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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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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1962 23 SFG NL 3 1 .750 5.23 13 7 1 1 0 0 43.0 54 29 25 3 14 2 20 0 0 3 195 72 1.581 11.3 0.6 2.9 4.2 1.43
1963 24 SFG NL 1 6 .143 4.03 31 4 6 0 0 2 76.0 84 41 34 10 29 7 52 2 1 4 340 79 1.487 9.9 1.2 3.4 6.2 1.79
1964 25 SFG NL 12 11 .522 2.75 44 19 11 5 2 5 206.1 179 65 63 16 43 6 155 5 0 5 832 130 1.076 7.8 0.7 1.9 6.8 3.60
1965 26 SFG NL 8 12 .400 4.19 47 26 8 6 0 1 195.2 194 105 91 21 70 16 170 6 0 12 848 86 1.349 8.9 1.0 3.2 7.8 2.43
1966 27 SFG NL 21 8 .724 2.99 36 35 0 13 3 0 255.2 242 92 85 15 40 3 201 5 0 7 1035 124 1.103 8.5 0.5 1.4 7.1 5.03 AS,MVP-18
1967 28 SFG NL 15 17 .469 2.61 39 37 2 18 3 1 293.0 231 98 85 20 84 17 230 4 1 13 1178 128 1.075 7.1 0.6 2.6 7.1 2.74
1968 29 SFG NL 16 15 .516 2.44 39 38 1 19 3 1 291.0 240 93 79 10 59 12 173 4 0 6 1159 122 1.027 7.4 0.3 1.8 5.4 2.93
1969 30 SFG NL 19 14 .576 2.49 40 39 1 26 3 0 325.1 290 115 90 23 91 14 233 11 0 12 1345 142 1.171 8.0 0.6 2.5 6.4 2.56
1970 31 SFG NL 23 13 .639 3.20 41 41 0 23 5 0 328.2 292 138 117 27 84 8 214 8 0 11 1336 125 1.144 8.0 0.7 2.3 5.9 2.55 AS,CYA-2,MVP-14
1971 32 SFG NL 16 12 .571 2.76 37 37 0 14 2 0 280.0 255 116 86 20 67 4 158 5 0 8 1149 124 1.150 8.2 0.6 2.2 5.1 2.36
1972 33 CLE AL 24 16 .600 1.92 41 40 1 29 5 1 342.2 253 79 73 17 82 16 234 12 0 11 1345 170 0.978 6.6 0.4 2.2 6.1 2.85 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1973 34 CLE AL 19 19 .500 3.38 41 41 0 29 7 0 344.0 315 143 129 34 115 9 238 5 0 17 1410 118 1.250 8.2 0.9 3.0 6.2 2.07 CYA-7,MVP-26
1974 35 CLE AL 21 13 .618 2.51 37 37 0 28 4 0 322.1 230 98 90 25 99 7 216 6 0 2 1262 144 1.021 6.4 0.7 2.8 6.0 2.18 AS,CYA-4,MVP-17
1975 36 TOT AL 18 17 .514 3.24 37 37 0 25 5 0 305.2 277 127 110 28 70 6 233 4 0 5 1248 116 1.135 8.2 0.8 2.1 6.9 3.33
1975 36 CLE AL 6 9 .400 3.55 15 15 0 10 1 0 121.2 120 57 48 16 34 5 85 1 0 2 509 106 1.266 8.9 1.2 2.5 6.3 2.50
1975 36 TEX AL 12 8 .600 3.03 22 22 0 15 4 0 184.0 157 70 62 12 36 1 148 3 0 3 739 124 1.049 7.7 0.6 1.8 7.2 4.11
1976 37 TEX AL 15 14 .517 3.24 32 32 0 21 2 0 250.1 232 93 90 14 52 3 143 0 0 1 1005 111 1.134 8.3 0.5 1.9 5.1 2.75
1977 38 TEX AL 15 12 .556 3.37 34 34 0 13 4 0 238.0 239 108 89 21 56 4 177 5 0 3 986 122 1.239 9.0 0.8 2.1 6.7 3.16
1978 39 SDP NL 21 6 .778 2.73 37 37 0 5 2 0 260.2 241 96 79 9 66 8 154 2 3 4 1055 121 1.178 8.3 0.3 2.3 5.3 2.33 CYA-1,MVP-8
