43 Facts About Trea Turner

Trea Vance Turner was born on June 30,1993 and is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball.

Trea Turner is one of the fastest runners in Major League Baseball, having been clocked at 22.

On June 30,2021, Turner hit for the cycle for the third time, tying the MLB record for most cycles in a career.

Trea Turner has made a handful of major league appearances at second base.

Trea Turner attended Park Vista Community High School in Lake Worth, Florida, where he played for his school's baseball team.

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Trea Turner was lightly recruited by college programs, only receiving scholarship offers from NC State and Florida Atlantic University.

Trea Turner tied the ACC record for steals in one game with five.

Trea Turner was named to the All-Tournament Team in the 2012 ACC Tournament.

Trea Turner was named to the All-ACC first team, and was named a second team All-American by Perfect Game and a third team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Baseball America.

Trea Turner was named a finalist for the Brooks Wallace Award, given to the best shortstop in NCAA's Division I That summer, Turner played for the United States national collegiate baseball team.

Trea Turner made his professional debut three days later with the Eugene Emeralds of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League.

Trea Turner's agent, Jeff Berry, stated to the media that it was an unfair process to force him to play half the season for a team that traded him and had no further interest in promoting his development.

Trea Turner claimed he would be filing a grievance through the players' union.

Trea Turner reported to spring training with the Nationals as a non-roster invitee, and the Padres assigned him to the San Antonio Missions of the Class AA Texas League.

On June 14,2015, Trea Turner was sent to the Nationals to complete the trade made in December, and was assigned to the Harrisburg Senators of the Class AA Eastern League.

Trea Turner represented the Nationals at the 2015 All-Star Futures Game.

In spring training in 2016, Trea Turner competed with Danny Espinosa and Stephen Drew to be the Nationals starting shortstop.

Trea Turner was called up on June 3,2016, for a three-game series against the Cincinnati Reds.

Trea Turner went 3-for-3 with a walk in his first game of the season at MLB, playing second base and shortstop.

Trea Turner was optioned back to Syracuse at the end of the series, as first baseman Ryan Zimmerman was reactivated from paternity leave.

Trea Turner won the Major League Baseball Rookie of the Month Award in the National League for his performance in August 2016, hitting.

Trea Turner finished second in National League Rookie of the Year Award balloting to Corey Seager despite playing in only 73 of the 162 games that season.

In 2017, Trea Turner moved back to his natural position of shortstop after the club acquired Adam Eaton to play center field and traded starting shortstop Danny Espinosa to the Los Angeles Angels.

Two days later, Trea Turner was hit on the right wrist by a fastball from Cubs reliever Pedro Strop and suffered a non-displaced fracture, sending him to the 10-day disabled list for the second time in the season.

Trea Turner told The Washington Post's Thomas Boswell it was the first time since he was 12 that he had broken a bone, though he claimed the injury "didn't feel that bad" after Strop's pitch hit him, and he remained in the game for an inning and a half before being lifted for a defensive substitute.

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On July 8, Trea Turner was announced as one of the five candidates in the 2018 All-Star Final Vote.

Trea Turner finished the season with an NL-leading 43 stolen bases.

Trea Turner had the fastest baserunning sprint speed of all major league shortstops, at 30.

Trea Turner finished second in the NL with 35 stolen bases, behind Ronald Acuna Jr.

Trea Turner recorded the fastest sprint speed of all major league shortstops, at 30.

Trea Turner led the National League with 78 hits and four triples and led all shortstops in average, OBP, SLG, and wRC+.

On June 30,2021 against the Tampa Bay Rays, Trea Turner hit for the cycle a third time, tying the MLB record for career cycles with John Reilly, Bob Meusel, Babe Herman, and Adrian Beltre.

Trea Turner hit a single in the first inning, a double in the third inning, a home run in the fourth inning, and a triple in the sixth inning.

On July 30,2021, Trea Turner was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers along with Max Scherzer in exchange for Josiah Gray, Keibert Ruiz, Gerardo Carrillo, and Donovan Casey.

On September 26,2021, Trea Turner hit his 100th career home run off of Humberto Mejia of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Trea Turner led the National League with 32 stolen bases and 319 total bases.

Trea Turner had the fastest sprint speed of all major league players, at 30.

On July 8,2022, Trea Turner was named the starting shortstop for the 2022 All-Star Game.

Trea Turner recorded his 1,000th career hit on August 29,2022, a 10th inning single off Marlins pitcher Huascar Brazoban.

Trea Turner was born in Boynton Beach, Florida, on June 30,1993, to parents Mark and Donna.

Trea Turner met his future wife, Kristen Harabedian, when they both attended North Carolina State, where Harabedian was a gymnast.

Trea Turner became the third player to have offensive tweets from his past discovered in the month of July 2018, following Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Josh Hader and Atlanta Braves pitcher Sean Newcomb.

Trea Turner apologized for the social media postings and refused to use his being a teenager at the time as an excuse at a tearful press conference called before the Nationals' next game.