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Bill Terry
William Harold Terry (Memphis Bill)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 30, 1898 in Atlanta, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1923
Final Game: September 22, 1936
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1954 (195/252 ballots).
Died: January 9, 1989 in Jacksonville, FL
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1923 24 NYG NL 3 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .143 .333 .143 .476 30 1 0 0 /3
1924 25 NYG NL 77 180 163 26 39 7 2 5 24 1 1 17 18 .239 .311 .399 .710 90 65 0 0 3
1925 26 NYG NL 133 536 489 75 156 31 6 11 70 4 5 42 52 .319 .374 .474 .848 119 232 1 4 *3
1926 27 NYG NL 98 255 225 26 65 12 5 5 43 3 22 17 .289 .352 .453 .806 116 102 0 8 3O
1927 28 NYG NL 150 647 580 101 189 32 13 20 121 1 46 53 .326 .377 .529 .907 141 307 2 19 *3 MVP-13
1928 29 NYG NL 149 649 568 100 185 36 11 17 101 7 64 36 .326 .394 .518 .912 135 294 0 17 *3
1929 30 NYG NL 150 673 607 103 226 39 5 14 117 10 48 35 .372 .418 .522 .941 131 317 0 18 *3/O MVP-3
1930 31 NYG NL 154 710 633 139 254 39 15 23 129 8 57 33 .401 .452 .619 1.071 158 392 1 19 *3
1931 32 NYG NL 153 662 611 121 213 43 20 9 112 8 47 36 .349 .397 .529 .926 149 323 2 2 *3 MVP-3
1932 33 NYG NL 154 677 643 124 225 42 11 28 117 4 32 23 .350 .382 .580 .962 156 373 1 1 *3 MVP-6
1933 34 NYG NL 123 524 475 68 153 20 5 6 58 3 40 23 .322 .375 .423 .798 128 201 10 0 9 *3 AS,MVP-4
1934 35 NYG NL 153 683 602 109 213 30 6 8 83 0 60 47 .354 .414 .463 .878 137 279 8 2 19 *3 AS,MVP-7
1935 36 NYG NL 145 653 596 91 203 32 8 6 64 7 41 55 .341 .383 .451 .834 125 269 13 0 16 *3 AS,MVP-6
1936 37 NYG NL 79 253 229 36 71 10 5 2 39 0 19 19 .310 .363 .424 .786 112 97 7 0 5 3
14 Seasons 1721 7111 6428 1120 2193 373 112 154 1078 56 6 537 449 .341 .393 .506 .899 136 3252 38 9 137
162 Game Avg. 162 669 605 105 206 35 11 14 101 5 51 42 .341 .393 .506 .899 136 306 1 13

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1924 25 NYG NL WS WSH L 5 17 14 3 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 .429 .529 .786 1.315 11 0 0 0 0 1
1933 34 NYG NL WS WSH W 5 22 22 3 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .455 .727 10 0 0 0 0 0
1936 37 NYG NL WS NYY L 6 27 25 1 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 4 .240 .269 .240 .509 6 0 0 1 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 16 66 61 7 18 1 1 2 7 0 0 4 5 .295 .338 .443 .781 27 0 0 1 0 1
3 WS 16 66 61 7 18 1 1 2 7 0 0 4 5 .295 .338 .443 .781 27 0 0 1 0 1

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1923 NYG NL 24 1B 2 23 22 1 0 1 1.000 11.50 .991 10.20
1924 NYG NL 25 1B 35 343 325 14 4 30 .988 9.69 .989 10.37
1925 NYG NL 26 1B 126 1361 1270 77 14 83 .990 10.69 .989 7.94
1926 NYG NL 27 1B 38 431 391 31 9 36 .979 11.11 .989 10.03
1926 NYG NL 27 OF 14 30 27 3 0 0 1.000 2.14 .963 2.26 1-0-13
1927 NYG NL 28 1B 150 1738 1621 105 12 135 .993 11.51 .989 6.67 MVP-13
1928 NYG NL 29 1B 149 1674 1584 78 12 148 .993 11.15 .989 6.71
1929 NYG NL 30 1B 149 1697 1575 111 11 146 .994 11.32 .989 6.71 MVP-3
1929 NYG NL 30 OF 1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 2.40 1-0-0 MVP-3
1930 NYG NL 31 1B 154 1683 1538 128 17 128 .990 10.82 .990 6.49
1931 NYG NL 32 1B 153 1532 1411 105 16 108 .990 9.91 .990 6.54 MVP-3
1932 NYG NL 33 1B 154 1644 1493 137 14 125 .991 10.58 .990 6.49 MVP-6
1933 NYG NL 34 1B 117 1333 1246 76 11 103 .992 11.30 .990 8.55 AS,MVP-4
1934 NYG NL 35 1B 153 1707 1592 105 10 131 .994 11.09 .991 6.54 AS,MVP-7
1935 NYG NL 36 1B 143 1484 1379 99 6 105 .996 10.34 .989 6.99 AS,MVP-6
1936 NYG NL 37 1B 56 568 525 41 2 55 .996 10.11 .990 9.91
14 Seasons 1B 1579 17218 15972 1108 138 1334 .992 10.82 .990 7.17
2 Seasons OF 15 31 27 3 1 0 .968 2.00 .965 2.27 2-0-13
14 Seasons TOT 1594 17249 15999 1111 139 1334 .992 10.73 .981 7.12 2-0-13

