League Leaders

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
29
1 best in baseball 28 league only
130 Top-5 finishes
13 Title seasons
11 Categories led
1925 Best season

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

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

  • 30th League titles 29
  • 607th Best in baseball 1
  • 5th Top-5 finishes 130

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

Career leaderboards

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 3 1st — 1925 NNL .669 1929 NNL .678 1935 NN2 .620 1924 #2 1926 #2 1927 #2 1933 #3 1936 #3 1939 #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 1936 #3 1939 #3
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
Walks — #3 — 1939 #3
Stolen Bases — #2 — 1939 #2

Title Seasons

13 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1940 2 HR 5 RBI 34
1939 2 HR 7 R 44
1936 1 3B 5
1935 4 AVG .386 OPS 1.087 OBP .467 SLG .620
1934 1 3B 7
1931 2 HR 8 TB 84
1929 4 AVG .391 OPS 1.145 OBP .466 SLG .678
1928 1 HR 24
1927 1 3B 12
1926 1 2B 33
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

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 by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
OF 992 1,931 99 100 25 .953
1B 9 89 5 0 4 1.000
3B 1 2 2 0 0 1.000
P 1 2 3 0 0 1.000