Bill Terry

For other people named Bill Terry, see Bill Terry (disambiguation).

Line-Up for Yesterday

T is for Terry
The Giant from Memphis
Whose .400 average
You can't overemphis.

— Ogden Nash, Sport magazine (January 1949) ^[14]

See also

• Biography portal
• Baseball portal

• List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders
• List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders
• List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders
• List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders
• List of Major League Baseball players to hit for the cycle
• List of Major League Baseball batting champions
• List of Major League Baseball annual runs scored leaders
• List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders
• List of Major League Baseball player-managers
• List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise

References

1. Numbelievable!, p. 49, Michael X. Ferraro and John Venziano, Triumph Books, 2007, Chicago, Illinois, ISBN   978-1-57243-990-0
2. September 24, 1923 box score Baseball-Reference
3. September 30, 1923 box score Baseball-Reference
4. 1924 World Series Game 1 box score Baseball-Reference
5. Year-by-year hits leaders at Baseball-Reference
6. "Batting Game Finder: From 1914 to 2014, Playing for SFG, (requiring 2B>=2 and 3B>=2, sorted by most recent date), sorted by name". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved May 4, 2014.
7. "Bill Terry Three-Home Run Game Boxscore at Retrosheet 8/13/1932". retrosheet.org. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
8. 1933 World Series Game 4 box score from Baseball Reference
9. Loomis, Tom (May 13, 1987). "Don't Blame Casey Stengel For Inventing Platoon System". Toledo Blade. p. 26. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
10. "Bill Terry". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
11. Frenrette, Gene: "Wolfson Park nears its final innings" Florida Times-Union, August 25, 2002
12. "Bill Terry Top Performances at Retrosheet". retrosheet.org. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
13. 100 Greatest Baseball Players by The Sporting News : A Legendary List Baseball Almanac
14. "Baseball Almanac" . Retrieved January 23, 2008.

Further reading

• Stein, Fred. "Bill Terry". SABR .
• Obituary at The Deadball Era via Wayback Machine

External links

• Bill Terry at the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
• Bill Terry managerial career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com
• Bill Terry at Find a Grave
• Bill Terry Oral History Interview - National Baseball Hall of Fame Digital Collection

Bill Terry
Terry with the New York Giants, c. 1927
First baseman / Manager
Born:(1898-10-30)October 30, 1898 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died: January 9, 1989(1989-01-09) (aged 90) Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
September 24, 1923, for the New York Giants
Last MLB appearance
September 22, 1936, for the New York Giants

Sporting positions
Preceded by Cy Williams	Hitting for the cycle May 29, 1928	Succeeded by Bob Meusel