Search Turkey Stearnes Turkey Stearnes Norman Thomas Stearnes Born: May 8, 1901, Nashville, Tennessee Died: September 4, 1979, Detroit, Michigan Elected to Hall of Fame by Committee on Baseball Veterans: 2000 A quiet Southerner who spent his summers blasting long balls for the Detroit Stars and his winters laboring in the Motor City's auto plants to make ends meet, Norman Turkey Stearnes was ...