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Full Name: Gaylord Jackson Perry Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/205 First Game: April 14, 1962
Birthdate: September 15, 1938 Final Game: September 21, 1983
Birthplace: Williamston, North Carolina MLB Experience: 22 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991

Biography[]

Born on September 15, 1938 in Williamston, North Carolina, Gaylord Perry (Gaylord Jackson Perry) played for the San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 22 year career. Perry broke into the bigs on April 14, 1962 with the San Francisco Giants, and put up a 4.03 ERA in 76 innings pitched in 1963, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Gaylord Perry's best season was 1972, when he posted a 1.92 ERA, won 24 games and struck out 234 batters.

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1962 SF N 13 7 3 1 5.23 20 29 25 1 0 0 43 54 3 14 2 3 0
1963 SF N 31 4 1 6 4.03 52 41 34 0 0 2 76 84 10 29 7 4 2
1964 SF N 44 19 12 11 2.75 155 65 63 5 2 5 206.1 179 16 43 6 5 5
1965 SF N 47 26 8 12 4.19 170 105 91 6 0 1 195.2 194 21 70 16 12 6
1966 SF N 36 35 21 8 2.99 201 92 85 13 3 0 255.2 242 15 40 3 7 5
1967 SF N 39 37 15 17 2.61 230 98 85 18 3 1 293 231 20 84 17 13 4
1968 SF N 39 38 16 15 2.44 173 93 79 19 3 1 291 240 10 59 12 6 4
1969 SF N 40 39 19 14 2.49 233 115 90 26 3 0 325.1 290 23 91 14 12 11
1970 SF N 41 41 23 13 3.20 214 138 117 23 5 0 328.2 292 27 84 8 11 8
1971 SF N 37 37 16 12 2.76 158 116 86 14 2 0 280 255 20 67 4 8 5
1972 CLE A 41 40 24 16 1.92 234 79 73 29 5 1 342.2 253 17 82 16 11 12
1973 CLE A 41 41 19 19 3.38 238 143 129 29 7 0 344 315 34 115 9 17 5
1974 CLE A 37 37 21 13 2.51 216 98 90 28 4 0 322.1 230 25 99 7 2 6
1975 TEX A 22 22 12 8 3.03 148 70 62 15 4 0 184 157 12 36 1 3 3
1975 CLE A 15 15 6 9 3.55 85 57 48 10 1 0 121.2 120 16 34 5 2 1
1975 TOT A 37 37 18 17 3.24 233 127 110 25 5 0 305.2 277 28 70 6 5 4
1976 TEX A 32 32 15 14 3.24 143 93 90 21 2 0 250.1 232 14 52 3 1 0
1977 TEX A 34 34 15 12 3.37 177 108 89 13 4 0 238 239 21 56 4 3 5
1978 SD N 37 37 21 6 2.73 154 96 79 5 2 0 260.2 241 9 66 8 4 2
1979 SD N 32 32 12 11 3.06 140 90 79 10 0 0 232.2 225 12 67 10 6 4
1980 TEX A 24 24 6 9 3.43 107 74 59 6 2 0 155 159 12 46 3 4 7
1980 NY A 10 8 4 4 4.44 28 33 25 0 0 0 50.2 65 2 18 0 5 1
1980 TOT A 34 32 10 13 3.68 135 107 84 6 2 0 205.2 224 14 64 3 9 8
1981 ATL N 23 23 8 9 3.94 60 70 66 3 0 0 150.2 182 9 24 1 3 4
1982 SEA A 32 32 10 12 4.40 116 117 106 6 0 0 216.2 245 27 54 4 13 4
1983 SEA A 16 16 3 10 4.94 42 60 56 2 0 0 102 116 18 23 3 1 3
1983 KC A 14 14 4 4 4.27 40 48 40 1 1 0 84.1 98 6 26 1 4 1
1983 TOT A 30 30 7 14 4.64 82 108 96 3 1 0 186.1 214 24 49 4 5 4
Total NL 459 375 175 135 3.00 1960 1148 979 143 23 10 2938.2 2709 195 738 108 94 60
Total AL 318 315 139 130 3.24 1574 980 867 160 30 1 2411.2 2229 204 641 56 66 48
Total 777 690 314 265 3.11 3534 2128 1846 303 53 11 5350.1 4938 399 1379 164 160 108

