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Jim Turner

James Riley Turner (Milkman Jim)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 6, 1903 in Antioch, TN
High School: Cane Ridge HS (Nashville, TN) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1937
Teams (by GP): Bees/Yankees/Reds 1937-1945

Final Game: September 13, 1945
Died: November 29, 1998 in Nashville, TN
Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville, TN
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 4:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #900. Ken Heintzelman… #901. Ryan Madson… #902. Jim Brosnan… #903. JIM TURNER… #904. Jose Guzman… #905. Dixie Davis… #906. Edwin Jackson… 

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1937 33 BSN NL 20 11 .645 2.38 33 30 3 24 5 1 256.2 228 80 68 13 52 69 0 0 0 1031 149 1.091 8.0 0.5 1.8 2.4 1.33 MVP-4
1938 34 BSN NL 14 18 .438 3.46 35 34 1 22 3 0 268.0 267 123 103 21 54 71 5 0 1 1107 99 1.198 9.0 0.7 1.8 2.4 1.31 AS
1939 35 BSN NL 4 11 .267 4.28 25 22 2 9 0 0 157.2 181 83 75 10 51 50 4 0 2 692 86 1.471 10.3 0.6 2.9 2.9 0.98
1940 36 CIN NL 14 7 .667 2.89 24 23 1 11 0 0 187.0 187 70 60 9 32 53 0 0 1 749 132 1.171 9.0 0.4 1.5 2.6 1.66
1941 37 CIN NL 6 4 .600 3.11 23 10 6 3 0 0 113.0 120 49 39 5 24 34 1 0 1 465 116 1.274 9.6 0.4 1.9 2.7 1.42
1942 38 TOT MLB 1 1 .500 4.35 8 0 7 0 0 1 10.1 9 6 5 1 4 2 0 0 0 43 85 1.258 7.8 0.9 3.5 1.7 0.50
1942 38 CIN NL 0 0 10.80 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.1 5 5 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 18 35 2.400 13.5 2.7 8.1 0.0 0.00
1942 38 NYY AL 1 1 .500 1.29 5 0 5 0 0 1 7.0 4 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 25 284 0.714 5.1 0.0 1.3 2.6 2.00
1943 39 NYY AL 3 0 1.000 3.53 18 0 12 0 0 1 43.1 44 22 17 1 13 15 0 0 0 183 92 1.315 9.1 0.2 2.7 3.1 1.15
1944 40 NYY AL 4 4 .500 3.46 35 0 28 0 0 7 41.2 42 23 16 3 22 13 0 0 0 189 102 1.536 9.1 0.6 4.8 2.8 0.59
1945 41 NYY AL 3 4 .429 3.64 30 0 26 0 0 10 54.1 45 26 22 4 31 22 0 0 1 238 96 1.399 7.5 0.7 5.1 3.6 0.71
9 Yrs 69 60 .535 3.22 231 119 86 69 8 20 1132.0 1123 482 405 67 283 329 10 0 6 4697 111 1.242 8.9 0.5 2.3 2.6 1.16
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .535 3.22 45 23 17 13 2 4 220 218 94 79 13 55 64 2 0 1 913 111 1.242 8.9 0.5 2.3 2.6 1.16
NYY (4 yrs) 11 9 .550 3.44 88 0 71 0 0 19 146.1 135 72 56 8 67 52 0 0 1 635 100 1.380 8.3 0.5 4.1 3.2 0.78
BSN (3 yrs) 38 40 .487 3.24 93 86 6 55 8 1 682.1 676 286 246 44 157 190 9 0 3 2830 109 1.221 8.9 0.6 2.1 2.5 1.21
CIN (3 yrs) 20 11 .645 3.06 50 33 9 14 0 0 303.1 312 124 103 15 59 87 1 0 2 1232 122 1.223 9.3 0.4 1.8 2.6 1.47
NL (6 yrs) 58 51 .532 3.19 143 119 15 69 8 1 985.2 988 410 349 59 216 277 10 0 5 4062 113 1.222 9.0 0.5 2.0 2.5 1.28
AL (4 yrs) 11 9 .550 3.44 88 0 71 0 0 19 146.1 135 72 56 8 67 52 0 0 1 635 100 1.380 8.3 0.5 4.1 3.2 0.78

