Bill Terry

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)

Born: October 30, 1898 in Atlanta, GA us

Died: January 9, 1989 in Jacksonville, FL

Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL

Debut: September 24, 1923 (Age 24-329d, 5,819th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 22, 1936 (Age 37-328d)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1954. (Voted by BBWAA on 195/252 ballots)
View Bill Terry's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1924 season

Full Name: William Harold Terry

Nicknames: Memphis Bill or Smiling Bill

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

56.6

6428

2193

154

.341

1120

RBI

1078

OBP

.393

SLG

.506

OPS

.899

OPS+

136

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	NYG		PHI	L,5-13	CG	53	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
2	2	Apr 15	NYG		PHI	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
3	3	Apr 16	NYG		BSN	L,4-5	CG	46	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
4	4	Apr 17	NYG		BSN	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
5	5	Apr 18	NYG		BSN	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
6	6	Apr 19	NYG		BSN	L,7-8	CG	58	13.0	12	1	0	13	1
7	7	Apr 20	NYG	@	PHI	W,14-5	CG	41	9.0	10	2	0	12	3
8	8	Apr 21	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
9	9	Apr 22	NYG	@	PHI	W,13-8	CG	44	9.0	8	2	0	10	2
10	10	Apr 23	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
11	11	Apr 24	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
12	12	Apr 29	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
13	13	Apr 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 2	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
15	15	May 3	NYG		BRO	L,7-11	CG	48	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
16	16	May 5	NYG	@	STL	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	2
17	17	May 6	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
18	18	May 8 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	11	3	0	14	1
19	19	May 8 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
20	20	May 10	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-9	CG	37	8.0	15	0	0	15	0
21	21	May 15	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
22	22	May 16	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	2
23	23	May 17	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
24	24	May 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	44	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
25	25	May 20	NYG	@	BRO	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
26	26	May 21 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,12-5	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
27	27	May 21 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
28	28	May 22	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
29	29	May 23	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	2
30	30	May 24	NYG	@	PHI	L,8-11	CG	47	8.0	9	1	1	11	0
31	31	May 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
32	32	May 26	NYG		BRO	L,2-3	CG	47	12.0	9	0	0	9	0
33	33	May 27	NYG		BRO	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
34	34	May 28	NYG		BRO	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
35	35	May 29 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,10-8	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
36	36	May 29 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
38	38	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	39	10.0	4	0	0	4	1
39	39	May 31	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	13	2	0	15	2
41	41	Jun 4 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
42	42	Jun 4 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
43	43	Jun 5 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	42	9.1	8	1	0	9	1
44	45 (1)	Jun 7	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
45	46	Jun 8	NYG		CIN	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
46	47	Jun 9	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
47	48	Jun 10	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	10	4	0	14	0
48	49	Jun 11	NYG		PIT	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
49	50	Jun 15	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
50	51	Jun 16	NYG		CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
51	52	Jun 18 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	8	4	0	12	2
52	53	Jun 18 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
53	54	Jun 19	NYG		STL	L,0-7	CG	0	9.0	11	4	0	15	1
54	55	Jun 21	NYG		STL	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
55	56	Jun 22	NYG		STL	W,9-1	CG	30	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
56	57	Jun 23	NYG		STL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
57	58	Jun 24	NYG	@	PHI	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	9	2	0	11	1
58	59	Jun 25	NYG	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
59	60	Jun 26	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
60	61	Jun 28 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
61	62	Jun 28 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
62	63	Jun 30	NYG		BSN	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	16	1	0	17	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	64	Jul 1	NYG		BSN	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	7	2	1	10	1
64	65	Jul 2	NYG		BSN	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
65	66	Jul 3	NYG		BSN	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
66	67	Jul 5	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	45	9.2	5	1	0	6	0
67	68	Jul 6 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	3
68	69	Jul 6 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	7	2	0	9	1
69	70	Jul 7	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
70	71	Jul 8	NYG	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
71	72	Jul 9	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
72	73	Jul 10 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	12	2	1	15	1
73	74	Jul 10 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
74	75	Jul 12	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
75	76	Jul 13	NYG	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	33	8.0	13	0	0	13	2
76	77	Jul 14	NYG	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