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1962 SF N P 13 7 43 3 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 .889
1963 SF N P 31 4 76 4 12 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 1.000
1964 SF N P 44 19 206.1 12 26 0 3 0 3 9 6 0 1.000
1965 SF N P 47 26 195.2 18 40 1 4 0 8 10 5 0 .983
1966 SF N P 36 35 255.2 16 40 1 2 0 5 6 9 0 .982
1967 SF N P 39 37 293 20 64 3 2 1 5 10 8 1 .966
1968 SF N P 39 38 290.2 31 62 2 3 0 5 11 10 1 .979
1969 SF N P 40 39 325.1 18 67 0 2 0 7 17 6 0 1.000
1970 SF N P 41 41 328.2 30 67 4 5 0 4 17 8 3 .960
1971 SF N P 37 37 280 21 41 5 5 0 7 17 6 0 .925
1972 CLE A P 41 40 342.2 18 61 2 7 0 5 5 8 0 .975
1973 CLE A P 41 41 344 19 55 0 1 0 12 19 16 2 1.000
1974 CLE A P 37 37 322.1 26 45 3 4 0 3 12 6 3 .959
1975 TEX A P 22 22 184 9 22 0 1 0 2 5 8 2 1.000
1975 CLE A P 15 15 121.2 10 21 1 2 0 0 7 9 0 .969
1975 TOT A P 37 37 305.2 19 43 1 3 0 2 12 17 2 .984
1976 TEX A P 32 32 250.1 11 24 2 1 0 1 17 21 1 .946
1977 TEX A P 34 34 238 14 28 1 2 0 0 3 9 0 .977
1978 SD N P 37 37 260.2 13 40 2 6 0 5 18 16 2 .964
1979 SD N P 32 32 232.2 11 41 2 2 0 3 21 13 0 .963
1980 TEX A P 24 24 155 11 25 1 2 0 1 2 10 0 .973
1980 NY A P 10 8 50.2 2 7 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 1.000
1980 TOT A P 34 32 205.2 13 32 1 3 0 1 6 13 0 .978
1981 ATL N P 23 23 150.2 11 19 3 0 0 0 2 11 0 .909
1982 SEA A P 32 32 216.2 11 35 3 1 0 3 11 14 0 .939
1983 SEA A P 16 16 102 6 16 1 0 0 4 5 2 2 .957
1983 KC A P 14 14 84.1 4 14 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 1.000
1983 TOT A P 30 30 186.1 10 30 1 1 0 4 8 5 2 .976
Total P 777 690 5350 349 877 38 58 1 83 236 213 17 .970

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1962 SF N 13 13 0 3 0 1 .231 .231 .231 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0
1963 SF N 32 18 1 4 0 0 .222 .222 .278 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
1964 SF N 46 56 0 3 0 3 .054 .085 .071 1 0 1 23 1 7 0 0 0
1965 SF N 49 64 4 10 0 2 .156 .194 .156 0 0 2 19 1 5 0 0 1
1966 SF N 36 86 4 16 0 2 .186 .195 .198 1 0 1 25 0 6 0 0 0
1967 SF N 42 91 2 13 0 2 .143 .143 .154 1 0 0 28 0 15 0 0 1
1968 SF N 39 97 3 11 0 3 .113 .131 .113 0 0 2 35 0 8 0 0 1
1969 SF N 40 117 5 14 1 2 .120 .156 .154 1 0 4 47 1 7 0 0 3
1970 SF N 41 120 7 14 1 7 .117 .123 .167 3 0 0 47 1 10 0 0 1
1971 SF N 38 98 5 10 1 4 .102 .129 .143 1 0 3 32 0 10 0 0 5
1972 CLE A 41 110 5 17 1 9 .155 .197 .200 2 0 5 43 1 14 0 0 2
1973 CLE A 41 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CLE A 37 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 TEX A 22 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CLE A 15 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 TOT A 37 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 TEX A 32 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TEX A 34 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 SD N 37 87 5 8 0 3 .092 .112 .115 2 0 2 31 0 13 0 0 1
1979 SD N 32 71 2 6 1 2 .085 .110 .155 2 0 2 19 0 11 0 0 2
1980 TEX A 24 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 NY A 10 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 TOT A 34 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 ATL N 24 48 5 12 1 7 .250 .265 .354 2 0 0 10 1 5 0 0 3
1982 SEA A 32 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 SEA A 16 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 KC A 14 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 TOT A 30 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 469 966 43 124 5 38 .128 .147 .159 15 0 17 326 5 99 0 0 18
Total AL 318 110 5 17 1 9 .155 .197 .200 2 0 5 43 1 14 0 0 2
Total 787 1076 48 141 6 47 .131 .153 .164 17 0 22 369 6 113 0 0 20

Transactions[]

  • 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 Marvin 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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