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The last .400 hitter in the National League, Bill Terry was elected to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., in 1954. Terry, a smooth-fielding first baseman who twice led the league in fielding percentage (.994 in 1934 and .996 in '35), won his only National League
batting title in 1930 when he collected a league-leading 254 hits in 633 at-bats for a .401 batting average - the last time a member of the Senior Circuit batted over the .400 mark. Six times in his career, Terry collected over 200 hits. For his career, Terry hit .341 with 2,193 hits. |
