Most people believe that Bob Turley's best season was 1958, when he posted a 2.97 ERA, won 21 games and struck out 168 batters. He won the Hickok Belt as top professional athlete of the year, the Cy Young Award as the best pitcher in Major League Baseball, and the World SeriesMost Valuable Player Award.
He wore uniform number 24 on the Browns, 33 when they moved to Baltimore as the Orioles, 19 on the Yankees, 39 on the Angels, and 29 on the Red Sox.
Turley is now a representative for Primerica Financial Services. He lives in his lush home located in the state of Georgia.
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1951
STL
A
1
1
0
1
7.36
5
6
6
0
0
0
7.1
11
0
3
0
0
0
1953
STL
A
10
7
2
6
3.28
61
24
22
3
1
0
60.1
39
4
44
0
2
2
1954
BAL
A
35
35
14
15
3.46
185
106
95
14
0
0
247.1
178
7
181
0
5
7
1955
NY
A
36
34
17
13
3.06
210
92
84
13
6
1
246.2
168
16
177
4
7
7
1956
NY
A
27
21
8
4
5.05
91
76
74
5
1
1
132
138
13
103
0
3
4
1957
NY
A
32
23
13
6
2.71
152
59
53
9
4
3
176.1
120
17
85
1
2
9
1958
NY
A
33
31
21
7
2.97
168
82
81
19
6
1
245.1
178
24
128
2
6
8
1959
NY
A
33
22
8
11
4.32
111
80
74
7
3
0
154.1
141
15
83
3
2
3
1960
NY
A
34
24
9
3
3.27
87
67
63
4
1
5
173.1
138
14
87
3
6
5
1961
NY
A
15
12
3
5
5.75
48
47
46
1
0
0
72
74
11
51
0
2
4
1962
NY
A
24
8
3
3
4.57
42
45
35
0
0
1
69
68
8
47
2
1
4
1963
LA
A
19
12
2
7
3.30
70
41
32
3
2
0
87.1
71
5
51
6
2
2
1963
BOS
A
11
7
1
4
6.10
35
28
28
0
0
0
41.1
42
6
28
0
1
1
1963
TOT
A
30
19
3
11
4.20
105
69
60
3
2
0
128.2
113
11
79
6
3
3
Total
310
237
101
85
3.64
1265
753
693
78
24
12
1712.2
1366
140
1068
21
39
56
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1951
STL
A
P
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1953
STL
A
P
10
0
0
4
3
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1954
BAL
A
P
35
0
0
7
35
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
.977
1955
NY
A
P
36
0
0
6
30
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
.900
1956
NY
A
P
27
0
0
3
18
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
.955
1957
NY
A
P
32
23
176.1
13
22
2
1
1
0
4
7
1
.946
1958
NY
A
P
33
31
245.1
17
26
0
4
0
1
9
14
0
1.000
1959
NY
A
P
33
22
154.1
11
18
1
1
0
0
3
3
1
.967
1960
NY
A
P
34
24
173.1
10
21
0
1
0
0
6
5
2
1.000
1961
NY
A
P
15
12
72
4
8
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
1.000
1962
NY
A
P
24
8
69
3
15
0
0
0
1
5
3
1
1.000
1963
LA
A
P
19
12
87.1
5
11
0
1
0
0
4
2
0
1.000
1963
BOS
A
P
11
7
41.2
4
3
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1.000
1963
TOT
A
P
30
19
129
9
14
0
1
0
1
5
2
0
1.000
Total
P
310
139
1019.1
88
211
9
16
1
3
34
36
5
.971
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1951
STL
A
1
2
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1953
STL
A
10
18
2
5
1
1
.278
.316
.444
0
0
1
6
0
2
0
0
0
1954
BAL
A
35
81
8
11
0
5
.136
.157
.160
2
0
2
23
0
6
1
0
0
1955
NY
A
36
82
7
11
0
7
.134
.200
.183
4
0
6
21
1
8
0
0
3
1956
NY
A
27
46
5
8
0
3
.174
.224
.217
2
0
3
16
0
3
0
0
0
1957
NY
A
32
57
4
5
0
0
.088
.212
.088
0
0
8
27
1
2
0
0
0
1958
NY
A
33
88
8
12
2
6
.136
.174
.205
0
0
4
35
0
6
0
0
2
1959
NY
A
33
46
3
4
0
1
.087
.192
.087
0
0
5
18
1
2
0
0
1
1960
NY
A
34
55
4
4
0
1
.073
.105
.091
1
0
2
18
0
2
0
0
0
1961
NY
A
15
21
1
2
0
3
.095
.091
.095
0
0
0
11
0
3
0
0
1
1962
NY
A
24
12
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
6
0
3
0
0
0
1963
LA
A
19
25
2
4
1
3
.160
.160
.320
1
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
1
1963
BOS
A
11
14
0
3
0
2
.214
.214
.214
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1963
TOT
A
30
39
2
7
1
5
.179
.179
.282
1
0
0
9
0
0
0
0
1
Total
310
547
44
69
4
32
.126
.177
.166
10
0
31
191
3
37
1
0
8
Transactions[]
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).