Turk Lown
Chicago Cubs 1951–1954; Chicago Cubs 1956–1957; Chicago White Sox 1958; Chicago Cubs 1958; Cincinnati Redlegs 1958; Chicago White Sox 1959–1962
Percentile snapshot
1952 season — qualified pitchers
of 61 qualified 1952 pitchers (min 155 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 31 | 45 | 39 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .205 | .279 | .231 | .510 | 34.5 | 37.3 | .248 | -0.7 |
| 1952 | 33 | 57 | 50 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .173 | .200 | .373 | -13.0 | 2.2 | .175 | 0.5 |
| 1953 | 49 | 52 | 48 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .160 | .146 | .306 | -34.0 | -20.6 | .145 | 0.1 |
| 1954 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.3 |
| 1956 | 61 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .280 | .435 | .715 | 89.4 | 89.0 | .315 | 1.6 |
| 1957 | 67 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 30.7 | 30.1 | .232 | 1.1 |
| 1958 | 42 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 62.8 | 69.1 | .275 | 0.2 |
| 1959 | 60 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 | 60.1 | 57.6 | .269 | 1.9 |
| 1960 | 45 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .400 | .733 | 104.8 | 99.9 | .342 | 0.7 |
| 1961 | 60 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123.4 | -100.0 | .000 | 2.2 |
| 1962 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125.2 | -100.0 | .000 | 1.1 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 125 | 77 | 90 | 39 | 14 | 127.0 | 5.46 | 1.693 | 2.76 | 5.35 | 132.4 | 74.0 | -0.7 |
| 1952 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 154 | 76 | 93 | 73 | 13 | 156.7 | 4.37 | 1.577 | 4.19 | 4.40 | 115.9 | 87.0 | 0.5 |
| 1953 | 49 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 166 | 85 | 84 | 76 | 20 | 148.3 | 5.16 | 1.685 | 4.61 | 5.08 | 115.4 | 85.4 | 0.1 |
| 1954 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 22.0 | 6.14 | 1.727 | 6.55 | 3.60 | 86.6 | 67.8 | -0.3 |
| 1956 | 61 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 44 | 78 | 74 | 10 | 110.7 | 3.58 | 1.563 | 6.02 | 4.21 | 111.8 | 105.3 | 1.6 |
| 1957 | 67 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 39 | 51 | 51 | 10 | 93.0 | 3.77 | 1.344 | 4.94 | 4.46 | 114.6 | 103.1 | 1.1 |
| 1958 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 27 | 43 | 53 | 3 | 56.3 | 4.31 | 1.882 | 8.47 | 3.56 | 93.0 | 87.4 | 0.2 |
| 1959 | 60 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 30 | 42 | 63 | 12 | 93.3 | 2.89 | 1.232 | 6.08 | 4.20 | 111.5 | 130.2 | 1.9 |
| 1960 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 29 | 34 | 39 | 6 | 67.3 | 3.88 | 1.396 | 5.21 | 3.92 | 103.0 | 98.2 | 0.7 |
| 1961 | 59 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 31 | 35 | 50 | 13 | 101.0 | 2.76 | 1.208 | 4.46 | 4.23 | 107.4 | 142.4 | 2.2 |
| 1962 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 19 | 25 | 40 | 3 | 56.3 | 3.04 | 1.473 | 6.39 | 3.17 | 81.3 | 128.5 | 1.1 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956-05-30 | ATL @ CHC Gameday | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1952-08-06 | CHC @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1956-06-09 | PHI @ CHC Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1951-08-04 | ATL @ CHC Gameday | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1951-06-23 | SF @ CHC Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952-05-02 | LAD @ CHC Gameday | 9.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 1952-08-06 | CHC @ CIN Gameday | 8.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 1952-06-11 | PHI @ CHC Gameday | 8.1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 1952-08-18 | PIT @ CHC Gameday | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 1952-07-05 | CIN @ CHC Gameday | 5.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.