1979 40 SDP NL 12 11 .522 3.06 32 32 0 10 0 0 232.2 225 90 79 12 67 10 140 4 0 6 963 115 1.255 8.7 0.5 2.6 5.4 2.09 AS
1980 41 TOT AL 10 13 .435 3.68 34 32 2 6 2 0 205.2 224 107 84 14 64 3 135 8 0 9 884 106 1.400 9.8 0.6 2.8 5.9 2.11
1980 41 TEX AL 6 9 .400 3.43 24 24 0 6 2 0 155.0 159 74 59 12 46 3 107 7 0 4 655 113 1.323 9.2 0.7 2.7 6.2 2.33
1980 41 NYY AL 4 4 .500 4.44 10 8 2 0 0 0 50.2 65 33 25 2 18 0 28 1 0 5 229 88 1.638 11.5 0.4 3.2 5.0 1.56
1981 42 ATL NL 8 9 .471 3.94 23 23 0 3 0 0 150.2 182 70 66 9 24 1 60 4 1 3 644 91 1.367 10.9 0.5 1.4 3.6 2.50
1982 43 SEA AL 10 12 .455 4.40 32 32 0 6 0 0 216.2 245 117 106 27 54 4 116 4 0 13 923 97 1.380 10.2 1.1 2.2 4.8 2.15
1983 44 TOT AL 7 14 .333 4.64 30 30 0 3 1 0 186.1 214 108 96 24 49 4 82 4 0 5 811 90 1.411 10.3 1.2 2.4 4.0 1.67
1983 44 SEA AL 3 10 .231 4.94 16 16 0 2 0 0 102.0 116 60 56 18 23 3 42 3 0 1 437 87 1.363 10.2 1.6 2.0 3.7 1.83
1983 44 KCR AL 4 4 .500 4.27 14 14 0 1 1 0 84.1 98 48 40 6 26 1 40 1 0 4 374 95 1.470 10.5 0.6 2.8 4.3 1.54
22 Seasons 314 265 .542 3.11 777 690 33 303 53 11 5350.1 4938 2128 1846 399 1379 164 3534 108 6 160 21953 117 1.181 8.3 0.7 2.3 5.9 2.56
162 Game Avg. 15 12 .542 3.11 36 32 2 14 2 1 248 229 99 86 18 64 8 164 5 0 7 1018 117 1.181 8.3 0.7 2.3 5.9 2.56
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
SFG (10 yrs) 134 109 .551 2.96 367 283 30 125 21 10 2294.2 2061 892 755 165 581 89 1606 50 2 81 9417 119 1.151 8.1 0.6 2.3 6.3 2.76
TEX (4 yrs) 48 43 .527 3.26 112 112 0 55 12 0 827.1 787 345 300 59 190 11 575 15 0 11 3385 117 1.181 8.6 0.6 2.1 6.3 3.03
CLE (4 yrs) 70 57 .551 2.71 134 133 1 96 17 1 1130.2 918 377 340 92 330 37 773 24 0 32 4526 134 1.104 7.3 0.7 2.6 6.2 2.34
SDP (2 yrs) 33 17 .660 2.88 69 69 0 15 2 0 493.1 466 186 158 21 133 18 294 6 3 10 2018 118 1.214 8.5 0.4 2.4 5.4 2.21
SEA (2 yrs) 13 22 .371 4.58 48 48 0 8 0 0 318.2 361 177 162 45 77 7 158 7 0 14 1360 94 1.374 10.2 1.3 2.2 4.5 2.05
KCR (1 yr) 4 4 .500 4.27 14 14 0 1 1 0 84.1 98 48 40 6 26 1 40 1 0 4 374 95 1.470 10.5 0.6 2.8 4.3 1.54
ATL (1 yr) 8 9 .471 3.94 23 23 0 3 0 0 150.2 182 70 66 9 24 1 60 4 1 3 644 91 1.367 10.9 0.5 1.4 3.6 2.50
NYY (1 yr) 4 4 .500 4.44 10 8 2 0 0 0 50.2 65 33 25 2 18 0 28 1 0 5 229 88 1.638 11.5 0.4 3.2 5.0 1.56
AL (9 yrs) 139 130 .517 3.24 318 315 3 160 30 1 2411.2 2229 980 867 204 641 56 1574 48 0 66 9874 118 1.190 8.3 0.8 2.4 5.9 2.46
NL (13 yrs) 175 135 .565 3.00 459 375 30 143 23 10 2938.2 2709 1148 979 195 738 108 1960 60 6 94 12079 117 1.173 8.3 0.6 2.3 6.0 2.66

