Zeb Terry

{{Short description|American baseball player (1891–1988)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Zeb Terry

|image=Zeb Terry 1936.jpg

|caption=Terry in 1936

|position=Infielder

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1891|6|17}}

|birth_place=Denison, Texas, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1988|3|14|1891|6|17}}

|death_place=Los Angeles, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 12

|debutyear=1916

|debutteam=Chicago White Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 1

|finalyear=1922

|finalteam=Chicago Cubs

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.260

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=2

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=216

|teams=

• Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1916}}–{{mlby|1917}})
• Boston Braves ({{mlby|1918}})
• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|1919}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1920}}–{{mlby|1922}})

}}

Zebulon Alexander Terry (June 17, 1891 – March 14, 1988) was a professional baseball player who played infielder in the Major Leagues from {{baseball year|1916}}–{{baseball year|1922}} for the Boston Braves, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, and Pittsburgh Pirates. He played college baseball at Stanford University.

Terry made his big-league debut on April 12, 1916, starting at shortstop for the White Sox against the Detroit Tigers in a game at Comiskey Park. He went hitless with a walk, but teammates didn't fare much better that day against Detroit's Harry Coveleski, who pitched a three-hit shutout.

Sparingly used by the Sox, and hitting just .190 as a rookie, Terry ended up changing teams in 1918, 1919 and 1920. He found his greatest success with the Cubs, getting most of his 605 career hits for them. In the 1922 season, his last in the majors, Terry led the National League in sacrifice hits with 22. Terry announced his "voluntary retirement" from baseball to pursue real estate in the Los Angeles area in early 1923 {{cite news |author= |title=Zeb Terry Quits Baseball Game |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn96060765/1923-04-13/ed-1/seq-11/ |work= The Winslow Mail|location= Winslow, AZ|date=April 13, 1923 |access-date=August 29, 2019 }}

Born in Texas, he attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School in California, which by one recent count has produced 19 Major League Baseball players, including Tony Gwynn and brother Chris Gwynn, Milton Bradley, Rocky Bridges and Chase Utley.