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Bill Terry
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Birthdate: 10/30/1898
Died: 1/9/1989
Height / Weight: 6' 1" / 200 lbs.
Place of Birth: Atlanta, GA, USA
Bats / Throws: L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

Bill Terry - TCMA Baseball Card

Manager, New York Giants Baseball History Bill Terry holds the title of best-hitting first baseman of the National League with an average of .322 and one of its leading hitters. Bill Terry was born in Atlanta, Ga., in 1898 and began professional baseball in 1914 with the Atlanta team (minors during this era). After playing around with Southern teams he came to the Giants in 1923 as first baseman. In 1932 he succeeded John McGraw as manager and last year piloted his team to the National League pennant and World Championship.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
14 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1923 NYG (NL) 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .333 SLG
1924 NYG (NL) 77 163 26 39 7 2 5 24 17 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 .239 .311 SLG
1925 NYG (NL) 133 489 75 156 31 6 11 70 42 52 4 5 0 1 4 0 .319 .374 SLG
1926 NYG (NL) 98 225 26 65 12 5 5 43 22 17 3 0 0 0 8 0 .289 .352 SLG
1927 NYG (NL) 150 580 101 189 32 13 20 121 46 53 1 0 0 2 19 0 .326 .377 SLG
1928 NYG (NL) 149 568 100 185 36 11 17 101 64 36 7 0 0 0 17 0 .326 .394 SLG
1929 NYG (NL) 150 607 103 226 39 5 14 117 48 35 10 0 0 0 18 0 .372 .418 SLG
1930 NYG (NL) 154 633 139 254 39 15 23 129 57 33 8 0 0 1 19 0 .401 .452 SLG
1931 NYG (NL) 153 611 121 213 43 20 9 112 47 36 8 0 0 2 2 0 .349 .397 SLG
1932 NYG (NL) 154 643 124 225 42 11 28 117 32 23 4 0 0 1 1 0 .350 .382 SLG
1933 NYG (NL) 123 475 68 153 20 5 6 58 40 23 3 0 0 0 9 0 .322 .375 SLG
1934 NYG (NL) 153 602 109 213 30 6 8 83 60 47 0 0 0 2 19 0 .354 .414 SLG
1935 NYG (NL) 145 596 91 203 32 8 6 64 41 55 7 0 0 0 16 0 .341 .383 SLG
1936 NYG (NL) 79 229 36 71 10 5 2 39 19 19 0 0 0 0 5 0 .310 .363 SLG
14 years   1721 6428 1120 2193 373 112 154 1078 537 449 56 6 0 9 137 0 .341 .393 .SLG



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