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Gaylord Perry

Birthdate:

9/15/1938

Height / Weight:

6' 4" / 215 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Williamston, NC, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Hall of Fame Baseball Player Gaylord Perry ranks sixth on the all-time list for strikeouts with 3,534, sixth in innings pitched 5,350 and is 16th for career shutouts with 53. At age 20, he was signed by the Giants for a then team record $73,500 bonus. Gaylord had a rapid fast ball, curve and change-up which helped him move up to the major leagues in 1962, but for the next couple of seasons he went back and forth between Tacoma of the PCL and the San Francisco Giants. In 1964, Gaylord Perry started throwing a spitball and was 12-11, a 2.75 ERA in 206 innings. By 1966, he was one of the top NL pitchers and went 21-8, a 2.99 ERA, winning 20 games for the first time in his career (he won 20 games or more a total of 5 times). In nine different seasons, Gaylord's ERA was under 3.00. In 1970, he was 23-13, pct .639 while pitching in 328 innings.

He was traded to Cleveland in 1972 and responded with his best season ever- winning the Cy Young with a 1.92 ERA and led the league in wins (24). He was again traded this time to the Texas Rangers and won 15 games in each of the following two years before being dealt to the San Diego Padres in 1978. He again won over 20 games, 21-6, ERA 2.73 in 260 innings. The veteran spit-baller's career slowly went downhill and he was dealt back to Texas and went 6-9 in 1980. Pitching for the Braves in 1981, Perry was 8-9 and in his last two seasons while pitching for the Seattle Mariners, Gaylord Perry was 10-12 and then fell to 3-10 in 1983, his last year in the majors.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1962	SFG (NL)	13	7	3	1	0	1	0	43.0	54	29	25	3	14	2	20	3	0	0	5.23
1963	SFG (NL)	31	4	1	6	2	0	0	76.0	84	41	34	10	29	7	52	4	2	1	4.03
1964	SFG (NL)	44	19	12	11	5	5	2	206.1	179	65	63	16	43	6	155	5	5	0	2.75
1965	SFG (NL)	47	26	8	12	1	6	0	195.2	194	105	91	21	70	16	170	12	6	0	4.19
1966	SFG (NL)	36	35	21	8	0	13	3	255.2	242	92	85	15	40	3	201	7	5	0	2.99
1967	SFG (NL)	39	37	15	17	1	18	3	293.0	231	98	85	20	84	17	230	13	4	1	2.61
1968	SFG (NL)	39	38	16	15	1	19	3	291.0	240	93	79	10	59	12	173	6	4	0	2.44
1969	SFG (NL)	40	39	19	14	0	26	3	325.1	290	115	90	23	91	14	233	12	11	0	2.49
1970	SFG (NL)	41	41	23	13	0	23	5	328.2	292	138	117	27	84	8	214	11	8	0	3.20
1971	SFG (NL)	37	37	16	12	0	14	2	280.0	255	116	86	20	67	4	158	8	5	0	2.76
1972	CLE (AL)	41	40	24	16	1	29	5	342.2	253	79	73	17	82	16	234	11	12	0	1.92
1973	CLE (AL)	41	41	19	19	0	29	7	344.0	315	143	129	34	115	9	238	17	5	0	3.38
1974	CLE (AL)	37	37	21	13	0	28	4	322.1	230	98	90	25	99	7	216	2	6	0	2.51
1975	TEX (AL)	22	22	12	8	0	15	4	184.0	157	70	62	12	36	1	148	3	3	0	3.03
1975	CLE (AL)	15	15	6	9	0	10	1	121.2	120	57	48	16	34	5	85	2	1	0	3.55
1976	TEX (AL)	32	32	15	14	0	21	2	250.1	232	93	90	14	52	3	143	1	0	0	3.24
1977	TEX (AL)	34	34	15	12	0	13	4	238.0	239	108	89	21	56	4	177	3	5	0	3.37
1978	SDP (NL)	37	37	21	6	0	5	2	260.2	241	96	79	9	66	8	154	4	2	3	2.73
1979	SDP (NL)	32	32	12	11	0	10	0	232.2	225	90	79	12	67	10	140	6	4	0	3.06
1980	TEX (AL)	24	24	6	9	0	6	2	155.0	159	74	59	12	46	3	107	4	7	0	3.43
1980	NYY (AL)	10	8	4	4	0	0	0	50.2	65	33	25	2	18	0	28	5	1	0	4.44
1981	ATL (NL)	23	23	8	9	0	3	0	150.2	182	70	66	9	24	1	60	3	4	1	3.94
1982	SEA (AL)	32	32	10	12	0	6	0	216.2	245	117	106	27	54	4	116	13	4	0	4.40
1983	SEA (AL)	16	16	3	10	0	2	0	102.0	116	60	56	18	23	3	42	1	3	0	4.94
1983	KCR (AL)	14	14	4	4	0	1	1	84.1	98	48	40	6	26	1	40	4	1	0	4.27
25 years		777	690	314	265	11	303	53	5350.1	4938	2128	1846	399	1379	164	3534	160	108	6	3.11

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1962	SFG (NL)	13	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.231	.231	SLG
1963	SFG (NL)	32	18	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	SLG
1964	SFG (NL)	46	56	0	3	1	0	0	3	1	23	0	0	0	1	7	1	.54	.85	SLG
1965	SFG (NL)	49	64	4	10	0	0	0	2	2	19	0	0	0	1	5	0	.156	.194	SLG
1966	SFG (NL)	36	86	4	16	1	0	0	2	1	25	0	0	0	0	6	0	.186	.195	SLG
1967	SFG (NL)	42	91	2	13	1	0	0	2	0	28	0	0	0	0	15	0	.143	.143	SLG
1968	SFG (NL)	39	97	3	11	0	0	0	3	2	35	0	0	0	0	8	0	.113	.131	SLG
1969	SFG (NL)	40	117	5	14	1	0	1	2	4	47	0	0	0	1	7	0	.120	.156	SLG
1970	SFG (NL)	41	120	7	14	3	0	1	7	0	47	0	0	0	1	10	1	.117	.123	SLG
1971	SFG (NL)	38	98	5	10	1	0	1	4	3	32	0	0	0	0	10	0	.102	.129	SLG
1972	CLE (AL)	41	110	5	17	2	0	1	9	5	43	0	0	0	1	14	1	.155	.197	SLG
1973	CLE (AL)	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1974	CLE (AL)	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1975	TEX (AL)	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1975	CLE (AL)	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1976	TEX (AL)	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1977	TEX (AL)	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1978	SDP (NL)	37	87	5	8	2	0	0	3	2	31	0	0	0	0	13	0	.92	.112	SLG
1979	SDP (NL)	32	71	2	6	2	0	1	2	2	19	0	0	0	0	11	0	.85	.110	SLG
1980	TEX (AL)	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1980	NYY (AL)	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1981	ATL (NL)	24	48	5	12	2	0	1	7	0	10	0	0	0	1	5	0	.250	.265	SLG
1982	SEA (AL)	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1983	SEA (AL)	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1983	KCR (AL)	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
25 years		787	1076	48	141	17	0	6	47	22	369	0	0	0	6	113	3	.131	.153	.SLG

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