boys of summer Terry Turner

Terrance Lamont (Terry) Turner (February 28, 1881 - July 18, 1960) was an infielder in Major League Baseball who played between 1901 and 1919 for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1901), Cleveland Naps/Indians (1904-1918) and Philadelphia Athletics (1919). Turner batted and threw right handed. He was born in Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania.

Listed at 5' 8", 149 lb., Turner was basically a line-drive hitter and a fearless base stealer. Because normal slides hurt his ankles, he pioneered the use of the head-first slide. As a fielder, he spent most of his playing time between shortstop and third base. He also broke up three no-hitters and spoiled a perfect game effort by Chief Bender after receiving a fourth-inning walk.

In 1904 Turner started a long tenure with Cleveland that lasted 15 years, appearing in a team-record 1,619 games. He hit a career-high .308 in 1912, and from 1906 to 1911 averaged 25.5 steals in each season, with a career-high 31 in 1910. On the field, he led the American League shortstops in fielding percentage four times. He also ranks among the top 10 Cleveland players in seven different offensive categories and still the team-mark in putouts with 4,603.

In a 17-season career, Turner was a .253 hitter (1499-for-5921) with eight home runs and 528 RBI in 1659 games, including 699 runs, 207 doubles, 77 triples, and 256 stolen bases.

Turner died in Cleveland, Ohio, at the age of 79. In 2001, he was selected to the 100 Greatest Indians Roster as part of the club's 100th Anniversary Celebration.

Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1901 Pittsburgh 2 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 x .429
1904 Cleveland 111 404 41 95 9 6 1 45 11 x .235
1905 Cleveland 155 586 49 155 16 14 4 72 14 x .265
1906 Cleveland 147 584 85 170 27 7 2 62 35 x .291
1907 Cleveland 140 524 57 127 20 7 0 46 19 x .242
1908 Cleveland 60 201 21 48 11 1 0 19 15 x .239
1909 Cleveland 53 208 25 52 7 4 0 16 14 x .250
1910 Cleveland 150 574 71 132 14 6 0 33 53 x .230
1911 Cleveland 117 417 59 105 16 9 0 28 34 x .252
1912 Cleveland 103 370 54 114 14 4 0 33 31 x .308
1913 Cleveland 120 388 60 96 13 4 0 44 55 35 .247
1914 Cleveland 121 428 43 105 14 9 1 33 44 36 .245
1915 Cleveland 75 262 35 66 14 1 0 14 29 13 .252
1916 Cleveland 124 428 52 112 15 3 0 38 40 29 .262
1917 Cleveland 69 180 16 37 7 0 0 15 14 19 .206
1918 Cleveland 74 122 25 58 7 2 0 23 22 15 .249
1919 Philadelphia 38 127 7 24 3 0 0 6 5 9 .189

Career statistics
Batting average  .253
Hits  1499
Home Runs  8
Runs batted in  528