Turk Lown
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[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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