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1937 33 BSN NL 256.2 33 30 80 2.81 4.64 0.42 0.00 91.4 3.85 30 3.3 1.0 -0.1 5.2 55 .601 .521 $ MVP-4
1938 34 BSN NL 266.1 35 34 123 4.16 4.48 0.22 0.00 92.6 3.94 -5 -0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.4 19 .485 .497 $ AS
1939 35 BSN NL 157.2 25 22 83 4.74 4.57 0.30 0.00 97.6 4.17 -9 -0.9 1.0 -0.1 0.2 5 .463 .494 $
1940 36 CIN NL 187.0 24 23 70 3.37 4.39 0.66 0.00 99.3 3.70 7 0.8 1.0 -0.1 2.4 28 .532 .505 $
1941 37 CIN NL 112.2 23 10 49 3.91 4.19 0.18 0.00 98.7 3.95 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.1 13 .504 .501 $
1942 38 CIN NL 3.1 3 0 5 13.50 4.45 0.29 0.00 100.0 4.16 -3 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .382 .498 $
1942 38 NYY AL 7.0 5 0 1 1.29 4.45 0.43 0.00 93.9 3.77 2 0.2 1.0 -0.0 0.2 2 .542 .501 $
1943 39 NYY AL 43.1 18 0 22 4.57 3.72 0.21 0.00 96.9 3.39 -6 -0.7 1.0 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .463 .496 $
1944 40 NYY AL 41.2 35 0 23 4.97 4.18 0.16 0.00 102.5 4.12 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .487 .497 $
1945 41 NYY AL 54.1 30 0 26 4.31 3.83 0.21 0.00 104.4 3.78 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 0 .489 .498 $
9 Seasons 1130.0 231 119 482 3.84 4.41 0.35 0.00 95.9 3.89 10 1.2 1.0 -0.6 9.5 114 .505 .501 $
NYY (4 yrs) 146.1 88 0 72 4.43 3.93 0.21 0.00 101.2 3.76 -11 -1.2 1.0 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .486 .498 $
BSN (3 yrs) 680.2 93 86 286 3.78 4.56 0.32 0.00 93.3 3.96 16 1.9 1.0 -0.3 6.8 78 .520 .504 $
CIN (3 yrs) 303.0 50 33 124 3.68 4.31 0.48 0.00 99.1 3.80 5 0.5 1.0 -0.2 3.2 37 .510 .501 $

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1940 36 CIN NL WS W DET 0 1 .000 7.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 5 5 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 25 1.333 12.0 3.0 0.0 6.0
1942 38 NYY AL WS L STL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
2 Yrs (2 Series) 0 1 .000 6.43 2 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 8 5 5 2 1 1 4 0 0 0 28 1.286 10.3 2.6 1.3 5.1 4.00
2 WS 0 1 .000 6.43 2 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 8 5 5 2 1 1 4 0 0 0 28 1.286 10.3 2.6 1.3 5.1 4.00

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1937 33 BSN NL 39 106 96 10 24 3 0 0 7 0 2 7 .250 .273 .281 .554 57 27 3 1 7 1 MVP-4
1938 34 BSN NL 35 105 96 5 22 4 0 0 5 0 3 14 .229 .267 .271 .538 55 26 3 2 4 1 AS
1939 35 BSN NL 25 59 55 5 13 1 0 1 6 0 1 4 .236 .250 .309 .559 55 17 0 0 3 1
1940 36 CIN NL 25 76 75 7 18 5 1 0 2 0 0 3 .240 .240 .333 .573 56 25 1 0 1 1
1941 37 CIN NL 23 44 41 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 1 5 .146 .167 .195 .362 2 8 0 0 2 1
1942 38 TOT MLB 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1942 38 CIN NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1942 38 NYY AL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1943 39 NYY AL 18 13 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .077 .077 .077 .154 -55 1 0 0 0 1
1944 40 NYY AL 35 11 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .273 .300 .573 61 3 0 0 0 1
1945 41 NYY AL 30 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .091 .167 .091 .258 -26 1 0 1 0 1
9 Yrs 238 428 399 32 87 16 1 1 22 0 1 8 39 .218 .241 .271 .512 44 108 7 4 17
162 Game Avg. 162 291 272 22 59 11 1 1 15 0 5 27 .218 .241 .271 .512 44 74 5 3 12
NYY (4 yrs) 88 37 35 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 .114 .162 .143 .305 -12 5 0 1 0
BSN (3 yrs) 99 270 247 20 59 8 0 1 18 0 6 25 .239 .266 .283 .549 56 70 6 3 14
CIN (3 yrs) 51 121 117 9 24 7 1 0 4 0 1 8 .205 .212 .282 .494 36 33 1 0 3
NL (6 yrs) 150 391 364 29 83 15 1 1 22 0 7 33 .228 .249 .283 .532 49 103 7 3 17
AL (4 yrs) 88 37 35 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 .114 .162 .143 .305 -12 5 0 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1937 33 BSN NL 39 106 -5 0 0 0 12 7 0.6 3 10 0.6 .517 .504 0.7 -0.0 10 $ 1 MVP-4
1938 34 BSN NL 35 105 -6 0 0 0 12 7 0.7 3 10 0.7 .520 .504 0.7 -0.0 10 $ 1 AS
1939 35 BSN NL 25 59 -3 0 0 0 6 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .513 .502 0.3 -0.0 5 $ 1
1940 36 CIN NL 25 76 -4 0 0 0 8 4 0.4 3 7 0.4 .517 .503 0.4 -0.0 7 $ 1
1941 37 CIN NL 23 44 -5 0 0 0 5 -0 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1942 38 CIN NL 3 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1942 38 NYY AL 5 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1943 39 NYY AL 18 13 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .492 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1944 40 NYY AL 35 11 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1945 41 NYY AL 30 12 -2 -0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ 1
9 Seasons 238 428 -29 0 0 0 47 18 1.8 13 31 1.8 .508 .501 1.9 -0.1 31 $
NYY (4 yrs) 88 37 -5 -0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $
BSN (3 yrs) 99 270 -14 0 0 0 30 16 1.6 8 24 1.6 .517 .503 1.7 -0.0 24 $
CIN (3 yrs) 51 121 -10 0 0 0 13 4 0.3 4 8 0.3 .507 .501 0.3 -0.0 8 $

