George Elkins Turbeville (August 24, 1914, in Turbeville, South Carolina â 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 0âÂÂ3 with a 7.63 ERA. In 63 innings, he allowed 74 hits and 69 walks, while striking out only 20 batters. In 1936, he went 2âÂÂ5 with a 6.39 ERA in 12 games (six starts). He walked 32 batters in 43 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 0âÂÂ4 with a 4.77 ERA in 31 games (three starts). In 77 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 2âÂÂ12 with a 6.14 ERA, walking 157 batters in 184 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 51âÂÂ47 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.