Terry Ley
| Terry Ley | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | |
| Born: February 21, 1947 Portland, Oregon, U.S. | |
| Died: August 30, 2025 (aged 78) Prineville, Oregon, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 8, 1971, for the New York Yankees | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 25, 1971, for the New York Yankees | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 0-0 |
| Earned run average | 5.00 |
| Strikeouts | 7 |
| Stats at Baseball ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
| Managerial record at Baseball ReferenceLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | |
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Terrence Richard Ley (February 21, 1947 – August 30, 2025) was an American baseball pitcher whose MLB career spanned six games in the 1971 season for the New York Yankees. He was a student of University of Oregon before he was drafted in the 3rd round of the January 1967 draft and was 24 when he made his major league debut on August 20, 1971, for the Yankees.
Career
[edit | edit source]Ley attended Madison High School in Portland, Oregon.[1] He was initially drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 30th round of the 1965 Major League Baseball draft, but chose not to sign. He attended the University of Oregon, where he played college baseball for the Oregon Ducks baseball team. After his freshman year, he transferred to Clark College in Vancouver, Washington.[1]
The New York Yankees drafted Ley in the third round of the January Secondary draft in 1967, and he signed.[1] He made his Major League Baseball debut in 1971. Both he and Gary Jones were traded twice on the same day at the Winter Meetings on December 2, 1971. They were first sent from the Yankees to the Texas Rangers for Bernie Allen, then along with Del Unser and Denny Riddleberger to the Cleveland Indians for Roy Foster, Rich Hand, Mike Paul and Ken Suarez.[2]
Ley finished his career playing in Japan, playing for the Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in 1974 and 1975. Ley was the first pitcher in NPB history to issue three balks in an inning, doing so in 1974.
Ley died on August 30, 2025.[3]
References
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- ^ Durso, Joseph. "White Sox Add Bahnsen, Ship McKinney to Yanks," The New York Times, Friday, December 3, 1971. Retrieved December 4, 2021
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference · Fangraphs · Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1947 births
- 2025 deaths
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- New York Yankees players
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Nippon Ham Fighters players
- Baseball players from Portland, Oregon
- Hawaii Islanders players
- Fort Lauderdale Yankees players
- Kinston Eagles players
- Manchester Yankees players
- Portland Beavers players
- Oklahoma City 89ers players
- Oregon Ducks baseball players
- Leodis V. McDaniel High School alumni
- 20th-century American sportsmen