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Gaylord Perry
Full name Gaylord Jackson Perry Born September 15, 1938, Williamston, North Carolina Died December 1, 2022, Gaffney, South Carolina Buried at Oakland Cemetery, Gaffney, South Carolina First Game: April 14, 1962 ; Final Game: September 21, 1983 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 4" Weight: 205 Brother of Jim Perry Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1991 Named NL Cy Young Award Winner by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1978) Named AL Cy Young Award Winner by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1972) Named right-handed pitcher on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1978) Named right-handed pitcher on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1972) Ejections: 1970 (1), 1982 (1), 1983 (1). Total: 3 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1962 SF N Daily Splits 13 13 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .231 .231 .231 0.0 1962 SF N
1963 SF N Daily Splits 32 18 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .278 0.0 1963 SF N
1964 SF N Daily Splits 46 56 0 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 23 1 7 1 0 3 0 0 0 .054 .085 .071 0.0 1964 SF N
1965 SF N Daily Splits 49 64 4 10 0 0 0 2 2 0 19 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 .156 .194 .156 0.0 1965 SF N
1966 SF N Daily Splits 36 86 4 16 1 0 0 2 1 0 25 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .186 .195 .198 0.0 1966 SF N
1967 SF N Daily Splits 42 91 2 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 28 0 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 .143 .143 .154 0.0 1967 SF N
1968 SF N Daily Splits 39 97 3 11 0 0 0 3 2 0 35 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 .113 .131 .113 0.0 1968 SF N
1969 SF N Daily Splits 40 117 5 14 1 0 1 2 4 0 47 1 7 0 0 2 3 0 0 .120 .156 .154 0.0 1969 SF N
1970 SF N Daily Splits 41 120 7 14 3 0 1 7 0 0 47 1 10 1 0 2 1 0 0 .117 .123 .167 0.0 1970 SF N
1971 SF N Daily Splits 38 98 5 10 1 0 1 4 3 0 32 0 10 0 0 1 5 0 0 .102 .129 .143 0.0 1971 SF N
1972 CLE A Daily Splits 41 110 5 17 2 0 1 9 5 0 43 1 14 1 0 2 2 0 0 .155 .197 .200 0.0 1972 CLE A
1973 CLE A 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1973 CLE A
1974 CLE A 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1974 CLE A
1975 CLE A 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1975 CLE A
1975 TEX A 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1975 TEX A
1975 TOT A 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1975 TOT A
1976 TEX A 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1976 TEX A
1977 TEX A 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1977 TEX A
1978 SD N Daily Splits 37 87 5 8 2 0 0 3 2 0 31 0 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 .092 .112 .115 0.0 1978 SD N
1979 SD N Daily Splits 32 71 2 6 2 0 1 2 2 0 19 0 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 .085 .110 .155 0.0 1979 SD N
1980 TEX A 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1980 TEX A
1980 NY A 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1980 NY A
1980 TOT A 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1980 TOT A
1981 ATL N Daily Splits 24 48 5 12 2 0 1 7 0 0 10 1 5 0 0 2 3 0 0 .250 .265 .354 0.0 1981 ATL N
