Bill Terry was a renowned American professional baseball first baseman and manager for the New York Giants. He spent his entire major league career, from 1923 to 1936, playing for the team he would later manage. Terry is most famous for being the last player in the National League to hit .400 in a single season, achieving a .401 batting average in 1930. After his playing career, he managed the Giants to three pennants and one World Series championship, and he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954.