During parts of four seasons with the Mets, Justin Turner was largely known as a plucky, lighthearted utility man, the kind of player recognized more for his merits as a teammate than for the statistics on the back of his baseball card.
In Los Angeles, where Turner signed after being nontendered by the Mets in December 2013, he has evolved past a cliché. In the National League division series between the Mets and the Dodgers, no Dodger has been more successful at the plate than Turner, who entered Game 4 on Tuesday batting .