Justin Turner

Turner with the Dodgers in 2015

Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 10

Third baseman / Second baseman

Born: November 23, 1984 (age 32)
Long Beach, California

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

MLB debut

September 9, 2009, for the Baltimore Orioles

MLB statistics
(through 2016 season)

.282

282

Teams

Career highlights and awards

Justin Matthew Turner (born November 23, 1984) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played for the Baltimore Orioles and New York Mets. Turner also has experience playing second base, shortstop, and first base.

Justin Matthew Turner was born in Long Beach, California, to John and Betsy Turner. He has one younger sister.

Turner attended Mayfair High School in Lakewood, California, earning three-time All-Suburban first team honors as a shortstop and second baseman. He hit .514 in league play as a senior, earning most valuable player honors en route to a league title. He attended California State University, Fullerton, where he majored in kinesiology and played college baseball for the Titans. He earned freshman All-American honors from Baseball America in 2003 after quickly taking over as the starting second baseman. He was named to the 2003 College World Series all-tournament team as a shortstop. Many CWS fans that year remember him as the player who was hit in the face by a fastball after going 3 for 3 including a HR. The next year he tasted victory in a two-game final over Texas, as Fullerton won the 2004 College World Series.