1982 SEA A 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1982 SEA A
1983 SEA A 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1983 SEA A
1983 KC A 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1983 KC A
1983 TOT A 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 1983 TOT A
Total NL (13 Years) 469 966 43 124 15 0 5 38 17 0 326 5 99 2 0 12 18 0 0 .128 .147 .159 0.0 Total NL
Total AL ( 9 Years) 318 110 5 17 2 0 1 9 5 0 43 1 14 1 0 2 2 0 0 .155 .197 .200 0.0 Total AL
Total (22 Years) Splits 787 1076 48 141 17 0 6 47 22 0 369 6 113 3 0 14 20 0 0 .131 .153 .164 0.0 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1971 SF N Daily Splits 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1971 SF N
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1966 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1966 NL
1970 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1970 NL
1972 AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1972 AL
1974 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1974 AL
1979 NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 1979 NL
Total ( 5 Years) Splits 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
1962 SF N Daily Splits 13 7 1 0 1 0 43 54 195 3 29 25 14 2 20 3 4 3 0 0 13 4 3 3 3 1 5.23 6.86 -0.6 1962 SF N
1963 SF N Daily Splits 31 4 0 0 6 2 76 84 340 10 41 34 29 7 52 7 1 4 2 1 9 1 1 8 1 6 4.03 4.50 -0.7 1963 SF N
1964 SF N Daily Splits 44 19 5 2 11 4 206.1 179 832 16 65 63 43 6 155 8 6 5 5 0 23 2 12 12 12 11 2.75 3.32 2.0 1964 SF N
1965 SF N Daily Splits 47 26 6 0 8 1 195.2 194 848 21 105 91 70 16 170 9 5 12 6 0 24 4 15 22 8 12 4.19 3.96 -1.1 1965 SF N
1966 SF N Daily Splits 36 35 13 3 0 0 255.2 242 1035 15 92 85 40 3 201 8 2 7 5 0 25 9 16 11 21 8 2.99 4.37 2.5 1966 SF N
1967 SF N Daily Splits 39 37 18 3 2 1 293 231 1178 20 98 85 84 17 230 11 2 13 4 1 28 5 28 22 15 17 2.61 3.38 2.6 1967 SF N
1968 SF N Daily Splits 39 38 19 3 1 1 290.2 240 1159 10 93 79 59 12 173 11 3 6 4 0 33 6 20 21 16 15 2.45 3.13 1.8 1968 SF N
1969 SF N Daily Splits 40 39 26 3 1 0 325.1 290 1345 23 115 90 91 14 233 14 4 12 11 0 48 11 24 21 19 14 2.49 4.05 3.5 1969 SF N
1970 SF N Daily Splits 41 41 23 5 0 0 328.2 292 1336 27 138 117 84 8 214 7 7 11 8 0 33 14 31 24 23 13 3.20 4.90 2.5 1970 SF N
1971 SF N Daily Splits 37 37 14 2 0 0 280 255 1149 20 116 86 67 4 158 9 13 8 5 0 38 10 35 28 16 12 2.76 4.24 1.1 1971 SF N
1972 CLE A Daily Splits 41 40 29 5 1 1 342.2 253 1345 17 79 73 82 16 234 15 1 11 12 0 43 9 27 14 24 16 1.92 2.90 6.8 1972 CLE A
1973 CLE A Daily Splits 41 41 29 7 0 0 344 315 1410 34 143 129 115 9 238 8 3 17 5 0 45 6 47 16 19 19 3.38 3.98 2.3 1973 CLE A
1974 CLE A Daily Splits 37 37 28 4 0 0 322.1 230 1262 25 98 90 99 7 216 19 12 2 6 0 34 7 27 12 21 13 2.51 4.19 4.5 1974 CLE A
1975 CLE A Daily Splits 15 15 10 1 0 0 121.2 120 509 16 57 48 34 5 85 5 1 2 1 0 13 2 8 10 6 9 3.55 2.93 0.4 1975 CLE A
1975 TEX A Daily Splits 22 22 15 4 0 0 184 157 739 12 70 62 36 1 148 6 2 3 3 0 32 5 7 13 12 8 3.03 4.59 1.6 1975 TEX A
1975 TOT A 37 37 25 5 0 0 305.2 277 1248 28 127 110 70 6 233 11 3 5 4 0 45 7 15 23 18 17 3.24 3.92 2.0 1975 TOT A
1976 TEX A Daily Splits 32 32 21 2 0 0 250.1 232 1005 14 93 90 52 3 143 8 6 1 0 0 31 7 12 15 15 14 3.24 3.84 1.4 1976 TEX A
