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).