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1971 32 SFG NL NLCS L PIT 1 1 .500 6.14 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.2 19 11 10 1 3 1 11 1 0 1 70 1.500 11.7 0.6 1.8 6.8 3.67
1 NLCS 1 1 .500 6.14 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.2 19 11 10 1 3 1 11 1 0 1 70 1.500 11.7 0.6 1.8 6.8 3.67

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1962 23 SFG NL 13 15 13 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .231 .231 .231 .462 25 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1963 24 SFG NL 32 18 18 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .222 .222 .278 .500 44 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 25 SFG NL 46 66 56 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 23 .054 .085 .071 .156 -56 4 0 1 7 1 0 1
1965 26 SFG NL 49 72 64 4 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 19 .156 .194 .156 .350 -1 10 1 1 5 0 0 1
1966 27 SFG NL 36 93 86 4 16 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 25 .186 .195 .198 .393 8 17 0 0 6 0 0 1 AS,MVP-18
1967 28 SFG NL 42 106 91 2 13 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 28 .143 .143 .154 .297 -15 14 1 0 15 0 0 1
1968 29 SFG NL 39 107 97 3 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 35 .113 .131 .113 .245 -26 11 1 0 8 0 0 1
1969 30 SFG NL 40 129 117 5 14 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 47 .120 .156 .154 .310 -12 18 3 1 7 0 0 1
1970 31 SFG NL 41 132 120 7 14 3 0 1 7 0 0 0 47 .117 .123 .167 .290 -23 20 1 1 10 1 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-14
1971 32 SFG NL 38 111 98 5 10 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 32 .102 .129 .143 .272 -23 14 5 0 10 0 0 1
1972 33 CLE AL 41 131 110 5 17 2 0 1 9 0 0 5 43 .155 .197 .200 .397 17 22 2 1 14 1 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-6
1975 36 TOT AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 36 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 39 SDP NL 37 102 87 5 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 31 .092 .112 .115 .227 -34 10 1 0 13 0 0 1 CYA-1,MVP-8
1979 40 SDP NL 32 84 71 2 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 19 .085 .110 .155 .265 -26 11 2 0 11 0 0 1 AS
1981 42 ATL NL 24 54 48 5 12 2 0 1 7 0 0 0 10 .250 .265 .354 .619 74 17 3 1 5 0 0 1
1983 44 TOT AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 44 SEA AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
22 Seasons 512 1220 1076 48 141 17 0 6 47 0 0 22 369 .131 .153 .164 .316 -10 176 20 6 113 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 386 340 15 45 5 0 2 15 0 0 7 117 .131 .153 .164 .316 -10 56 6 2 36 1 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
SFG (10 yrs) 376 849 760 31 98 9 0 3 26 0 0 13 266 .129 .148 .153 .300 -15 116 12 4 70 2 0
SDP (2 yrs) 69 186 158 7 14 4 0 1 5 0 0 4 50 .089 .111 .133 .244 -30 21 3 0 24 0 0
CLE (4 yrs) 42 131 110 5 17 2 0 1 9 0 0 5 43 .155 .197 .200 .397 17 22 2 1 14 1 0
ATL (1 yr) 24 54 48 5 12 2 0 1 7 0 0 0 10 .250 .265 .354 .619 74 17 3 1 5 0 0
SEA (2 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (13 yrs) 469 1089 966 43 124 15 0 5 38 0 0 17 326 .128 .147 .159 .307 -13 154 18 5 99 2 0
AL (9 yrs) 43 131 110 5 17 2 0 1 9 0 0 5 43 .155 .197 .200 .397 17 22 2 1 14 1 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 32 SFG NL NLCS PIT L 2 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 2 0 0
1 NLCS 2 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 2 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1966 *
1970 *
1972 *
1974 (P)
1979 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1972-AL-Cy Young
1978-NL-Cy Young

