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For other people named John Terry, see John Terry (disambiguation).

John Baxter Terry (September 4, 1877 – January 10, 1958) was an American baseball pitcher and businessman.

Terry was born in 1877 on a farm in Fairfax, Iowa. He moved as a child to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he attended Washington High School.[1]

He played Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers in 1902 and for the St. Louis Browns (1903). He appeared in four games (two as a starter), compiling a record of 1–2 in 22-2/3 innings pitched with an earned run average of 2.78. He died in 1958 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[2]

In 1906, Terry founded an electrical supply company called J.B. Terry Company. The company became the Terry-Durin Company in 1909. He served as the company's president until his retirement in 1951.[1]

Terry was married to Ada Alice Burnett in 1900. He died in Cedar Rapids at age 80 in 1958.[1] He was buried at Cedar Memorial Park in Cedar Rapids.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "John Terry, Terry-Durin Founder, Dies". The Cedar Rapids Gazette. January 10, 1958. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "John Terry". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
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