Bob Turley

Bob Turley

1951–1963 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'2", 215 lb · b. 1930 Troy, IL

Career 101–85 · 3.64 ERA · 1,265 SO · 1712.2 IP · 310 G · 69 H · 4 HR · 32 RBI · .126 AVG

Seasons leading his league

6

4 best in baseball 2 league only

22 Top-5 finishes

4 Title seasons

5 Categories led

1958 Best season

Spanning 1954–1960, peaking at 3 titles in 1958.

Clubs 20 Win Seasons

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

954th League titles 6
675th Best in baseball 4
1,354th Top-5 finishes 22

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

188th Shutouts 24
244th Pitcher Fielding Percentage .971
265th Strikeouts / 9 6.65
354th Strikeouts 1,265

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Pitcher Fielding Percentage	2	1st	—	1958 1.000 1960 1.000
Complete Games	1	1st	—	1958 AL 19
Strikeouts / 9	1	1st	—	1957 7.76 1954 #3 1955 #2
Strikeouts	1	1st	—	1954 185 1955 #2 1958 #3
Wins	1	1st	—	1958 AL 21
Shutouts	—	#2	—	1955 #2 1957 #2 1958 #2
Innings Pitched	—	#3	—	1955 #3

Title Seasons

4 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1960	1	P FPCT 1.000
1958	3	W 21 CG 19 P FPCT 1.000
1957	1	K/9 7.76
1954	1	SO 185

Pitching

led the league 12 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1951	SLA	AL	0	1	7.36	1	1	0	7.1	11	6	0	3	5	1.91
1953	SLA	AL	2	6	3.28	10	7	0	60.1	39	22	4	44	61	1.38
1954	BAL	AL	14	15	3.46	35	35	0	247.1	178	95	7	181	185	1.45
1955	NYA	AL	17	13	3.06	36	34	1	246.2	168	84	16	177	210	1.40
1956	NYA	AL	8	4	5.05	27	21	1	132.0	138	74	13	103	91	1.83
1957	NYA	AL	13	6	2.71	32	23	3	176.1	120	53	17	85	152	1.16
1958	NYA	AL	21	7	2.97	33	31	1	245.1	178	81	24	128	168	1.25
1959	NYA	AL	8	11	4.32	33	22	0	154.1	141	74	15	83	111	1.45
1960	NYA	AL	9	3	3.27	34	24	5	173.1	138	63	14	87	87	1.30
1961	NYA	AL	3	5	5.75	15	12	0	72.0	74	46	11	51	48	1.74
1962	NYA	AL	3	3	4.57	24	8	1	69.0	68	35	8	47	42	1.67
1963	LAA +1	AL	3	11	4.20	30	19	0	128.2	113	60	11	79	105	1.49
Career	—	—	101	85	3.64	310	237	12	1712.2	1,366	693	140	1,068	1,265	1.42

Batting

12 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1951	SLA	AL	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1953	SLA	AL	10	18	2	5	0	0	1	1	1	6	0	.278	.316	.444	.760
1954	BAL	AL	35	81	8	11	2	0	0	5	2	23	1	.136	.157	.161	.317
1955	NYA	AL	36	82	7	11	4	0	0	7	6	21	0	.134	.200	.183	.383
1956	NYA	AL	27	46	5	8	2	0	0	3	3	16	0	.174	.225	.217	.442
1957	NYA	AL	32	57	4	5	0	0	0	0	8	27	0	.088	.212	.088	.300
1958	NYA	AL	33	88	8	12	0	0	2	6	4	35	0	.136	.174	.205	.378
1959	NYA	AL	33	46	3	4	0	0	0	1	5	18	0	.087	.192	.087	.279
1960	NYA	AL	34	55	4	4	1	0	0	1	2	18	0	.073	.105	.091	.196
1961	NYA	AL	15	21	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	11	0	.095	.091	.095	.186
1962	NYA	AL	24	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1963	LAA +1	AL	30	39	2	7	1	0	1	5	0	9	0	.180	.180	.282	.462
Career	—	—	310	547	44	69	10	0	4	32	31	191	1	.126	.177	.166	.343

Fielding

1 position

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1951	SLA	AL	P	1	—	—	1	1	0	1	2	1.000	2.00
1953	SLA	AL	P	10	—	—	4	3	0	2	7	1.000	0.70
1954	BAL	AL	P	35	35	247.1	7	35	1	1	43	.977	1.20
1955	NYA	AL	P	36	34	246.2	6	30	4	2	40	.900	1.00
1956	NYA	AL	P	27	21	132.0	3	18	1	2	22	.955	0.78
1957	NYA	AL	P	32	23	176.1	13	22	2	1	37	.946	1.09
1958	NYA	AL	P	33	31	245.1	17	26	0	4	43	1.000	1.30
1959	NYA	AL	P	33	22	154.1	11	18	1	1	30	.967	0.88
1960	NYA	AL	P	34	24	173.1	10	21	0	1	31	1.000	0.91
1961	NYA	AL	P	15	12	72.0	4	8	0	0	12	1.000	0.80
1962	NYA	AL	P	24	8	69.0	3	15	0	0	18	1.000	0.75
1963	LAA	AL	P	30	19	129.0	9	14	0	1	23	1.000	0.77
Career	—	—	P	310	229	1645.1	88	211	9	16	308	.971	0.97