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				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	354	315	80	101	16	7	24	78	5		29			5	5			.321	.387	.644	1.031	170
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	NLG/DS	MULT	29	CF	61	265	232	66	87	22	13	11	82	14		27			0	6			.375	.440	.724	1.164	179
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			1	4			.315	.390	.500	.890	196
1933	WES/CAG	EWA/NN2	32	CF	42	202	180	47	64	13	5	7	31	1	1	18	1	0	1	3	0	0	.356	.417	.600	1.017	173
1934	WES/CAG	MULT	33	CF	46	200	182	46	64	8	8	7	32	10	0	14	2		2	2	0	0	.352	.404	.599	1.003	201
1935	WES/CAG	EWA/NN2	34	CF	48	204	173	43	67	10	6	6	52	9	0	23	0	0	3	5	0	0	.387	.467	.618	1.086	183
1936	PS	NN2	35	CF	52	234	210	45	74	8	5	10	43	1		19			2	3			.352	.411	.581	.992	150
1937	MULT	MULT	36	CF	27	116	101	20	34	5	1	5	21	1	0	11	2	0	2	2	0	0	.337	.412	.554	.967	177
1938	CAG/KCM	NAL	37	CF	34	143	129	24	34	5	4	2	27	7		11			1	2			.264	.326	.411	.737	117
1939	KCM/WES	MULT	38	CF	55	227	201	45	65	10	1	8	45	12	0	21	0	0	0	5	0	0	.323	.387	.502	.890	158
1940	KCM	NAL	39	CF	36	146	126	22	33	6	2	5	33	4		18		0	1	1		0	.262	.359	.460	.819	152
18	7			CF	1061	4610	4068	983	1414	252	123	201	1081	144	1	438	9	0	31	73	0	0	.348	.415	.618	1.033	173
162 Game Average						704	621	150	216	38	19	31	165	26	27	67	122	0	6	11	0	0	.348	.415	.618	1.033	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				1057	4594	4052	979	1408	250	122	200	1077	144	1	438	9	0	31	73	0	0	.347	.415	.617	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	2783	2455	605	885	167	82	139	727	79		268			17	43			.360	.427	.665	1.092	179
1	New York Lincoln Giants			CF	19	88	73	31	31	9	4	6	33	7		12			0	3			.425	.506	.904	1.410	203
4	Kansas City Monarchs			CF	122	498	444	83	120	21	8	13	101	20	0	44	4	0	2	8		0	.270	.339	.441	.780	130
6	Chicago American Giants			CF	206	913	803	202	275	43	23	29	157	36		85		0	10	15			.342	.412	.562	.974	182
5	West All Stars			RF	5	20	19	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.250	.263	.513	25
1	Philadelphia Stars			CF	52	234	210	45	74	8	5	10	43	1		19			2	3			.352	.411	.581	.992	150
1	Detroit Stars II			CF	18	74	64	16	25	3	1	4	18	1		9			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	354	.445	.337	8.2%	6.7%					6.8%	1.1%	.324	.115
1929	DS	NNL	304	.488	.354	12.5%	8.7%					5.3%	1.6%	.282	.132
1930	NLG/DS	MULT	265	.484	.367	10.2%			8.7%			4.2%	1.4%	.349	.138
1931	DS/KCM	MULT	219	.405	.338	10.0%		1.8%	8.5%	5.50		3.7%	0.9%	.207	.102
1932	CAG	NSC/NSL	204	.401	.278	10.3%			5.3%			2.9%	0.5%	.185	.071
1933	WES/CAG	EWA/NN2	202	.441	.328	8.9%		0.5%	6.5%	18.00		3.5%	1.1%	.244	.121
1934	WES/CAG	MULT	200	.456	.311	7.0%		1.0%	7.3%	7.00		3.5%	0.8%	.247	.089
1935	WES/CAG	EWA/NN2	204	.469	.341	11.3%		0.0%	8.5%			2.9%	1.5%	.231	.130
1936	PS	NN2	234	.435	.355	8.1%	8.9%					4.3%	1.7%	.229	.128
1937	MULT	MULT	116	.429	.320	9.5%		1.7%	7.5%	5.50		4.3%	0.9%	.218	.106
1938	CAG/KCM	NAL	143	.338	.316	7.7%			7.5%			1.4%	0.7%	.147	.094
1939	KCM/WES	MULT	227	.406	.321	9.3%		0.0%	8.9%			3.5%	0.8%	.179	.097
1940	KCM	NAL	146	.390	.318	12.3%	9.0%					3.4%	0.6%	.198	.077
18	7		4610	.450	.339	9.5%	8.1%	10.8%	3.6%	0.33	12.79	4.4%	1.2%	.271	.116

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
18	Negro Leagues		4594	.450	.339	9.5%	8.1%	11.3%	3.5%	0.33	13.23	4.4%	1.2%	.270	.116
2	vs Major Leagues		16	.497	.333	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	7.1%		1.21	6.3%	1.7%	.438	.139

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
9	Detroit Stars I		2783	.471	.348	9.6%	8.2%					5.0%	1.3%	.305	.122
1	New York Lincoln Giants		88	.556	.399	13.6%	9.3%					6.8%	1.7%	.479	.160
4	Kansas City Monarchs		498	.361	.321	8.8%	8.6%	6.3%	0.8%	0.50	16.58	2.6%	0.8%	.171	.093
6	Chicago American Giants		913	.432	.313	9.3%	6.9%					3.2%	0.9%	.219	.101
5	West All Stars		20	.241	.316	5.0%	8.3%	25.0%	12.8%	0.20	0.88	0.0%	1.4%	.053	.117
1	Philadelphia Stars		234	.435	.355	8.1%	8.9%					4.3%	1.7%	.229	.128
1	Detroit Stars II		74	.490	.334	12.2%	7.8%					5.4%	0.9%	.266	.115

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