Ralph Terry

Full Name: Ralph Willard Terry	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/195	First Game: August 6, 1956
Birthdate: January 9, 1936	Final Game: April 22, 1967
Birthplace: Big Cabin, Oklahoma	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Born on January 9, 1936 in Big Cabin, Oklahoma, Ralph Terry (Ralph Willard Terry) played for the New York Yankees (1956–57, 1959–64), Kansas City Athletics (1957–59, 1966), Cleveland Indians (1965), and New York Mets (1966–67) over the course of his 12 year career. Terry broke into the bigs on August 6, 1956 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 3.33 ERA in 151.1 innings pitched in 1957, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Ralph Terry's best season was 1962, when he posted a 3.19 ERA, won 23 games and struck out 176 batters.

In his 12 seasons as a player, Terry posted a career record of 107-99, with 1000 strikeouts, a 3.27 earned run average, 257 games started, 75 games finished, 20 shutouts, 11 saves, and 446 bases on balls in 1849 innings pitched.

In five World Series (1960–64), Terry posted a record of 2-3, 31 strikeouts and a 2.93 ERA. Both wins came in the 1962 World Series (of which he was named MVP) against the San Francisco Giants, including a 1-0 shutout in Game 7 over Giant ace Jack Sanford. That game—and thus the Series—ended with Yankee second baseman Bobby Richardson catching Willie McCovey's line drive with Willie Mays on second and Matty Alou on third; had the ball been hit a foot or so to either side, Richardson could not have caught it and San Francisco would have scored two runs and won the Series.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1956	NY	A	3	3	1	2	9.45	8	15	14	0	0	0	13.1	17	2	11	0	0	0
1957	NY	A	7	2	1	1	3.05	7	7	7	1	1	0	20.2	18	1	8	1	0	0
1957	KC	A	21	19	4	11	3.38	80	63	49	3	1	0	130.2	119	15	47	2	3	4
1957	TOT	A	28	21	5	12	3.33	87	70	56	4	2	0	151.1	137	16	55	3	3	4
1958	KC	A	40	33	11	13	4.24	134	111	102	8	3	2	216.2	217	29	61	4	3	2
1959	NY	A	24	16	3	7	3.39	55	55	48	5	1	0	127.1	130	7	30	5	2	2
1959	KC	A	9	7	2	4	5.24	35	29	27	2	0	0	46.1	56	9	19	1	1	1
1959	TOT	A	33	23	5	11	3.89	90	84	75	7	1	0	173.2	186	16	49	6	3	3
1960	NY	A	35	23	10	8	3.40	92	78	63	7	3	1	166.2	149	15	52	3	3	4
1961	NY	A	31	27	16	3	3.15	86	74	66	9	2	0	188.1	162	19	42	0	0	1
1962	NY	A	43	39	23	12	3.19	176	123	106	14	3	2	298.2	257	40	57	1	2	3
1963	NY	A	40	37	17	15	3.22	114	103	96	18	3	1	268	246	29	39	1	1	4
1964	NY	A	27	14	7	11	4.54	77	60	58	2	1	4	115	130	20	31	3	1	1
1965	CLE	A	30	26	11	6	3.69	84	77	68	6	2	0	165.2	154	22	23	3	0	1
1966	NY	N	11	1	0	1	4.74	14	14	13	0	0	1	24.2	27	1	11	1	0	0
1966	KC	A	15	10	1	5	3.80	33	35	27	0	0	0	64	65	7	15	3	2	1
1966	Total		26	11	1	6	4.06	47	49	40	0	0	1	88.2	92	8	26	4	2	1
1967	NY	N	2	0	0	0	.00	5	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		13	1	0	1	4.18	19	14	13	0	0	1	28	28	1	11	1	0	0
Total	AL		325	256	107	98	3.61	981	830	731	75	20	10	1821.1	1720	215	435	27	18	24
Total			338	257	107	99	3.62	1000	844	744	75	20	11	1849.1	1748	216	446	28	18	24

