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Norman Thomas "Turkey" Stearnes (May 8, 1901 – September 4, 1979) was an American baseball center fielder.He played 18 years in the Negro leagues, including nine years with the Detroit Stars (1923–1931), six years with the Chicago American Giants (1932–1935, 1937–1938), and three years with the Kansas City Monarchs (1938–1940).
The mainstays of the Detroit Stars during the 1920s were Hall of Fame center fielder Turkey Stearnes, who ranks among the all-time Negro league leaders in nearly every batting category; Hall of Fame pitcher Andy Cooper, a workhorse southpaw; pitcher Bill Holland; and first baseman Wesley, who led the league in home runs twice and batting ...
OBP is calculated in Major League Baseball (MLB) by dividing the sum of hits, walks, and times hit by a pitch by the sum of at-bats, walks, times hit by pitch and sacrifice flies. [1] A hitter with a .400 on-base percentage is considered to be great [ 2 ] and rare; [ 3 ] only 61 players in MLB history with at least 3,000 career plate ...
Here’s a look at the major changes in baseball’s record books with the integration of the Negro Leagues on Wednesday: ... Turkey Stearnes — .348. Career slugging percentage. Josh Gibson — .718
Center fielder Turkey Stearnes compiled a .322 batting average and a .640 slugging percentage in 82 games. [2] He also led the Negro National League with a career-high 24 home runs. [3] In 2000, Stearnes was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. [4] First baseman Ed Rile compiled a .350 batting average and .513 slugging ...
Turkey Stearnes. Baseball players and fans alike are learning more about the Negro Leagues after the statistics for more than 2,300 players — historic figures like Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Buck Leonard. Charlie “Chino” Smith. Turkey Stearnes. Baseball players and fans alike are learning more about the Negro Leagues after the statistics for more than 2,300 players — historic figures like Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston, Satchel Paige and Mule Suttles — were incorporated into the major league record book following a three-year research project.
Center fielder Turkey Stearnes was the team's batting star. He ranked among the NNL leaders with a .632 slugging percentage (first), eight home runs (first), .376 batting average (second), .465 on-base percentage (second), and 33 RBIs (second). [2] Stearnes died in 1979 and was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000. [3]