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Bill Terry
William Harold Terry (Memphis Bill)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 200 lb.

Debut September 24, 1923
Final Game September 22, 1936
Born October 30, 1898 in Atlanta, GA
Died January 9, 1989 in Jacksonville, FL

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1954.

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        Last player in National League to hit .400 in a season (1930). Also a great defensive first baseman.

Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1923 24 NYG NL   3    7    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   2  .143  .333  .143   30    1   0           0    
 1924 25 NYG NL  77  163   26   39   7  2   5   24   1  1  17  18  .239  .311  .399   91   65   0           0    
 1925 26 NYG NL 133  489   75  156  31  6  11   70   4  5  42  52  .319  .374  .474  119  232   4           1    
 1926 27 NYG NL  98  225   26   65  12  5   5   43   3     22  17  .289  .352  .453  116  102   8           0    
 1927 28 NYG NL 150  580  101  189  32 13  20  121   1     46  53  .326  .377  .529  141  307  19           2     MVP-13
 1928 29 NYG NL 149  568  100  185  36 11  17  101   7     64  36  .326  .394  .518  135  294  17           0    
 1929 30 NYG NL 150  607  103  226  39  5  14  117  10     48  35  .372  .418  .522  131  317  18           0     MVP-3
 1930 31 NYG NL 154  633  139  254  39 15  23  129   8     57  33  .401  .452  .619  158  392  19           1    
 1931 32 NYG NL 153  611  121  213  43 20   9  112   8     47  36  .349  .397  .529  149  323   2           2     MVP-3
 1932 33 NYG NL 154  643  124  225  42 11  28  117   4     32  23  .350  .382  .580  156  373   1           1     MVP-6
 1933 34 NYG NL 123  475   68  153  20  5   6   58   3     40  23  .322  .375  .423  128  201   9           0  10 MVP-4,AS
 1934 35 NYG NL 153  602  109  213  30  6   8   83   0     60  47  .354  .414  .463  137  279  19           2   8 MVP-7,AS
 1935 36 NYG NL 145  596   91  203  32  8   6   64   7     41  55  .341  .383  .451  125  269  16           0  13 MVP-6,AS
 1936 37 NYG NL  79  229   36   71  10  5   2   39   0     19  19  .310  .363  .424  112   97   5           0   7
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons         6428      2193    112     1078      6     449  .341  .393  .506  136      137   0   0   9  38
               1721      1120      373    154       56    537                            3252
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        605  105  206  35 11  14  101   5  1  51  42  .341  .393  .506  136  306  13   0   0   1   4
 Career High    154  643  139  254  43 20  28  129  10  5  64  55  .401  .452  .619  158  392  19   0   0   2  13
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1923 24 NYG NL    9    6    0   0.0   106| .143  .292| .333  .351| .143  .406| .476  .757|  30  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1924 25 NYG NL  180  125   20   4.3   101| .239  .286| .311  .341| .399  .399| .710  .740|  91  .473  -2.2  -0.2  50%
 1925 26 NYG NL  536  342   85   6.6   111| .319  .295| .374  .352| .474  .421| .848  .774| 119  .617  14.4   1.3  44%
 1926 27 NYG NL  255  168   36   5.7   102| .289  .286| .352  .346| .453  .396| .805  .742| 116  .605   4.8   0.5     
 1927 28 NYG NL  647  410  115   7.5   104| .326  .290| .377  .349| .529  .400| .906  .749| 141  .711  31.1   3.0     
 1928 29 NYG NL  649  400  116   7.8   110| .326  .291| .394  .356| .518  .414| .912  .771| 135  .707  29.4   2.8     
 1929 30 NYG NL  673  399  133   8.9   121| .372  .304| .418  .368| .522  .443| .940  .811| 131  .708  30.8   2.8     
 1930 31 NYG NL  710  398  177  11.8   125| .401  .309| .452  .367| .619  .460|1.071  .827| 158  .783  60.0   5.1     
 1931 32 NYG NL  662  400  128   8.5   102| .349  .283| .397  .341| .529  .399| .926  .740| 149  .755  40.7   3.9     
 1932 33 NYG NL  677  419  142   9.2   102| .350  .282| .382  .334| .580  .408| .962  .742| 156  .771  48.3   4.6     
 1933 34 NYG NL  524  341   75   5.9    91| .322  .273| .375  .326| .423  .374| .798  .699| 128  .663  18.0   1.9     
 1934 35 NYG NL  683  416  115   7.4   103| .354  .285| .414  .340| .463  .405| .877  .744| 137  .692  33.7   3.2     
 1935 36 NYG NL  653  422  103   6.5   102| .341  .283| .383  .338| .451  .403| .834  .741| 125  .647  21.5   2.1     
 1936 37 NYG NL  253  170   35   5.5   102| .310  .285| .363  .344| .424  .398| .787  .742| 112  .575   3.6   0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons     7111 4416 1280   7.7   107| .341  .289| .393  .347| .506  .412| .899  .759| 136  .701 333.4  31.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1923 24 NYG NL  1B    2     22    1    0    1 1.000  .991 11.50 10.20            
 1924 25 NYG NL  1B   35    325   14    4   30  .988  .989  9.69 10.37            
 1925 26 NYG NL  1B  126   1270   77   14   83  .990  .989 10.69  7.94            
 1926 27 NYG NL  1B   38    391   31    9   36  .979  .989 11.11 10.03            
                 OF   14     27    3    0    0 1.000  .965  2.14  2.26                1    0   13
 1927 28 NYG NL  1B  150   1621  105   12  135  .993  .989 11.51  6.67            
 1928 29 NYG NL  1B  149   1584   78   12  148  .993  .989 11.15  6.71            
 1929 30 NYG NL  1B  149   1575  111   11  146  .994  .989 11.32  6.71            
                 OF    1      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  2.40                1    0    0
 1930 31 NYG NL  1B  154   1538  128   17  128  .990  .990 10.82  6.49            
 1931 32 NYG NL  1B  153   1411  105   16  108  .990  .990  9.91  6.54            
 1932 33 NYG NL  1B  154   1493  137   14  125  .991  .990 10.58  6.49            
 1933 34 NYG NL  1B  117   1246   76   11  103  .992  .990 11.30  8.55             AS
 1934 35 NYG NL  1B  153   1592  105   10  131  .994  .991 11.09  6.54             AS
 1935 36 NYG NL  1B  143   1379   99    6  105  .996  .989 10.34  6.99             AS
 1936 37 NYG NL  1B   56    525   41    2   55  .996  .990 10.11  9.91            

