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Bob Turley Bob Turley

Full name: Robert Lee Turley Born: September 19, 1930, Troy, Illinois First Game: September 29, 1951; Final Game: September 21, 1963 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 215 Major League Cy Young (1958) World Series MVP (1958) TSN Player of the Year (1958) TSN AL Pitcher of the Year (1958) P on TSN All-Star Team (1958) Bob Turley Collectibles! Bob Turley Memorabilia! Bob Turley Cards! Bob Turley Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week!

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Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1951 STL A                 1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0        1   0   0               0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1951 STL A
1953 STL A                10    18    2    5   0   0   1    1    1        6   0   2               0    0   0  .278  .316  .444   0.0 1953 STL A
1954 BAL A                35    81    8   11   2   0   0    5    2       23   0   6   0           0    1   0  .136  .157  .160   0.0 1954 BAL A
1955 NY  A                36    82    7   11   4   0   0    7    6   0   21   1   8   1           3    0   0  .134  .200  .183   0.0 1955 NY  A
1956 NY  A                27    46    5    8   2   0   0    3    3   0   16   0   3   0           0    0   1  .174  .224  .217   0.0 1956 NY  A
1957 NY  A                32    57    4    5   0   0   0    0    8   0   27   1   2   0           0    0   0  .088  .212  .088   0.0 1957 NY  A
1958 NY  A                33    88    8   12   0   0   2    6    4   0   35   0   6   0           2    0   0  .136  .174  .205   0.0 1958 NY  A
1959 NY  A                33    46    3    4   0   0   0    1    5   0   18   1   2   0           1    0   0  .087  .192  .087   0.0 1959 NY  A
1960 NY  A Daily Splits   34    55    4    4   1   0   0    1    2   0   18   0   2   0   0   1   0    0   0  .073  .105  .091   0.0 1960 NY  A
1961 NY  A Daily Splits   15    21    1    2   0   0   0    3    0   0   11   0   3   1   0   1   1    0   0  .095  .091  .095   0.0 1961 NY  A
1962 NY  A Daily Splits   24    12    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    6   0   3   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1962 NY  A
1963 LA  A Daily Splits   19    25    2    4   1   0   1    3    0   0    7   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .160  .160  .320   0.0 1963 LA  A
1963 BOS A Daily Splits   11    14    0    3   0   0   0    2    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .214  .214  .214   0.0 1963 BOS A
1963 TOT A                30    39    2    7   1   0   1    5    0   0    9   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .179  .179  .282   0.0 1963 TOT A
Total            Splits  310   547   44   69  10   0   4   32   31   0i 191   3  37   2i  0i  2i  8    1   1  .126  .177  .166   0.0 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam

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World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1955 NY  A Daily Splits    3     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1955 NY  A
1956 NY  A Daily Splits    3     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1956 NY  A
1957 NY  A Daily Splits    3     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1957 NY  A
1958 NY  A Daily Splits    4     5    0    1   0   0   0    2    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .200  .200 1958 NY  A
1960 NY  A Daily Splits    2     4    0    1   0   0   0    1    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .250  .250 1960 NY  A
Total            Splits   15    18    0    2   0   0   0    3    0   0    5   0   2   0   0   0   0    0   0  .111  .111  .111 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1958 AL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1958 AL   

Pitching RecordPitching Record

Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
1951 STL A                 1   1   0   0   0   0    7.1   11    34   0    6    6    3        5   0       0   0   0                   0   1   7.36  -0.2 1951 STL A
1953 STL A                10   7   3   1   3   0   60.1   39   259   4   24   22   44       61   1       2   2   0                   2   6   3.28   0.9 1953 STL A
1954 BAL A                35  35  14   0   0   0  247.1  178  1092   7  106   95  181      185  14  11   5   7   1                  14  15   3.46   0.2 1954 BAL A
1955 NY  A                36  34  13   6   2   1  246.2  168  1075  16   92   84  177   4  210  12   7   7   7   0                  17  13   3.06   2.4 1955 NY  A
1956 NY  A                27  21   5   1   3   1  132    138   621  13   76   74  103   0   91   5   4   3   4   1                   8   4   5.05  -1.3 1956 NY  A
1957 NY  A                32  23   9   4   7   3  176.1  120   723  17   59   53   85   1  152   6   4   2   9   0                  13   6   2.71   1.8 1957 NY  A
1958 NY  A                33  31  19   6   1   1  245.1  178  1013  24   82   81  128   2  168   4   7   6   8   0                  21   7   2.97   2.2 1958 NY  A
1959 NY  A                33  22   7   3   6   0  154.1  141   678  15   80   74   83   3  111   7   9   2   3   0                   8  11   4.32  -1.3 1959 NY  A
1960 NY  A Daily Splits   34  24   4   1   6   5  173.1  138   727  14   67   63   87   3   87   7   6   6   5   1  29   4  15   6   9   3   3.27   0.2 1960 NY  A
1961 NY  A Daily Splits   15  12   1   0   1   0   72     74   334  11   47   46   51   0   48   3   1   2   4   0  14   3   7   1   3   5   5.75  -1.6 1961 NY  A
1962 NY  A Daily Splits   24   8   0   0   7   1   69     68   316   8   45   35   47   2   42   2   4   1   4   0  12   3   7   5   3   3   4.57  -0.9 1962 NY  A
1963 LA  A Daily Splits   19  12   3   2   0   0   87.1   71   381   5   41   32   51   6   70   6   2   2   2   0  14   0   5   6   2   7   3.30   0.0 1963 LA  A
1963 BOS A Daily Splits   11   7   0   0   2   0   41.1   42   194   6   28   28   28   0   35   0   1   1   1   0   8   0   2   1   1   4   6.10  -1.0 1963 BOS A
1963 TOT A                30  19   3   2   2   0  128.2  113   575  11   69   60   79   6  105   6   3   3   3   0  22   0   7   7   3  11   4.20  -1.0 1963 TOT A
Total            Splits  310 237  78  24  38  12 1712.2 1366  7447 140  753  693 1068  21i1265  67  56i 39  56   3  77i 10i 36i 19i101  85   3.64   1.4 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team

