About Terry Ley
Lived 1947 – 2025 (aged 78). Terry Ley was an American baseball player.
Terrence Richard Ley (February 21, 1947 – August 30, 2025) was an American baseball pitcher whose MLB career spanned six games in the 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 Ley attended Madison High School in Portland, Oregon.
The New York Yankees drafted Ley in the third round of the January Secondary draft in 1967, and he signed.
Ley finished his career playing in Japan, playing for the Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in and . 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.
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American baseball player
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Terry Ley was born on 21 February 1947 in Oregon.
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Terry Ley died on 30 August 2025.
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Terry Ley was a baseball player.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Terry Ley. https://biography.guide/terry-ley/
MLA: "Terry Ley." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/terry-ley/.
Chicago: "Terry Ley." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/terry-ley/.
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