Bob Turley

Bob Turley, known as Bullet Bob, was an American pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1951 through 1963 for the St. Louis Browns, the Baltimore Orioles in their first season, the New York Yankees, the Los Angeles Angels and the Boston Red Sox. His peak came in 1958, when he led the American League in wins and won the Cy Young Award, the World Series Most Valuable Player Award and the Hickok Belt in the same year. Born in Troy, Illinois, and raised in East St. Louis, he coached the Red Sox in 1964 and later worked in financial planning, cofounding in 1977 the company that became Primerica.