Turk Lown
1951–1962 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds
506G
.164AVG
.211OBP
.215SLG
More career statistics
35H
1HR
10RBI
0SB
55–61W–L
1,032.0IP
574K
4.12ERA
49GS
73SV
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 · Strikeouts | 48 | 47 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,574 | 4,571 |
| Pitching · p er | 472 | 471 |
| Pitching · p r | 525 | 526 |
| Pitching · p w | 590 | 591 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 506 | 241 | 214 | 13 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | .164 | .211 | .215 | .426 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,032.0 | 504 | 49 | 10 | 55 | 61 | 73 | 978 | 525 | 472 | 105 | 590 | 574 | 0 | 0 | 4.12 | 1.519 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1956-05-30 to 1956-06-15
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1951-08-04 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 26 | 10 innings pitched | 1952-08-25 | 1 in 150 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 3 home runs allowed | 1951-06-10 | 1 in 112 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 255 | 130 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 24 | .167 | .208 | .228 |
| Away | 251 | 111 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 23 | .160 | .189 | .200 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 37 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .077 | .000 |
| May | 100 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | .061 | .132 | .182 |
| June | 100 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .238 | .244 | .310 |
| July | 100 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | .175 | .183 | .175 |
| August | 97 | 61 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | .216 | .246 | .294 |
| September | 71 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .100 | .208 | .100 |
| October | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 55 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .125 | .196 | .125 |
| new-york-giants | 37 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .292 | .292 | .292 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 36 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .059 | .130 | .059 |
| detroit-tigers | 36 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 35 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .136 | .286 |
| boston-red-sox | 33 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 32 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .105 | .136 | .158 |
| milwaukee-braves | 32 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .182 | .250 | .455 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 |  Chicago Cubs | 31 | 39 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .205 | 127 | 38 |
| 1952 | Chicago Cubs | 33 | 50 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .140 | 156 | 73 |
| 1953 | Chicago Cubs | 49 | 48 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .125 | 148 | 77 |
| 1954 | Chicago Cubs | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 16 |
| 1956 | Chicago Cubs | 61 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | – | .217 | 110 | 74 |
| 1957 | Chicago Cubs | 67 | 10 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .200 | 93 | 51 |
| 1958 | Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds | 42 | 10 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .300 | 56 | 53 |
| 1959 |  Chicago White Sox | 60 | 12 | 3 | – | – | – | .250 | 93 | 63 |
| 1960 | Chicago White Sox | 45 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | .200 | 67 | 39 |
| 1961 | Chicago White Sox | 60 | 14 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 101 | 50 |
| 1962 | Chicago White Sox | 42 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 56 | 40 |