Ralph Terry
| Ralph Terry | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: January 9, 1936 Big Cabin, Oklahoma |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 6, 1956, for the New York Yankees | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| April 14, 1967, for the New York Mets | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 107–99 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.62 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,000 | ||
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Ralph Willard Terry (born January 9, 1936) is an American former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Terry is perhaps best known as the MVP of the 1962 World Series, and for giving up the walk-off home run to Bill Mazeroski that enabled the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the 1960 World Series.
Terry was born in Big Cabin, Oklahoma and attended Chelsea High School and Missouri State University.
Terry played for the Independence Indians in the Ban Johnson League in 1953. The home field for the Independence Indians was Shulthis Stadium in Independence, Kansas. The stadium is the same one that Mickey Mantle started his career at with the Independence Yankees in 1949.
Terry made his major league debut in 1956, going 1-2 in three games played in his rookie season. The following year, he appeared in seven games, making two starts, before being traded to the Kansas City Athletics on June 15.
Terry finished the 1957 season 4-11 in 19 starts for the Athletics. He rebounded somewhat the next season, going 11-13 in 40 games, including 33 starts. In 1959, he started 2-4 with a 5.24 ERA in 9 games. On May 26 of that year, he was traded to the New York Yankees along with Hector Lopez.
Upon his return, Terry went 3-7 with a 3.39 ERA in 24 games, including 16 starts. His career began to take off in 1960, when he posted a 10-8 record and 3.40 ERA. That year, he made his first postseason appearance, in two games of the 1960 World Series. He was 0-2 with a 5.40 ERA in the two games, one start and one relief appearance, and gave up Bill Mazeroski's walk-off homerun in Game Seven.
In 1961, Terry posted a 16-3 record with a 3.15 ERA in 31 games (27 starts). In the 1961 World Series, he was 0-1 with a 4.82 ERA in two starts, but won his first championship when the Yankees defeated the Cincinnati Reds in five games.
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