Tag Archives: Bill Terry
Ross Youngs
Ross Youngs (Baseball. Born, Shiner, TX, Apr. 10, 1897; died, San Antonio, TX, Oct. 22, 1927.) Of all the players he managed during his lengthy reign (1902-32) at the helm of the New York Giants, John McGraw had no more than three personal favorites. Christy Mathewson was certainly one, the young Mel Ott was probably another, and […]
Bill Terry
Bill Terry (Baseball. Born, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 30, 1898; died, Jacksonville, FL, Jan. 9, 1989.) William Harold Terry was not only the best National League first baseman of his time, but he also compiled a lifetime .341 average in 14 seasons with the New York Giants and managed the team to three pennants. Terry joined […]
Charles Stoneham
Charles Stoneham (Baseball. Born, Jersey City, NJ, July 5, 1876; died, Hot Springs, AR, Jan. 6, 1936.) During the months immediately after the end of World War I (Nov. 11, 1918), there was great anxiety in baseball circles as to whether the sport would recover from its war-shortened 1918 season and whether the game could recapture […]
George (Highpockets) Kelly
George (Highpockets) Kelly (Baseball. Born, San Francisco, CA, Sept. 10, 1895; died, Burlingame, CA, Oct. 13, 1984.) For five seasons (1915-19), George Lange Kelly (known as “Highpockets”) shuttled from the Giants to the minors and even played briefly (eight games in 1917) for Pittsburgh. But starting in 1920, the gangly righthanded first baseman anchored one […]
Freddie Lindstrom
Freddie Lindstrom (Baseball. Born, Chicago, IL, Nov. 21, 1905; died, Chicago, IL, Oct. 4, 1981.) In the 1924 World Series, Frederick Charles Lindstrom became part of baseball lore for three reasons. Lindstrom became the youngest man ever to appear in a Series (18 years, 10 months, 13 days), played all seven games (getting 10 hits, […]
Tom Meany
Tom Meany (Sportswriter. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Sept. 21, 1903; died, New York, NY, Sept. 11, 1964.) A well-travelled but very skilled member of the sportswriting corps, Thomas William Meany was also the Mets’ first public relations director in 1962. Meany covered the Dodgers for the Brooklyn Daily Times for six seasons, starting in 1923, and […]
John McGraw
John McGraw (Baseball. Born, Truxton, NY, Apr.7, 1873; died, New York, NY, Feb. 25, 1934.) Colorful, combative and creative, John Joseph McGraw is one of the most significant characters in the history of New York baseball. McGraw came to the Giants as their manager in 1902 and transformed the team. New York had not been […]
Mel Ott
Mel Ott (Baseball. Born, Gretna, LA, Nov. 21, 1909; died, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 21, 1958.) Melvin Thomas Ott won six National League home run crowns during his long career with the New York Giants. At his retirement in 1947, he had hit more home runs than any other man in N.L. history (511). Ott […]