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1966-NL-18-3%
1970-NL-14-7%
1972-AL-6-26%
1973-AL-26-1%
1974-AL-17-5%
1978-NL-8-13%
0.55 Career Shares (397th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1970-NL--2--42%
1972-AL--1--53%
1973-AL--7--1%
1974-AL--4--7%
1978-NL--1--97%
2 Cy Youngs
2.00 Career Shares (14th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1964 NL--2.748--9th
1967 NL--2.611--5th
1968 NL--2.443--10th
1969 NL--2.490--8th
1970 NL--3.204--6th
1971 NL--2.764--8th
1972 AL--1.917--2nd
1974 AL--2.513--2nd
1977 AL--3.366--9th
1978 NL--2.728--6th
1979 NL--3.056--9th
Career--3.105--201st

Wins s c a p y
1966 NL--21--3rd
1967 NL--15--10th
1968 NL--16--8th
1969 NL--19--10th
1970 NL--23--1st
1972 AL--24--1st
1974 AL--21--7th
1975 AL--18--7th
1978 NL--21--1st
Career--314--17th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1966 NL--.724--3rd
1970 NL--.639--6th
1972 AL--.600--10th
1974 AL--.618--6th
1978 NL--.778--1st

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1964 NL--1.076--5th
1966 NL--1.103--9th
1967 NL--1.075--5th
1968 NL--1.028--6th
1970 NL--1.144--4th
1972 AL--.978--3rd
1974 AL--1.021--3rd
1975 AL--1.135--5th
1976 AL--1.135--7th
1977 AL--1.240--10th
Career--1.181--99th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 NL--7.808--8th
1967 NL--7.096--3rd
1968 NL--7.423--7th
1970 NL--7.996--6th
1972 AL--6.645--6th
1973 AL--8.241--9th
1974 AL--6.422--2nd
Career--8.306--227th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1964 NL--1.876--10th
1966 NL--1.408--3rd
1968 NL--1.825--7th
1970 NL--2.300--9th
1972 AL--2.154--9th
1975 AL--2.061--2nd
1976 AL--1.870--3rd
1977 AL--2.118--6th
1981 NL--1.434--1st
1982 AL--2.243--9th
Career--2.320--199th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1965 NL--7.819--6th
1966 NL--7.076--9th
1974 AL--6.031--5th
1975 AL--6.860--5th
1977 AL--6.693--8th
1980 AL--5.908--5th
Career--5.945--243rd

Games Played s c a p y
Career--777--48th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1966 NL--255.7--10th
1967 NL--293.0--2nd
1968 NL--291.0--4th
1969 NL--325.3--1st
1970 NL--328.7--1st
1971 NL--280.0--4th
1972 AL--342.7--2nd
1973 AL--344.0--2nd
1974 AL--322.3--3rd
1975 AL--305.7--3rd
1978 NL--260.7--4th
Career--5350.3--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1966 NL--201--8th
1967 NL--230--3rd
1969 NL--233--5th
1970 NL--214--4th
1972 AL--234--3rd
1973 AL--238--4th
1974 AL--216--4th
1975 AL--233--2nd
1976 AL--143--9th
1977 AL--177--8th
1978 NL--154--9th
1979 NL--140--10th
Career--3534--8th

Games Started s c a p y
1967 NL--37--5th
1968 NL--38--2nd
1969 NL--39--6th
1970 NL--41--1st
1971 NL--37--4th
1972 AL--40--4th
1973 AL--41--4th
1975 AL--37--7th
1978 NL--37--2nd
1981 NL--23--10th
Career--690--9th

Complete Games s c a p y
1966 NL--13--6th
1967 NL--18--2nd
1968 NL--19--4th
1969 NL--26--3rd
1970 NL--23--2nd
1971 NL--14--10th
1972 AL--29--1st
1973 AL--29--1st
1974 AL--28--2nd
1975 AL--25--2nd
1976 AL--21--4th
1979 NL--10--7th
Career--303--39th

Shutouts s c a p y
1967 NL--3--6th
1970 NL--5--1st
1972 AL--5--7th
1973 AL--7--2nd
1974 AL--4--6th
1975 AL--5--3rd
1977 AL--4--5th
1980 AL--2--10th
Career--53--16th