1977 TEX A Daily Splits 34 34 13 4 0 0 238 239 986 21 108 89 56 4 177 8 5 3 5 0 43 9 18 14 15 12 3.37 3.91 1.5 1977 TEX A
1978 SD N Daily Splits 37 37 5 2 0 0 260.2 241 1055 9 96 79 66 8 154 8 9 4 2 3 46 7 24 24 21 6 2.73 4.43 1.3 1978 SD N
1979 SD N Daily Splits 32 32 10 0 0 0 232.2 225 963 12 90 79 67 10 140 14 2 6 4 0 35 5 20 12 12 11 3.06 3.25 1.1 1979 SD N
1980 TEX A Daily Splits 24 24 6 2 0 0 155 159 655 12 74 59 46 3 107 6 3 4 7 0 25 1 17 13 6 9 3.43 4.33 0.5 1980 TEX A
1980 NY A Daily Splits 10 8 0 0 2 0 50.2 65 229 2 33 25 18 0 28 3 4 5 1 0 11 3 8 6 4 4 4.44 4.00 -0.7 1980 NY A
1980 TOT A 34 32 6 2 2 0 205.2 224 884 14 107 84 64 3 135 9 7 9 8 0 36 4 25 19 10 13 3.68 4.25 -0.2 1980 TOT A
1981 ATL N Daily Splits 23 23 3 0 0 0 150.2 182 644 9 70 66 24 1 60 12 6 3 4 1 20 3 11 14 8 9 3.94 4.30 -0.3 1981 ATL N
1982 SEA A Daily Splits 32 32 6 0 0 0 216.2 245 923 27 117 106 54 4 116 7 4 13 4 0 34 5 18 14 10 12 4.40 4.00 -0.2 1982 SEA A
1983 SEA A Daily Splits 16 16 2 0 0 0 102 116 437 18 60 56 23 3 42 3 3 1 3 0 15 2 12 6 3 10 4.94 2.81 -0.7 1983 SEA A
1983 KC A Daily Splits 14 14 1 1 0 0 84.1 98 374 6 48 40 26 1 40 8 3 4 1 0 7 5 10 12 4 4 4.27 3.64 -0.2 1983 KC A
1983 TOT A 30 30 3 1 0 0 186.1 214 811 24 108 96 49 4 82 11 6 5 4 0 22 7 22 18 7 14 4.64 3.20 -0.9 1983 TOT A
Total NL (13 Years) 459 375 143 23 30 9 2938.1 2709 12079 195 1148 979 738 108 1960 121 64 94 60 6 375 81 240 222 175 135 3.00 4.03 15.7 Total NL
Total AL ( 9 Years) 318 315 160 30 3 1 2411.2 2229 9874 204 980 867 641 56 1574 96 47 66 48 0 333 61 211 145 139 130 3.24 3.79 17.2 Total AL
Total (22 Years) Splits 777 690 303 53 33 10 5350 4938 21953 399 2128 1846 1379 164 3534 217 111 160 108 6 708 142 451 367 314 265 3.11 3.92 32.9 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team
League Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
1971 SF N Daily Splits 2 2 1 0 0 0 14.2 19 70 1 11 10 3 1 11 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 6.14 5.00 1971 SF N
All-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
1966 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 - 1966 NL
1970 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 11 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 - 1970 NL
1972 AL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 9 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 - 1972 AL
1974 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 12 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 2.00 1974 AL
1979 NL Daily Splits 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 INF - 1979 NL
Total ( 5 Years) Splits 5 1 0 0 1 0 9 14 43 1 6 6 2 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 6.00 2.00 Total
Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1962 SF N Daily Splits P 13 7 1 43 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 .889
1963 SF N Daily Splits P 31 4 0 76 4 12 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 1.000
1964 SF N Daily Splits P 44 19 5 206.1 12 26 0 3 0 3 9 6 0 1.000
1965 SF N Daily Splits P 47 26 6 195.2 18 40 1 4 0 8 10 5 0 .983
1966 SF N Daily Splits P 36 35 13 255.2 16 40 1 2 0 5 6 9 0 .982
1967 SF N Daily Splits P 39 37 18 293 20 64 3 2 1 5 10 8 1 .966
1968 SF N Daily Splits P 39 38 19 290.2 31 62 2 3 0 5 11 10 1 .979
1969 SF N Daily Splits P 40 39 26 325.1 18 67 0 2 0 7 17 6 0 1.000
