Gaylord Perry
Gaylord Jackson Perry
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: September 15, 1938 in Williamston, NC
High School: Williamston (Williamston, NC)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1962
Final Game: September 21, 1983
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1991 (342/443 ballots).
Relatives: Brother of Jim Perry
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1962 SFG NL 23 P 13 7 43.0 9 3 5 1 1 .889 1.67 0.62 .956 2.07 0.82
1963 SFG NL 24 P 31 4 76.0 16 4 12 0 0 1.000 1.89 0.52 .950 2.06 0.84
1964 SFG NL 25 P 44 19 206.1 38 12 26 0 3 1.000 1.66 0.86 .950 2.14 0.84
1965 SFG NL 26 P 47 26 195.2 59 18 40 1 4 .983 2.67 1.23 .954 2.08 0.81
1966 SFG NL 27 P 36 35 255.2 57 16 40 1 2 .982 1.97 1.56 .946 1.96 0.74 AS,MVP-18
1967 SFG NL 28 P 39 37 293.0 87 20 64 3 2 .966 2.58 2.15 .960 2.00 0.78
1968 SFG NL 29 P 39 38 290.2 95 31 62 2 3 .979 2.88 2.38 .957 2.01 0.85
1969 SFG NL 30 P 40 39 325.1 85 18 67 0 2 1.000 2.35 2.13 .956 1.95 0.78
1970 SFG NL 31 P 41 41 328.2 101 30 67 4 5 .960 2.66 2.37 .950 1.85 0.71 AS,CYA-2,MVP-14
1971 SFG NL 32 P 37 37 280.0 67 21 41 5 5 .925 1.99 1.68 .955 1.90 0.78
1972 CLE AL 33 P 41 40 342.2 81 18 61 2 7 .975 2.07 1.93 .948 1.86 0.75 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1973 CLE AL 34 P 41 41 344.0 74 19 55 0 1 1.000 1.94 1.80 .949 1.86 0.86 CYA-7,MVP-26
1974 CLE AL 35 P 37 37 322.1 74 26 45 3 4 .959 1.98 1.92 .946 1.81 0.83 AS,CYA-4,MVP-17
1975 TOT AL 36 P 37 37 305.2 63 19 43 1 3 .984 1.83 1.68 .937 1.87 0.85
1975 CLE AL 36 P 15 15 121.2 32 10 21 1 2 .969 2.29 2.07 .938 1.87 0.85
1975 TEX AL 36 P 22 22 184.0 31 9 22 0 1 1.000 1.52 1.41 .935 1.87 0.85
1976 TEX AL 37 P 32 32 250.1 37 11 24 2 1 .946 1.26 1.09 .951 1.87 0.85
1977 TEX AL 38 P 34 34 238.0 43 14 28 1 2 .977 1.59 1.24 .947 1.95 0.84
1978 SDP NL 39 P 37 37 260.2 55 13 40 2 6 .964 1.83 1.43 .951 1.91 0.72 CYA-1,MVP-8
1979 SDP NL 40 P 32 32 232.2 54 11 41 2 2 .963 2.01 1.63 .950 1.80 0.66 AS
1980 TOT AL 41 P 34 32 205.2 46 13 32 1 3 .978 1.97 1.32 .957 1.85 0.77
1980 TEX AL 41 P 24 24 155.0 37 11 25 1 2 .973 2.09 1.50 .957 1.85 0.77
1980 NYY AL 41 P 10 8 50.2 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.60 0.90 .956 1.85 0.77
1981 ATL NL 42 P 23 23 150.2 33 11 19 3 0 .909 1.79 1.30 .961 1.97 0.68
1982 SEA AL 43 P 32 32 216.2 49 11 35 3 1 .939 1.91 1.44 .959 1.80 0.73
1983 TOT AL 44 P 30 30 186.1 41 10 30 1 1 .976 1.93 1.33 .956 1.80 0.73
1983 SEA AL 44 P 16 16 102.0 23 6 16 1 0 .957 1.94 1.38 .957 1.80 0.73
1983 KCR AL 44 P 14 14 84.1 18 4 14 0 1 1.000 1.92 1.29 .956 1.80 0.73
22 Seasons P 777 690 5350.0 1264 349 877 38 58 .970 2.06 1.58 .952 1.91 0.79
22 Seasons TOT 777 690 5350.0 1264 349 877 38 58 .970 2.06 1.58 .922 1.91 0.79
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1962 SFG NL 23 13 7 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 SFG NL 24 32 4 32 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 SFG NL 25 46 19 46 46 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1965 SFG NL 26 49 26 49 49 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1966 SFG NL 27 36 35 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 SFG NL 28 42 37 42 42 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1968 SFG NL 29 39 38 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1969 SFG NL 30 40 39 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 SFG NL 31 41 41 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 SFG NL 32 38 37 38 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1972 CLE AL 33 41 40 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CLE AL 34 41 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CLE AL 35 