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Jim Turner
James Riley Turner (Milkman Jim)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 6, 1903 in Antioch, TN
High School: Cane Ridge (Nashville, TN) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1937
Final Game: September 13, 1945
Died: November 29, 1998
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Standard Pitching

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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 151 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 100 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 1 465 117 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 78 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 31 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 25 267 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 91 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 0 189 101 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 95 1.399 7.5 0.7 5.1 3.6 0.71
9 Seasons 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 99 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 110 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 99 1.380 8.3 0.5 4.1 3.2 0.78

Postseason Pitching

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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 Seasons (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

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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 54 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 1 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 Seasons 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 55 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

Postseason Batting

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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 0
2 Seasons (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

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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
1937 BSN NL 33 P 33 75 12 59 4 3 .947 2.15 .959 1.20 MVP-4
1938 BSN NL 34 P 35 89 17 72 0 4 1.000 2.54 .963 1.13 AS
1939 BSN NL 35 P 25 48 8 38 2 3 .958 1.84 .960 1.09
1940 CIN NL 36 P 24 44 8 35 1 1 .977 1.79 .961 1.10
1941 CIN NL 37 P 23 34 0 33 1 4 .971 1.43 .965 1.09
1942 TOT MLB 38 P 8 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 0.75 .967 1.25
1942 CIN NL 38 P 3 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .967 1.17
1942 NYY AL 38 P 5 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.60 .967 1.30
1943 NYY AL 39 P 18 12 3 8 1 0 .917 0.61 .967 1.27
1944 NYY AL 40 P 35 10 2 6 2 0 .800 0.23 .970 1.14
1945 NYY AL 41 P 30 18 3 14 1 2 .944 0.57 .956 1.28
9 Seasons P 231 336 55 269 12 18 .964 1.40 .962 1.17
9 Seasons TOT 231 336 55 269 12 18 .964 1.40 .926 1.17

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1956 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

All-Star Games
1938

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1937 NL (4, 38%)
0.38 Career Shares (510th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1937 NL  2.384 (1st)
1940 NL  2.888 (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 (237th)

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 (175th)

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  1031 (9th)
1938 NL  1107 (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  151 (1st)
1940 NL  132 (4th)

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 (234), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 56 (443), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 18 (646), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 13 (602), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Dave Rozema (961)
  3. Leon Cadore (959)
  4. Red Barrett (957)
  5. Dave Dravecky (953)
  6. Bob Klinger (952)
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  8. Elmer Knetzer (948)
  9. Virgil Barnes (944)
  10. Ben Sanders (944)
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  1. Sal Maglie (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Connie Johnson (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Lou Fette (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Lou Fette (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Frank Miller (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Lou Fette (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bob Klinger (920)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Johnny Niggeling (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Johnny Niggeling (925)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

September 8, 1936: Traded by Indianapolis (American Association) to the Boston Bees for player to be named.

December 6, 1939: Traded by the Boston Bees to the Cincinnati Reds for Les Scarsella and cash.

July 16, 1942: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Joe Abreu to the New York Yankees for Frankie Kelleher.

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