Gaylord Perry

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 205lb (193cm, 92kg)

Born: September 15, 1938 in Williamston, NC us

Died: December 1, 2022 in Gaffney, SC

Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Gaffney, SC

High School: Williamston HS (Williamston, NC)

School: Campbell University (Buies Creek, NC)

Debut: April 14, 1962 (Age 23-211d, 11,952nd in major league history)
vs. CIN 2.2 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: September 21, 1983 (Age 45-006d)
vs. CAL 5.0 IP, 10 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1991. (Voted by BBWAA on 342/443 ballots)
View Gaylord Perry's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1963 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Gaylord Jackson Perry

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Relatives: Brother of Jim Perry

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

90.0

314

265

ERA

3.11

777

690

5350.0

3534

WHIP

1.181

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-19 / in Starts: 13-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 1

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	659	4	Apr 13(2)	TEX		NYY	L,2-8	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.2	7	4	1	1	4	0	0	1.93	1.68	23	4	7	1	0	7	43			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	-0.096	1.68	-0.07%	-0.35	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out d1
2	660	9	Apr 19	TEX	@	BOS	W,8-0	SHO	W(1-1)	5	9.0	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.66	2.39	35	19	9	3	3	2	78			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	3	.58	0.288	.82	0.24%	4.79	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a8
3	661	14	Apr 25	TEX	@	CLE	W,4-1	GS-7		5	6.0	8	1	1	3	3	0	0	0.92	2.65	26	5	7	2	0	8	52			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	0.132	2.00	0.10%	1.70	1b start a 1	7b 1-3 0 out a1
4	662	18	Apr 30	TEX	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-6		4	6.0	6	4	4	2	2	2	0	2.10	3.76	26	6	10	4	0	6	44			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	0	0	0	.83	-0.204	1.10	-0.16%	-0.93	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	663	22	May 5	TEX		BOS	W,11-3	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	5	1	0	2.34	3.68	34	8	12	5	0	8	63			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.144	.74	0.11%	1.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
6	664	26	May 10	TEX		CHW	L,6-10	GS-3		4	2.2	4	5	5	3	4	0	0	3.38	3.64	15	3	1	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.380	2.23	-0.42%	-3.87	1t start tie	3t -2- 2 out d4
7	665	30	May 14	TEX	@	BAL	W,6-3	GS-8	W(3-1)	3	7.2	10	3	2	4	4	0	0	3.20	3.57	37	7	12	1	0	10	49			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	1	1	.99	0.023	1.42	0.02%	0.20	1b start tie	8b 123 2 out a3
8	666	34	May 19	TEX		CAL	L,2-3	GS-8		4	7.0	6	2	2	1	8	1	1	3.12	3.52	28	9	4	2	0	5	64			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.023	1.82	0.02%	1.00	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out tie
9	667	39	May 24	TEX	@	OAK	L,7-15	GS-4	L(3-2)	4	3.1	6	6	4	4	2	0	0	3.58	3.62	19	7	2	1	0	4	26			0	1	0	15	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.13	-0.255	1.83	-0.25%	-4.30	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d5
10	668	44	May 30	TEX		OAK	L,3-6	GS-7	L(3-3)	5	6.1	6	4	4	1	7	2	0	3.79	3.77	26	9	4	3	0	5	51			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	.71	-0.118	1.15	-0.12%	-0.29	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	669	48	Jun 3	TEX	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-6		3	6.0	5	4	1	2	5	0	1	3.59	3.67	26	8	5	0	0	5	55			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.197	1.67	-0.18%	-1.02	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
12	670	53	Jun 7	TEX		KCR	L,2-7	GS-4	L(3-4)	3	4.0	6	5	5	2	2	1	0	4.02	3.83	20	6	4	0	2	6	30			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	1	.78	-0.302	.94	-0.22%	-3.07	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
13	671	57	Jun 12	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-8	GS-7	L(3-5)	4	6.0	10	4	1	1	6	0	1	3.82	3.67	31	12	3	0	0	8	47			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	1	.92	-0.115	.52	-0.04%	-1.07	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out d2
14	672	62	Jun 17	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-3	GS-9	L(3-6)	4	8.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.78	3.58	31	12	6	1	2	8	55			0	2	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.198	1.17	0.11%	1.63	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out tie
15	673	67	Jun 22	TEX		TOR	L,5-6	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.59	3.43	24	8	3	2	0	4	70			0	2	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.231	.80	0.11%	2.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
