • Selected by Chicago Cubs from Brooklyn Dodgers in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 16, 1950).
  • Traded by Chicago Cubs to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Hersh Freeman (May 8, 1958).
  • Claimed on waivers by Chicago White Sox from Cincinnati Reds (June 23, 1958).

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