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Bob Turley

Birthdate:

9/19/1930

Height / Weight:

6' 2" / 215 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Troy, IL, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Bullet Bob Turley, 6ft 2 inches, 215 lbs, was traded to the Yankees in the winter of 1954 from the Baltimore Orioles. In 1954, he led all AL hurlers in strikeouts and was the main man in a 18 player trade. In 1955, his first full season in a Yankee pinstripe, Turley, with his' mid-90 mph fastball went 17-13, a 3.06 ERA. The next two seasons he battled arm stiffness but did managed to go 13-7 in 1957.

Bob Turley's fastball was humming for Casey Stengel in 1958, he won the Cy Young Award by going 21-7, .750 pct, 168 K's, he started 31 games, completed 19 and hurled 6 shutouts. Bob Turley pitched in 5 different World Series with the Yankees from 1955-1962. His WS record: 53 innings, 4-3 record, 3.19 ERA. "Bullet Bob" Turley career: 101-85, 24 shutouts, 3.64 ERA, 1265 strikeouts in 1713 innings. baseballhistorian.com

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1951	SLB (AL)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	7.1	11	6	6	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	7.36
1953	SLB (AL)	10	7	2	6	0	3	1	60.1	39	24	22	4	44	0	61	2	2	0	3.28
1954	BAL (AL)	35	35	14	15	0	14	0	247.1	178	106	95	7	181	0	185	5	7	1	3.46
1955	NYY (AL)	36	34	17	13	1	13	6	246.2	168	92	84	16	177	4	210	7	7	0	3.06
1956	NYY (AL)	27	21	8	4	1	5	1	132.0	138	76	74	13	103	0	91	3	4	1	5.05
1957	NYY (AL)	32	23	13	6	3	9	4	176.1	120	59	53	17	85	1	152	2	9	0	2.71
1958	NYY (AL)	33	31	21	7	1	19	6	245.1	178	82	81	24	128	2	168	6	8	0	2.97
1959	NYY (AL)	33	22	8	11	0	7	3	154.1	141	80	74	15	83	3	111	2	3	0	4.32
1960	NYY (AL)	34	24	9	3	5	4	1	173.1	138	67	63	14	87	3	87	6	5	1	3.27
1961	NYY (AL)	15	12	3	5	0	1	0	72.0	74	47	46	11	51	0	48	2	4	0	5.75
1962	NYY (AL)	24	8	3	3	1	0	0	69.0	68	45	35	8	47	2	42	1	4	0	4.57
1963	LAA (AL)	19	12	2	7	0	3	2	87.1	71	41	32	5	51	6	70	2	2	0	3.30
1963	BOS (AL)	11	7	1	4	0	0	0	41.1	42	28	28	6	28	0	35	1	1	0	6.10
13 years		310	237	101	85	12	78	24	1712.2	1366	753	693	140	1068	21	1265	39	56	3	3.64

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1951	SLB (AL)	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1953	SLB (AL)	10	18	2	5	0	0	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	.278	.316	SLG
1954	BAL (AL)	35	81	8	11	2	0	0	5	2	23	1	0	0	0	6	0	.136	.157	SLG
1955	NYY (AL)	36	82	7	11	4	0	0	7	6	21	0	0	0	1	8	1	.134	.200	SLG
1956	NYY (AL)	27	46	5	8	2	0	0	3	3	16	0	1	0	0	3	0	.174	.224	SLG
1957	NYY (AL)	32	57	4	5	0	0	0	0	8	27	0	0	0	1	2	0	.88	.212	SLG
1958	NYY (AL)	33	88	8	12	0	0	2	6	4	35	0	0	0	0	6	0	.136	.174	SLG
1959	NYY (AL)	33	46	3	4	0	0	0	1	5	18	0	0	0	1	2	0	.87	.192	SLG
1960	NYY (AL)	34	55	4	4	1	0	0	1	2	18	0	0	0	0	2	0	.73	.105	SLG
1961	NYY (AL)	15	21	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	11	0	0	0	0	3	1	.95	.91	SLG
1962	NYY (AL)	24	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	.0	.0	SLG
1963	BOS (AL)	11	14	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	SLG
1963	LAA (AL)	19	25	2	4	1	0	1	3	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.160	SLG
13 years		310	547	44	69	10	0	4	32	31	191	1	1	0	3	37	2	.126	.177	.SLG

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