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Joel
Turnage		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: March 31, 1919 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1947    1948    1950   
All-Star Selections 1950   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1947 28 TUL YL $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 5 5
1948 29 TUL YL $ 870,000   6 6 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 5 5
1949 30 TUL YL $ 870,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 6
1950 31 TUL YL $ 3,000,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   8 8 8 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hitter of the Year or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1947 28 TUL YL 108 131 19 39 4 0 6 34 1 0 15 18 .298 .383 .466 .848 22.0 3.5
1948 29 TUL YL 134 401 54 115 13 8 8 57 0 1 45 84 .287 .363 .419 .782 60.5 11.4
1949 30 TUL YL 152 541 87 159 22 6 16 74 1 1 54 93 .294 .361 .445 .807 84.8 14.4
1950 31 TUL YL 154 598 104 186 18 8 12 79 0 1 84 90 .311 .401 .428 .829 100.3 16.8
4 Years Sim 548 1671 264 499 57 22 42 244 2 3 198 285 .299 .378 .434 .812 267.7 46.0
162 Game Average 493 78 147 16 6 12 72 0 0 58 84 .299 .378 .434 .812 79.1  
Career Highs 154 598 104 186 22 8 16 79 1 1 84 93 .311 .401 .466 .848 100.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1423 232 435 48 18 38 212 2 3 175 230 .306 .387 .445 .832 237.6
vs LH   248 32 64 9 4 4 32 0 0 23 55 .258 .325 .375 .700 30.1
Home 276 855 148 259 31 10 30 151 2 1 91 148 .303 .377 .468 .845 143.7
Away 272 816 116 240 26 12 12 93 0 2 107 137 .294 .378 .400 .778 123.9
RISP   475 0 137 12 1 11 181 0 0 50 89 .288 .359 .387 .746 66.6
Pinch Hitting   122 23 39 6 1 6 34 1 0 9 18 .320 .376 .533 .909 22.3
Close/Late   249 37 74 11 3 5 35 0 0 29 41 .297 .376 .426 .802 38.8
Mar/Apr 78 228 32 77 5 2 7 45 0 1 28 41 .338 .412 .469 .882 42.0
May 97 289 55 92 13 0 10 45 1 1 38 51 .318 .400 .467 .867 52.1
June 90 269 41 74 11 3 6 40 0 1 34 48 .275 .358 .405 .763 39.2
July 90 278 45 80 3 6 6 34 0 0 29 58 .288 .360 .406 .767 40.4
August 99 303 41 88 13 9 4 38 0 0 42 39 .290 .385 .432 .817 49.1
Sep/Oct 94 304 50 88 12 2 9 42 1 0 27 48 .289 .358 .431 .789 44.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1947 28 TUL YL CF 14 11 104.7 39 0 0 0 1.000 3.35   0.5
    1B 3 3 31.0 33 3 0 4 1.000 10.45   0.0
    RF 4 0 8.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.04    
    LF 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1948 29 TUL YL CF 101 92 825.0 219 3 0 0 1.000 2.42   3.3
    LF 11 11 97.3 24 2 0 1 1.000 2.40    
    RF 2 2 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1949 30 TUL YL LF 109 101 921.3 208 5 7 1 .968 2.08   2.8
    CF 34 30 272.7 82 0 0 0 1.000 2.71    
1950 31 TUL YL CF 151 147 1344.7 408 8 2 2 .995 2.78   5.6
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 300 280 2547.0 748 11 2 2 .997 2.68   9.3
  LF 123 112 1025.7 232 7 7 2 .972 2.10   2.8
  1B 3 3 31.0 33 3 0 4 1.000 10.45   0.0
  RF 6 2 24.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.82    
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   433 397 3629.3 1018 21 9 8 .991 2.58   12.2
Career Highs   152 147 1345.7 408 8 7 4 1.000 4.52    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1947 28 TUL YL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1948 29 TUL YL 10 23 5 5 0 1 1 9 1 0 4 6 .217 .379 .435 .814
1950 31 TUL YL 9 32 7 15 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 5 .469 .541 .531 1.072
Career Post-Season Batting 20 55 12 20 2 1 1 14 1 0 8 11 .364 .463 .491 .954
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1950-10-.311
 Hits
1950-8-186
 Singles
1950-4-148
 Triples
1948-6-8
1950-6-8
CAR-24-22
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 9
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22
 
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History
Drafted in 22nd round, 385th overall pick, by Tulsa in 1947
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/11/1947, off Marvin Shope (CON)
10/7/1947: Signed a contract extension with Tulsa, $870,000 per year, for 2 years
Won World Championship with Tulsa in 1947
Won World Championship with Tulsa in 1948
10/8/1949: Signed a contract extension with Tulsa, $3,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1950, hitting .480 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Injured on 10/4/1950 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Won World Championship with Tulsa in 1950
 
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