Turkey Stearnes

Positions: Centerfielder, Leftfielder and Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: May 8, 1901 in Nashville, TN us

Died: September 4, 1979 in Detroit, MI

Buried: Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery, Clinton Township, MI

High School: Pearl HS (Nashville, TN)

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2000. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Turkey Stearnes's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1923 season

Full Name: Norman Thomas Stearnes

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

49.8

3780

1319

186

.349

910

RBI

1001

129

OBP

.417

SLG

.616

OPS

1.034

OPS+

177

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1923	22	-5.4	DS	NNL	Maj	DS	69	299	279	70	101	18	14	17	85	2		17		.362	.401	.710	1.110	198		1	2
1924	23	-3.8	DS	NNL	Maj	DS	61	273	248	57	84	9	12	9	44	2		17		.339	.386	.581	.966	144		2	6
1925	24	-2.8	DS	NNL	Maj	DS	94	415	367	93	136	24	14	19	126	11		45		.371	.439	.668	1.107	245			3
1926	25	-2.0	DS	NNL	Maj	DS	93	400	342	94	131	33	9	21	103	21		41		.383	.458	.716	1.174	245		6	11
1927	26	-1.3	DS	NNL	Maj	DS	91	392	340	79	119	25	12	19	114	13		46		.350	.429	.662	1.091	225		1	5
1928	27	-0.9	DS	NNL	Maj	DS	80	354	315	80	101	16	7	24	78	5		29		.321	.387	.644	1.031	203		5	5
1929	28	-0.2	DS	NNL	Maj	DS	68	304	259	64	101	17	4	16	91	12		38		.390	.468	.672	1.140	174		0	7
1930	29	-1.6	New York	BLK	Non		19	88	73	31	31	9	4	6	33	7		12		.425	.506	.904	1.410	66		0	3
1930	29	1.3	DS	NNL	Maj	DS	35	146	129	26	42	9	8	2	38	6		14		.326	.392	.566	.958	73		0	3
1931	30	-0.2	Kansas City	BLK	Non		16	60	57	6	7	2	2	0	7	2		2	4	.123	.167	.228	.395	13		1	0
1931	30	2.3	DS	NNL	Maj	DS	38	156	133	29	50	10	0	8	33	6		20		.376	.465	.632	1.096	84		2	1
1932	31	3.7	CAG	NSL	Maj	CAG	44	194	168	43	49	9	2	4	25	11		21		.292	.374	.441	.814	74		1	4
1933	32	3.5	CAG	NN2	Maj	CAG	41	197	175	46	62	12	5	7	30	1		18		.354	.418	.600	1.018	105		1	3
1934	33	3.7	CAG	NN2	Maj	CAG	39	171	154	42	53	7	7	6	28	6		14		.344	.402	.597	1.000	92		1	2
1935	34	4.6	CAG	NN2	Maj	CAG	47	201	170	43	66	10	6	6	52	9		23		.388	.469	.624	1.093	106		3	5
1936	35	5.5	PS	NN2	Maj	PS	52	234	210	45	74	8	5	10	43	1		19		.352	.411	.581	.992	122		2	3
1937	36		2 Teams	NAL	Maj	CAG-DTS	22	92	78	18	29	4	1	5	20	1		10		.372	.456	.641	1.097	50		2	2		0
1937	36	8.5	DTS	NAL	Maj	DTS	18	74	64	16	25	3	1	4	18	1		9		.391	.466	.656	1.122	42		0	1
1937	36	8.5	CAG	NAL	Maj	CAG	4	18	14	2	4	1	0	1	2	0		1		.286	.412	.571	.983	8		2	1		0
1938	37		2 Teams	NAL	Maj	CAG-KCM	34	143	129	24	34	5	4	2	27	7		11		.264	.326	.411	.737	53		1	2
1938	37	9.3	CAG	NAL	Maj	CAG	19	77	69	14	18	2	1	2	10	5		7		.261	.338	.406	.744	28		1	0
1938	37	9.3	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	15	66	60	10	16	3	3	0	17	2		4		.267	.313	.417	.729	25		0	2
1939	38	9.9	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	49	205	185	42	61	9	1	7	39	12		17		.330	.386	.503	.889	93			3
1940	39	11.1	KCM	NAL	Maj	KCM	29	115	99	15	26	3	1	4	25	3		16		.263	.365	.434	.800	43			0
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Majors (18 seasons)					Majors		986	4291	3780	910	1319	228	112	186	1001	129		416		.349	.417	.616	1.034	2329		28	67		0
Black Baseball (2 seasons)					Black Baseball		35	148	130	37	38	11	6	6	40	9		14	4	.292	.366	.608	.973	79		1	3
All Levels (18 Seasons)							1021	4439	3910	947	1357	239	118	192	1041	138		430	4	.347	.416	.616	1.032	2408		29	70		0