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1923 24 NYG NL  1B    2     22    1    0    1 1.000  .991 11.50 10.20            
 1924 25 NYG NL  1B   35    325   14    4   30  .988  .989  9.69 10.37            
 1925 26 NYG NL  1B  126   1270   77   14   83  .990  .989 10.69  7.94            
 1926 27 NYG NL  1B   38    391   31    9   36  .979  .989 11.11 10.03            
 1927 28 NYG NL  1B  150   1621  105   12  135  .993  .989 11.51  6.67            
 1928 29 NYG NL  1B  149   1584   78   12  148  .993  .989 11.15  6.71            
 1929 30 NYG NL  1B  149   1575  111   11  146  .994  .989 11.32  6.71            
 1930 31 NYG NL  1B  154   1538  128   17  128  .990  .990 10.82  6.49            
 1931 32 NYG NL  1B  153   1411  105   16  108  .990  .990  9.91  6.54            
 1932 33 NYG NL  1B  154   1493  137   14  125  .991  .990 10.58  6.49            
 1933 34 NYG NL  1B  117   1246   76   11  103  .992  .990 11.30  8.55            
 1934 35 NYG NL  1B  153   1592  105   10  131  .994  .991 11.09  6.54            
 1935 36 NYG NL  1B  143   1379   99    6  105  .996  .989 10.34  6.99            
 1936 37 NYG NL  1B   56    525   41    2   55  .996  .990 10.11  9.91            

 1926 27 NYG NL  OF   14     27    3    0    0 1.000  .965  2.14  2.26                1    0   13
 1929 30 NYG NL  OF    1      0    0    1    0  .000        0.00  2.40                1    0    0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  1B 1579  15972 1108  138 1334  .992  .990 10.82  7.17            
                 OF   15     27    3    1    0  .968  .965  2.00  2.27                2    0   13
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1594  15999 1111  139 1334  .992  .990 10.73  7.12
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1924   WS    NYG WSH     L   5  14   3   6  0  1  1   1   3   1  .429  .529  .786   0  0   0   0   0 
 1933   WS    NYG WSH     W   5  22   3   6  1  0  1   1   0   0  .273  .273  .455   0  0   0   0   0 
 1936   WS    NYG NYY     L   6  25   1   6  0  0  0   5   1   4  .240  .269  .240   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 World Series        1-2  16  61   7  18  1  1  2   7   4   5  .295  .338  .443   0  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1933   NYG NL   *   4   0   2  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1934   NYG NL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1935   NYG NL   *   3   0   1  0  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/3      3  10   0   4  0  0  0   1   1   0   0  0   0   0   0  .400  .455  .400 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1933 (1B)
1934 (1B)
1935 (1B)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1927-NL-13-0.08
1929-NL-3-0.60
1931-NL-3-0.66
1932-NL-6-0.31
1933-NL-4-0.44
1934-NL-7-0.38
1935-NL-6-0.25
Car-44-2.72 shares

