Bob Turley
1951–1963 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels (1961-64), New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns
310G
.126AVG
.177OBP
.166SLG
More career statistics
69H
4HR
32RBI
1SB
101–85W–L
1,712.2IP
1,265K
3.64ERA
237GS
12SV
10Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 547 | 548 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 191 | 190 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 620 | 623 |
| Batting · Walks | 31 | 33 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 7,447 | 7,445 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,366 | 1,365 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 5,138 | 5,139 |
| Pitching · p r | 753 | 752 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 310 | 620 | 547 | 44 | 69 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 31 | 191 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 91 | .126 | .177 | .166 | .343 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,712.7 | 310 | 237 | 78 | 101 | 85 | 12 | 1,366 | 753 | 693 | 140 | 1,068 | 1,265 | 0 | 0 | 3.64 | 1.421 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1954-05-23 to 1954-06-09
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 12 scoreless innings | 1953-09-05 | 1 in 6,007 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1954-06-22 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | 14 strikeouts | 1954-04-21 | 1 in 1,810 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 152 | 306 | 29 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 102 | .106 | .141 | .139 |
| Away | 158 | 317 | 40 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 88 | .145 | .186 | .193 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 23 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | .091 | .095 | .091 |
| May | 62 | 122 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 43 | .133 | .172 | .181 |
| June | 59 | 123 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 34 | .143 | .179 | .179 |
| July | 51 | 92 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 29 | .114 | .185 | .190 |
| August | 68 | 132 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 42 | .096 | .144 | .140 |
| September | 46 | 90 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 25 | .171 | .189 | .195 |
| October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 48 | 95 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 31 | .118 | .158 | .153 |
| chicago-white-sox | 47 | 76 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 23 | .118 | .145 | .132 |
| boston-red-sox | 46 | 98 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 28 | .103 | .153 | .115 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 40 | 93 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 24 | .224 | .269 | .368 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 39 | 96 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 34 | .111 | .146 | .111 |
| cleveland-guardians | 31 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | .102 | .132 | .122 |
| baltimore-orioles | 21 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 17 | .093 | .146 | .209 |
| minnesota-twins | 12 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .059 | .053 | .059 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 |  St. Louis Browns | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 7 | 5 |
| 1953 | St. Louis Browns | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | .278 | 60 | 61 |
| 1954 |  Baltimore Orioles | 35 | 82 | 11 | – | 5 | 1 | .134 | 247 | 185 |
| 1955 |  New York Yankees | 36 | 82 | 11 | – | 7 | – | .134 | 246 | 210 |
| 1956 | New York Yankees | 27 | 46 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .174 | 132 | 91 |
| 1957 | New York Yankees | 32 | 57 | 5 | – | – | – | .088 | 176 | 152 |
| 1958 | New York Yankees | 33 | 88 | 12 | 2 | 6 | – | .136 | 245 | 168 |
| 1959 | New York Yankees | 33 | 46 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .087 | 154 | 111 |
| 1960 | New York Yankees | 34 | 55 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .073 | 173 | 87 |
| 1961 | New York Yankees | 15 | 21 | 2 | – | 3 | – | .095 | 72 | 48 |
| 1962 | New York Yankees | 24 | 12 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 69 | 42 |
| 1963 | Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels (1961-64) | 30 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 5 | – | .179 | 129 | 105 |