Turkey Stearnes

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 175 lb

BornMay 8, 1901 · Nashville, TN, USA

Final gameSeptember 8, 1940

Seasons18 (1923–1940)

Detroit Stars 1923–1930; New York Lincoln Giants 1930; Detroit Stars 1931; Kansas City Monarchs 1931; Chicago American Giants 1932–1935; Philadelphia Stars 1936; Chicago American Giants 1937; Detroit Stars 1937; Chicago American Giants 1938; Kansas City Monarchs 1938–1940

Percentile snapshot

1939 season — qualified batters

16.1

215

14.9

193

16.1

18.4

14.9

39.1

RBI

18.4

14.9

87.4

74.7

48.3

.326

85.1

OBP

.387

65.5

SLG

.513

81.6

OPS

.900

81.6

wRC+

151.4

88.5

OPS+

160.3

wOBA

.417

83.9

sWAR

2.2

43.7

of 88 qualified 1939 batters (min 186 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

162.9

99.5

OPS+

175.3

99.7

sWAR

53.6

99.1

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 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
1923	69	299	279	70	101	18	14	17	85	17	0	2	0	.362	.401	.710	1.110	166.8	184.7	.485	3.2
1924	62	278	251	58	87	10	13	9	46	19	0	2	0	.347	.397	.598	.995	155.8	170.3	.451	3.0
1925	93	410	362	92	134	23	14	19	126	45	0	11	0	.370	.440	.669	1.108	175.9	193.5	.485	5.7
1926	93	400	342	94	131	33	9	21	103	41	1	21	0	.383	.458	.716	1.174	181.6	198.2	.511	5.7
1927	91	395	343	79	119	25	12	20	104	42	0	15	0	.347	.429	.665	1.093	181.0	190.6	.482	5.7
1928	81	359	317	81	102	16	7	24	78	31	0	6	0	.322	.391	.644	1.034	165.9	177.9	.455	4.5
1929	69	305	261	65	102	16	4	17	88	35	1	12	0	.391	.466	.678	1.145	180.9	194.8	.502	4.6
1930	54	235	202	58	73	18	12	8	70	25	0	13	0	.361	.434	.688	1.122	163.5	175.5	.484	3.0
1931	54	216	190	35	57	12	2	8	40	22	4	8	0	.300	.381	.511	.892	137.3	149.1	.415	1.8
1932	44	194	168	43	49	9	2	4	25	19	0	11	0	.292	.374	.440	.814	143.1	147.9	.389	1.8
1933	41	197	175	46	62	12	5	7	30	18	0	1	0	.354	.418	.600	1.018	163.5	175.0	.449	2.4
1934	39	171	154	42	53	7	7	6	28	14	1	6	0	.344	.402	.597	1.000	164.0	178.1	.455	2.2
1935	47	201	171	43	66	10	6	6	52	23	1	9	0	.386	.467	.620	1.087	160.9	171.8	.481	2.3
1936	52	234	210	45	74	8	5	10	43	19	2	1	1	.352	.411	.581	.992	141.7	150.8	.443	2.2
1937	22	92	79	18	29	4	1	5	20	10	1	1	0	.367	.451	.633	1.083	175.0	196.6	.483	1.2
1938	34	143	129	24	34	5	4	2	27	11	0	7	0	.264	.326	.411	.737	107.8	111.4	.345	0.7
1939	51	215	193	44	63	11	2	7	39	19	0	11	0	.326	.387	.513	.900	151.4	160.3	.417	2.2
1940	38	154	133	24	36	6	3	5	34	19	0	4	0	.271	.366	.474	.840	140.8	153.2	.405	1.4

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1923	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	13	12	4	2	3	7.0	15.43	2.429	2.57	10.43	237.2	28.5	3.2

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

1,034

4,498

3,959

961

405th-most career R

1,372

243

122

98th-most career 3B

195

404th-most career HR

RBI

1,038

272nd-most career RBI

429

141

.3466

8th-highest career batting average

OBP

.4159

28th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.6173

5th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

1.0332

7th-highest career OPS

Pitching

G (P)

SHO

SO (P)

BB allowed

ERA

15.429

WHIP

2.4286

K/9

2.57

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.