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 TEX AL 36 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CLE AL 36 15 0 1 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 TEX AL 37 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 TEX AL 38 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 SDP NL 39 37 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 SDP NL 40 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 TEX AL 41 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 NYY AL 41 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 ATL NL 42 24 23 24 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 SEA AL 43 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 SEA AL 44 16 0 1 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 KCR AL 44 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 Seasons 787 415 512 786 777 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1962 SFG NL 23 201 84% 30% 6 83% 0 3 0 3 5 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 50%
1963 SFG NL 24 350 76% 26% 11 100% 0 5 0 4 12 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1964 SFG NL 25 856 76% 33% 35 91% 1 12 2 7 29 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 8 88%
1965 SFG NL 26 882 72% 26% 48 96% 2 18 2 10 39 33 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 4 0 7 71%
1966 SFG NL 27 1060 77% 30% 40 93% 2 16 1 14 36 31 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 7 86%
1967 SFG NL 28 1215 74% 32% 70 97% 0 22 2 15 65 54 8 3 0 0 3 1 3 3 3 0 8 100%
1968 SFG NL 29 1188 80% 37% 69 96% 0 30 1 23 63 55 5 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 5 100%
1969 SFG NL 30 1384 76% 34% 80 98% 1 17 2 12 73 65 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 4 75%
1970 SFG NL 31 1377 78% 30% 68 100% 0 31 2 24 68 50 10 4 2 0 2 0 5 4 5 0 4 100%
1971 SFG NL 32 1190 81% 32% 51 94% 0 24 2 16 42 35 5 5 0 1 4 3 5 4 4 1 5 80%
1972 CLE AL 33 1375 76% 33% 70 96% 4 17 3 9 63 50 6 2 0 0 2 0 7 4 5 2 9 89%
1973 CLE AL 34 1477 76% 30% 63 92% 2 20 2 16 57 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 9 78%
1974 CLE AL 35 1291 75% 26% 51 90% 2 25 3 17 45 33 3 3 0 1 2 0 4 1 2 2 12 92%
1975 TEX AL 36 759 75% 22% 24 96% 0 9 0 4 23 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1975 CLE AL 36 526 77% 26% 26 96% 0 10 2 5 21 17 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 2 100%
1976 TEX AL 37 1047 81% 28% 34 79% 1 10 2 7 26 21 3 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 5 40%
1977 TEX AL 38 1001 76% 27% 36 89% 2 15 3 10 29 27 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 5 80%
1978 SDP NL 39 1099 80% 27% 44 95% 0 14 4 8 42 31 4 2 0 1 1 1 6 3 5 1 8 100%
1979 SDP NL 40 1003 79% 27% 46 96% 3 14 3 8 40 31 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 9 100%
1980 TEX AL 41 669 76% 28% 31 84% 0 11 2 7 25 22 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 6 67%
1980 NYY AL 41 241 81% 27% 8 75% 1 2 0 1 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1981 ATL NL 42 661 87% 28% 24 88% 0 11 0 8 20 20 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 11 73%
1982 SEA AL 43 960 82% 29% 44 89% 0 11 3 7 36 32 0 3 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 4 100%
1983 SEA AL 44 451 85% 31% 15 93% 0 7 1 6 15 13 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1983 KCR AL 44 384 83% 28% 13 92% 1 4 0 3 13 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 80%
22 Seasons 22647 78% 30% 1007 93% 22 358 42 244 894 731 78 38 2 12 24 15 58 37 48 10 142 85%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 90% 86%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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