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1940 36 CIN NL WS DET W 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 38 NYY AL WS STL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1937 BSN NL 33 P 33 30 24 256.2 75 12 59 4 3 .947 2.49 2.15 .958 2.39 2.36 MVP-4
1938 BSN NL 34 P 35 34 22 268.0 89 17 72 0 4 1.000 2.99 2.54 .964 2.21 2.19 AS
1939 BSN NL 35 P 25 22 9 157.2 48 8 38 2 3 .958 2.63 1.84 .960 2.19 2.16
1940 CIN NL 36 P 24 23 11 187.0 44 8 35 1 1 .977 2.07 1.79 .962 2.22 2.22
1941 CIN NL 37 P 23 10 3 113.0 34 0 33 1 4 .971 2.63 1.43 .965 2.23 2.21
1942 TOT MLB 38 P 8 0 0 10.1 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 5.23 0.75 .962 2.35 2.31
1942 CIN NL 38 P 3 0 0 3.1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 8.10 1.00 .967 2.43 2.33
1942 NYY AL 38 P 5 0 0 7.0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.86 0.60 .957 2.31 2.30
1943 NYY AL 39 P 18 0 0 43.1 12 3 8 1 0 .917 2.28 0.61 .963 2.26 2.30
1944 NYY AL 40 P 35 0 0 41.2 10 2 6 2 0 .800 1.73 0.23 .960 2.10 2.10
1945 NYY AL 41 P 30 0 0 54.1 18 3 14 1 2 .944 2.82 0.57 .955 2.24 2.23
9 Seasons P 231 119 69 1132.0 336 55 269 12 18 .964 2.58 1.40 .961 2.25 2.22
9 Seasons TOT 231 119 69 1132.0 336 55 269 12 18 .964 2.58 1.40 .961 2.25 2.22
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1956 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1937 NL (4, 38%)
0.38 Career Shares (530th)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1937 NL  5.8 (6th)

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
1937 NL  5.2 (1st)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1937 NL  2.38 (1st)
1940 NL  2.89 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1937 NL  20 (2nd)
1938 NL  14 (9th)
1940 NL  14 (10th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1937 NL  .645 (8th)
1940 NL  .667 (4th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1937 NL  1.091 (1st)
1938 NL  1.198 (3rd)
1940 NL  1.171 (4th)
Career  1.242 (247th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1937 NL  7.995 (5th)
1938 NL  8.966 (10th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1937 NL  1.823 (4th)
1938 NL  1.813 (5th)
1940 NL  1.540 (2nd)
Career  2.250 (180th)

Saves s c a p y
1944 AL  7 (6th)
1945 AL  10 (1st)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1937 NL  256.7 (6th)
1938 NL  268.0 (4th)

Games Started s c a p y
1937 NL  30 (10th)
1938 NL  34 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1937 NL  24 (1st)
1938 NL  22 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1937 NL  5 (1st)
1938 NL  3 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1938 NL  21 (1st)

Hits s c a p y
1938 NL  267 (5th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1940 NL  1.656 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1938 NL  18 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1938 NL  103 (6th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1938 NL  5 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1937 NL  1,031 (9th)
1938 NL  1,107 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1944 AL  28 (5th)
1945 AL  26 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1937 NL  149 (1st)
1940 NL  132 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1937 NL  37 (1st)
1940 NL  19 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1937 NL  3.9 (1st)
1940 NL  2.0 (6th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1938 NL  17 (3rd)

Assists as P s c a p y
1938 NL  72 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as Ps c a p y
1938 NL  2.99 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1937 NL  2.15 (4th)
1938 NL  2.54 (2nd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1938 NL  1.000 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
1940 NL  born 1903-08-06 (10th)
1941 NL  born 1903-08-06 (9th)
1942 NL  born 1903-08-06 (5th)
1942 AL  born 1903-08-06 (8th)
1943 AL  born 1903-08-06 (6th)
1944 AL  born 1903-08-06 (7th)
1945 AL  born 1903-08-06 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 10 (243), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 56 (450), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (671), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (620), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (713th), 11.3 career WAR/12.3 7yr-peak WAR/11.8 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 58) = 67.9 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.8 JAWS

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