Home Runs s c a p y
1967 NL--20--6th
1969 NL--23--10th
1970 NL--27--9th
1973 AL--34--3rd
1974 AL--25--8th
1975 AL--28--4th
1983 AL--24--10th
Career--399--12th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1967 NL--84--2nd
1972 AL--82--8th
1973 AL--115--4th
1974 AL--99--6th
Career--1379--21st

Hits s c a p y
1966 NL--242--7th
1967 NL--231--7th
1968 NL--240--5th
1969 NL--290--2nd
1970 NL--292--1st
1971 NL--255--7th
1972 AL--253--5th
1973 AL--315--2nd
1975 AL--277--3rd
1978 NL--241--3rd
1981 NL--182--1st
Career--4938--5th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1964 NL--3.605--6th
1966 NL--5.025--2nd
1970 NL--2.548--10th
1972 AL--2.854--5th
1973 AL--2.070--9th
1974 AL--2.182--8th
1975 AL--3.329--2nd
1976 AL--2.750--4th
1977 AL--3.161--3rd
1981 NL--2.500--5th
1982 AL--2.148--9th
Career--2.563--72nd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1966 NL--.528--3rd
1968 NL--.309--3rd
1972 AL--.447--7th
1978 NL--.311--2nd
1979 NL--.464--3rd
1980 AL--.613--10th

Losses s c a p y
1967 NL--17--2nd
1968 NL--15--7th
1972 AL--16--7th
1973 AL--19--3rd
1975 AL--17--6th
1981 NL--9--6th
1983 AL--14--7th
Career--265--6th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1967 NL--85--8th
1970 NL--117--3rd
1973 AL--129--4th
1975 AL--110--7th
1981 NL--66--2nd
Career--1846--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1965 NL--12--6th
1967 NL--13--3rd
1969 NL--12--6th
1970 NL--11--9th
1972 AL--11--3rd
1973 AL--17--1st
1980 AL--9--7th
1982 AL--13--1st
Career--160--19th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1969 NL--11--2nd
1970 NL--8--8th
1972 AL--12--2nd
1980 AL--8--2nd
1981 NL--4--2nd
Career--108--47th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1967 NL--1178--3rd
1968 NL--1159--4th
1969 NL--1345--1st
1970 NL--1336--1st
1971 NL--1149--5th
1972 AL--1345--2nd
1973 AL--1410--2nd
1974 AL--1262--6th
1975 AL--1248--4th
1978 NL--1055--7th
1981 NL--644--9th
Career--21953--6th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1964 NL--130--8th
1966 NL--124--9th
1967 NL--128--6th
1968 NL--122--10th
1969 NL--142--9th
1970 NL--125--10th
1971 NL--124--8th
1972 AL--170--2nd
1974 AL--144--1st
1977 AL--122--9th
Career--117--158th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1967 NL--15--2nd
1970 NL--10--7th
1972 AL--14--7th
1978 NL--13--8th
1979 NL--11--10th

Oldest s c a p y
1977 AL--born 1938-09-15--5th
1978 NL--born 1938-09-15--4th
1979 NL--born 1938-09-15--4th
1980 AL--born 1938-09-15--2nd
1981 NL--born 1938-09-15--1st
1982 AL--born 1938-09-15--1st
1983 AL--born 1938-09-15--1st

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 24 (49), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 159 (21), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 176 (29), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 57 (22), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 3, 1958: Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent.

November 29, 1971: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Frank Duffy to the Cleveland Indians for Sam McDowell.

June 13, 1975: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Texas Rangers for Jim Bibby, Jackie Brown, Rick Waits and $100,000.

January 25, 1978: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the San Diego Padres for Dave Tomlin and $125,000.

February 15, 1980: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Joe Carroll (minors) and Tucker Ashford to the Texas Rangers for Willie Montanez.

August 14, 1980: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Ken Clay. The New York Yankees sent Marvin Thompson (minors) (October 1, 1980) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

October 23, 1980: Granted Free Agency.

January 12, 1981: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

October 5, 1981: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

March 5, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

June 27, 1983: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

July 6, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

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