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: 25-16 / in Starts: 24-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 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	368	1	Apr 15	CLE		MIL	L,1-5	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	9	4	4	2	5	1	0	5.14	3.68	31	7	8	0	0	9	46			0	0	0	29	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.31	-0.211	2.09	-0.20%	-1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
2	369	4	Apr 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	GS-9	W(1-1)	3	8.1	5	1	1	4	3	0	0	2.93	3.38	35	17	10	4	0	1	68			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.45	0.259	2.03	0.22%	1.88	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a2
3	370	7	Apr 23	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	7	1	1	3	7	0	0	2.22	2.81	34	11	6	0	0	7	73			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.36	0.477	2.33	0.49%	2.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
4	371	10	Apr 28	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-4	GS-7	L(2-2)	4	7.0	10	3	3	1	4	1	1	2.59	3.07	30	12	2	0	0	10	48			0	0	0	26	3	1	0	2	0	0	.61	-0.106	.82	-0.09%	-0.32	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
5	372	12	Apr 30	CLE	@	KCR	W,5-3	16-GF(16)	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.51	2.99	3	0	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	0.147	2.85	0.11%	0.74	16b 1-- 0 out a2	16b end a 2
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
6	373	13	May 2	CLE	@	TEX	W,4-2	GS-8	W(3-2)	1	7.2	6	2	2	3	12	0	1	2.48	2.57	32	8	2	1	0	6	68			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.284	1.35	0.25%	2.28	1b start tie	8b 123 2 out a4
7	374	16	May 6	CLE		CHW	W,12-0	SHO	W(4-2)	3	9.0	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.02	2.56	32	13	9	0	0	3	82			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.25	0.099	.39	0.10%	3.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
8	375	19	May 10	CLE		KCR	W,7-2	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	5	2	2	2	7	0	0	2.02	2.40	33	11	8	1	0	5	74			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.53	0.263	.94	0.28%	1.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
9	376	22	May 14	CLE		TEX	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(6-2)	3	10.0	6	3	2	2	4	0	1	1.99	2.41	39	14	13	2	0	5	72			1	1	0	35	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.63	0.181	3.14	0.21%	1.02	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
10	377	25	May 19	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	1.87	2.33	29	12	9	0	0	5	76			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.37	0.607	3.72	0.99%	2.58	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
11	378	28	May 23	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-2)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.67	2.26	30	13	9	1	0	2	83			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.451	2.32	0.67%	3.38	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
12	379	32	May 27	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(8-3)	3	8.0	6	4	4	3	5	1	0	1.91	2.40	33	14	5	0	1	6	56			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.23	-0.303	3.27	-0.48%	-0.82	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
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
13	380	36	Jun 1	CLE		DET	W,1-0	SHO	W(9-3)	4	9.0	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.75	2.34	32	8	14	0	2	7	76			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.668	2.81	0.85%	3.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
14	381	40	Jun 5	CLE		OAK	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(9-4)	3	10.0	8	3	3	0	8	2	1	1.83	2.46	38	21	4	0	1	4	72			0	1	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.186	1.93	-0.19%	1.02	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
15	382	43	Jun 9	CLE		MIN	W,7-1	CG	W(10-4)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	11	0	0	1.77	2.33	35	12	4	1	0	6	80			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.235	1.09	0.20%	2.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
16	383	46	Jun 13	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG(11)	L(10-5)	3	10.2	6	3	2	3	9	0	1	1.76	2.29	41	18	4	0	1	6	78			0	0	0	37	2	0	3	1	0	0	1.84	-0.123	2.65	-0.11%	0.82	1b start tie	11b 1-- 2 out d1
17	384	50	Jun 17	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS-6	L(10-6)	3	6.0	6	3	3	1	2	0	1	1.88	2.31	25	11	4	0	0	6	49			1	0	0	23	2	0	1	1	0	0	.99	-0.227	1.08	-0.15%	-0.79	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
18	385	54	Jun 21	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	W(11-6)	3	9.0	8	2	2	3	7	0	0	1.89	2.28	40	13	9	2	0	8	67			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.61	0.413	1.07	0.16%	1.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
19	386	56	Jun 25(1)	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	GS-9	W(12-6)	3	8.1	8	3	3	3	2	0	0	1.96	2.32	33	14	6	1	0	8	54			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.34	0.309	1.01	0.14%	0.75	1t start tie	9t --3 1 out a2
20	387	63	Jun 30	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	L(12-7)	4	8.2	4	1	1	1	8	0	0	1.91	2.24	31	13	5	0	1	4	79			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.090	.96	0.04%	2.20	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out d1
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
21	388	68	Jul 6(1)	CLE		TEX	W,4-3	CG	W(13-7)	5	9.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	1.97	2.23	35	15	8	1	0	8	61			2	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.30	0.352	.42	0.07%	0.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
