Turkey Stearnes

1923–1940 · Bats L · Throws L · 5'11", 175 lb · b. 1901 Nashville, TN

Career 999 G · 1,334 H · 189 HR · 998 RBI · .348 AVG · 0–1 · 15.43 ERA · 2 SO · 7.0 IP

Seasons leading his league

1 best in baseball 37 league only

169 Top-5 finishes

14 Title seasons

14 Categories led

1925 Best season

Spanning 1923–1940, peaking at 7 titles in 1925.

Team records #1 Detroit Stars career HR #1 Detroit Stars career HR #1 Detroit Stars career RBI #1 Detroit Stars career RBI #1 Detroit Stars career H #1 Detroit Stars career H #1 Detroit Stars career R #1 Detroit Stars career SB #1 Detroit Stars 1929 AVG #1 Detroit Stars 1928 HR

Led in Triples for 3 straight seasons (1923–1925) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

31st League titles 38
1,845th Best in baseball 1
7th Top-5 finishes 169

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

Career leaderboards

5th Slugging Percentage .618
7th Batting Average .348
8th On-Base Plus Slug. 1.035
23rd On-Base Percentage .418
108th Triples 116
309th Runs Batted In 998
310th Outfield Assists 99
441st Home Runs 189
453rd Runs 924
495th Outfield Putouts 1,931

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Triples	6	1st	3 yrs (1923–1925)	1923 NNL 14 1924 NNL 13 1925 NNL 14 1927 NNL 12 1934 NN2 7 1936 NN2 5 1926 #3 1933 #3 1940 #3
Home Runs	6	1st	2 yrs (1924–1925)	1924 NNL 9 1925 NNL 19 1928 NNL 24 1931 NNL 8 1939 NAL 7 1940 NAL 5 1923 #3 1926 #3 1927 #2 1929 #3 1932 #2 1933 #3 1934 #3 1936 #3 1937 #2
Slugging Percentage	4	1st	—	1925 NNL .669 1929 NNL .678 1931 NNL .632 1935 NN2 .620 1924 #2 1926 #2 1927 #2 1933 #3 1939 #3
Outfield Range Factor	3	1st	—	1927 NNL 2.56 1929 NNL 2.73 1932 NSL 2.37 1926 #3 1928 #2 1934 #2 1936 #2 1939 #3 1940 #2
Outfield Putouts	3	1st	—	1927 NNL 226 1932 NSL 94 1939 NAL 80 1923 #3 1926 #2 1928 #2 1929 #2 1931 #3 1933 #3 1936 #2 1938 #3 1940 #3
On-Base Plus Slug.	3	1st	—	1925 NNL 1.108 1929 NNL 1.145 1935 NN2 1.087 1924 #2 1926 #2 1927 #3 1933 #3 1939 #3
Outfield Assists	2	1st	—	1926 NNL 18 1932 NSL 8 1930 #2 1936 #3 1939 #2
Total Bases	2	1st	—	1925 NNL 242 1931 NNL 84 1923 #3 1924 #3 1926 #3 1927 #3 1929 #3 1935 #3 1936 #2 1939 #2 1940 #2
On-Base Percentage	2	1st	—	1929 NNL .466 1935 NN2 .467 1925 #3 1926 #3 1933 #3
Runs Batted In	2	1st	—	1925 NNL 126 1940 NAL 34 1923 #3 1926 #3 1927 #2 1928 #3 1929 #3 1931 #2 1935 #2 1936 #2 1938 #3 1939 #2
Batting Average	2	1st	—	1935 .386 1929 NNL .391 1925 #2 1926 #2 1939 #3
Doubles	1	1st	—	1926 NNL 33 1925 #3 1927 #2 1931 #3 1939 #2
Runs	1	1st	—	1939 NAL 44 1923 #3 1925 #2 1926 #3 1928 #2 1932 #2 1936 #3
Hits	1	1st	—	1925 NNL 134 1926 #3 1936 #2 1939 #2
Outfield Fielding Percentage	—	#3	—	1940 #3
Walks	—	#3	—	1939 #3
Stolen Bases	—	#2	—	1939 #2

Title Seasons

14 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1940	2	HR 5 RBI 34
1939	3	HR 7 R 44 OF PO 80
1936	1	3B 5
1935	4	AVG .386 OPS 1.087 OBP .467 SLG .620
1934	1	3B 7
1932	3	OF PO 94 OF A 8 OF RF 2.37
1931	3	HR 8 SLG .632 TB 84
1929	5	AVG .391 OPS 1.145 OBP .466 SLG .678 OF RF 2.73
1928	1	HR 24
1927	3	3B 12 OF PO 226 OF RF 2.56
1926	2	2B 33 OF A 18
1925	7	HR 19 RBI 126 H 134 OPS 1.108 SLG .669 3B 14 TB 242
1924	2	HR 9 3B 13
1923	1	3B 14

