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.

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-9	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	3
2	2	Apr 19	NYG	@	PHI	W,14-5	CG	38	9.0	17	1	0	18	0
3	3	Apr 23	NYG		PHI	L,1-3	CG	45	11.0	16	0	0	16	1
4	4	Apr 24	NYG		PHI	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
5	5	Apr 26	NYG		BSN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
6	6	Apr 27	NYG		BSN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	11	0	1	12	2
7	7	Apr 28	NYG		PHI	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
8	8	Apr 30	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	10	2	0	12	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	9	May 4	NYG		STL	L,7-10	CG	47	10.0	13	1	0	14	0
10	10	May 5	NYG		STL	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
11	11	May 6	NYG		STL	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
12	12	May 7	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	15	1	0	16	0
13	13	May 8	NYG		PIT	W,11-0	CG	30	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
14	14	May 9	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	8	3	0	11	1
15	15	May 10	NYG		CHC	L,4-11	CG	44	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
16	16	May 11	NYG		CHC	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	13	0	1	14	0
17	17	May 12	NYG		CHC	T,6-6	CG	51	11.0	14	1	0	15	0
18	18	May 13	NYG		CIN	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
19	19	May 15	NYG		CIN	L,3-12	CG	42	9.0	12	2	0	14	3
20	20	May 16 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
21	21	May 16 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	43	9.2	14	1	0	15	0
22	22	May 17	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-5	CG	46	10.0	15	0	0	15	1
23	23	May 18 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	10	1	0	11	0
24	24	May 18 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	12	1	0	13	3
25	25	May 20	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
26	26	May 22 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
27	27	May 22 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	42	10.0	15	1	0	16	1
28	28	May 23	NYG		BSN	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
29	29	May 24	NYG		BSN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	6	5	0	11	0
30	30	May 25	NYG		BSN	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
31	31	May 26	NYG		BSN	W,15-8	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
32	32	May 28	NYG		BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	16	1	0	17	2
33	33	May 29	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
34	34	May 30 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
35	35	May 30 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,15-6	GS	38	7.0	8	0	0	8	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
37	37	Jun 2	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	3
38	38	Jun 3	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	3
39	39	Jun 4	NYG	@	CHC	L,9-10	CG	38	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
40	40	Jun 5	NYG	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
41	41	Jun 6	NYG	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
42	42	Jun 7	NYG	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
43	43	Jun 8	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
44	44	Jun 9	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	8	2	1	11	1
45	45	Jun 10	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	2
46	46	Jun 11	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
47	47	Jun 12	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	5	0	0	5	1
48	48	Jun 13	NYG	@	PIT	L,7-11	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
49	49	Jun 14	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
50	50	Jun 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,20-15	CG	74	14.0	15	0	1	16	1
51	51	Jun 16	NYG	@	BRO	W,11-4	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
52	52	Jun 18 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	9	2	0	11	2
53	53	Jun 18 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	39	8.1	3	0	0	3	2
54	54	Jun 19 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,15-14	CG	58	11.0	11	1	0	12	0
55	55	Jun 19 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,12-6	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
56	56	Jun 20	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
57	57	Jun 21	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
58	58	Jun 22 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,12-6	CG	39	9.0	15	2	0	17	1
59	59	Jun 22 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,12-5	GS	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
60	60	Jun 23	NYG	@	BRO	L,8-9	CG	62	13.1	15	3	0	18	1
61	61	Jun 24	NYG		BRO	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	15	1	0	16	1
62	62	Jun 25	NYG		BRO	L,10-12	CG	49	10.0	14	2	1	17	0
63	63	Jun 26	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	12	3	0	15	1
64	64	Jun 27	NYG		PHI	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
65	65	Jun 29 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	7	2	1	10	1
66	66	Jun 29 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
67	67	Jun 30 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,14-2	GS	25	7.0	10	1	0	11	1
68	68	Jun 30 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	69	Jul 2 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	14	2	0	16	3
70	70	Jul 2 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
71	71	Jul 3	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
72	72	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	12	1	0	13	1
73	73	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
74	74	Jul 6	NYG		BRO	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
75	75	Jul 7 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
76	76	Jul 7 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	3
77	77	Jul 8	NYG		CIN	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