Batting Average
1927 NL-.326-10
1929 NL-.372-4
1930 NL-.401-1
1931 NL-.349-2
1932 NL-.350-2
1933 NL-.322-4
1934 NL-.354-2
1935 NL-.341-6
Car-.341-15

On-base %
1929 NL-.418-10
1930 NL-.452-5
1931 NL-.397-8
1932 NL-.382-10
1933 NL-.375-5
1934 NL-.414-4
Car-.393-86

Slugging %
1927 NL-.529-5
1928 NL-.518-9
1930 NL-.619-7
1931 NL-.529-7
1932 NL-.580-3
Car-.506-80

OPS
1927 NL-.907-6
1928 NL-.912-10
1930 NL-1.071-4
1931 NL-.926-6
1932 NL-.962-4
1934 NL-.878-9
Car-.899-63

Games
1927 NL-150-10
1929 NL-150-8
1930 NL-154-6
1931 NL-153-7
1932 NL-154-1
1934 NL-153-3

At Bats
1927 NL-580-6
1930 NL-633-6
1931 NL-611-6
1932 NL-643-4
1934 NL-602-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1927 NL-647-9
1930 NL-710-5
1931 NL-662-6
1932 NL-677-7
1934 NL-683-3

Runs
1927 NL-101-7
1928 NL-100-8
1930 NL-139-6
1931 NL-121-1
1932 NL-124-2
1934 NL-109-6

Hits
1927 NL-189-7
1929 NL-226-4
1930 NL-254-1
1931 NL-213-2
1932 NL-225-2
1934 NL-213-2
1935 NL-203-3

Total Bases
1927 NL-307-4
1928 NL-294-8
1930 NL-392-4
1931 NL-323-2
1932 NL-373-2
1934 NL-279-8

Doubles
1927 NL-32-7
1928 NL-36-8
1930 NL-39-10
1931 NL-43-3
1932 NL-42-5

Triples
1927 NL-13-4
1928 NL-11-9
1930 NL-15-5
1931 NL-20-1
1932 NL-11-4

Home Runs
1927 NL-20-4
1928 NL-17-9
1930 NL-23-8
1932 NL-28-3

RBI
1927 NL-121-5
1928 NL-101-8
1929 NL-117-9
1930 NL-129-5
1931 NL-112-3
1932 NL-117-6

Bases on Balls
1934 NL-60-9

Strikeouts
1925 NL-52-6
1927 NL-53-5

Singles
1929 NL-168-3
1930 NL-177-1
1931 NL-141-4
1932 NL-144-4
1934 NL-169-1
1935 NL-157-2

Adjusted OPS+
1927 NL-141-7
1928 NL-135-9
1930 NL-158-4
1931 NL-149-5
1932 NL-156-4
1934 NL-137-7
Car-136-100

Runs Created
1927 NL-115-5
1928 NL-116-8
1929 NL-133-8
1930 NL-177-4
1931 NL-128-2
1932 NL-142-3
1934 NL-115-6
1935 NL-103-10

Adjusted Batting Runs
1927 NL-31-6
1928 NL-29-7
1930 NL-60-4
1931 NL-41-2
1932 NL-48-4
1934 NL-34-7

Batting Wins
1927 NL-3.0-6
1928 NL-2.8-7
1930 NL-5.1-4
1931 NL-3.9-2
1932 NL-4.6-4
1934 NL-3.2-7

Extra-Base Hits
1927 NL-65-4
1928 NL-64-7
1930 NL-77-7
1931 NL-72-3
1932 NL-81-2

Times on Base
1927 NL-237-10
1928 NL-249-9
1929 NL-274-9
1930 NL-312-3
1931 NL-262-3
1932 NL-258-7
1934 NL-275-4
1935 NL-244-9

Offensive Win%
1927 NL-.711-7
1928 NL-.707-10
1930 NL-.783-4
1931 NL-.755-5
1932 NL-.771-4
1934 NL-.692-7
Car-.701-70

Sac. Hits
1930 NL-19-10
1934 NL-19-2
1935 NL-16-5

Power/Speed Number
1928 NL-9.9-8
1929 NL-11.7-9
1930 NL-11.9-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1932 NL-28.0-5

At Bats per Home Run
1927 NL-29.0-6
1932 NL-23.0-4

Oldest Player
1936 NL-37-7

          

Black Ink: Batting - 12 (191) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 154 (81) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 42.0 (121) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 169.0 (62) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

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

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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