page_title: Bill Terry
hierarchical_section_title: Bill Terry
caption_attribution_description: English: Library of Congress metadata: Title: Rival All-Star managers. Washington D.C., July 7. Joe McCarthy, manager of American All-Stars, and Bill Terry, leaders of the Nationals, pose before their respective teams took the field today for the 1937 game at Griffith Stadium. The Americans triumphed 8-3, 7/7/37 Creator(s): Harris &amp; Ewing, photographer Date Created/Published: 1937 July 7. Medium: 1 negative&#160;: glass&#160;; 4 x 5 in. or smaller Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-hec-22987 (digital file from original negative) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Call Number: LC-H22- D-1884 [P&amp;P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Notes: Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris &amp; Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris &amp; Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris &amp; Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec Temp. note: Batch four. Subjects: United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.) Format: Glass negatives. Collections: Harris &amp; Ewing Collection Part of: Harris &amp; Ewing Collection (Library of Congress) Bookmark This Record: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2009009685/
context_page_description: William Harold Terry was a Major League Baseball first baseman and manager. He stood 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighed 200 pounds. Terry was inducted into the 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 number 3 in 1984; it is posted on the facade of the upper deck in the left field corner of Oracle Park. Nicknamed "Memphis Bill", he is most remembered for being the last National League player to hit .400, a feat he accomplished by batting .401 in 1930.
context_section_description: William Harold Terry (October 30, 1898 – January 9, 1989) was a Major League Baseball first baseman and manager. He stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg). Terry was inducted into the 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 number 3 in 1984; it is posted on the facade of the upper deck in the left field corner of Oracle Park. Nicknamed "Memphis Bill", he is most remembered for being the last National League player to hit .400, a feat he accomplished by batting .401 in 1930.
caption: Bill Terry (right) at the 1937 All-Star Game
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