16	674	71	Jun 27	TEX		MIN	W,5-0	SHO	W(4-6)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.28	3.33	30	14	10	1	0	4	81			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.36	0.211	.26	0.09%	4.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	675	76	Jul 2	TEX	@	SEA	W,6-3	CG	W(5-6)	4	9.0	7	3	3	3	10	1	0	3.25	3.30	36	4	12	2	0	7	68			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.239	.69	0.13%	1.57	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
18	676	83	Jul 12	TEX		CLE	L,8-9	GS-5	L(5-7)	9	4.0	6	6	6	3	3	0	0	3.61	3.31	21	7	2	1	0	6	26			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.325	.64	-0.11%	-3.99	1t start tie	5t --3 0 out d4
19	677	88	Jul 17	TEX		CHW	W,3-2	GS-9		4	8.1	6	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.51	3.36	31	7	12	2	2	6	65			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	1	1	0	1.21	0.060	.48	0.02%	1.67	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out tie
20	678	93	Jul 22	TEX	@	BOS	W,4-3	GS-7		4	6.2	6	2	1	1	5	0	1	3.40	3.30	28	14	1	1	0	6	60			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.147	.71	0.05%	1.21	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a1
21	679	97	Jul 26(2)	TEX	@	CHW	T,1-1	CG(6)		3	5.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	2	3.34	3.30	21	7	4	1	0	4	55			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.039	.52	0.01%	0.49	1b start a 1	6b 12- 0 out tie
22	680	101	Jul 30	TEX		BAL	L,2-3	CG	L(5-8)	3	9.0	8	3	2	3	6	0	0	3.26	3.25	36	11	8	0	3	8	64			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	1	.91	-0.012	.24	0.00%	1.34	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	681	106	Aug 4	TEX	@	NYY	L,4-10	GS-4	L(5-9)	4	3.1	9	6	6	1	2	2	0	3.55	3.41	18	9	0	0	0	6	19			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	2	0	0	.79	-0.342	.11	-0.03%	-4.29	1b start tie	4b --- 1 out d5
24	682	111	Aug 10	TEX		DET	W,4-2	GS-9	W(6-9)	5	8.0	9	2	1	1	7	1	1	3.43	3.40	33	8	7	3	0	9	64			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	1	1	.79	0.232	.03	0.01%	1.86	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out a2
				Player went from Texas Rangers to New York Yankees
25	683	115	Aug 16	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-1	GS-8	W(7-9)	5	7.0	5	1	1	2	6	1	0	3.33	3.42	28	8	7	0	0	5	67			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.304	6.42	0.96%	2.09	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 0 out a3
26	684	120	Aug 21	NYY	@	SEA	L,4-6	GS-6	L(7-10)	4	6.0	5	5	1	5	4	0	0	3.27	3.44	27	8	5	1	1	5	49			1	2	0	21	0	1	0	3	0	1	1.00	-0.264	3.29	-0.52%	-1.95	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
27	685	124	Aug 25	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-9	5-GF(8)		3	4.0	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.35	3.46	19	5	8	0	2	4		0	0	1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	.03	0.001	.13	0.00%	-1.15	5b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 8
28	686	128	Aug 30	NYY		SEA	W,9-3	GS-7	W(8-10)	4	7.0	8	2	1	1	3	0	0	3.27	3.41	27	8	7	0	1	8	57			1	1	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	.92	0.040	3.68	0.10%	1.45	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	687	133	Sep 4	NYY		CAL	W,5-3	GS-6	W(9-10)	4	6.0	7	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.31	3.40	26	12	3	0	1	7	46			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.036	5.22	0.09%	-0.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
30	688	138	Sep 9	NYY	@	TOR	L,4-6	GS-3	L(9-11)	4	2.2	7	5	3	1	4	1	0	3.40	3.43	17	4	1	0	1	7	31			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.390	2.49	-0.55%	-3.75	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out d3
31	689	143	Sep 14	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-5		4	4.2	8	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.46	3.43	22	9	1	1	0	8	36			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.26	-0.189	2.77	-0.25%	-0.72	1b start tie	5b --3 2 out d1
32	690	148	Sep 20	NYY		BOS	L,1-4	GS-2	L(9-12)	5	1.2	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	3.62	3.41	11	1	3	1	0	6	28			0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	2	0	.97	-0.236	1.04	-0.15%	-2.51	1t start tie	2t 1-3 2 out d3
33	691	153	Sep 25	NYY		CLE	L,0-5	GS-8	L(9-13)	4	7.1	10	5	4	3	5	0	0	3.67	3.38	33	9	6	0	0	10	42			1	0	0	28	0	1	0	2	1	0	.82	-0.017	.46	-0.01%	-0.63	1t start tie	8t 123 1 out d3
34	692	158	Oct 1	NYY	@	CLE	W,18-7	5-GF	W(10-13)	5	4.1	5	2	2	0	1	0	1	3.68	3.37	19	4	8	0	0	5		2	1	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.002	.02	0.00%	-0.36	5b -23 2 out a11	9b end a11
							14-19		W-L:10-13	4.2	205.2	224	107	84	64	135	14	8	3.68	3.37	884	1.40		8%	4%	211	51	2	50%	6	13	0	796	36	4	3	25	7	14	.95	-1.092	1.42	-0.91%	-5.23

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