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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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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	162
1925	DS	NNL	24	CF	93	410	362	92	134	23	14	19	126	11	45	3	.370	.440	.669	1.108	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	186
1928	DS	NNL	27	CF	80	355	315	80	101	16	7	24	78	5	30	5	5	.321	.389	.644	1.033	172
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	266	232	67	87	22	13	11	81	14	26	1	7	.375	.440	.724	1.164	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	205	178	49	56	9	3	6	30	11	20	3	4	.315	.393	.500	.893	189
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	2	2	2	.352	.404	.599	1.003	203
1935	CAG / WES	EWA / NN2	34	CF	48	204	174	43	67	10	6	6	52	9	1	23	0	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	19	2	3	.352	.411	.581	.992	149
1937	MULT	MULT	36	CF	27	116	102	20	34	5	1	5	21	1	0	11	3	0	2	1	0	.333	.409	.549	.958	175
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	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	1065	4632	4082	988	1420	254	126	201	1083	143	2	441	9	0	36	72	1	0	.348	.416	.620	1.036	173
162 Game Average						705	621	150	216	39	19	31	165	22	5	67	112	0	6	11	3	0	.348	.416	.620	1.036	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	4616	4066	984	1414	252	125	200	1079	143	2	441	6	0	36	72	1	0	.348	.416	.619	1.035	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	639	2785	2453	606	886	167	83	139	728	79	0	270	3	18	44	.361	.428	.667	1.095	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	212
4	Kansas City Monarchs			CF	126	517	459	87	125	23	10	13	102	19	0	46	0	4	8	0	0	.272	.344	.451	.795	135
6	Chicago American Giants			CF	206	914	805	202	275	43	23	29	157	36	84	1	12	13	.342	.412	.560	.972	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	38
1	Philadelphia Stars			CF	52	234	210	45	74	8	5	10	43	1	19	2	3	.352	.411	.581	.992	149
1	Detroit Stars II			CF	18	74	64	16	25	3	1	4	18	1	9	0	1	.391	.466	.656	1.122	207

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	.347	6.8%	8.3%				3.2%	0.9%		.251	.108
1925	DS	NNL	410	.478	.342	11.0%	8.6%				4.6%	1.3%		.298	.130
1926	DS	NNL	400	.495	.365	10.3%	8.6%				5.3%	1.4%		.333	.134
1927	DS	NNL	392	.472	.338	11.7%	7.9%				4.8%	1.3%		.312	.118
1928	DS	NNL	355	.446	.336	8.5%	6.7%				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	266	.482	.365	9.8%		8.5%			4.1%	1.5%		.349	.138
1931	DS / KCM	MULT	219	.405	.338	10.0%		0.0%	8.5%			3.7%	0.9%		.207	.102
1932	CAG	NSC / NSL	205	.405	.289	9.8%		5.9%			2.9%	0.6%		.185	.076
1933	CAG / WES	EWA / NN2	202	.440	.327	8.9%		0.5%	6.5%		18.00		3.5%	1.1%		.244	.121
1934	CAG / WES	MULT	200	.455	.309	7.0%		1.0%	7.3%		7.00		3.5%	0.8%		.247	.089
1935	CAG / WES	EWA / NN2	204	.469	.341	11.3%		0.0%	8.5%			2.9%	1.5%		.230	.130
1936	PS	NN2	234	.435	.357	8.1%	9.0%				4.3%	1.7%		.229	.129
1937	MULT	MULT	116	.429	.318	9.5%		2.6%	7.4%		3.67		4.3%	0.9%		.216	.106
1938	CAG / KCM	NAL	143	.338	.316	7.7%		7.5%			1.4%	0.7%		.147	.094
1939	KCM / WES	MULT	238	.411	.323	9.2%		0.0%	8.3%			3.4%	0.7%		.192	.098
1940	KCM	NAL	154	.400	.319	12.3%	9.1%				3.2%	0.6%		.203	.077
18	7		4632	.452	.339	9.5%	8.0%		16.1%	1.6%		0.22	29.37		4.3%	1.2%		.272	.116

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
18	Negro Leagues		4616	.451	.339	9.6%	8.0%		15.0%	1.4%		0.33	30.87		4.3%	1.2%		.271	.116
2	vs Major Leagues		16	.499	.335	0.0%	8.3%		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		2785	.472	.348	9.7%	8.2%		23.1%	3.5%		0.00	2.32		5.0%	1.3%		.306	.122
1	New York Lincoln Giants		88	.558	.390	13.6%	9.1%				6.8%	1.6%		.479	.153
4	Kansas City Monarchs		517	.368	.322	8.9%	8.3%		0.0%	0.3%		39.66		2.5%	0.7%		.179	.094
6	Chicago American Giants		914	.433	.315	9.2%	7.1%		5.0%	2.1%		1.00	5.31		3.2%	1.0%		.219	.102
5	West All Stars		20	.240	.304	5.0%	8.2%		25.0%	12.8%		0.20	0.86		0.0%	1.4%		.056	.121
1	Philadelphia Stars		234	.435	.357	8.1%	9.0%				4.3%	1.7%		.229	.129
1	Detroit Stars II		74	.490	.333	12.2%	7.7%				5.4%	0.9%		.266	.114

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