Jim Turner
American baseball player and coach
Died when: 95 years 115 days (1143 months)Star Sign: Leo
James Riley Turner (August 6, 1903 – November 29, 1998) was a 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.
Related People
.jpg?width=300)
American baseball player and coach
American baseball player and coach
American baseball player and coach
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License