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Bill Terry

Full name William Harold Terry
Born October 30, 1898, Atlanta, Georgia
Died January 9, 1989, Jacksonville, Florida
Buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, Florida (Garden Cloister Mausoleum- Project F- Unit 3- Section C)
First Game: September 24, 1923; Final Game: October 6, 1936
Managed First Game: June 4, 1932; Managed Final Game: September 28, 1941
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 6' 1" Weight: 200
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1954
Named NL Most Valuable Player by The Sporting News (1930)
Named first baseman on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1930)
Ejections as manager: 1937 (1), 1939 (1), 1940 (1). Total: 3
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                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1923 NY  N    Daily Splits    3     7    1    1   0   0   0    0    2   0    2   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .143  .333  .143  -0.1 1923 NY  N
1924 NY  N    Daily Splits   77   163   26   39   7   2   5   24   17   0   18   0   0   0   4   1    1   1  .239  .311  .399  -0.6 1924 NY  N
1925 NY  N    Daily Splits  133   489   75  156  31   6  11   70   42   4   52   1   4   0   5   4    4   5  .319  .374  .474   0.9 1925 NY  N
1926 NY  N    Daily Splits   98   225   26   65  12   5   5   43   22   0   17   0   8   0   8   3    3   6  .289  .352  .453   0.5 1926 NY  N
1927 NY  N    Daily Splits  150   580  101  189  32  13  20  121   46   5   53   2  19   0  14   6    1   7  .326  .377  .529   2.6 1927 NY  N
1928 NY  N    Daily Splits  149   568  100  185  36  11  17  101   64   5   36   0  17   0  13   7    7   4  .326  .394  .518   1.8 1928 NY  N
1929 NY  N    Daily Splits  150   607  103  226  39   5  14  117   48   6   35   0  18   0  14   9   10  13  .372  .418  .522   2.5 1929 NY  N
1930 NY  N    Daily Splits  154   633  139  254  39  15  23  129   57   0   33   1  19   0  10   7    8   3  .401  .452  .619   5.6 1930 NY  N
1931 NY  N    Daily Splits  153   611  121  213  43  20   9  112   47   1   36   2   2   0  18  14    8  14  .349  .397  .529   3.7 1931 NY  N
1932 NY  N    Daily Splits  154   643  124  225  42  11  28  117   32   3   23   1   1   0  16  10    4   5  .350  .382  .580   4.9 1932 NY  N
1933 NY  N    Daily Splits  123   475   68  153  20   5   6   58   40   5   23   0   9   0   6  10    3   3  .322  .375  .423   0.9 1933 NY  N
1934 NY  N    Daily Splits  153   602  109  213  30   6   8   83   60   2   47   2  19   0  19   8    0   1  .354  .414  .463   2.5 1934 NY  N
1935 NY  N    Daily Splits  145   596   91  203  32   8   6   64   41   0   55   0  16   0  14  13    7   0  .341  .383  .451   1.4 1935 NY  N
1936 NY  N    Daily Splits   79   229   36   71  10   5   2   39   19   1   19   0   5   0   3   7    0   1  .310  .363  .424   0.2 1936 NY  N
Total    (14 Years) Splits 1721  6428 1120 2193 373 112 154 1078  537  32  449   9 137   0 144  99   56  63  .341  .393  .506  26.8 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1924 NY  N    Daily Splits    5    14    3    6   0   1   1    1    3   1    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .429  .529  .786 1924 NY  N
1933 NY  N    Daily Splits    5    22    3    6   1   0   1    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .273  .273  .455 1933 NY  N
1936 NY  N    Daily Splits    6    25    1    6   0   0   0    5    1   0    4   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .240  .269  .240 1936 NY  N
Total    ( 3 Years) Splits   16    61    7   18   1   1   2    7    4   1    5   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .295  .338  .443 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
             All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1933 NL       Daily Splits    1     4    0    2   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500  .500 1933 NL   
1934 NL       Daily Splits    1     3    0    1   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .500  .333 1934 NL   
1935 NL       Daily Splits    1     3    0    1   0   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .333  .333 1935 NL   
Total    ( 3 Years) Splits    3    10    0    4   0   0   0    1    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .400  .455  .400 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1923 NY  N Daily Splits  1B    2    2    2    18      22    1    0    1   0 1.000
1924 NY  N Daily Splits  1B   35   31   29   285.1   325   14    4   30   1  .988
