Turkey Stearnes

Norman Stearnes

Born: May 8, 1901 in Nashville, TN
Died: September 4, 1979 in Detroit, MI
(78 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 6'1"

Wt: 185

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Notes:

• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000
• High School: Pearl HS (Nashville, TN)
• Buried: Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery (Clinton Township, MI)
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Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1923	DS	NNL/NvM	22	CF	72	312	292	74	107	20	15	18	89	2		17			1	2			.366	.403	.723	1.126	181
1924	DS	NNL	23	CF	61	273	248	57	84	9	12	9	44	2		17			2	6			.339	.386	.581	.966	154
1925	DS	NNL	24	CF	94	415	367	93	136	24	14	19	126	11		45			0	3			.371	.439	.668	1.107	183
1926	DS	NNL	25	CF	93	400	342	94	131	33	9	21	103	21		41			6	11			.383	.458	.716	1.174	185
1927	DS	NNL	26	CF	91	392	340	79	119	25	12	19	114	13		46			1	5			.350	.429	.662	1.091	185
1928	DS	NNL	27	CF	80	355	315	80	101	16	7	24	78	5		30	0		5	5			.321	.389	.644	1.033	171
1929	DS	NNL	28	CF	68	304	259	64	101	17	4	16	91	12		38			0	7			.390	.468	.672	1.140	184
1930	DS/NLG	MULT	29	CF	61	263	232	66	87	22	13	11	82	14		27	0		0	4			.375	.440	.724	1.164	180
1931	DS/KCM	MULT	30	CF	55	219	193	35	57	12	2	8	40	8	0	22	4		3	1			.295	.376	.503	.879	142
1932	CAG	NSC/NSL	31	CF	46	204	178	49	56	9	3	6	30	11		21	0		1	4			.315	.390	.500	.890	196
1933	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	32	CF	42	202	180	47	64	13	5	7	31	1	1	18	1	0	1	3		0	.356	.417	.600	1.017	173
1934	CAG/WES	MULT	33	CF	46	200	182	46	64	8	8	7	32	10	0	14	3		2	2			.352	.404	.599	1.003	201
1935	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	34	CF	48	204	174	43	67	10	6	6	52	9	1	23	1	0	3	4	0	0	.385	.465	.615	1.080	182
1936	PS	NN2	35	CF	52	234	210	45	74	8	5	10	43	1	1	19	2		2	3			.352	.411	.581	.992	150
1937	MULT	MULT	36	CF	27	116	102	20	34	5	1	5	21	1	0	11	4	0	2	1		0	.333	.409	.549	.958	174
1938	CAG/KCM	NAL	37	CF	34	143	129	24	34	5	4	2	27	7		11	0		1	2			.264	.326	.411	.737	117
1939	KCM/WES	EWA/NAL	38	CF	57	238	208	47	67	12	2	8	45	11	0	22	0	0	2	5	1	0	.322	.391	.514	.905	160
1940	KCM	NAL	39	CF	38	154	133	24	36	6	3	5	34	4		19	0	0	1	1		0	.271	.366	.474	.840	160
18	7			CF	1065	4628	4084	987	1419	254	125	201	1082	143	3	441	15	0	33	69	1	0	.347	.415	.619	1.034	173
162 Game Average						704	621	150	216	39	19	31	165	24	3	67	6	0	5	10	3	0	.347	.415	.619	1.034	173

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
18	Negro Leagues				1061	4612	4068	983	1413	252	124	200	1078	143	3	441	15	0	33	69	1	0	.347	.415	.618	1.033	173
2	vs Major Leagues				4	16	16	4	6	2	1	1	4	0	0	0	0		0	0			.375	.375	.813	1.188	210

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
9	Detroit Stars I			CF	639	2782	2455	605	885	167	82	139	727	79		269	0		17	41			.360	.427	.665	1.092	179
1	New York Lincoln Giants			CF	19	88	73	31	31	9	4	6	33	7		12	0		0	3			.425	.506	.904	1.410	211
4	Kansas City Monarchs			CF	126	517	459	87	125	23	10	13	102	19	0	46	4	0	4	8	0	0	.272	.344	.451	.795	135
6	Chicago American Giants			CF	206	913	805	202	275	43	23	29	157	36	0	85	4		10	13			.342	.411	.560	.971	181
5	West All Stars			RF	5	20	18	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	.222	.250	.278	.528	37
1	Philadelphia Stars			CF	52	234	210	45	74	8	5	10	43	1	1	19	2		2	3			.352	.411	.581	.992	150
1	Detroit Stars II			CF	18	74	64	16	25	3	1	4	18	1	0	9	0		0	1			.391	.466	.656	1.122	205

