Gaylord Perry

Q: When was Gaylord Perry born?

Gaylord Perry was born on September 15, 1938.

Q: Where was Gaylord Perry born?

Gaylord Perry was born in Williamston, NC .

Q: How tall was Gaylord Perry?

Gaylord Perry was 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Gaylord Perry weigh when playing?

Gaylord Perry weighed 205 lbs (92 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Gaylord Perry play?

Gaylord Perry played 22 seasons.

Q: Is Gaylord Perry in the Hall of Fame?

Gaylord Perry was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1991.

Q: How many strikeouts did Gaylord Perry have?

Gaylord Perry had 3,534 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Gaylord Perry played for?

Gaylord Perry played for 8 teams; the San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners and Kansas City Royals.

Q: How many World Series has Gaylord Perry won?

Gaylord Perry never won a World Series.

Q: When did Gaylord Perry retire?

Gaylord Perry last played in 1983.

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

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1958	19	SFG-min	C	9	5	.643	2.39	17	15		11	2		128.0	97	40	34	6	48		111	4	0	8				1.133	6.8	0.4	3.4	7.8	2.31	SCL NORL
1959	20	SFG-min	AA	10	11	.476	4.05	41	26		7	1		191.0	218	120	86	20	69	5	119	4	1	12				1.503	10.3	0.9	3.3	5.6	1.72	CPC TL
1960	21	SFG-min	AA,AAA	9	13	.409	2.86	32	23		9	1		189.0	165	69	60	13	77	2	120	1	0	5				1.280	7.9	0.6	3.7	5.7	1.56	RGV,TAC TL,PCL
1961	22	SFG-min	AAA	16	10	.615	2.55	33	30		12	4		219.0	208	79	62	13	61	3	95	2	0	3				1.228	8.5	0.5	2.5	3.9	1.56	TAC PCL
1962	23	SFG-min	AAA	10	7	.588	2.48	22	20		10	2		156.0	128	56	43	11	56	6	136	2	0	5				1.179	7.4	0.6	3.2	7.8	2.43	TAC PCL
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	74	3.57	1.581	11.3	0.6	2.9	4.2	1.43
1963	24	SFG-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.00	1	1		1	0		9.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0				0.444	3.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	7.00	TAC PCL
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	80	4.04	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	4	206.1	179	65	63	16	43	6	155	5	0	5	832	129	2.81	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	3.34	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	2.27	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	2.76	1.075	7.1	0.6	2.6	7.1	2.74
1968	29	SFG	NL	16	15	.516	2.45	39	38	1	19	3	1	290.2	240	93	79	10	59	12	173	4	0	6	1159	122	2.29	1.029	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	2.94	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	3.24	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	3.02	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	168	2.50	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	117	3.51	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	3.22	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	2.98	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	3.76	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	2.46	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	2.84	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	3.17	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	2.63	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	3.11	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	3.37	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	114	3.40	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	89	3.28	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	3.14	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	4.07	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	91	4.40	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	4.99	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	96	3.69	1.470	10.5	0.6	2.8	4.3	1.54
22 Yrs				314	265	.542	3.11	777	690	33	303	53	10	5350.0	4938	2128	1846	399	1379	164	3534	108	6	160	21953	117	3.06	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	0	248	229	99	86	18	64	8	164	5	0	7	1018	117	3.06	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
SFG (10 yrs)				134	109	.551	2.96	367	283	30	125	21	9	2294.1	2061	892	755	165	581	89	1606	50	2	81	9417	119	2.88	1.152	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	118	2.96	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	3.15	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	2.86	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	93	4.36	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	96	3.69	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	3.14	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	89	3.28	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	3.27	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	9	2938.1	2709	1148	979	195	738	108	1960	60	6	94	12079	117	2.89	1.173	8.3	0.6	2.3	6.0	2.66

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Gaylord Perry born?

Gaylord Perry was born on September 15, 1938.

Where was Gaylord Perry born?

Gaylord Perry was born in Williamston, NC.

How tall was Gaylord Perry?

Gaylord Perry was 6-4 (193 cm) tall.

How much did Gaylord Perry weigh when playing?

Gaylord Perry weighed 205 lbs (92 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Gaylord Perry play?

Gaylord Perry played 22 seasons.

Is Gaylord Perry in the Hall of Fame?

Gaylord Perry was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1991.

What position did Gaylord Perry play?

Gaylord Perry was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Gaylord Perry have?

Gaylord Perry had 3,534 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Gaylord Perry played for?

Gaylord Perry played for 8 teams; the San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners and Kansas City Royals.

How many World Series has Gaylord Perry won?

Gaylord Perry never won a World Series.

When did Gaylord Perry retire?

Gaylord Perry last played in 1983.

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