Bill Terry
FameRank: 8

"As player"

* San Francisco Giants/New York Giants (–)

"As manager"

* San Francisco Giants/New York Giants (–)

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* 3× Major League Baseball All-Star Game/All-Star (1933 Major League Baseball All-Star Game/1933–1935 Major League Baseball All-Star Game/1935)

* World Series champion ()

* List of Major League Baseball batting champions/NL batting champion (1930)

* San Francisco Giants#Retired numbers/San Francisco Giants #3 retired

/hofdate=Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1954/1954

/hofvote=77.4% (thirteenth ballot)

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"William Harold Terry" (October 30, 1898 – January 9, 1989) was a Major League Baseball first baseman and manager (baseball)/manager. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, Terry was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum/Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954. In 1999, he ranked number 59 on The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was a nominee for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. The Giants retired Terry's uniform no. 3 in ; it is posted on the facade of the upper deck in the left field corner of AT&T Park. Nicknamed "Memphis Bill", he is most remembered for being the last National League player to batting average/hit .400, a feat he accomplished by batting .401 in .

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Is Brooklyn still in the league?

They are both persons of great stature and people who the environmental community has respected for a long time.

I played baseball because I could make more money doing that than I could doing anything else.

To hit .400 you need a great start and you can't have a slump. There year I did it, I was around .410, .412 all season and I was really hitting the ball on the nose.

Hitting is business. With two strikes you really protect that plate.

We're kind of optimistic actually. It's been a good year. This looks a little more positive than we might have thought it would two or three years ago.

No business in the world has ever made more money with poorer management.

I had great control, I never missed hitting the other's fellow bat.

An important consideration is the amount of capital that will be contributed by the owners.