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1923	DS	NNL/NvM	312	.479	.352	5.4%			8.3%			5.8%	1.3%	.356	.124
1924	DS	NNL	273	.426	.348	6.2%	8.4%					3.3%	0.9%	.242	.108
1925	DS	NNL	415	.477	.343	10.8%	8.6%					4.6%	1.3%	.297	.130
1926	DS	NNL	400	.495	.365	10.3%	8.6%					5.3%	1.4%	.333	.134
1927	DS	NNL	392	.473	.338	11.7%	8.0%					4.8%	1.3%	.312	.118
1928	DS	NNL	355	.446	.337	8.5%	6.7%	0.0%	0.3%		19.90	6.8%	1.1%	.324	.114
1929	DS	NNL	304	.488	.354	12.5%	8.7%					5.3%	1.6%	.282	.132
1930	DS/NLG	MULT	263	.488	.370	10.3%		0.0%	8.8%			4.2%	1.4%	.349	.136
1931	DS/KCM	MULT	219	.405	.339	10.0%	0.7%	1.8%	8.6%	5.50	16.26	3.7%	0.9%	.207	.102
1932	CAG	NSC/NSL	204	.401	.279	10.3%	0.3%	0.0%	5.4%		78.65	2.9%	0.5%	.185	.071
1933	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	202	.440	.327	8.9%	0.2%	0.5%	6.5%	18.00		3.5%	1.1%	.244	.121
1934	CAG/WES	MULT	200	.455	.310	7.0%	1.2%	1.5%	7.3%	4.67	11.05	3.5%	0.8%	.247	.089
1935	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	204	.469	.341	11.3%	1.0%	0.5%	8.5%	23.00	9.27	2.9%	1.5%	.230	.130
1936	PS	NN2	234	.435	.355	8.1%	8.9%	0.9%	0.3%	9.50	33.00	4.3%	1.7%	.229	.128
1937	MULT	MULT	116	.429	.319	9.5%	1.1%	3.4%	7.4%	2.75	8.38	4.3%	0.9%	.216	.106
1938	CAG/KCM	NAL	143	.338	.316	7.7%	1.6%	0.0%	7.5%		4.68	1.4%	0.7%	.147	.094
1939	KCM/WES	EWA/NAL	238	.411	.323	9.2%	0.9%	0.0%	8.3%		11.57	3.4%	0.7%	.192	.098
1940	KCM	NAL	154	.399	.316	12.3%	9.0%	0.0%	0.3%		26.25	3.2%	0.6%	.203	.076
18	7		4628	.451	.339	9.5%	8.0%	0.8%	0.7%	11.93	23.29	4.3%	1.2%	.271	.115

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
18	Negro Leagues		4612	.451	.339	9.6%	8.0%	0.8%	0.6%	11.93	23.32	4.3%	1.2%	.270	.115
2	vs Major Leagues		16	.497	.333	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	7.1%		1.21	6.3%	1.7%	.438	.146

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
9	Detroit Stars I		2782	.471	.348	9.7%	8.2%	0.0%	0.3%		23.81	5.0%	1.3%	.305	.122
1	New York Lincoln Giants		88	.558	.391	13.6%	9.2%	0.0%	0.6%		15.46	6.8%	1.6%	.479	.154
4	Kansas City Monarchs		517	.368	.321	8.9%	8.3%	1.8%	0.8%	5.25	14.50	2.5%	0.7%	.179	.094
6	Chicago American Giants		913	.432	.313	9.3%	6.9%	0.6%	0.6%	16.75	29.08	3.2%	0.9%	.219	.101
5	West All Stars		20	.240	.305	5.0%	8.2%	25.0%	12.8%	0.20	0.86	0.0%	1.4%	.056	.121
1	Philadelphia Stars		234	.435	.355	8.1%	8.9%	0.9%	0.3%	9.50	33.00	4.3%	1.7%	.229	.128
1	Detroit Stars II		74	.490	.334	12.2%	7.8%	0.0%	0.9%		8.59	5.4%	0.9%	.266	.114

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