Jim Turner (baseball)
American baseball player (1903-1998) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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James Riley Turner (August 6, 1903 – November 29, 1998) was an American pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball. As a member of the Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees, he was a member of nine World Series Championship teams between 1940 and 1959, two as a player and seven as a coach. Most notably, he was pitching coach for the Yankees under Casey Stengel from 1949 to 1959, during which time they won seven titles. Apart from his baseball career, Turner was a lifelong resident of Nashville, Tennessee.
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Jim Turner | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: (1903-08-06)August 6, 1903 Antioch, Tennessee, U.S. | |
Died: November 29, 1998(1998-11-29) (aged 95) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 30, 1937, for the Boston Bees | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 13, 1945, for the New York Yankees | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 69–60 |
Earned run average | 3.22 |
Strikeouts | 329 |
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