Turk Lown
Omar Joseph Lown
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 30, 1924 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1951
Final Game: September 22, 1962
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1951 CHC NL 27 P 31 32 9 23 0 1 1.000 1.03 .959 0.96
1952 CHC NL 28 P 33 46 12 33 1 2 .978 1.36 .952 0.98
1953 CHC NL 29 P 49 45 12 33 0 4 1.000 0.92 .953 0.87
1954 CHC NL 30 P 15 0 22.0 9 2 6 1 0 .889 3.27 0.53 .967 2.09 0.87
1956 CHC NL 32 P 61 0 110.2 23 9 13 1 1 .957 1.79 0.36 .965 2.05 0.83
1957 CHC NL 33 P 67 0 93.0 28 5 22 1 4 .964 2.61 0.40 .961 2.06 0.82
1958 TOT MLB 34 P 42 0 56.4 12 6 5 1 1 .917 1.76 0.26 .967 1.97 0.80
1958 TOT NL 34 P 15 0 15.2 3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.15 0.13 .967 2.01 0.77
1958 CHC NL 34 P 4 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 0.78
1958 CIN NL 34 P 11 0 11.2 3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.54 0.18 .967 2.01 0.77
1958 CHW AL 34 P 27 0 40.2 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 1.99 0.33 .967 1.95 0.82
1959 CHW AL 35 P 60 0 93.1 24 2 21 1 0 .958 2.22 0.38 .954 2.05 0.85
1960 CHW AL 36 P 45 0 67.1 19 4 13 2 1 .895 2.27 0.38 .968 1.96 0.78
1961 CHW AL 37 P 59 0 101.0 23 6 15 2 1 .913 1.87 0.36 .957 2.05 0.83
1962 CHW AL 38 P 42 0 56.1 22 7 14 1 1 .955 3.36 0.50 .959 2.08 0.79
11 Seasons P 504 0 600.0 283 74 198 11 16 .961 4.08 0.54 .958 2.04 0.84
11 Seasons TOT 504 0 600.0 283 74 198 11 16 .961 4.08 0.54 .919 2.04 0.84

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1951 CHC NL 27 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 CHC NL 28 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CHC NL 29 49 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CHC NL 30 16 0 16 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1956 CHC NL 32 61 0 61 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 CHC NL 33 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHW AL 34 27 0 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CIN NL 34 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHC NL 34 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHW AL 35 60 0 60 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CHW AL 36 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHW AL 37 60 0 60 60 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1962 CHW AL 38 42 0 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 506 0 506 506 504 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 CHC NL 30 76 68% 17% 4 75% 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
1956 CHC NL 32 328 70% 19% 11 100% 0 6 1 4 9 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 100%
1957 CHC NL 33 323 72% 24% 15 93% 0 3 1 2 15 7 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 2 3 67%
1958 CHW AL 34 201 66% 16% 7 86% 0 2 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1958 CIN NL 34 60 63% 20% 3 100% 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 CHC NL 34 16 56% 31% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CHW AL 35 403 73% 25% 25 88% 0 3 1 2 22 19 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1960 CHW AL 36 295 75% 24% 17 88% 1 3 0 1 13 10 1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1961 CHW AL 37 424 80% 23% 20 75% 1 6 0 5 15 13 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 75%
1962 CHW AL 38 257 74% 21% 18 89% 0 7 1 4 14 10 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 75%
8 Seasons 2383 73% 22% 120 88% 2 34 6 20 97 69 14 9 0 6 3 7 9 4 5 4 27 81%
MLB Averages 78% 26% 89% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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