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Ralph Willard Terry
Cleveland Indians
Pitcher
Born: January 9, 1936, Big Cabin, OK
Signed: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent, November 19, 1953
Major League Teams: New York Yankees 1956-1957; Kansas City Athletics 1957-1959; New York Yankees 1959-1964; Cleveland Indians 1965; Kansas City Athletics 1966; New York Mets 1966-1967
Died: March 16, 2022, Larned, KS (age 86)
Ralph Terry pitched for 12 seasons in the majors and he's best known for his successful run with the Yankees between 1960 and 1964 in which New York won two World Series titles. After a few early years with the Yankees and Athletics, Terry hit his stride with the Yankees in 1960 after the team re-acquired him in a May 1959 trade with Kansas City. Terry threw the pitch in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series that resulted in the Pirates' Bill Mazeroski's (#95) game-winning, walk-off home run. He rebounded in 1961 with a 16-3 season as the Yankees defeated the Reds in five games in the 1961 World Series. 1962 was his career year as he went 23-12, leading the league in wins, games started (39) and innings pitched (298 2/3), while being selected to both All-Star Games. Terry was named the MVP of the 1962 World Series, following the Yankees defeat of the Giants in seven games. Starting Games 2, 5 and 7, Terry pitched a complete game in Game 5 and and a complete game shutout in Game 7, out dueling the Giants' Jack Sanford (#228).
He was a 17-game winner in 1963, leading the league again in games started (37) and complete games (18). Dealt to the Indians in October 1964, Terry would pitch three more seasons in the majors with the Indians, Athletics (again) and Mets. For his career, he was 107-99 in 338 games, pitching to a 3.62 ERA over 1,849 1/3 innings with exactly 1,000 strikeouts. Terry became a professional golfer after retiring from baseball, winning the 1980 Midwest PGA Championship.
Building the Set
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards - Babylon, NY) - Card #512
The Card / Indians Team Set
Terry is wearing a Yankees uniform here, and the hatless pose gives us a look at his fantastic head of hair. I'd guess this photo was taken at the same time as the photo used for his 1964 Topps card. The cartoon highlight on the back of the card explains to collectors why Terry is shown on the Indians, in case anyone had missed the news of his trade from the Yankees.
1965 Season
On October 21, 1964, Terry was named as the player to be named later in an earlier deal that had sent Pedro Ramos (#13) to the Indians a month earlier. He got off to a hot start, and pitched a complete game shutout against Whitey Ford (#330) and his former club on May 5th. Terry was 4-1 with a 1.60 ERA through his first six starts, but he'd cool off somewhat in the second half of the season. He'd settle in as Cleveland's fourth starter behind Sam McDowell (#76), Luis Tiant (#145) and Sonny Siebert (#96), going 11-6 with a 3.69 ERA in 30 appearances, including 26 starts. In 1966, following a contract dispute with the Indians, Terry was traded on April 6th to the Athletics for John O'Donoghue (#71) and cash.
Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card: 1957 Topps #391
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (11): 1957-1967
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2013 Panini Golden Age #69
84 - Terry non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 5/8/22.
Sources:
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database
March 6, 2022 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards - Babylon, NY) - Card #512
This is the 28th of 102 cards acquired for our set from the Baseball Card Sports Memorabilia Show, affectionately known as The Philly Show, held in the basement of the Valley Forge Casino Resort in King of Prussia in early March. We went nuts and left the show needing only 12 more cards to complete our 1965 Topps set, and I wrote about the show in detail over at The Phillies Room. Having wandered aimlessly among the dealer tables looking for binders with vintage commons, I decided to check to see if Uncle Dick's had refreshed their inventory following the December show, during which I had wiped out both their 1965 Topps binders. Much to my pleasant surprise, they had. This Terry card was $8 and was one of 49 commons, or in this case a semi-star, purchased in my triumphant return to Uncle Dick's and his replenished neon green binders.
Depending on my ability to compose five posts a week on the cards acquired at this show, I should be completely caught up on this blog by mid-October. It's entirely feasible we complete our 1965 Topps set by the end of 2022, although nine of the remaining 12 cards needed are fairly expensive.
The Card / Indians Team Set
Terry is wearing a Yankees uniform here, and the hatless pose gives us a look at his fantastic head of hair. I'd guess this photo was taken at the same time as the photo used for his 1964 Topps card. The cartoon highlight on the back of the card explains to collectors why Terry is shown on the Indians, in case anyone had missed the news of his trade from the Yankees.
1965 Season
On October 21, 1964, Terry was named as the player to be named later in an earlier deal that had sent Pedro Ramos (#13) to the Indians a month earlier. He got off to a hot start, and pitched a complete game shutout against Whitey Ford (#330) and his former club on May 5th. Terry was 4-1 with a 1.60 ERA through his first six starts, but he'd cool off somewhat in the second half of the season. He'd settle in as Cleveland's fourth starter behind Sam McDowell (#76), Luis Tiant (#145) and Sonny Siebert (#96), going 11-6 with a 3.69 ERA in 30 appearances, including 26 starts. In 1966, following a contract dispute with the Indians, Terry was traded on April 6th to the Athletics for John O'Donoghue (#71) and cash.
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First Mainstream Card: 1957 Topps #391
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (11): 1957-1967
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2013 Panini Golden Age #69
84 - Terry non-parallel baseball cards in the Beckett online database as of 5/8/22.
Sources:
Baseball Reference
Beckett Database
SABR
The Trading Card Database
Wikipedia
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