Terry, Bill William Harold Terry (October 30, 1898 – January 9, 1989) was a first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. In 1954, Terry was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was included to The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players in 1999 and was nominated for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.
He made his major league debut on April 17, 1923 with the New York Yankees at the age of 24. In his rookie season, he played in 127 games and finished with a batting average of.272. He returned to the Yankees in 1924 and became their regular first baseman. In 1930, he had his best season so far when he hit.443 with 1 home run and 69 RBIs. In 1951, his final year as a player, he finished with a batting average of.313.
As a manager, he led the Yankees to the World Series in 1962 and 1967. He died on January 9, 1989 at the age of 92.
In 1973, he was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. In 1998, he was ranked #8 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Most Important People in Sports.
He is the only player who has been voted into the Hall of Fame by both the players and the media.
Terry, who was born in Atlanta, made his professional baseball debut at the age of 16 in 1915. He began his career as a pitcher for two different minor league clubs, the Georgia-Alabama League's Newnan Cowetas and the FLAG League's Dothan Club.
Terry, Bill William Harold Terry (October 30, 1898 – January 9, 1989) was a first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. In 1954, Terry was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was included to The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players in 1999 and was nominated for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.
Terry hit a career best with 28 home runs in 1932, batting.350 with 117 runs batted in. In early June, he was also named the team's manager, succeeding the famous John McGraw. The team finished sixth, with a score of 55-59. The club won the National League pennant and the World Series in 1933, Terry's first full season as manager. He died in New York City at the age of 68.
Bill Terry played first base and the outfield for the New York Giants from 1930 to 1939. As a Giant, he played under three different managers: John McGraw (1930-1931), Jeff Tesreau (1932) and Leo Durocher (1933-1939). During his ten seasons with the team, the Giants won four National League pennants and made the World Series five times. In 1940, when baseball returned from war-time suspension, Terry was not invited to play for the Giants because they already had Jack Doyle on their roster. So, he retired after playing ten seasons with one other team.
In a nine-year career, Terry played 744 games and had 2,409 at bats, hitting.272 with 34 home runs and 447 RBIs. He walked 493 times and struck out only six times in average of 4.6 per nine innings.
After retiring from baseball, he worked in management for several years before becoming the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1952.
98.84—On January 7, 1992, Tom Seaver was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, garnering the highest-ever percentage of votes with 98.844 percent, which has since been broken by Ken Griffey, Jr. in 2016 (99.30 percent), and subsequently by Mariano Rivera in 2019. (100 percent ).
A native of Brooklyn, New York who lived in Port Washington, New York, Seaver attended Port Washington High School before graduating from SUNY Cortland. He debuted on April 17, 1969, against the San Diego Padres and ended his season with a record of 22 wins and 1 loss along with a 2.38 ERA. In his career, he finished with 200 or more strikeouts four times, including a league-leading 238 in 1972. He also had at least 10 wins each year from 1970 through 1973 and led the NL in victories three times (1970, '72, and '73). Seaver's 11 complete games in 1970 were at one time tied for second most in MLB history until Roger Clemens broke the mark that year. He is one of only eight pitchers to win 300 games during their career (along with Christy Matthewson, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Walter Johnson, Red Ruffing, Joe DiMaggio, and Jim Thorpe).
After his retirement, Seaver became a successful television analyst for NBC and ESPN, working Major League Baseball games and running up the score against the Nationals during Home Run Derby broadcasts.
Aaron, Hank Henry Louis Aaron He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1982. The principal team is the Milwaukee Braves. Right Fielder is the primary position. Hank Aaron was famously described by boxing star Muhammad Ali as "the only man I idolize more than myself," while Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle stated in 1970, "As far as I'm concerned, Aaron is the best baseball player of my period." Baseball's all-time leading hitter, Aaron broke Babe Ruth's home run record in 1974. He remains active in the community and has been praised for his work with children through his nonprofit organization, the Atlanta Braves Foundation.
Hank Aaron was born on January 4th, 1935 in Mobile, Alabama. He got his nickname after his father called him "Henry" because he thought it was a nice name and "Aaron" after a famous Jewish baseball player, Abe Lincoln.
He played semi-pro ball for $5 a game in Montgomery, Alabama before joining the Braves system in 1955. In 1962, when Major League Baseball expanded to its current roster size of 30 teams, Aaron was chosen by the Milwaukee Braves to be one of their players. He became the first man in history to hit 700 home runs during his career. After retiring as a player, Aaron managed the Braves for three seasons (1976-78) before becoming president of the club in 1979. He held that post until 1992 when he stepped down to focus on his playing career. He returned to manage the Braves for part of 1997 before stepping down for good.
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