Batting

led the league 18 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1923	DS	NNL	69	279	70	101	18	14	17	85	17	0	2	.362	.401	.710	1.110
1924	DS	NNL	62	251	58	87	10	13	9	46	19	0	2	.347	.397	.598	.995
1925	DS	NNL	93	362	92	134	23	14	19	126	45	0	11	.370	.440	.669	1.108
1926	DS	NNL	93	342	94	131	33	9	21	103	41	1	21	.383	.458	.716	1.174
1927	DS	NNL	91	343	79	119	25	12	20	104	42	0	15	.347	.429	.665	1.093
1928	DS	NNL	81	317	81	102	16	7	24	78	31	0	6	.322	.391	.644	1.034
1929	DS	NNL	69	261	65	102	16	4	17	88	35	1	12	.391	.466	.678	1.145
1930	DS	NNL	35	129	27	42	9	8	2	37	13	0	6	.326	.392	.566	.958
1931	DS	NNL	38	133	29	50	10	0	8	33	20	0	6	.376	.465	.632	1.096
1932	CAG	NSL	44	168	43	49	9	2	4	25	19	0	11	.292	.374	.441	.814
1933	CAG	NN2	41	175	46	62	12	5	7	30	18	0	1	.354	.418	.600	1.018
1934	CAG	NN2	39	154	42	53	7	7	6	28	14	1	6	.344	.402	.597	1.000
1935	CAG	NN2	47	171	43	66	10	6	6	52	23	1	9	.386	.467	.620	1.087
1936	PS	NN2	52	210	45	74	8	5	10	43	19	2	1	.352	.411	.581	.992
1937	DTS +1	NAL	22	79	18	29	4	1	5	20	10	1	1	.367	.451	.633	1.083
1938	CAG +1	NAL	34	129	24	34	5	4	2	27	11	0	7	.264	.326	.411	.737
1939	KCM	NAL	51	193	44	63	11	2	7	39	19	0	11	.326	.387	.513	.900
1940	KCM	NAL	38	133	24	36	6	3	5	34	19	0	4	.271	.366	.474	.840
Career	—	—	999	3,829	924	1,334	232	116	189	998	415	7	132	.348	.418	.618	1.035

Pitching

1 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1923	DS	NNL	0	1	15.43	1	1	0	7.0	13	12	3	4	2	2.43
Career	—	—	0	1	15.43	1	1	0	7.0	13	12	3	4	2	2.43

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1923	DS	NNL	OF	70	67	591.2	136	2	5	1	143	.965	1.97
			P	1	1	7.0	2	3	0	0	5	1.000	5.00
1924	DS	NNL	OF	62	62	543.2	118	7	4	1	129	.969	2.02
1925	DS	NNL	OF	94	—	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1926	DS	NNL	OF	93	92	784.1	201	18	9	7	228	.961	2.36
			1B	1	0	7.0	8	1	0	0	9	1.000	9.00
			3B	1	1	9.0	2	2	0	0	4	1.000	4.00
1927	DS	NNL	OF	91	91	785.1	226	7	18	2	251	.928	2.56
1928	DS	NNL	OF	81	81	692.1	197	10	7	1	214	.967	2.56
1929	DS	NNL	OF	69	69	597.0	179	9	8	2	196	.959	2.73
1930	DS	NNL	OF	35	35	305.1	87	10	2	2	99	.980	2.77
1931	DS	NNL	OF	30	30	245.0	72	4	7	2	83	.916	2.53
			1B	8	8	74.0	81	4	0	4	85	1.000	10.63
1932	CAG	NSL	OF	43	43	376.0	94	8	4	3	106	.962	2.37
1933	CAG	NN2	OF	42	41	350.2	86	4	5	0	95	.947	2.14
1934	CAG	NN2	OF	39	39	329.2	88	2	1	1	91	.989	2.31
1935	CAG	NN2	OF	46	46	382.1	86	3	5	1	94	.947	1.94
1936	PS	NN2	OF	53	52	447.1	124	5	5	0	134	.963	2.43
1937	DTS	NAL	OF	21	21	176.0	45	2	3	1	50	.940	2.24
1938	CAG	NAL	OF	34	34	290.0	62	2	3	0	67	.955	1.88
1939	KCM	NAL	OF	51	51	437.0	80	5	7	1	92	.924	1.67
1940	KCM	NAL	OF	38	37	301.0	50	1	7	0	58	.879	1.34
Career	—	—	OF	992	891	7634.2	1,931	99	100	25	2,130	.953	2.05
	—	—	1B	9	8	81.0	89	5	0	4	94	1.000	10.44
	—	—	3B	1	1	9.0	2	2	0	0	4	1.000	4.00
	—	—	P	1	1	7.0	2	3	0	0	5	1.000	5.00