Gaylord Perry | Major Leaguer 1962-1983

Full Name: Gaylord Jackson Perry
Born: September 15,1938 in Williamston, North Carolina
Height: 6-4 Weight: 215 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Williamston (Williamston,NC)
College:

Brother of Jim Perry

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Drafted: Signed as an undrafted free agent by the New York Giants in 1958

Transactions: [Jun 3,1958] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Giants. [Nov 29,1971] - Traded by Giants with Frank Duffy to Indians for Sam McDowell. [Jun 13,1975] - Traded by Indians to Rangers for Rick Waits, Jackie Brown, Jim Bibby and Cash. [Jan 25,1978] - Traded by Rangers to Padres for Dave Tomlin and Cash. [Feb 15,1980] - Traded by Padres with Joe Carroll and Tucker Ashford to Rangers for Willie Montanez. [Aug 14,1980] - Traded by Rangers to Yankees for Marvin Thompson and Ken Clay. [Oct 23,1980] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 12,1981] - Signed as Free Agent by Braves. [Oct 5,1981] - Released by Braves. [Mar 5,1982] - Signed as Free Agent by Mariners. [Jun 27,1983] - Released by Mariners. [Jul 6,1983] - Signed as Free Agent by Royals.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1958	St. Cloud	Northern	19	Sf	A	9	5	2.39	17						128.0	97	40	34		48	111			6.82	---	3.38	7.80	1.13	--
1959	Corpus Chr	Tex	20	Sf	AA	10	11	4.05	41						191.0	218	120	86		69	119			10.27	---	3.25	5.61	1.50	--
1960	Rio Grande	Tex	21	Sf	AA	9	13	2.82	31						188.0	164	68	59		77	120			7.85	---	3.69	5.74	1.28	--
	Tacoma	PCL	21	Sf	AAA	0	0	9.00	1						1.0	1	1	1		0	0			9.00	---	0.00	0.00	1.00	--
1961	Tacoma	PCL	22	Sf	AAA	16	10	2.55	33						219.0	208	79	62		61	95			8.55	---	2.51	3.90	1.23	--
1962	Tacoma	PCL	23	Sf	AAA	10	7	2.48	22						156.0	128	56	43		56	136			7.38	---	3.23	7.85	1.18	--
	SF Giants	NL	23	Sf	MLB	3	1	5.23	13	7	1	0	1	0	43.0	54	29	25	3	14	20	3	0	11.30	0.63	2.93	4.19	1.58	58%
1963	Tacoma	PCL	24	Sf	AAA	1	0	1.00	1						9.0	3	1	1		1	7			3.00	---	1.00	7.00	0.44	--
	SF Giants	NL	24	Sf	MLB	1	6	4.03	31	4	0	0	6	2	76.0	84	41	34	10	29	52	4	1	9.95	1.18	3.43	6.16	1.49	53%
1964	SF Giants	NL	25	Sf	MLB	12	11	2.75	44	19	5	2	11	5	206.1	179	65	63	16	43	155	5	0	7.81	0.70	1.88	6.76	1.08	46%
1965	SF Giants	NL	26	Sf	MLB	8	12	4.19	47	26	6	0	8	1	195.2	194	105	91	21	70	170	12	0	8.92	0.97	3.22	7.82	1.35	56%
1966	SF Giants	NL	27	Sf	MLB	21	8	2.99	36	35	13	3	0	0	255.2	242	92	85	15	40	201	7	0	8.52	0.53	1.41	7.08	1.10	57%
1967	SF Giants	NL	28	Sf	MLB	15	17	2.61	39	37	18	3	2	1	293.0	231	98	85	20	84	230	13	1	7.10	0.61	2.58	7.06	1.08	58%
1968	SF Giants	NL	29	Sf	MLB	16	15	2.44	39	38	19	3	1	1	291.0	240	93	79	10	59	173	6	0	7.42	0.31	1.82	5.35	1.03	64%
1969	SF Giants	NL	30	Sf	MLB	19	14	2.49	40	39	26	3	1	0	325.1	290	115	90	23	91	233	12	0	8.02	0.64	2.52	6.45	1.17	64%
1970	SF Giants	NL	31	Sf	MLB	23	13	3.20	41	41	23	5	0	0	328.2	292	138	117	27	84	214	11	0	8.00	0.74	2.30	5.86	1.14	56%
1971	SF Giants	NL	32	Sf	MLB	16	12	2.76	37	37	14	2	0	0	280.0	255	116	86	20	67	158	8	0	8.20	0.64	2.15	5.08	1.15	58%
1972	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	24	16	1.92	41	40	29	5	1	1	342.2	253	79	73	17	82	234	11	0	6.65	0.45	2.15	6.15	0.98	59%
1973	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	19	19	3.38	41	41	29	7	0	0	344.0	315	143	129	34	115	238	17	0	8.24	0.89	3.01	6.23	1.25	57%
1974	Cleveland	AL	35	Cle	MLB	21	13	2.51	37	37	28	4	0	0	322.1	230	98	90	25	99	216	2	0	6.42	0.70	2.76	6.03	1.02	50%
1975	Texas	AL	36	Tex	MLB	12	8	3.03	22	22	15	4	0	0	184.0	157	70	62	12	36	148	3	0	7.68	0.59	1.76	7.24	1.05	46%
	Cleveland	AL	36	Cle	MLB	6	9	3.55	15	15	10	1	0	0	121.2	120	57	48	16	34	85	2	0	8.88	1.18	2.52	6.29	1.27	52%
1976	Texas	AL	37	Tex	MLB	15	14	3.24	32	32	21	2	0	0	250.1	232	93	90	14	52	143	1	0	8.34	0.50	1.87	5.14	1.13	53%
1977	Texas	AL	38	Tex	MLB	15	12	3.37	34	34	13	4	0	0	238.0	239	108	89	21	56	177	3	0	9.04	0.79	2.12	6.69	1.24	56%
1978	San Diego	NL	39	Sd	MLB	21	6	2.73	37	37	5	2	0	0	260.2	241	96	79	9	66	154	4	3	8.32	0.31	2.28	5.32	1.18	51%
1979	San Diego	NL	40	Sd	MLB	12	11	3.06	32	32	10	0	0	0	232.2	225	90	79	12	67	140	6	0	8.70	0.46	2.59	5.42	1.26	56%
1980	NY Yankees	AL	41	Nyy	MLB	4	4	4.44	10	8	0	0	2	0	50.2	65	33	25	2	18	28	5	0	11.55	0.36	3.20	4.97	1.64	69%
	Texas	AL	41	Tex	MLB	6	9	3.43	24	24	6	2	0	0	155.0	159	74	59	12	46	107	4	0	9.23	0.70	2.67	6.21	1.32	52%
1981	Atlanta	NL	42	Atl	MLB	8	9	3.94	23	23	3	0	0	0	150.2	182	70	66	9	24	60	3	1	10.87	0.54	1.43	3.58	1.37	52%
1982	Seattle	AL	43	Sea	MLB	10	12	4.40	32	32	6	0	0	0	216.2	245	117	106	27	54	116	13	0	10.18	1.12	2.24	4.82	1.38	54%
1983	Kansas Cty	AL	44	Kc	MLB	4	4	4.27	14	14	1	1	0	0	84.1	98	48	40	6	26	40	4	0	10.46	0.64	2.77	4.27	1.47	60%
	Seattle	AL	44	Sea	MLB	3	10	4.94	16	16	2	0	0	0	102.0	116	60	56	18	23	42	1	0	10.24	1.59	2.03	3.71	1.36	50%

