Bill Terry

Hall of Fame

First Base

1923—1936

Player LeveL

Superstar

Top 100 Rank

First Base RANK

Player Detail

William Harold

GIVEN NAME

Terry

SURNAME

October 30, 1898, in Atlanta, GA

BORN

January 9, 1989, in Jacksonville, FL, USA

DIED

1923—1936

Playing Career

Played from 24-37

PLAYING AGE

New York Giants

Teams Played For

First Base

PRIMARY POSITION

New York Giants

PRIMARY TEAM

1923, 1933

World Series titles

Memphis Bill, Smiling Bill

NICKNAME

3 UNIFORM NUMBER

#3 IN LINEUP

BATTING ORDER

6-1 / 200

HEIGHT / WEIGHT

Left / Left

BATTED / THREW

September 24, 1923

Major League Debut

September 22, 1936

FINAL GAME

— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —

WHO IS Bill Terry?

Late-blooming batting champion, loved to beat the Cardinals. Managed the Giants to several pennants after replacing legendary John McGraw.

80

HITTING

50

POWER

40

RUNNING

40

FIELDING

30

THROWING

20 = NOT MLB CALIBER

30 = WELL BELOW AVG

40 = Below Average

50 = MLB AVERAGE

60 = ABOVE AVG

70 = EXCELLENT

80 = RARE, ELITE

Terry only agreed to puruse a professional baseball career when he was assured of making at least as much as he was earning in a lumber mill in Tennessee.

Career Stats

GAMES	HITS	HR	RBI	AVG
1721	2193	154	1078	.341

3 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

Teammate Team

CATCHER:

First Base:

Second Base:

Shortstop:

Third Base:

Left Field:

Center Field:

Right Field:

Pitcher:

pitcher:

manager:

Carl Hubbell

Freddie Fitzsimmons

John McGraw

BEST SEASON

1930 New York Giants

31 Years Old

.401

AVG

HR

129

RBI

139

RUNS

.452

OBP

254

HITS

2B

3B

.619

SLG

BB

SB

7.9

WAR

Hit .401 at home, .401 on the road. Batted .425 in July and August combined.

SLASH LINE

AVG	OBP	SLG
.341	.393	.506

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

VERSUS HIS PEERS

OPS	LG OPS	COMP
.899	.816	110.1

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

Hall of Fame Worthy?

JAWS	JAWS BY HOFER
48.6	52.3

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

One Degree Of Separation

Contemporaries

Bill Terry Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

	AB	H	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB	TRB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Terry	542	185	95	31	9	13	91	45	38	5	274	231	.341	.393	.506	899
AVG 1B	537	164	78	29	8	11		48	39	6	242	215	.305	.366	.450	.816

Bill Terry Rankings

AT First Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG	HALL OF STATS	BASEBALL SCHOLAR	JAWS	BILL JAMES
28	24	23	23	30

Updated THRU 2021

UPDATED THRU 2021

Updated THRU 2021

UPDATED THRU 2020

AT First Base BY VALUE

CAREER	LONG PEAK	PRIME	SHORT PEAK
20	18	17	16

CAREER WAR

WAR7

WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE

WAR3

Bill Terry PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER	WAR7	WAR5C	WAR3	WAR PER SN
55.8	41.4	29.7	21.0	5.25
62.1	42.4	30.7	21.0	5.09

BLUE = Bill Terry

GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER	WIN SHARES 7	WIN SHARES 5C	WIN SHARES 3	WS PER SN
272.9	193.3	138.0	91.7	25.6
348.1	202.5	145.2	97.0	26.5

BLUE = Bill Terry

GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 1B

— Explanation of Advanced Statistics —

WINS ABOVE REPLACEMANT

Wins Above Replacement is a non-standardized sabermetric statistic developed to sum up a player’s total contributions to his team. A player’s WAR value is claimed to be the number of additional wins his team has achieved above the number of expected team wins if that player were substituted with a replacement-level player:

WAR7

A player’s best seven seasons according to his Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Also called LONG PEAK.

WAR5C

A player’s best five consecutive seasons according to his Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Also called PLAYER PRIME.

WAR3

A player’s best three seasons according to his Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Also called SHORT PEAK.

WAR PER SN

A player’s Wins Above Replacement (WAR) per season (calculated for 162 games).

WIN SHARES

Advanced statistical method devised by Bill James. A Win Share represents one-third of a team win, by definition, and takes into account defense, offense, baserunning, park effects, and level of competition, era, and many other factors.

WS7

A player’s best seven seasons according to his Win Shares. A measure of LONG PEAK.

WS5C

A player’s best five consecutive seasons according to his Win Shares. A measure of a player’s PRIME.

WS3

A player’s best three seasons according to his Win Shares. A measure of a player’s SHORT PEAK.

WS PER SN

A player’s Win Shares per season (calculated for 162 games).