Born:(1901-05-08)May 8, 1901 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died: September 4, 1979(1979-09-04) (aged 78) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
Negro leagues debut
1920, for the Nashville Giants
Last Negro leagues appearance
1940, for the Kansas City Monarchs
Negro leagues statistics
Batting average
.348
Hits
1,326
Home runs
187
Runs batted in
1,009
Stolen bases
130
Teams
Nashville Giants (1920)
Montgomery Grey Sox (1921)
Detroit Stars (1923–1931)[1]
New York Lincoln Giants (1930)
Kansas City Monarchs (1931, 1934, 1938–1940)
Chicago American Giants (1932–1935, 1937–1938)
Philadelphia Stars (1936)
Detroit Stars (1937)
Career highlights and awards
5× All-Star (1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939)
2× Negro National League batting champion (1929, 1931)
7× Negro National League home run leader (1924, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1932, 1939, 1940)
Negro Southern League pennant (1932)
Negro American League pennant (1939)
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
2000
Election method
Veterans Committee
Norman Thomas "Turkey" Stearnes (May 8, 1901 – September 4, 1979) was an American baseball center fielder. He played 18 years in the Negro leagues, including nine years with the Detroit Stars (1923–1931), six years with the Chicago American Giants (1932–1935, 1937–1938), and three years with the Kansas City Monarchs (1938–1940).
Stearnes ranks fifth in Major League Baseball (MLB) history with a .616 career slugging percentage and seventh in MLB history with a .348 career batting average. He led the Negro National League (NNL) in home runs six times. He won the NNL batting championship in 1929 with a .390 batting average and repeated as batting champion in 1931 with a .376 average.
Stearnes was posthumously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000.
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sore arm, he converted to an outfielder and won two batting titles. TurkeyStearnes twice led the Negro National League in batting average. Ed Delahanty's...
championships. Among their best players was Baseball Hall of Famer TurkeyStearnes. Founded in 1919 by Tenny Blount with the help of Rube Foster, owner...
Leonard (2), Jud Wilson (2), Artie Wilson (2), Mule Suttles (2), and TurkeyStearnes (2). L Recognized "major leagues" include the current American and...
participating in the tournament with a lineup augmented by Negro league stars TurkeyStearnes and Sam Bankhead. Paige faced Chet Brewer before a crowd of 11,120...
Publishing Group. p. 48. ISBN 978-0313338519. Bak, Richard (1995). TurkeyStearnes and the Detroit Stars: The Negro Leagues in Detroit, 1919–1933. Wayne...
seven selections: Leon Day, Bill Foster, Bullet Rogan, Hilton Smith, TurkeyStearnes, Willie Wells, and Smokey Joe Williams. In February 2006, a committee...
number second on the all-time list in Negro League play, behind only TurkeyStearnes. Suttles, who stood 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), weighed in at 195 lbs, and...
Orioles: Bill Keister and Jimmy Williams each had 21. Sam Crawford and TurkeyStearnes each led their respective leagues (the American League and Negro league...
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from multiple classified ballots: Sparky Anderson, Bid McPhee, and TurkeyStearnes. Induction ceremonies in Cooperstown, New York, were held July 23 with...
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teammates and competitors such as Juanelo Mirabal, Buck O'Neil, and TurkeyStearnes, extol his greatness. “Oscar Charleston was Willie Mays before there...
"Judy" Johnson memorial unveiling in Snow Hill". Bak, Richard (1994). TurkeyStearnes and the Detroit Stars: The Negro Leagues in Detroit, 1919-1933. Wayne...
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