Major League Totals - 22 Season(s)						314	265	3.11	777	690	303	53	33	11	5,350.1	4938	2128	1846	399	1379	3534	160	6	8.31	0.67	2.32	5.94	1.18	56%
Minor League Totals - 6 Season(s)						55	46	2.89	146						892.0	819	365	286		312	588			8.26	---	3.15	5.93	1.27	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1962	SF Giants	NL	23	Sf	MLB	p	9	13	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	.231	.231	.231	462	60%
1963	SF Giants	NL	24	Sf	MLB	p	9	32	18	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.278	500	67%
1964	SF Giants	NL	25	Sf	MLB	p	9	46	56	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	23	1	0	7	1	0	.054	.085	.071	156	64%
1965	SF Giants	NL	26	Sf	MLB	p	9	49	64	4	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	1	0	5	0	1	.156	.194	.156	350	56%
1966	SF Giants	NL	27	Sf	MLB	p	9	36	86	4	16	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	25	0	0	6	0	0	.186	.195	.198	393	68%
1967	SF Giants	NL	28	Sf	MLB	p	9	42	91	2	13	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	28	0	0	15	0	1	.143	.143	.154	297	72%
1968	SF Giants	NL	29	Sf	MLB	p	9	39	97	3	11	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	35	0	0	8	0	1	.113	.131	.113	244	56%
1969	SF Giants	NL	30	Sf	MLB	p	9	40	117	5	14	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	47	1	0	7	0	3	.120	.156	.154	310	64%
1970	SF Giants	NL	31	Sf	MLB	p	9	41	120	7	14	3	0	1	7	0	0	0	47	1	0	10	1	1	.117	.123	.167	290	66%
1971	SF Giants	NL	32	Sf	MLB	p	9	38	98	5	10	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	32	0	0	10	0	5	.102	.129	.143	272	71%
1972	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	p	9	41	110	5	17	2	0	1	9	0	0	5	43	1	0	14	1	2	.155	.197	.200	397	64%
1973	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	p	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1974	Cleveland	AL	35	Cle	MLB	p	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1975	Texas	AL	36	Tex	MLB	p	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Cleveland	AL	36	Cle	MLB	p	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1976	Texas	AL	37	Tex	MLB	p	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1977	Texas	AL	38	Tex	MLB	p	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1978	San Diego	NL	39	Sd	MLB	p	9	37	87	5	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	31	0	0	13	0	1	.092	.112	.115	227	49%
1979	San Diego	NL	40	Sd	MLB	p	9	32	71	2	6	2	0	1	2	0	0	2	19	0	0	11	0	2	.085	.110	.155	265	76%
1980	NY Yankees	AL	41	Nyy	MLB	p	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Texas	AL	41	Tex	MLB	p	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	Atlanta	NL	42	Atl	MLB	p	9	24	48	5	12	2	0	1	7	0	0	0	10	1	0	5	0	3	.250	.265	.354	619	67%
1982	Seattle	AL	43	Sea	MLB	p	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1983	Seattle	AL	44	Sea	MLB	p	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	44	Kc	MLB	p	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 22 Season(s)								787	1076	48	141	17	0	6	47	0	0	22	369	6	0	113	3	20	.131	.153	.164	317	64%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1971	SF Giants	NL	32		Ch	1	1	6.14	2		1			0	14.2	19		10		3	11			11.66	---	1.84	6.75	1.50	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						1	1	6.14	2		1			0	14.2	19		10		3	11			11.66	---	1.84	6.75	1.50	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1971	SF Giants	NL	32	Sf	Ch	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1962	SF Giants	NL	23	Sf	MLB	P	13		43	3	5	1	9	1	-	-	-	.889	1.67

