Bill Terry

Full Name: William Harold Terry Primary Position: 1B Height/Weight: 6' 1"/200 First Game: September 24, 1923 Birthdate: October 30, 1896 Final Game: September 22, 1936 Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia MLB Experience: 14 years Died: January 9, 1989 Deathplace: Jacksonville, Florida Bat/Throw: Left/Left

Biography

Bill Terry (William Harold Terry) was born on October 30, 1896 in Atlanta, Georgia. He made his Major League debut on September 24, 1923 for the New York Giants. In 1924, his rookie year, he hit .239 with 5 home runs and 24 RBI. Terry played for the New York Giants for his entire 14 year career.

Most people believe that Bill Terry's best season was 1930, when he slugged 23 home runs, hit for a .401 average and knocked in 129 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1923	NY	N	3	7	1	1	0	0	.143	.333	.143	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1924	NY	N	77	163	26	39	5	24	.239	.311	.399	7	2	17	18	0	0	1	0	0
1925	NY	N	133	489	75	156	11	70	.319	.374	.474	31	6	42	52	1	4	4	0	0
1926	NY	N	98	225	26	65	5	43	.289	.352	.453	12	5	22	17	0	8	3	0	0
1927	NY	N	150	580	101	189	20	121	.326	.377	.529	32	13	46	53	2	19	1	0	0
1928	NY	N	149	568	100	185	17	101	.326	.394	.518	36	11	64	36	0	17	7	0	0
1929	NY	N	150	607	103	226	14	117	.372	.418	.522	39	5	48	35	0	18	10	0	0
1930	NY	N	154	633	139	254	23	129	.401	.452	.619	39	15	57	33	1	19	8	0	0
1931	NY	N	153	611	121	213	9	112	.349	.397	.529	43	20	47	36	2	2	8	0	0
1932	NY	N	154	643	124	225	28	117	.350	.382	.580	42	11	32	23	1	1	4	0	0
1933	NY	N	123	475	68	153	6	58	.322	.375	.423	20	5	40	23	0	9	3	0	10
1934	NY	N	153	602	109	213	8	83	.354	.414	.463	30	6	60	47	2	19	0	0	8
1935	NY	N	145	596	91	203	6	64	.341	.383	.451	32	8	41	55	0	16	7	0	13
1936	NY	N	79	229	36	71	2	39	.310	.363	.424	10	5	19	19	0	5	0	0	7
Total			1721	6428	1120	2193	154	1078	.341	.393	.506	373	112	537	449	9	137	56	0	38

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1923	NY	N	1B	2	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1924	NY	N	1B	35	0	0	325	14	4	30	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1925	NY	N	1B	126	0	0	1270	77	14	83	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1926	NY	N	OF	14	0	0	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1926	NY	N	1B	38	0	0	391	31	9	36	0	0	0	0	0	.979
1927	NY	N	1B	150	0	0	1621	105	12	135	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1928	NY	N	1B	149	0	0	1584	78	12	148	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1929	NY	N	1B	149	0	0	1575	111	11	146	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1929	NY	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1930	NY	N	1B	154	0	0	1538	128	17	128	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1931	NY	N	1B	153	0	0	1411	105	16	108	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1932	NY	N	1B	154	0	0	1493	137	14	125	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1933	NY	N	1B	117	0	0	1246	76	11	103	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1934	NY	N	1B	153	0	0	1592	105	10	131	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1935	NY	N	1B	143	0	0	1379	99	6	105	0	0	0	0	0	.996
1936	NY	N	1B	56	0	0	525	41	2	55	0	0	0	0	0	.996
Total			1B	1579	0	0	15972	1108	138	1334	0	0	0	0	0	.992
Total			OF	15	0	0	27	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.968

Transactions

• Sold by Toledo (American Association) to New York Giants with Freddie Lindstrom for $500 (September 18, 1923).