Trea Turner

Trea Vance Turner (born June 30, 1993) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB).

He has previously played for the Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Dodgers.

On the international level, he plays for the United States national team.

Turner played college baseball at North Carolina State.

The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Turner in the 20th round, with the 602nd overall selection, of the 2011 Major League Baseball (MLB) draft.

Turner opted to play college baseball for the NC State Wolfpack baseball team in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I.

As a freshman in 2012, Turner switched positions from shortstop to third baseman.

That year, he had a .336 batting average and a .432 on-base percentage, and recorded 57 stolen bases while only being caught stealing four times.

His 57 steals were more than the team totals of 158 Division I teams, and set an NC State record.

He also tied the ACC record for steals in one game with five.

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

In 2013, Turner had a .378 batting average with seven home runs, 41 runs batted in (RBIs), and 27 stolen bases.

He 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.

He 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.

The San Diego Padres selected Turner in the first round, with the 13th overall selection.

He signed on June 13, receiving a $2.9 million signing bonus.

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

After he batted .228 in 26 games for Eugene, the Padres promoted him to the Fort Wayne TinCaps of the Class A Midwest League, where he batted .369 in 46 games.

The Padres assigned him to play for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League after the regular season.

The San Diego Padres selected him in the first round of the 2014 MLB draft and traded him to the Washington Nationals in 2015.

As a junior in 2014, he hit .321 with eight home runs and 26 stolen bases.

After the season, he was named the winner of the Brooks Wallace Award.

Aaron Fitt of Baseball America considered Turner a likely first round choice in the 2014 MLB draft.

On December 19, 2014, the Padres agreed to trade Turner to the Washington Nationals as a player to be named later as part of a three-team trade, in which the Padres traded Jake Bauers, Burch Smith, and René Rivera to the Tampa Bay Rays and Joe Ross to Washington, Washington traded Steven Souza and Travis Ott to Tampa Bay, and Tampa traded Wil Myers to San Diego.

Turner stayed with the Padres organization until mid-June 2015 because he was ineligible to be traded for a year after being drafted.

In 2015, Turner reported to spring training with the Padres as a non-roster invitee, The Padres assigned him to the San Antonio Missions of the Class AA Texas League.

He hit .322 with five home runs and 35 RBIs with 11 stolen bases for San Antonio.

Meanwhile, MLB changed its rules so that players can be traded in the year they are drafted after the World Series concludes.

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

After playing ten games for Harrisburg, the Nationals promoted Turner to the Syracuse Chiefs of the Class AAA International League.

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

Though developed as a shortstop, Turner debuted in the major leagues in 2016 as Washington's starting center fielder, and returned to shortstop for the 2017 season.

Traded to the Dodgers during the 2021 season, he became a free agent after the 2022 season and signed an 11-year, $300 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies.

Turner is a two-time MLB All-Star.

He has led the National League in batting average once and twice in stolen bases.

Turner won a Silver Slugger Award and has hit for the cycle three times, tying the MLB record for most cycles in a career.

Turner set an MLB record in 2023 by stealing the most bases in a season without being caught.

He won the 2019 World Series with the Nationals.

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

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