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Bob Turley
Starting pitcher
Batted: RightThrew: Right
MLB Debut
September 29, 1951 for the St. Louis Browns
Final game
September 21, 1963 for the Boston Red Sox
Career Statistics
Record    101-85
ERA    3.64
Strikeouts    1265
Teams
Career Highlights and Awards
Robert Lee Turley (born September 19, 1930 in Troy, Illinois) (known as "Bullet Bob") was a Major League Baseball pitcher.

Turley was signed as an amateur free agent by the St. Louis Browns in . He played his first game on September 29, for the Browns and moved with them to Baltimore in . He was traded to the New York Yankees after the 1954 season and played for the Yankees from to . After beginning the year with the Los Angeles Angels, he finished the year, and his career, with the Boston Red Sox.

His best year was 1958, when he won 21 games and lost seven. As a result, he won the Hickok Belt as top professional athlete of the year, the Cy Young Award as the best pitcher in Major League Baseball, and the World Series Most Valuable Player Award.

He wore uniform number 24 on the Browns, 33 when they moved to Baltimore as the Orioles, 19 on the Yankees, 39 on the Angels, and 29 on the Red Sox.

Later on Turley became a Representative for Primerica Financial Services earning more than he did as a professional baseball player. (In the 1995 version of the Primerica Financial Independence Council it states that he was paid $150,000 as a professional baseball player compared to his $2,000,000 that he earned through working with Primerica). He retired from the business and gave half of his business to his son and the other half to his secretary. He now resides in his lush home located in the state of Georgia.

Trivia

Turley was mentioned in a song called "St. Louis Browns" by former Byrds bass guitar player Skip Battin. He is described as a "no-hit pitcher" who "got too surly" and who was "traded...too early".

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1 Billy Martin | 6 Andy Carey | 7 Mickey Mantle | 8 Yogi Berra | 9 Hank Bauer | 12 Gil McDougald | 14 Bill Skowron | 15 Joe Collins | 16 Whitey Ford | 17 Enos Slaughter | 18 Don Larsen | 19 Bob Turley | 22 Mickey McDermott | 23 Tommy Byrne | 28 Tom Morgan | 32 Elston Howard | 36 Norm Siebern | 39 George Wilson | 41 Bob Cerv | 42 Jerry Coleman | 47 Tom Sturdivant | 53 Johnny Kucks
Manager Casey Stengel
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New York Yankees 1958 World Series roster
1 Bobby Richardson | 6 Andy Carey | 7 Mickey Mantle | 8 Yogi Berra | 9 Hank Bauer | 10 Tony Kubek | 11 Jerry Lumpe | 12 Gil McDougald | 14 Bill Skowron | 16 Whitey Ford | 17 Enos Slaughter | 18 Don Larsen | 19 Bob Turley | 20 Marv Throneberry | 23 Murry Dickson | 24 Duke Maas | 25 Norm Siebern | 26 Ryne Duren | 28 Art Ditmar | 32 Elston Howard | 53 Johnny Kucks | 55 Zach Monroe
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