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.

1927 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1927 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	W,15-7	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
2	2	Apr 14	NYG	@	PHI	L,6-9	CG	44	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
3	3	Apr 15	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
4	4	Apr 16	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	8	2	0	10	2
5	5	Apr 18	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-10	CG	51	11.0	12	1	0	13	2
6	6	Apr 19 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	7	1	1	9	0
7	7	Apr 19 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	10	6	0	16	0
8	8	Apr 20	NYG		PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
9	9	Apr 21	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
10	10	Apr 23	NYG		PHI	W,5-1	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
11	11	Apr 24	NYG		BSN	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
12	12	Apr 26	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
13	13	Apr 28	NYG		BSN	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
14	14	Apr 29	NYG		BSN	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
15	15	Apr 30	NYG		BSN	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	1	0	0	1	1
17	17	May 2	NYG		BRO	L,7-10	CG	48	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
18	18	May 3	NYG		BRO	L,6-7	GS	10	3.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	19	May 4	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
20	20	May 5	NYG		BRO	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
21	21	May 7	NYG		CHC	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
22	22	May 8	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
23	23	May 11	NYG		STL	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
24	24	May 12	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	16	1	0	17	0
25	25	May 13	NYG		STL	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
26	26	May 14	NYG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
27	27	May 15	NYG		CIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
28	28	May 17	NYG		CIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
29	29	May 18	NYG		PIT	L,6-13	CG	49	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
30	30	May 20	NYG		PIT	L,3-8	CG	53	12.0	12	2	0	14	2
31	31	May 21	NYG		PIT	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
32	32	May 22	NYG		PIT	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
33	33	May 27 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
34	34	May 27 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
35	35	May 28	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
36	36	May 29	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
37	37	May 30 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,14-10	CG	47	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
38	38	May 30 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
39	39	May 31	NYG		PHI	W,13-4	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 2	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	53	12.0	16	0	0	16	4
41	41	Jun 3	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
42	42	Jun 4	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	10	3	1	14	1
43	43	Jun 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,9-10	CG	47	8.2	4	1	1	6	0
44	44	Jun 7	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-9	CG	45	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
45	45	Jun 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	13	2	1	16	1
46	46	Jun 9	NYG	@	PIT	W,12-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
47	47	Jun 10	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-13	CG	45	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
48	48	Jun 11	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
49	49	Jun 12	NYG	@	CHC	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	12	1	1	14	1
50	50	Jun 13	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
51	51	Jun 14	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	47	10.1	12	1	0	13	1
52	52	Jun 15	NYG	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	10	2	0	12	0
53	53	Jun 16	NYG	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
54	54	Jun 18	NYG	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
55	55	Jun 19	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
56	56	Jun 21	NYG		BSN	L,5-7	CG	44	10.0	12	1	0	13	0
57	57	Jun 23 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
58	58	Jun 23 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,9-6	CG	36	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
59	59	Jun 24 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
60	60	Jun 24 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	43	9.2	9	1	0	10	0
61	61	Jun 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
62	62	Jun 26	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
63	63	Jun 27	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
64	64	Jun 28	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	2
65	65	Jun 30 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	13	1	0	14	1
66	66	Jun 30 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	67	Jul 1 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	16	1	0	17	2
68	68	Jul 1 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
69	71 (2)	Jul 3 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
70	72	Jul 3 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	3
71	75 (2)	Jul 7	NYG		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
72	76	Jul 8	NYG		BRO	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
73	78 (1)	Jul 9 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
74	79	Jul 10 (1)	NYG		STL	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
75	80	Jul 10 (2)	NYG		STL	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	10	1	1	12	2
76	81	Jul 12	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	1	8	1
77	82	Jul 13	NYG		CIN	L,3-11	CG	48	9.0	11	0	2	13	1
78	83	Jul 14 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
79	84	Jul 14 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
80	85	Jul 15	NYG		CIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
81	86	Jul 16 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	10	3	0	13	3
82	87	Jul 16 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	16	0	0	16	0
83	88	Jul 18 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,4-6	CG	46	10.0	8	1	0	9	0
84	89	Jul 18 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
85	90	Jul 19	NYG		CHC	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
86	91	Jul 20	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
87	92	Jul 21	NYG		STL	L,6-7	CG	45	10.0	13	0	0	13	1
88	93	Jul 22	NYG		STL	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
89	94	Jul 24 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,6-11	CG	45	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
90	95	Jul 24 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	15	1	0	16	1
91	96	Jul 25	NYG		PIT	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
92	97	Jul 27	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
93	98	Jul 28	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
94	99	Jul 29	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	41	9.1	12	1	0	13	3
95	100	Jul 30	NYG	@	STL	W,13-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
96	101	Jul 31	NYG	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	102	Aug 1	NYG	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
98	103	Aug 2	NYG	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
99	104	Aug 4	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	11	2	0	13	2
100	105	Aug 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
101	106	Aug 6	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
102	107	Aug 9	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	12	0	0	12	1
103	108	Aug 10	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
104	109	Aug 11	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
105	110	Aug 12	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	15	1	0	16	1
106	111	Aug 13	NYG		BRO	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
107	112	Aug 14	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
108	113	Aug 16	NYG		PIT	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
109	114	Aug 17	NYG		PIT	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	17	0	0	17	1
110	115	Aug 19 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
111	116	Aug 19 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	17	2	0	19	1
112	117	Aug 20	NYG		CIN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
113	118	Aug 21 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
114	119	Aug 21 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
115	120	Aug 29 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
116	121	Aug 29 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,4-1	CG	31	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
117	122	Aug 30	NYG		CHC	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	14	3	0	17	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	123	Sep 3 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
119	124	Sep 3 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
120	125	Sep 4	NYG		PHI	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
121	126	Sep 5 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	12	1	1	14	2
122	127	Sep 5 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
123	128	Sep 6	NYG		BSN	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
124	129	Sep 9	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
125	130	Sep 10	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
126	131	Sep 11	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
127	132	Sep 12	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
128	133	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
129	134	Sep 13 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,12-6	CG	44	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
130	135	Sep 14 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	40	9.1	13	0	0	13	0
131	136	Sep 14 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
132	137	Sep 15 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
133	138	Sep 15 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	33	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
134	139	Sep 16	NYG	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
135	140	Sep 17 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	14	1	0	15	2
136	141	Sep 17 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
137	142	Sep 18 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
138	143	Sep 18 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
139	144	Sep 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
140	145	Sep 22 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	10	0	1	11	1
141	146	Sep 22 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	9	3	0	12	2
142	147	Sep 23	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
143	148	Sep 24	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	18	0	0	18	0
144	149	Sep 25	NYG	@	BRO	T,0-0	CG	23	7.0	2	0	0	2	1
145	150	Sep 26	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	11	2	0	13	0
146	151	Sep 27	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
147	152	Sep 28	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	14	1	0	15	0
148	153	Sep 30	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	38	8.0	9	1	0	10	2
149	154	Oct 1	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
150	155	Oct 2	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	8	1	0	9	1
							150gm		1329.0	1621	105	12	1738	135