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.

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	NYG	@	BRO	T,1-1	CG	47	14.0	17	1	0	18	2
2	2	Apr 18	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
3	3	Apr 20	NYG		BSN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 21	NYG		BSN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
5	5	Apr 22	NYG		BSN	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
6	6	Apr 23	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	18	0	0	18	0
7	7	Apr 24	NYG		BRO	W,4-0	GS	19	5.0	6	0	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	42 (34)	Jun 3 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
9	43	Jun 4 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	15	2	0	17	2
10	44	Jun 4 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
11	45	Jun 6	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
12	46	Jun 8	NYG		PHI	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
13	47	Jun 10	NYG		PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
14	48	Jun 11	NYG		PHI	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	49	Jun 13	NYG		BSN	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	7	1	1	9	1
16	50	Jun 14	NYG		BSN	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
17	51	Jun 15	NYG		BSN	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	7	1	1	9	1
18	52	Jun 16	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
19	53	Jun 17 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
20	54	Jun 17 (2)	NYG		BRO	T,3-3	CG	41	11.0	17	2	0	19	2
21	55	Jun 18	NYG		CHC	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
22	56	Jun 19	NYG		CHC	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	3
23	57	Jun 20	NYG		CHC	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
24	58	Jun 21	NYG		CHC	W,3-1	CG	28	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
25	59	Jun 22	NYG		CIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	14	1	0	15	0
26	60	Jun 23	NYG		CIN	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
27	61	Jun 24	NYG		CIN	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
28	62	Jun 25 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	14	1	0	15	2
29	63	Jun 25 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
30	64	Jun 28 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
31	65	Jun 28 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,7-4	CG	38	10.0	10	1	0	11	0
32	66	Jun 29	NYG		STL	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
33	67	Jun 30	NYG		STL	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	68	Jul 1	NYG		STL	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
35	69	Jul 2 (1)	NYG		STL	W,1-0	CG	59	18.0	5	0	0	5	1
36	70	Jul 2 (2)	NYG		STL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	71	Jul 3	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
38	72	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-3	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	73	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	2
40	74	Jul 7	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	46	9.2	10	1	0	11	1
41	75	Jul 8	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
42	76	Jul 9 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
43	77	Jul 9 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
44	78	Jul 11	NYG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	6	0	1	7	1
45	79	Jul 12	NYG	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
46	80	Jul 13	NYG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	2
47	81	Jul 14	NYG	@	STL	W,12-7	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
48	82	Jul 16 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	58	14.1	10	0	0	10	0
49	83	Jul 16 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
50	84	Jul 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,14-1	CG	34	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
51	85	Jul 19 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
52	86	Jul 19 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
53	87	Jul 20	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
54	88	Jul 21	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
55	89	Jul 22 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
56	90	Jul 22 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	91	Jul 23	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
58	92	Jul 26 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	15	1	0	16	1
59	93	Jul 26 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
60	94	Jul 27	NYG		BRO	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
61	95	Jul 29	NYG		BSN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
62	96	Jul 30	NYG		BSN	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	97	Aug 1	NYG		BSN	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
64	98	Aug 2 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,6-13	CG	48	8.0	7	1	1	9	0
65	99	Aug 2 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,18-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
66	100	Aug 4	NYG	@	PHI	W,18-1	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
67	101	Aug 5 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
68	102	Aug 5 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
69	103	Aug 6 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	11	0	1	12	0
70	104	Aug 6 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
71	105	Aug 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	42	10.0	10	2	0	12	0
72	106	Aug 10	NYG		PHI	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
73	107	Aug 12	NYG		PHI	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
74	108	Aug 13	NYG		PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
75	109	Aug 16	NYG		CIN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
76	110	Aug 17	NYG		CIN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	5
77	111	Aug 18	NYG		CIN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	3
78	112	Aug 19	NYG		CHC	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	3
79	113	Aug 20	NYG		CHC	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	114	Aug 25 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,8-5	CG	45	11.0	14	0	0	14	0
81	115	Aug 25 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
82	116	Aug 26 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	11	2	0	13	2
83	117	Aug 26 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	13	1	1	15	0
84	118	Aug 27 (1)	NYG		STL	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	2
85	119	Aug 27 (2)	NYG		STL	T,5-5	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
86	120	Aug 28	NYG		STL	L,8-12	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
87	121	Aug 29 (1)	NYG		STL	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
88	122	Aug 29 (2)	NYG		STL	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
89	123	Aug 30	NYG		STL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
90	124	Aug 31	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	125	Sep 1 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	35	10.0	12	1	0	13	0
92	126	Sep 1 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
93	127	Sep 2	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
94	128	Sep 3 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	14.0	16	1	0	17	1
95	129	Sep 3 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	T,4-4	CG	42	8.2	4	0	0	4	1
96	130	Sep 5	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
97	131	Sep 6 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	45	9.2	13	1	0	14	1
98	132	Sep 6 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
99	133	Sep 7	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-14	GS	32	5.0	5	0	0	5	0
100	134	Sep 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
101	135	Sep 9	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
102	136	Sep 10 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
103	137	Sep 10 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	13	2	0	15	2
104	138	Sep 11	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
105	139	Sep 13	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
106	140	Sep 14	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	2
107	141	Sep 15 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
108	142	Sep 15 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
109	143	Sep 16 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	2
110	144	Sep 16 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
111	145	Sep 17	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
112	146	Sep 18	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
113	147	Sep 19	NYG	@	STL	L,3-12	GS	12	2.0	1	0	0	1	1
114	148	Sep 23 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
115	150 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-5	GS	0		7	1	0	8	1
116	153 (2)	Sep 27 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
117	155 (1)	Sep 30	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
							117gm		1052.0	1246	76	11	1333	103