Trea Turner Biography

Trea Vance Turner, born on June 30, 1993, is an American professional baseball player who has played as a shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies in Major League Baseball. He has previously played for the Washington Nationals and the Los Angeles Dodgers during his MLB career. Turner played college baseball at North Carolina State before entering professional baseball. Though developed as a shortstop, he made his major league debut in 2016 as Washington's starting center fielder and returned to shortstop in 2017. He earned a Silver Slugger Award in 2022 and has hit for the cycle three times, joining an elite group of MLB players. In 2023, Turner set an MLB record by stealing 30 bases without being caught, achieving a 0 caught stealing total. The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Turner in the 20th round with the 602nd overall pick in the 2011 MLB draft.