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World Series Pitching RecordWorld Series Pitching Record

Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1955 NY  A Daily Splits    3   1   0   0   2   0    5.1    7    28   1    5    5    4   0    7   1   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   8.44 1955 NY  A
1956 NY  A Daily Splits    3   1   1   0   1   0   11      4    44   0    1    1    8   2   14   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   1   0.82 1956 NY  A
1957 NY  A Daily Splits    3   2   1   0   1   0   11.2    7    47   2    3    3    6   0   12   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   1   0   1   0   2.31 1957 NY  A
1958 NY  A Daily Splits    4   2   1   1   2   1   16.1   10    64   2    5    5    7   1   13   1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   0   2   1   2.76 1958 NY  A
1960 NY  A Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0    9.1   15    48   1    6    5    4   0    0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   0   1   0   4.82 1960 NY  A
Total            Splits   15   8   3   1   6   1   53.2   43   231   6   20   19   29   3   46   3   0   1   2   0   7   0   2   0   4   3   3.19 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team

All-Star Game Pitching RecordAll-Star Game Pitching Record

Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1958 AL    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    1.2    3    11   0    3    3    2   0    0   0   1   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  16.20 1958 AL   

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1951 STL A         P    1                       1    1    0    1                         1.000
1953 STL A         P   10                       4    3    0    2                         1.000
1954 BAL A         P   35                       7   35    1    1                          .977
1955 NY  A         P   36                       6   30    4    2                          .900
1956 NY  A         P   27                       3   18    1    2                          .955
1957 NY  A         P   32                      13   22    2    1                          .946
1958 NY  A         P   33                      17   26    0    4                         1.000
1959 NY  A         P   33                      11   18    1    1                          .967
1960 NY  A Daily   P   34   24    4   173.1    10   21    0    1   0    0    5    6    2 1.000
1961 NY  A Daily   P   15   12    1    72       4    8    0    0   0    0    2    2    0 1.000
1962 NY  A Daily   P   24    8    0    69       3   15    0    0   0    1    3    5    1 1.000
1963 LA  A Daily   P   19   12    3    87.1     5   11    0    1   0    0    2    4    0 1.000
1963 BOS A Daily   P   11    7    0    41.2     4    3    0    0   0    1    0    1    0 1.000
1963 TOT A         P   30   19    3   129       9   14    0    1   0    1    2    5    0 1.000
Total              P  310   63i   8i  443.1i   88  211    9   16   0i   2i  12i  18i   3i .971
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG

World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1955 NY  A Daily   P    3    1    0     5.1     0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1956 NY  A Daily   P    3    1    1    11       0    2    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1957 NY  A Daily   P    3    2    1    11.2     2    2    0    1   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1958 NY  A Daily   P    4    2    1    16.1     0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1960 NY  A Daily   P    2    2    0     9.1     0    2    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Total              P   15    8    3    53.2     2    8    0    1   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG

All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1958 AL    Daily   P    1    1    0     1.2     0    0    0    0   0    0    0    1    0     -

TransactionsTransactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Browns (1948).

Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Don Larsen, Billy Hunter and 4 players to be named
later to New York Yankees in exchange for Gene Woodling, Harry Byrd, Jim McDonald,
Hal Smith, Gus Triandos, Willie Miranda and 4 players to be named later (November
17, 1954); Baltimore Orioles received Bill Miller, Kal Segrist, Don Leppert and Ted
Del Guercio (December 1, 1954) and New York Yankees received Mike Blyzka, Darrell
Johnson, Jim Fridley and Dick Kryhoski (December 1, 1954).

Sold by New York Yankees to Los Angeles Angels (October 29, 1962).

Released by Los Angeles Angels (July 24, 1963).

Signed by Boston Red Sox (July 24, 1963).

Released by Boston Red Sox (October 14, 1963).

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