Bill Terry

William Harold Terry (Memphis Bill)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 30, 1898 in Atlanta, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1923
Team: Giants 1923-1936

Final Game: September 22, 1936
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1954 (195/252 ballots).
View Bill Terry Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: January 9, 1989 in Jacksonville, FL
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, FL
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1923	NYG	NL	24	1B	2	2	2		23	22	1	0	1	1.000		11.50	.990		10.55
1924	NYG	NL	25	1B	35	31	29		343	325	14	4	30	.988		9.69	.989		10.72
1925	NYG	NL	26	1B	126	124	118		1361	1270	77	14	83	.990		10.69	.989		10.33
1926	NYG	NL	27	1B	38	37	37		431	391	31	9	36	.979		11.11	.989		10.56
1926	NYG	NL	27	OF	14	13	13		30	27	3	0	0	1.000		2.14	.965		2.42
1926	NYG	NL	27	RF	13	12	12		29	26	3	0	0	1.000		2.23	.968		2.21
1926	NYG	NL	27	LF	1	1	1		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.960		2.20
1927	NYG	NL	28	1B	150	150	148		1738	1621	105	12	135	.993		11.51	.989		10.51	MVP-13
1928	NYG	NL	29	1B	149	149	146		1674	1584	78	12	148	.993		11.15	.989		10.48
1929	NYG	NL	30	1B	149	149	145		1697	1575	111	11	146	.994		11.32	.989		10.47	MVP-3
1929	NYG	NL	30	LF	1	1	1		1	0	0	1	0	.000		0.00	.970		2.10	MVP-3
1929	NYG	NL	30	OF	1	1	1		1	0	0	1	0	.000		0.00	.970		2.50	MVP-3
1930	NYG	NL	31	1B	154	154	152		1683	1538	128	17	128	.990		10.82	.990		10.22
1931	NYG	NL	32	1B	153	153	147		1532	1411	105	16	108	.990		9.91	.990		10.11	MVP-3
1932	NYG	NL	33	1B	154	154	152		1644	1493	137	14	125	.991		10.58	.990		10.19	MVP-6
1933	NYG	NL	34	1B	117	117	113		1333	1246	76	11	103	.992		11.30	.990		10.42	AS,MVP-4
1934	NYG	NL	35	1B	153	153	149		1707	1592	105	10	131	.994		11.09	.991		10.02	AS,MVP-7
1935	NYG	NL	36	1B	143	143	137		1484	1379	99	6	105	.996		10.34	.989		9.93	AS,MVP-6
1936	NYG	NL	37	1B	56	52	51		568	525	41	2	55	.996		10.11	.990		10.15
	14 Seasons			1B	1579	1568	1526		17218	15972	1108	138	1334	.992		10.82	.990		10.28
	2 Seasons			OF	15	14	14		31	27	3	1	0	.968		2.00	.965		2.43
	1 Season			RF	13	12	12		29	26	3	0	0	1.000		2.23	.968		2.21
	2 Seasons			LF	2	2	2		2	1	0	1	0	.500		0.50	.965		2.15
	14 Seasons			TOT	1594	1582	1540		17249	15999	1111	139	1334	.992		10.73	.990		10.20
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	LF	RF	OF	PH
1923	NYG	NL	24	3	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	1
1924	NYG	NL	25	77	31	77	35	35	0	0	0	42
1925	NYG	NL	26	133	124	133	126	126	0	0	0	7
1926	NYG	NL	27	98	50	98	52	38	1	13	14	46
1927	NYG	NL	28	150	150	150	150	150	0	0	0	0
1928	NYG	NL	29	149	149	149	149	149	0	0	0	0
1929	NYG	NL	30	150	150	150	150	149	1	0	1	0
1930	NYG	NL	31	154	154	154	154	154	0	0	0	0
1931	NYG	NL	32	153	153	153	153	153	0	0	0	0
1932	NYG	NL	33	154	154	154	154	154	0	0	0	0
1933	NYG	NL	34	123	117	123	117	117	0	0	0	6
1934	NYG	NL	35	153	153	153	153	153	0	0	0	0
1935	NYG	NL	36	145	143	145	143	143	0	0	0	2
1936	NYG	NL	37	78	52	78	56	56	0	0	0	22
	14 Seasons			1720	1582	1720	1594	1579	2	13	15	126

