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Ralph Terry
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 704 of 1236 players
Ralph Willard Terry
Born: January 9, 1936 at Big Cabin, Okla.
Died: March 16, 2022 at Larned, Kan. Obituary
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.03 Weight: 195

First Mets game: August 11, 1966
Last Mets game: April 22, 1967

Share your memories of Ralph Terry HERE IS WHAT OTHER METS FANS HAVE TO SAY: Bob Hackett The 1967 staff set a Mets record for pitchers used in one season. Ralph was always a warrior and why they gave up on him after 3 innings with 0.00 ERA seems a bit rash. He still wore his cap the best of anyone. Struggled forever to get the crown of my cap to look like his. RICARDO RODRIGUEZ November 29, 2001 Ralph Terry gave me an autograped baseball of all the New York Yankees, when I was a litte boy. I am now 52 years old and I do not know what year he gave it to me. I Lived in Edinburg, TX and his father lived there also his dad and my dad were friends. How can I e-mail him to find out year? Alan January 9, 2002 How ironic, one of Terry's first games with the Mets was an August afternoon in 1966 at Shea, and he gave up a home run to Bill Mazeroski!!!! I was sitting in the outer loge seats in fair territory in LF....ball landed 6 rows in front of me...... harvey k February 7, 2002 my memory of ralph terry is not a pleasant one.during the all star break in the sixties many yankees and Mets relaxed at grossingers resort up in the catskill mountains. they would swim and play some golf. well I used to stay at a place nearby for the summer.i would always look forward to sneaking into grossingers and getting some of the players' autographs. by in large the players were very accomodating and friendly.i have fond memories of lary bernarth,tim harkness and galen cisco.this brings me back to ralph terry.since I approached him for his autograph while he was on the golf course,he cursed at me and was downright nasty to a 10 year old admirer....not a nice guy. MIKE WILLS August 9, 2002 My father and Ralph went to school together in Chelsea, Oklahoma. Ralph's cousin married my uncle. My dad was catcher on the high school baseball team. Dad said he would put 3 or 4 handkerchiefs in his glove but the ball was coming so fast it still burned his hand. Brian Racette October 28, 2003 Ralph Terry is one of the nicest men I have ever met. He played golf in my hometown since the early 90's and still resides there. He coached me to college golf and gave all his knowledge to me and my high school teammates. What great stories this man has and he can recall every one of them and is not afraid to tell them for hours. What a great man--he is still and excellent golfer by the way Kiwiwriter September 12, 2004 Great pitcher, but not with the Mets. Now, if Willie McCovey's drive had been two feet higher, Ralph Terry would have gone down in history as the man who lost two World Series seventh games in the bottom of the ninth inning for the Yankees. Lucky for him that Bobby Richardson had moved over to scrape that dirt in 1962. Jonathan Stern September 24, 2004 Asked by reporters what kind of pitch he threw to Bill Mazeroski, Terry replied, "The wrong one." Mark September 27, 2005 Gave up Bill Mazeroski's famous home run in 1960. Two years later, 1962, was MVP in the World Series. After he retired, I beleive he was a professional golfer on the Seniors Tour for a while. Anyone else remember this? Al Ross July 21, 2007 In 1962 or 63 while I was stationed at Andrews AFB my boss called and told me he wanted me to play golf with someone famous. Playing golf for most of my life I jumped at the chance. It was Ralph Terry. After 18 holes I think he beat me 1 or 2 up. I may have lost to him in golf, but I ended up the big winner. I got a chance to watch a lot of the Yankee greats plus I got to play golf with one of them, a very warm and nice guy. Thanks for the memory Ralph. Hot Foot October 18, 2022 Besides "the obvious memory", Ralph Terry is the FIRST Mets pitcher to have an 0.00 ERA and get released or non-tendered. Seriously ladies and germs, this is a "thing" for the Mets; they do it all the time. Between 1967 and 2022, the number of 0.00 ERA pitchers cut, traded, or non-tendered is in the high twenties (not counting position players), and it's too high for me to count. I tried a few times and gave up in disgust. After Ralph pitched to a 4.74 ERA over 24.1 innings for the 1966 Mets, he had a 0.00 ERA in 3.1 innings in 1967. Still, on May 16, 1967, Mets General Manager Bing Devine was like, "Vaffanculo Ralph! Take your perfect ERA and gettadda hea!" By the way, "the obvious memory" is Ralph becoming the 1960 Yankees' version of Rick Aguilera. Alex January 2, 2024 Ralph Terry died March 16, 2022, but I don't think he was ever appropriately Metmorialized. So, here it is. He forged a solid 12-year career, and was a real stud with the Yankees for a time—in 1961, he was 16-3 and in 1962, he won 23 games, led the league with 39 starts and nearly 300 innings pitched and was an All-Star ... twice! Then in 1963, he won 17 more games. In that three-year span, he was 56-30 with a 3.19 ERA, averaging 19 victories and 14 complete games per season. And in the postseason with the Yanks, he had a 2.93 ERA and won two rings. Not too shabby! He wasn't too far removed from his prime when he joined the Mets in 1966, but he wasn't the pitcher he was just a few years before. Nevertheless, he brought experience with him, and at 30 years old was with the Mets team in the 1966 Florida Instructional League, a winter circuit that primarily catered to kids in their early 20s, serving as a mentor to youngsters like Jerry Koosman, Tug McGraw and Jim McAndrew. Finishing his big league career with the Mets, he went out with a bang, getting the last batter he ever faced, Dick Allen, to strike out swinging.

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