22	389	74	Jul 10	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(14-7)	3	9.0	4	1	0	4	10	0	0	1.87	2.20	36	9	9	0	1	4	83			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.46	0.535	.46	0.10%	2.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
23	390	78	Jul 14	CLE	@	TEX	W,2-0	GS-13	W(15-7)	3	13.0	9	0	0	3	9	0	0	1.75	2.16	52	22	10	2	0	8	95			2	1	0	49	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.86	1.023	.26	0.09%	4.82	1b start tie	13b 3 out tie
24	391	83	Jul 19	CLE	@	KCR	W,6-1	CG	W(16-7)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	1.71	2.18	34	16	9	4	0	7	69			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.232	.04	0.01%	2.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
25	392	86	Jul 23(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	L(16-8)	3	8.2	8	2	2	2	6	1	0	1.73	2.22	35	11	8	3	2	8	64			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.57	-0.130	.08	0.00%	0.88	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out d1
26	393	89	Jul 28	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG(10)	W(17-8)	4	10.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	1	1.69	2.22	38	12	11	0	0	6	80			0	0	0	34	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.37	0.495	.06	0.01%	2.98	1b start tie	10b 3 out a3
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
27	394	95	Aug 1	CLE		BAL	W,2-0	SHO	W(18-8)	3	9.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	0	1.63	2.20	30	11	9	1	1	2	87			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.474	.12	0.03%	3.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
28	395	100	Aug 5	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG(11)	L(18-9)	3	11.0	8	4	4	2	8	3	0	1.70	2.33	43	13	12	1	0	8	71			0	0	0	41	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.50	-0.181	.52	-0.04%	0.42	1t start tie	11t 3 out d1
29	396	105	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS-5	L(18-10)	3	4.0	8	4	4	1	2	0	1	1.82	2.33	20	6	6	4	0	4	31			0	0	0	17	1	1	0	2	1	0	1.01	-0.389	.15	-0.04%	-2.72	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out d2
30	397	108	Aug 13(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(18-11)	3	8.0	8	3	3	1	3	1	0	1.87	2.38	31	11	8	0	0	8	56			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	2	0	0	.97	-0.168	.24	-0.03%	0.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
31	398	113	Aug 18	CLE		OAK	L,0-8	GS-6	L(18-12)	4	6.0	5	4	4	0	6	2	0	1.96	2.43	23	5	7	0	0	5	52			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.207	.09	-0.02%	-1.59	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
32	399	117	Aug 22	CLE		MIN	W,3-2	CG	W(19-12)	3	9.0	9	2	2	1	8	2	0	1.96	2.48	36	12	6	0	0	9	68			0	1	0	35	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.204	.19	0.02%	1.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
33	400	120	Aug 26	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-7	GS-2	L(19-13)	3	1.1	7	5	5	2	2	0	0	2.12	2.48	13	2	0	0	0	7	20			0	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.15	-0.371	.50	-0.10%	-5.03	1b start tie	2b 12- 1 out d5
34	401	124	Aug 30	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(19-14)	3	8.0	6	2	2	1	5	1	0	2.12	2.50	31	11	9	0	0	5	66			0	0	0	29	0	1	1	0	0	0	.77	0.040	.03	0.00%	0.94	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
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
35	402	128	Sep 4	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(19-15)	4	8.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	1	2.13	2.51	33	13	7	1	0	5	65			0	0	0	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	0.011	.05	0.00%	1.18	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
36	403	133	Sep 9	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(20-15)	4	10.0	4	1	0	5	10	0	0	2.06	2.49	39	14	6	0	1	4	87			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.85	0.521	.00	0.00%	3.02	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
37	404	139	Sep 13	CLE	@	MIL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(20-16)	3	7.0	4	3	2	6	10	1	2	2.07	2.55	33	5	6	0	0	4	63			0	0	0	25	0	1	1	1	0	1	.92	-0.171	.00	0.00%	-0.37	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
38	405	143	Sep 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	W(21-16)	3	9.0	7	2	1	2	4	1	0	2.04	2.58	37	10	17	5	1	4	69			0	0	0	35	1	0	1	0	0	1	.65	0.108	.00	0.00%	1.69	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
39	406	147	Sep 22	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	CG	W(22-16)	4	9.0	8	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.01	2.55	35	14	9	2	1	6	71			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.315	.00	0.00%	2.62	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
40	407	152	Sep 27	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-0	SHO	W(23-16)	4	9.0	7	0	0	5	5	0	0	1.95	2.56	37	12	8	1	0	7	73			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	0	.91	0.353	.00	0.00%	3.58	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
41	408	153	Oct 1(1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(24-16)	3	11.0	4	1	1	0	11	0	1	1.92	2.50	38	14	10	3	0	2	96			0	1	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	0.685	.00	0.00%	3.13	1b start tie	11b 3 out a1
							25-16		W-L:24-16,Sv:1	3.2	342.2	253	79	73	82	234	17	12	1.92	2.50	1345	1.56		5%	2%	229	68	1	0%	6	8	0	1235	43	9	16	27	1	9	1.19	7.058	.97	3.61%	55.98

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