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1936 BBWAA ( 4.0%) 1938 BBWAA ( 2.7%) 1939 BBWAA ( 5.8%) 1942 BBWAA (15.5%) 1945 BBWAA (13.0%) 1946 Nominating Vote (15.3%) 1947 BBWAA (28.6%) 1948 BBWAA (43.0%) 1949 BBWAA (52.9%) 1949 Run Off (25.7%) 1950 BBWAA (62.5%) 1951 BBWAA (65.5%) 1952 BBWAA (66.2%) 1953 BBWAA (72.3%) 1954 BBWAA (77.4%) Selected to HOF in 1954 by BBWAA	All-Star Games 1933 (1B) 1934 (1B) 1935 (1B)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1927 NL (13, 8%) 1929 NL (3, 60%) 1931 NL (3, 66%) 1932 NL (6, 31%) 1933 NL (4, 44%) 1934 NL (7, 38%) 1935 NL (6, 25%) 2.72 Career Shares (44th)	Putouts† s c a p y 1925 NL 1,270 (5th) 1927 NL 1,621 (2nd) 1928 NL 1,584 (1st) 1929 NL 1,575 (1st) 1930 NL 1,538 (1st) 1931 NL 1,411 (2nd) 1932 NL 1,493 (1st) 1933 NL 1,246 (5th) 1934 NL 1,592 (1st) 1935 NL 1,379 (2nd) Career 15,999 (35th)
Def. Games as 1B s c a p y 1925 NL 126 (5th) 1927 NL 150 (2nd) 1928 NL 149 (2nd) 1929 NL 149 (3rd) 1930 NL 154 (1st) 1931 NL 153 (1st) 1932 NL 154 (1st) 1934 NL 153 (2nd) 1935 NL 143 (5th) Career 1,579 (51st)	Putouts as 1B s c a p y 1925 NL 1,270 (5th) 1927 NL 1,621 (2nd) 1928 NL 1,584 (1st) 1929 NL 1,575 (1st) 1930 NL 1,538 (1st) 1931 NL 1,411 (2nd) 1932 NL 1,493 (1st) 1933 NL 1,246 (5th) 1934 NL 1,592 (1st) 1935 NL 1,379 (2nd) Career 15,972 (35th)	Assists as 1B s c a p y 1925 NL 77 (3rd) 1927 NL 105 (1st) 1928 NL 78 (2nd) 1929 NL 111 (2nd) 1930 NL 128 (1st) 1931 NL 105 (1st) 1932 NL 137 (1st) 1934 NL 105 (2nd) 1935 NL 99 (1st) Career 1,108 (34th)	Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y 1925 NL 14 (5th) 1928 NL 12 (5th) 1929 NL 11 (5th) 1930 NL 17 (2nd) 1931 NL 16 (3rd) 1932 NL 14 (2nd) 1934 NL 10 (5th) Career 138 (66th)
Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y 1925 NL 10.69 (1st) 1927 NL 11.51 (1st) 1928 NL 11.15 (1st) 1929 NL 11.32 (1st) 1930 NL 10.82 (2nd) 1932 NL 10.58 (1st) 1933 NL 11.30 (1st) 1934 NL 11.09 (1st) 1935 NL 10.34 (1st) Career 10.82 (10th)	Fielding % as 1B s c a p y 1925 NL .990 (3rd) 1927 NL .993 (2nd) 1928 NL .993 (2nd) 1929 NL .994 (2nd) 1930 NL .990 (5th) 1931 NL .990 (4th) 1932 NL .991 (4th) 1933 NL .992 (3rd) 1934 NL .994 (1st) 1935 NL .996 (1st)	Oldest s c a p y 1936 NL born 1898-10-30 (7th)

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