1925 NY  N Daily Splits  1B  126  124  118  1089    1270   77   14   83   1  .990
1926 NY  N Daily Splits  1B   38   37   37   333     391   31    9   36   0  .979
1926 NY  N               OF   14   13   13   121      27    3    0    0   0 1.000     1    0   13 
1926 NY  N               RF   13   12   12   112      26    3    0    0   0 1.000
1926 NY  N               LF    1    1    1     9       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1927 NY  N Daily Splits  1B  150  150  148  1328.2  1621  105   12  135   0  .993
1928 NY  N Daily Splits  1B  149  149  146  1338.2  1584   78   12  148   0  .993
1929 NY  N Daily Splits  1B  149  149  145  1341.1  1575  111   11  146   0  .994
1929 NY  N               LF    1    1    1     8       0    0    1    0   0  .000
1929 NY  N               OF    1    1    1     8       0    0    1    0   0  .000     1    0    0 
1930 NY  N Daily Splits  1B  154  154  152  1359.2  1538  128   17  128   0  .990
1931 NY  N Daily Splits  1B  153  153  147  1342.2  1411  105   16  108   0  .990
1932 NY  N Daily Splits  1B  154  154  152  1366.1  1493  137   14  125   0  .991
1933 NY  N Daily Splits  1B  117  117  113  1051.2  1246   76   11  103   0  .992
1934 NY  N Daily Splits  1B  153  153  149  1353    1592  105   10  131   1  .994
1935 NY  N Daily Splits  1B  143  143  137  1272.2  1379   99    6  105   0  .996
1936 NY  N Daily Splits  1B   56   52   51   466     525   41    2   55   0  .996
Total (14 Years) Splits  1B 1579 1568 1526 13946   15972 1108  138 1334   3  .992
Total ( 2 Years)         OF   15   14   14   129      27    3    1    0   0  .968     2    0   13 
Total ( 1 Year )         RF   13   12   12   112      26    3    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years)         LF    2    2    2    17       1    0    1    0   0  .500
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1924 NY  N Daily Splits  1B    4    4    3    35      43    2    0    2   0 1.000
1933 NY  N Daily Splits  1B    5    5    5    47      50    1    0    3   0 1.000
1936 NY  N Daily Splits  1B    6    6    6    53      45    8    0    5   0 1.000
Total ( 3 Years) Splits  1B   15   15   14   135     138   11    0   10   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
             All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1933 NL    Daily Splits  1B    1    1    1     8       7    2    0    1   0 1.000
1934 NL    Daily Splits  1B    1    1    1     9       4    0    0    0   0 1.000
1935 NL    Daily Splits  1B    1    1    0     5       5    1    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 3 Years) Splits  1B    3    3    2    22      16    3    0    1   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1932 NY  N        114   55   59  .482   537   489   6- 4           8  6
1933 NY  N        156   91   61  .599   636   515                  1
1934 NY  N        153   93   60  .608   760   583                  2
1935 NY  N        156   91   62  .595   770   675                  3
1936 NY  N        154   92   62  .597   742   621                  1
1937 NY  N         61   36   25  .590   270   237          6-27    3  1
1937 NY  N         90   58   32  .644   458   362   6-30           2  1
1938 NY  N        152   83   67  .553   705   637                  3
1939 NY  N        151   77   74  .510   703   685                  5
1940 NY  N        152   72   80  .474   663   659                  6
1941 NY  N        156   74   79  .484   667   706                  5
Total (10 Years) 1495  822  661  .554  6911  6169
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
              World Series Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1933 NY  N          5    4    1  .800    16    11
1936 NY  N          6    2    4  .333    23    43
1937 NY  N          5    1    4  .200    12    28
Total ( 3 Years)   16    7    9  .438    51    82
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
             All-Star Game Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1934 NL             1    0    1  .000     7     9
1937 NL             1    0    1  .000     3     8
1938 NL             1    1    0 1.000     4     1
Total ( 3 Years)    3    1    2  .333    14    18
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 7-12-1937     BOX  NY  N  Bill Klem           Balls and strikes
 8-20-1939(2)  BOX  NY  N  Bick Campbell       Call at 2B
 8-13-1940     BOX  NY  N  George Magerkurth   Call at 1B

Transaction Information

Signed by New York Giants (May, 1922).
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