1963	SF Giants	NL	24	Sf	MLB	P	31		76	4	12	0	16	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.89

1964	SF Giants	NL	25	Sf	MLB	P	44		206.1	12	26	0	38	3	-	-	-	1.000	1.66

1965	SF Giants	NL	26	Sf	MLB	P	47		195.2	18	40	1	59	4	-	-	-	.983	2.67

1966	SF Giants	NL	27	Sf	MLB	P	36		255.2	16	40	1	57	2	-	-	-	.982	1.97

1967	SF Giants	NL	28	Sf	MLB	P	39		293	20	64	3	87	2	-	-	-	.966	2.58

1968	SF Giants	NL	29	Sf	MLB	P	39		291	31	62	2	95	3	-	-	-	.979	2.88

1969	SF Giants	NL	30	Sf	MLB	P	40		325.1	18	67	0	85	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.35

1970	SF Giants	NL	31	Sf	MLB	P	41		328.2	30	67	4	101	5	-	-	-	.960	2.66

1971	SF Giants	NL	32	Sf	MLB	P	37		280	21	41	5	67	5	-	-	-	.925	1.99

1972	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	P	41		342.2	18	61	2	81	7	-	-	-	.975	2.07

1973	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	P	41		344	19	55	0	74	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.94

1974	Cleveland	AL	35	Cle	MLB	P	37		322.1	26	45	3	74	4	-	-	-	.959	1.98

1975	Cleveland	AL	36	Cle	MLB	P	15		121.2	10	21	1	32	2	-	-	-	.969	2.29
1975	Texas	AL	36	Tex	MLB	P	22		184	9	22	0	31	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.52

1976	Texas	AL	37	Tex	MLB	P	32		250.1	11	24	2	37	1	-	-	-	.946	1.26

1977	Texas	AL	38	Tex	MLB	P	34		238	14	28	1	43	2	-	-	-	.977	1.59

1978	San Diego	NL	39	Sd	MLB	P	37		260.2	13	40	2	55	6	-	-	-	.964	1.83

1979	San Diego	NL	40	Sd	MLB	P	32		232.2	11	41	2	54	2	-	-	-	.963	2.01

1980	NY Yankees	AL	41	Nyy	MLB	P	10		50.2	2	7	0	9	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.60
1980	Texas	AL	41	Tex	MLB	P	24		155	11	25	1	37	2	-	-	-	.973	2.09

1981	Atlanta	NL	42	Atl	MLB	P	23		150.2	11	19	3	33	0	-	-	-	.909	1.79

1982	Seattle	AL	43	Sea	MLB	P	32		216.2	11	35	3	49	1	-	-	-	.939	1.91

1983	Kansas Cty	AL	44	Kc	MLB	P	14		84.1	4	14	0	18	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.92
1983	Seattle	AL	44	Sea	MLB	P	16		102	6	16	1	23	0	-	-	-	.957	1.94

Awards

[1966] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #18), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1970] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #2), NL MVP (Voting Rank: #14) [1972] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #6), American League Cy Young Award, Played in MLB All-Star Game [1973] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #26), AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #7) [1974] - AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #4), Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #17) [1978] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #8), National League Cy Young Award [1979] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1989] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (304 votes - 68.01%) [1990] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (320 votes - 72.07%) [1991] - Elected to Hall of Fame (342 votes - 77.2%)

Trivia and Player Notes

Notes: Played in 5 All-Star games during his career (1966, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1979)

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