During his 1981–1983 active career, Turner threw and batted right-handed; he stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg).
His association with the California Angels began in June 1981, when he was selected by them in the ninth round of the 1981 Major League Baseball Draft.
Turner spent three seasons at the Rookie and Class A levels in the Angel farm system, appearing in 200 minor league games played, and batting .243 with two home runs and 61 runs batted in.
He was among the injured on May 21, 1992, when one of the Angels' team buses crashed on the New Jersey Turnpike while en route from New York to Baltimore.
[1] Turner sustained a wound to his torso that required 26 stitches to close.