1970 SF N Daily Splits P 41 41 23 328.2 30 67 4 5 0 4 17 8 3 .960
1971 SF N Daily Splits P 37 37 14 280 21 41 5 5 0 7 17 6 0 .925
1972 CLE A Daily Splits P 41 40 29 342.2 18 61 2 7 0 5 6 8 0 .975
1973 CLE A Daily Splits P 41 41 29 344 19 55 0 1 0 12 20 16 2 1.000
1974 CLE A Daily Splits P 37 37 28 322.1 26 45 3 4 0 3 12 6 3 .959
1975 CLE A Daily Splits P 15 15 9 121.2 10 21 1 2 0 0 7 9 0 .969
1975 TEX A Daily Splits P 22 22 15 184 9 22 0 1 0 2 5 8 2 1.000
1975 TOT A P 37 37 24 305.2 19 43 1 3 0 2 12 17 2 .984
1976 TEX A Daily Splits P 32 32 21 250.1 11 24 2 1 0 1 17 21 1 .946
1977 TEX A Daily Splits P 34 34 13 238 14 28 1 2 0 0 3 9 0 .977
1978 SD N Daily Splits P 37 37 5 260.2 13 40 2 6 0 5 18 16 2 .964
1979 SD N Daily Splits P 32 32 10 232.2 11 41 2 2 0 3 21 13 0 .963
1980 TEX A Daily Splits P 24 24 6 155 11 25 1 2 0 0 2 10 0 .973
1980 NY A Daily Splits P 10 8 0 50.2 2 7 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 1.000
1980 TOT A P 34 32 6 205.2 13 32 1 3 0 0 6 13 0 .978
1981 ATL N Daily Splits P 23 23 3 150.2 11 19 3 0 0 0 2 11 0 .909
1982 SEA A Daily Splits P 32 32 6 216.2 11 35 3 1 0 3 11 14 0 .939
1983 SEA A Daily Splits P 16 16 2 102 6 16 1 0 0 4 5 2 2 .957
1983 KC A Daily Splits P 14 14 1 84.1 4 14 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 1.000
1983 TOT A P 30 30 3 186.1 10 30 1 1 0 4 8 5 2 .976
Total (22 Years) Splits P 777 690 302 5350 349 877 38 58 1 82 238 213 17 .970
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1971 SF N Daily Splits P 2 2 1 14.2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1966 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1970 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 AL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1974 AL Daily Splits P 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1979 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total ( 5 Years) Splits P 5 1 0 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
Ejection Information
Date Team Umpire Reason
4-16-1970 BOX SF N Chris Pelekoudas Balk call
8-23-1982 BOX SEA A Dave Phillips Doctored ball
7-24-1983 BOX KC A Tim McClelland Doctored bat (Pine tar)
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by San Francisco Giants (June 3, 1958 ).
Traded by San Francisco Giants with Frank Duffy to Cleveland Indians in exchange for
Sam McDowell (November 29, 1971 ).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Texas Rangers in exchange for Jim Bibby , Jackie
Brown , Rick Waits and $100000 (June 13, 1975 ).
Traded by Texas Rangers to San Diego Padres in exchange for Dave Tomlin and $125000
(January 25, 1978 ).
Traded by San Diego Padres with Tucker Ashford and Joe Carroll to Texas Rangers in
exchange for Willie Montanez (February 15, 1980 ).
Traded by Texas Rangers to New York Yankees in exchange for Ken Clay and a player to
be named later (August 14, 1980 ); Texas Rangers received Marv Thompson (October 1,
1980 ).
Granted free agency (October 23, 1980 ).
Signed by Atlanta Braves (January 12, 1981 ).
Released by Atlanta Braves (October 5, 1981 ).
Signed by Seattle Mariners (March 5, 1982 ).
Released by Seattle Mariners (June 27, 1983 ).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (July 6, 1983 ).
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