Jim Turner (baseball)

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Jim Turner
Pitcher
Born: (1903-08-06)August 6, 1903 Antioch, Tennessee, U.S.
Died: November 29, 1998(1998-11-29) (aged 95) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 30, 1937, for the Boston Bees
Last MLB appearance
September 13, 1945, for the New York Yankees
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	69–60
Earned run average	3.22
Strikeouts	329
Teams
Boston Bees (1937–1939) Cincinnati Reds (1940–1942) New York Yankees (1942–1945)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (1938) 8× World Series champion (1940, 1949–1953, 1956, 1958) NL ERA leader (1937)

James Riley Turner (August 6, 1903 – November 29, 1998) was an American pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball. As a member of the Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees, he was a member of nine World Series Championship teams between 1940 and 1959, two as a player and seven as a coach. Most notably, he was pitching coach for the Yankees under Casey Stengel from 1949 to 1959, during which time they won seven titles. Apart from his baseball career, Turner was a lifelong resident of Nashville, Tennessee.