77	78	Jul 15	NYG	@	STL	W,12-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
78	79	Jul 16	NYG	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
79	80	Jul 17 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	13	1	0	14	0
80	81	Jul 17 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
81	82	Jul 18	NYG	@	CHC	W,13-3	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
82	83	Jul 19	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	9	1	0	10	2
83	84	Jul 20	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
84	85	Jul 23 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	51	14.0	18	0	0	18	0
85	86	Jul 23 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-0	CG	27	8.0	3	1	0	4	2
86	87	Jul 24 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
87	88	Jul 24 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	8	0	1	9	1
88	89	Jul 26 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
89	90	Jul 26 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,5-7	CG	44	10.0	3	1	1	5	1
90	91	Jul 27 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,8-9	CG	44	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
91	92	Jul 27 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
92	93	Jul 28 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,7-10	CG	48	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
93	94	Jul 28 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	11	1	1	13	0
94	95	Jul 29	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
95	96	Jul 30	NYG		CIN	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
96	97	Jul 31 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	12	0	0	12	1
97	98	Jul 31 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	99	Aug 2	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
99	100	Aug 4	NYG		STL	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
100	101	Aug 5	NYG		STL	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
101	102	Aug 6 (1)	NYG		STL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
102	103	Aug 6 (2)	NYG		STL	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	6	2	1	9	0
103	104	Aug 7 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
104	105	Aug 7 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
105	106	Aug 9	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
106	107	Aug 12	NYG		BRO	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	5
107	108	Aug 13 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,9-18	CG	50	9.0	7	0	1	8	4
108	109	Aug 13 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	14	2	0	16	1
109	110	Aug 14 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,1-2	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	1
110	111	Aug 14 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
111	112	Aug 16	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	11	2	1	14	2
112	113	Aug 17	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-0	GS	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	2
113	114	Aug 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
114	115	Aug 19	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	8	3	0	11	2
115	116	Aug 20 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
116	117	Aug 20 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
117	118	Aug 21	NYG	@	BRO	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
118	119	Aug 22 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	12	0	1	13	0
119	120	Aug 22 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
120	121	Aug 23	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	11	2	0	13	0
121	122	Aug 24	NYG	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
122	123	Aug 25	NYG	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
123	124	Aug 26	NYG	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
124	125	Aug 27 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
125	126	Aug 27 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
126	127	Aug 28	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	11	1	0	12	1
127	128	Aug 30	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	8	2	0	10	0
128	129	Aug 31	NYG	@	CHC	L,9-10	CG	48	9.2	13	0	0	13	3
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	130	Sep 3	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	41	12.0	17	0	0	17	2
130	131	Sep 4	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	2
131	132	Sep 5 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	12	2	0	14	1
132	133	Sep 5 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	11	1	0	12	1
133	134	Sep 7	NYG		CIN	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
134	135	Sep 9 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,4-10	CG	49	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
135	136	Sep 9 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
136	137	Sep 10	NYG		STL	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	11	2	0	13	2
137	138	Sep 11 (1)	NYG		STL	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
138	139	Sep 11 (2)	NYG		STL	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
139	140	Sep 13 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
140	141	Sep 13 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	15	1	0	16	1
141	142	Sep 14	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	11	0	0	11	1
142	143	Sep 15	NYG		CHC	L,7-8	CG	51	11.0	11	1	0	12	0
143	144	Sep 17	NYG		PIT	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
144	145	Sep 18 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
145	146	Sep 18 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
146	147	Sep 19	NYG		BSN	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
147	148	Sep 20	NYG		BSN	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
148	149	Sep 21	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	10	1	0	11	1
149	150	Sep 22	NYG		BRO	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
150	151	Sep 24 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,8-4	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
151	152	Sep 24 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	7	2	0	9	2
152	153	Sep 25 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	2
153	154	Sep 25 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	7	1	1	9	0
							154gm		1367.0	1493	137	14	1644	125