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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)

Batting Average s c a p y
1927 NL--.326--10th
1929 NL--.372--4th
1930 NL--.401--1st
1931 NL--.349--2nd
1932 NL--.350--2nd
1933 NL--.322--4th
1934 NL--.354--2nd
1935 NL--.341--6th
Career--.341--15th

On-Base% s c a p y
1929 NL--.418--10th
1930 NL--.452--5th
1931 NL--.397--8th
1932 NL--.382--10th
1933 NL--.375--5th
1934 NL--.414--4th
Career--.393--87th

Slugging % s c a p y
1927 NL--.529--5th
1928 NL--.518--9th
1930 NL--.619--7th
1931 NL--.529--7th
1932 NL--.580--3rd
Career--.506--84th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1927 NL--.907--6th
1928 NL--.912--10th
1930 NL--1.071--4th
1931 NL--.926--6th
1932 NL--.962--4th
1934 NL--.878--9th
Career--.899--68th

Games Played s c a p y
1927 NL--150--10th
1929 NL--150--8th
1930 NL--154--6th
1931 NL--153--7th
1932 NL--154--1st
1934 NL--153--3rd

At Bats s c a p y
1927 NL--580--6th
1930 NL--633--6th
1931 NL--611--6th
1932 NL--643--4th
1934 NL--602--8th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1927 NL--647--9th
1930 NL--710--5th
1931 NL--662--6th
1932 NL--677--7th
1934 NL--683--3rd

Runs Scored s c a p y
1927 NL--101--7th
1928 NL--100--8th
1930 NL--139--6th
1931 NL--121--1st
1932 NL--124--2nd
1934 NL--109--6th
Career--1120--221st

Hits s c a p y
1927 NL--189--7th
1929 NL--226--4th
1930 NL--254--1st
1931 NL--213--2nd
1932 NL--225--2nd
1934 NL--213--2nd
1935 NL--203--3rd
Career--2193--168th

Total Bases s c a p y
1927 NL--307--4th
1928 NL--294--8th
1930 NL--392--4th
1931 NL--323--2nd
1932 NL--373--2nd
1934 NL--279--8th
Career--3252--198th

Doubles s c a p y
1927 NL--32--7th
1928 NL--36--8th
1930 NL--39--10th
1931 NL--43--3rd
1932 NL--42--5th
Career--373--210th

Triples s c a p y
1927 NL--13--4th
1928 NL--11--9th
1930 NL--15--5th
1931 NL--20--1st
1932 NL--11--4th
Career--112--118th

Home Runs s c a p y
1927 NL--20--4th
1928 NL--17--9th
1930 NL--23--8th
1932 NL--28--3rd

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1927 NL--121--5th
1928 NL--101--8th
1929 NL--117--9th
1930 NL--129--5th
1931 NL--112--3rd
1932 NL--117--6th
Career--1078--200th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1934 NL--60--9th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1925 NL--52--6th
1927 NL--53--5th

Singles s c a p y
1929 NL--168--3rd
1930 NL--177--1st
1931 NL--141--4th
1932 NL--144--4th
1934 NL--169--1st
1935 NL--157--2nd
Career--1554--165th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1927 NL--141--7th
1928 NL--135--9th
1930 NL--158--4th
1931 NL--149--5th
1932 NL--156--4th
1934 NL--137--7th
Career--136--104th

Runs Created s c a p y
1927 NL--115--5th
1928 NL--116--8th
1929 NL--133--8th
1930 NL--177--4th
1931 NL--128--2nd
1932 NL--142--3rd
1934 NL--115--6th
1935 NL--103--10th
Career--1280--145th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1927 NL--31--6th
1928 NL--29--7th
1930 NL--60--4th
1931 NL--41--2nd
1932 NL--48--4th
1934 NL--34--7th
Career--333--101st

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1927 NL--3.0--6th
1928 NL--2.8--7th
1930 NL--5.1--4th
1931 NL--3.9--2nd
1932 NL--4.6--4th
1934 NL--3.2--7th
Career--31.3--106th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1927 NL--65--4th
1928 NL--64--7th
1930 NL--77--7th
1931 NL--72--3rd
1932 NL--81--2nd
Career--639--230th

Times On Base s c a p y
1927 NL--237--10th
1928 NL--249--9th
1929 NL--274--9th
1930 NL--312--3rd
1931 NL--262--3rd
1932 NL--258--7th
1934 NL--275--4th
1935 NL--244--9th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1927 NL--.711--7th
1928 NL--.707--10th
1930 NL--.783--4th
1931 NL--.755--5th
1932 NL--.771--4th
1934 NL--.692--7th
Career--.701--70th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1930 NL--19--10th
1934 NL--19--2nd
1935 NL--16--5th
Career--137--210th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1928 NL--9.9--8th
1929 NL--11.7--9th
1930 NL--11.9--9th

AB per SO s c a p y
1932 NL--27.957--5th

AB per HR s c a p y
1927 NL--29.000--6th
1932 NL--22.964--4th

Oldest s c a p y
1936 NL--born 1898-10-30--7th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (234), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 107 (108), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 163 (66), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 42 (125), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

September 18, 1923: Purchased by the New York Giants from Toledo (American Association) for $500.

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