Henry Turner (baseball)

Henry "Flash" Turner (September 1, 1913 – August 13, 2000)^[1] was an American baseball catcher in the Negro leagues.^[2] He played with the Jacksonville Red Caps/Cleveland Bears from 1937 to 1942 and the Cleveland Buckeyes in 1943.^[3]

Henry Turner
Catcher
Born: (1913-09-01)September 1, 1913 Lloyd, Florida, U.S.
Died: Unknown Unknown
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1937, for the Jacksonville Red Caps
Last appearance
1943, for the Cleveland Buckeyes
Career statistics
Batting average	.284
Hits	80
Home runs	1
Runs batted in	48
Stolen bases	4
Teams
Jacksonville Red Caps/Cleveland Bears (1937-1942) Cleveland Buckeyes (1943)
Career highlights and awards
Negro American League batting champion (1939)

Career

Turner broke into the major leagues of black baseball with the Jacksonville Red Caps in 1938. In 13 documented games, he batted .295. He remained with the club when they became the Cleveland Bears the following year and led the Negro American League in batting average with .393 in 23 recorded games played with 21 runs batted in. He played in 18 documented games the following year and batted .213 before the club returned to Jacksonville as the Red Caps, where he played 13 documented combined games over the next two years, collecting eight hits. He closed his career out with the Cleveland Buckeyes and batted .205 in 16 recorded games.^[4] He was released by Cleveland prior to the start of the 1944 season.^[5]