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About Jim Turner
James Riley Turner 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.
Everything about Jim Turner →- Occupation
- baseball player
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- August 6, 1903
- Died
- November 29, 1998