Robert Turk

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Robert Turk
Robert Donald Turk
"Zook"
Bat/Throw: R/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 190
Born: 1935-3-4 at Modesto, CA (US)
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Robert Turk was a professional player.

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Profile

Personal

  • Resided in Manteca, California in 1954.
  • Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish-German ancestry.
  • Listed hobbies as cattle and horses.

Pre-professional career

  • Graduated from Modesto High School in 1953.
  • Played baseball and basketball in high school.
  • Played American Legion ball.

Achievements

  • Tied a California League record for most putouts by a third baseman in a game with 6 on August 4, 1953 against Modesto.

Outside of baseball

  • Was a laborer during the off-season.

Contract signing

  • Was signed to his first professional contract by Charley Wallgren of the Boston Red Sox.

Sources

  • 1954 California League Gold Book (Sixth Edition).


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