78	78	Jul 9	NYG		CIN	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
79	79	Jul 10	NYG		CHC	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
80	80	Jul 11 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	8	2	0	10	2
81	81	Jul 11 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,16-12	CG	51	9.0	6	2	0	8	3
82	82	Jul 12	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	10	0	0	10	1
83	83	Jul 13	NYG		CHC	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	3
84	84	Jul 14 (1)	NYG		STL	W,7-6	CG	0	11.0	16	0	0	16	2
85	85	Jul 14 (2)	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
86	86	Jul 15	NYG		STL	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
87	87	Jul 16	NYG		STL	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
88	88	Jul 17	NYG		STL	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
89	89	Jul 18	NYG		PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
90	90	Jul 20 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
91	91	Jul 20 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
92	92	Jul 21	NYG		PIT	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
93	93	Jul 23	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
94	94	Jul 24	NYG	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
95	95	Jul 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-8	CG	42	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
96	96	Jul 26	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
97	97	Jul 27	NYG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	11	4	0	15	1
98	98	Jul 28	NYG	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
99	99	Jul 29	NYG	@	STL	W,11-2	GS	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
100	100	Jul 30	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
101	101	Jul 31	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	11	0	1	12	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	102	Aug 1	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
103	103	Aug 2	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
104	104	Aug 5	NYG	@	PIT	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	11	2	0	13	2
105	105	Aug 6	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
106	106	Aug 7	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	35	8.1	10	1	0	11	1
107	107	Aug 9	NYG		CIN	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
108	108	Aug 10	NYG		CIN	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
109	109	Aug 11	NYG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
110	110	Aug 12	NYG		CIN	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
111	111	Aug 13	NYG		CIN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
112	112	Aug 15	NYG		STL	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	2
113	113	Aug 17 (1)	NYG		STL	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	14	1	0	15	2
114	114	Aug 17 (2)	NYG		STL	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	10	3	0	13	1
115	115	Aug 18	NYG		CHC	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
116	116	Aug 20 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	16	1	1	18	2
117	117	Aug 20 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
118	118	Aug 21	NYG		CHC	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
119	119	Aug 22	NYG		PIT	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	16	0	0	16	3
120	120	Aug 24 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,14-8	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
121	121	Aug 24 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
122	122	Aug 25	NYG		PIT	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
123	123	Aug 29	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
124	124	Aug 30	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	35	9.1	14	1	0	15	1
125	125	Aug 31	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-9	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	126	Sep 1	NYG		BSN	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
127	127	Sep 2 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,11-4	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
128	128	Sep 2 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,3-4	CG	51	12.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	129	Sep 4	NYG		BSN	L,7-8	CG	49	10.0	11	2	0	13	0
130	130	Sep 9 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
131	131	Sep 9 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	25	5.0	2	0	0	2	1
132	132	Sep 10	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	2
133	133	Sep 11 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
134	134	Sep 11 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
135	135	Sep 12	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
136	136	Sep 14	NYG	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
137	137	Sep 15 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
138	138	Sep 15 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	9	2	0	11	0
139	139	Sep 16	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	44	10.1	9	0	0	9	1
140	140	Sep 18	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
141	141	Sep 19	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
142	142	Sep 21	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
143	143	Sep 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
144	144	Sep 24 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
145	145	Sep 24 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
146	146	Sep 25	NYG		BSN	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	3
147	147	Sep 28 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,1-5	CG	34	9.0	17	0	0	17	0
148	148	Sep 28 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,3-10	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
149	149	Sep 29	NYG		PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
150	150	Oct 5 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
							150gm		1341.0	1575	111	12	1698	146