Biography
Omar Joseph "Turk" Lown (Born May 30, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of eleven seasons (1951–1954, 1956–1962) with the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox. For his career, he compiled a 55-61 record in 504 appearances, mostly as a relief pitcher, with a 4.12 earned run average and 574 strikeouts. Part of the White Sox team that won the American League in 1959, Lown did not give up a run in three appearances in the 1959 World Series loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turk_Lown