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1956	NY	A	P	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	NY	A	P	7	2	20.2	2	5	1	0	0	0	1	.875
1957	KC	A	P	21	19	130.2	11	19	1	2	0	3	3	.968
1957	TOT	A	P	28	21	151.1	13	24	2	2	0	3	4	.949
1958	KC	A	P	40	33	216.2	13	24	4	3	2	9	10	.902
1959	NY	A	P	24	16	127.1	10	21	2	0	1	7	5	.939
1959	KC	A	P	9	7	46.1	4	8	1	4	0	2	2	.923
1959	TOT	A	P	33	23	173.2	14	29	3	4	1	9	7	.935
1960	NY	A	P	35	23	166.2	12	24	0	3	0	5	5	1.000
1961	NY	A	P	31	27	188.1	20	30	0	1	0	9	6	1.000
1962	NY	A	P	43	39	298.2	21	31	1	0	0	9	7	.981
1963	NY	A	P	40	37	268	31	32	1	2	0	7	4	.984
1964	NY	A	P	27	14	115	10	16	0	0	0	1	1	1.000
1965	CLE	A	P	30	26	165.2	11	12	1	1	0	4	3	.958
1966	NY	N	P	11	1	24.2	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1.000
1966	KC	A	P	15	10	64	5	7	1	0	0	4	0	.923
1966	Total		P	26	11	88.2	5	11	1	0	0	4	1	.941
1967	NY	N	P	2	0	3.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	338	254	1836	150	235	13	16	3	60	48	.967

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1956	NY	A	3	6	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	1	0	0	0
1957	NY	A	7	4	0	1	0	0	.250	.400	.250	0	1	0	0	0	0
1957	KC	A	22	42	1	6	0	1	.143	.143	.143	0	0	8	0	2	2
1957	TOT	A	29	46	1	7	0	1	.152	.170	.152	0	1	8	0	2	2
1958	KC	A	40	71	3	14	0	4	.197	.219	.211	1	2	14	0	3	1
1959	NY	A	24	41	0	4	0	0	.098	.119	.098	0	1	8	0	2	0
1959	KC	A	9	17	0	3	0	0	.176	.176	.176	0	0	2	0	1	1
1959	TOT	A	33	58	0	7	0	0	.121	.136	.121	0	1	10	0	3	1
1960	NY	A	35	49	1	6	0	1	.122	.140	.143	1	1	18	0	7	2
1961	NY	A	31	66	3	15	0	5	.227	.235	.258	2	1	16	0	5	1
1962	NY	A	43	106	6	20	0	7	.189	.218	.189	0	2	27	2	11	1
1963	NY	A	40	87	2	7	0	3	.080	.100	.080	0	2	17	0	9	1
1964	NY	A	27	35	2	7	0	0	.200	.263	.229	1	3	10	0	4	1
1965	CLE	A	30	49	2	7	1	4	.143	.222	.245	2	4	21	1	10	0
1966	NY	N	11	6	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	3	0	0	0
1966	KC	A	15	14	2	3	0	1	.214	.313	.286	1	2	6	0	1	0
1966	Total		26	20	2	4	0	1	.200	.273	.250	1	2	9	0	1	0
1967	NY	N	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		13	6	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	0	0	3	0	0	0
Total	AL		326	587	22	94	1	26	.160	.190	.179	8	19	148	3	55	10
Total			339	593	22	95	1	26	.160	.190	.179	8	19	151	3	55	10

Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (November 19, 1953).
Traded by New York Yankees with Billy Martin, Woodie Held and Bob Martyn to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Ryne Duren, Jim Pisoni and Harry Simpson (June 15, 1957).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Hector Lopez to New York Yankees in exchange for Johnny Kucks, Tom Sturdivant and Jerry Lumpe (May 26, 1959).
Traded by New York Yankees to Cleveland Indians (October 21, 1964) as part of trade in which New York Yankees traded $75000 and 2 players to be named later to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Pedro Ramos (September 5, 1964); Cleveland Indians received Bud Daley (November 27, 1964).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for John O'Donoghue and cash (April 6, 1966).
Sold by Kansas City Athletics to New York Mets (August 6, 1966).
Released by New York Mets (November 30, 1966).
Signed by New York Mets (April 2, 1967).
Released by New York Mets (May 16, 1967).

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