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	0	17	3		1	2			.366	.403	.723	1.126	179
1924	DS	NNL	23	CF	62	278	251	58	87	10	13	9	46	2		19			2	6			.347	.397	.598	.995	163
1925	DS	NNL	24	CF	94	417	366	91	136	24	14	19	106	10		42			5	4			.372	.443	.669	1.112	182
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	92	399	347	80	120	26	12	20	105	15		42			7	3			.346	.427	.663	1.090	183
1928	DS	NNL	27	CF	81	359	317	81	102	16	7	24	78	6		31			5	6			.322	.391	.644	1.034	171
1929	DS	NNL	28	CF	69	305	261	65	102	16	4	17	88	12		35			2	7			.391	.466	.678	1.145	185
1930	DS/NLG	MULT	29	CF	62	270	236	69	89	23	13	11	83	14		26			1	7			.377	.441	.725	1.166	180
1931	DS/KCM	MULT	30	CF	55	219	193	35	57	12	2	8	40	8	0	22	0		3	1			.295	.376	.503	.879	142
1932	CAG	NSC/NSL	31	CF	46	204	178	49	56	9	3	6	30	11		19			3	4			.315	.390	.500	.890	188
1933	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	32	CF	43	208	185	48	65	13	6	7	31	2	1	20	1	0	1	2		0	.351	.417	.600	1.017	174
1934	CAG/WES	MULT	33	CF	47	204	186	46	66	8	8	7	32	10	0	14	2		2	2			.355	.406	.597	1.003	200
1935	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	34	CF	51	218	185	45	69	11	6	6	53	9	1	25	0	0	4	4	0	0	.373	.458	.595	1.053	176
1936	PS	NN2	35	CF	58	258	231	48	81	8	6	12	51	1		22			2	3			.351	.412	.593	1.005	156
1937	MULT	MULT	36	CF	28	119	105	20	34	5	1	5	21	1	0	11	3	0	2	1		0	.324	.398	.533	.932	167
1938	CAG/KCM	NAL	37	CF	36	153	136	27	38	7	4	3	30	8		14			1	2			.279	.351	.456	.807	136
1939	KCM/WES	MULT	38	CF	57	238	208	47	67	12	2	8	45	11	0	22	0	0	2	5	1	0	.322	.391	.514	.905	161
1940	KCM	NAL	39	CF	38	154	133	24	36	6	3	5	34	4		19			1	1			.271	.366	.474	.840	158
18	7			CF	1084	4715	4152	1001	1443	259	128	206	1065	147	2	441	9	0	50	71	1	0	.348	.416	.620	1.037	173
162 Game Average						705	621	150	216	39	19	31	159	22	36	66	112	0	7	11	3	0	.348	.416	.620	1.037	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				1080	4699	4136	997	1437	257	127	205	1061	147	2	441	6	0	50	71	1	0	.347	.417	.620	1.036	173
2	vs Major Leagues				4	16	16	4	6	2	1	1	4	0	0	0	3		0	0			.375	.375	.813	1.188	209

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	643	2804	2468	608	891	168	83	141	696	81	0	261	3		31	44			.361	.429	.668	1.096	179
1	New York Lincoln Giants			CF	20	92	77	33	33	10	4	6	35	7		12			0	3			.429	.506	.896	1.402	210
4	Kansas City Monarchs			CF	127	522	462	88	126	23	10	14	104	19	0	48	0		4	8	0		.273	.346	.457	.803	137
6	Chicago American Giants			CF	212	942	829	207	283	46	24	29	159	38		88	1		13	12			.341	.413	.560	.973	180
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	58	258	231	48	81	8	6	12	51	1		22			2	3			.351	.412	.593	1.005	156
1	Detroit Stars II			CF	19	77	67	16	25	3	1	4	18	1		9			0	1			.373	.447	.627	1.074	193

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1923	DS	NNL/NVM	312	.480	.355	5.4%		1.0%	8.4%	5.67		5.8%	1.3%	.356	.125
1924	DS	NNL	278	.438	.346	6.8%	8.3%					3.2%	0.9%	.251	.107
1925	DS	NNL	417	.481	.348	10.1%	8.5%					4.6%	1.3%	.298	.131
1926	DS	NNL	400	.495	.365	10.3%	8.6%					5.3%	1.4%	.333	.134
1927	DS	NNL	399	.476	.341	10.5%	7.7%					5.0%	1.2%	.317	.119
1928	DS	NNL	359	.446	.337	8.6%	6.7%					6.7%	1.1%	.322	.114
1929	DS	NNL	305	.489	.354	11.5%	8.0%					5.6%	1.6%	.287	.132
1930	DS/NLG	MULT	270	.483	.365	9.6%			8.5%			4.1%	1.5%	.347	.139
1931	DS/KCM	MULT	219	.405	.339	10.0%		0.0%	8.5%			3.7%	0.9%	.207	.102
1932	CAG	NSC/NSL	204	.403	.289	9.3%			6.0%			2.9%	0.6%	.185	.076
1933	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	208	.442	.327	9.6%		0.5%	6.6%	20.00		3.4%	1.2%	.249	.122
1934	CAG/WES	MULT	204	.456	.312	6.9%		1.0%	7.3%	7.00		3.4%	0.8%	.242	.089
1935	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	218	.460	.342	11.5%		0.0%	8.5%			2.8%	1.5%	.222	.128
1936	PS	NN2	258	.441	.353	8.5%	8.9%					4.7%	1.6%	.242	.127
1937	MULT	MULT	119	.417	.318	9.2%		2.5%	7.3%	3.67		4.2%	0.9%	.210	.107
1938	CAG/KCM	NAL	153	.367	.317	9.2%			7.5%			2.0%	0.7%	.176	.094
1939	KCM/WES	MULT	238	.410	.322	9.2%		0.0%	8.2%			3.4%	0.7%	.192	.098
1940	KCM	NAL	154	.400	.319	12.3%	9.1%					3.2%	0.6%	.203	.077
18	7		4715	.453	.340	9.4%	8.0%	16.1%	4.8%	0.22	3.82	4.4%	1.2%	.273	.116

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
18	Negro Leagues		4699	.452	.340	9.4%	8.0%	15.0%	4.9%	0.33	4.18	4.4%	1.2%	.272	.116
2	vs Major Leagues		16	.499	.336	0.0%	8.2%	18.8%	4.2%	0.00	2.11	6.3%	1.7%	.438	.144

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
9	Detroit Stars I		2804	.473	.349	9.3%	8.1%	23.1%	3.5%	0.00	2.32	5.0%	1.3%	.307	.123
1	New York Lincoln Giants		92	.558	.390	13.0%	9.2%					6.5%	1.6%	.468	.153
4	Kansas City Monarchs		522	.371	.322	9.2%	8.3%	0.0%	7.1%		1.21	2.7%	0.7%	.184	.094
6	Chicago American Giants		942	.434	.317	9.3%	7.1%	5.0%	2.1%	1.00	5.39	3.1%	1.0%	.218	.102
5	West All Stars		20	.240	.305	5.0%	8.4%	25.0%	12.8%	0.20	0.88	0.0%	1.4%	.056	.122
1	Philadelphia Stars		258	.441	.353	8.5%	8.9%					4.7%	1.6%	.242	.127
1	Detroit Stars II		77	.470	.333	11.7%	7.6%					5.2%	0.9%	.254	.115

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