Turk Lown

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: May 30, 1924 in Brooklyn, NY us

Died: July 8, 2016 in Pueblo, CO

Buried: Roselawn Cemetery, Pueblo, CO

High School: Brooklyn HS (Brooklyn, NY)

Debut: April 24, 1951 (Age 26-329d, 8,385th in MLB history)
vs. PIT 7.0 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 6 ER, L

Last Game: September 22, 1962 (Age 38-115d)
vs. NYY 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Omar Joseph Lown

Pronunciation: \LAUN (rhymes with town)\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.5

W

L

ERA

4.12

G

504

GS

SV

IP

1032.0

SO

574

WHIP

1.519

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1942	18	BRO-min	D	18	8	.692	1.94	30						232.0	170	72	50		113									1.220	6.6		4.4			VDS GAFL
1943			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1944			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1945			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Military Service)
1946	22	BRO-min	B	2	5	.286	3.60	9			4	1		50.0	49	29	20		31		19	2	0	2				1.600	8.8		5.6	3.4	0.61	NNW PIED
1947	23	BRO-min	A	13	7	.650	4.50	33			14	0		190.0	172	122	95		133		129	4		14				1.605	8.1		6.3	6.1	0.97	PBO WL
1948	24	BRO-min	A,AAA	17	6	.739	4.20	29	1		0	0		195.0	196	101	91		117		4	0	0	1				1.605	9.0		5.4	0.2	0.03	PBO,MTL WL,IL
1949	25	BRO-min	AA,AAA	9	8	.529	3.44	31	18		6	2		144.0	86	93	55		108		103	1	0	3				1.347	5.4		6.8	6.4	0.95	FTW,MTL TL,IL
1950	26	BRO-min	AAA	13	9	.591	3.49	29	28		14	1		209.0	181	97	81		122		104	4	0	10				1.450	7.8		5.3	4.5	0.85	MTL IL
1951	27	CHC	NL	4	9	.308	5.46	31	18	5	3	1	0	127.0	125	80	77	14	90	4	39	1	0	7	584	76	5.45	1.693	8.9	1.0	6.4	2.8	0.43
1952	28	CHC	NL	4	11	.267	4.37	33	19	4	5	0	0	156.2	154	87	76	13	93	10	73	3	0	5	704	88	4.38	1.577	8.8	0.7	5.3	4.2	0.78
1953	29	CHC	NL	8	7	.533	5.16	49	12	17	2	0	3	148.1	166	93	85	20	84	2	76	2	0	6	682	87	5.06	1.685	10.1	1.2	5.1	4.6	0.90
1954	30	CHC-min	Opn	5	3	.625	2.48	30	0		0	0		72.2	54	30	20	0	46		52	1	0	2				1.376	6.7	0.0	5.7	6.4	1.13	LOS PCL
1954	30	CHC	NL	0	2	.000	6.14	15	0	6	0	0	0	22.0	23	18	15	1	15	2	16	0	0	5	106	69	3.58	1.727	9.4	0.4	6.1	6.5	1.07

1955	31	CHC-min	Opn	12	5	.706	2.13	61	2		0	0		114.1	91	53	27	4	49		96	4	0	1				1.224	7.2	0.3	3.9	7.6	1.96	LOS PCL
1956	32	CHC	NL	9	8	.529	3.58	61	0	47	0	0	13	110.2	95	49	44	10	78	12	74	1	0	1	489	107	4.35	1.563	7.7	0.8	6.3	6.0	0.95
1957	33	CHC	NL	5	7	.417	3.77	67	0	47	0	0	12	93.0	74	45	39	10	51	4	51	0	0	4	393	103	4.40	1.344	7.2	1.0	4.9	4.9	1.00
1958	34	TOT	MLB	3	5	.375	4.31	42	0	20	0	0	8	56.1	63	32	27	3	43	6	53	0	0	2	268	90	3.58	1.882	10.1	0.5	6.9	8.5	1.23
1958	34	TOT	NL	0	2	.000	5.17	15	0	5	0	0	0	15.2	14	10	9	2	15	2	13	0	0	0	73	84	5.35	1.851	8.0	1.1	8.6	7.5	0.87
1958	34	CHC	NL	0	0		4.50	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	2	2	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	16	96	2.73	1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	9.0	1.33
1958	34	CIN	NL	0	2	.000	5.40	11	0	4	0	0	0	11.2	12	8	7	2	12	2	9	0	0	0	57	80	6.25	2.057	9.3	1.5	9.3	6.9	0.75
1958	34	CHW	AL	3	3	.500	3.98	27	0	15	0	0	8	40.2	49	22	18	1	28	4	40	0	0	2	195	93	2.89	1.893	10.8	0.2	6.2	8.9	1.43
1959	35	CHW	AL	9	2	.818	2.89	60	0	37	0	0	15	93.1	73	32	30	12	42	4	63	2	1	1	391	131	4.28	1.232	7.0	1.2	4.1	6.1	1.50
1960	36	CHW	AL	2	3	.400	3.88	45	0	16	0	0	5	67.1	60	31	29	6	34	6	39	0	0	0	292	99	4.04	1.396	8.0	0.8	4.5	5.2	1.15
1961	37	CHW	AL	7	5	.583	2.76	59	0	36	0	0	11	101.0	87	37	31	13	35	3	50	0	0	1	416	142	4.30	1.208	7.8	1.2	3.1	4.5	1.43
1962	38	CHW	AL	4	2	.667	3.04	42	0	20	0	0	6	56.1	58	21	19	3	25	5	40	1	0	1	249	130	3.27	1.473	9.3	0.5	4.0	6.4	1.60
11 Yrs				55	61	.474	4.12	504	49	255	10	1	73	1032.0	978	525	472	105	590	58	574	10	1	33	4574	97	4.45	1.519	8.5	0.9	5.1	5.0	0.97
162 Game Avg.				7	8	.474	4.12	62	6	31	1	0	9	127	120	65	58	13	73	7	71	1	0	4	562	97	4.45	1.519	8.5	0.9	5.1	5.0	0.97

CHC (7 yrs)				30	44	.405	4.60	260	49	127	10	1	28	661.2	639	374	338	68	414	34	333	7	0	28	2974	88	4.70	1.591	8.7	0.9	5.6	4.5	0.80
CHW (5 yrs)				25	15	.625	3.19	233	0	124	0	0	45	358.2	327	143	127	35	164	22	232	3	1	5	1543	121	3.92	1.369	8.2	0.9	4.1	5.8	1.41
CIN (1 yr)				0	2	.000	5.40	11	0	4	0	0	0	11.2	12	8	7	2	12	2	9	0	0	0	57	80	6.25	2.057	9.3	1.5	9.3	6.9	0.75

NL (7 yrs)				30	46	.395	4.61	271	49	131	10	1	28	673.1	651	382	345	70	426	36	342	7	0	28	3031	88	4.72	1.600	8.7	0.9	5.7	4.6	0.80
AL (5 yrs)				25	15	.625	3.19	233	0	124	0	0	45	358.2	327	143	127	35	164	22	232	3	1	5	1543	121	3.92	1.369	8.2	0.9	4.1	5.8	1.41