George Turbeville, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1914
Place of Birth: Turbeville, South Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 05-Oct-1983
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About George Turbeville
- George Elkins Turbeville (August 24, 1914 in Turbeville, South Carolina – October 5, 1983 in Salisbury, North Carolina) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1935 to 1937. He made his major league debut on July 20, 1935 at the age of 20.
- He appeared in 19 games for the Athletics, starting six of them and going 0–3 with a 7.63 ERA.
- In 63?2/3 innings, he allowed 74 hits and 69 walks, while striking out only 20 batters.
- In 1936, he went 2–5 with a 6.39 ERA in 12 games (six starts).
- He walked 32 batters in 43?2/3 innings, striking out 10.
- On May 10 of that year, he allowed Joe DiMaggio's first career home run.
- He played his final big league season in 1937, going 0–4 with a 4.77 ERA in 31 games (three starts).
- In 77?1/3 innings, he walked 56 batters and struck out 19 while leading the league with nine wild pitches.
- He also led the league in errors among pitchers with five.Overall, he pitched three seasons in major league baseball, playing his final game on September 29, 1937.
- He went 2–12 with a 6.14 ERA, walking 157 batters in 184?2/3 innings while striking out only 47.
- He is one of only two pitchers in major league history to walk at least 145 and strikeout less than 55 batters in a career - the other is Dick Welteroth. He played minor league baseball until 1946, going 51–47 in 191 minor league games.
- In seven minor league seasons, he walked 564 batters.Following his death, he was interred at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Columbia, South Carolina.
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