Gaylord Perry

Position: Starting 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1958	19	-2.1	St. Cloud	NORL	C	SFG	9	5	.643	2.39	2.81	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
1959	20	-3.6	Corpus Christi	TL	AA	SFG	10	11	.476	4.05	5.65	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
1960	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	SFG	9	13	.409	2.86	3.29	32	23		9	1		189.0	165	69	60	13	77	2	120	1	0	5		1.280	7.9	0.6	3.7
1960	21	-6.1	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SFG	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0					1.0	1	1	1	1	0				0			1.000	9.0	9.0	0.0
1960	21	-2.4	Rio Grande Valley	TL	AA	SFG	9	13	.409	2.82	3.26	31	23		9	1		188.0	164	68	59	12	77	2	120	1	0	5		1.282	7.9	0.6	3.7	5.7	1.56
1961	22	-4.1	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SFG	16	10	.615	2.55	3.25	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
1962	23	-3.0	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SFG	10	7	.588	2.48	3.23	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
1962	23	-4.8	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	3	1	.750	5.23	6.07	13	7	1	1	0	0	43.0	54	29	25	3	14	2	20	0	0	3	195	1.581	11.3	0.6	2.9	4.2	1.43
1963	24	-1.6	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SFG	1	0	1.000	1.00	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
1963	24	-4.3	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	1	6	.143	4.03	4.86	31	4	6	0	0	2	76.0	84	41	34	10	29	7	52	2	1	4	340	1.487	9.9	1.2	3.4	6.2	1.79
1964	25	-3.2	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	12	11	.522	2.75	2.84	44	19	11	5	2	4	206.1	179	65	63	16	43	6	155	5	0	5	832	1.076	7.8	0.7	1.9	6.8	3.60
1965	26	-2.3	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	8	12	.400	4.19	4.83	47	26	8	6	0	1	195.2	194	105	91	21	70	16	170	6	0	12	848	1.349	8.9	1.0	3.2	7.8	2.43
1966	27	-0.8	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	21	8	.724	2.99	3.24	36	35	0	13	3	0	255.2	242	92	85	15	40	3	201	5	0	7	1035	1.103	8.5	0.5	1.4	7.1	5.03
1967	28	0.6	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	15	17	.469	2.61	3.01	39	37	2	18	3	1	293.0	231	98	85	20	84	17	230	4	1	13	1178	1.075	7.1	0.6	2.6	7.1	2.74
1968	29	1.6	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	16	15	.516	2.45	2.88	39	38	1	19	3	1	290.2	240	93	79	10	59	12	173	4	0	6	1159	1.029	7.4	0.3	1.8	5.4	2.93
1969	30	3.0	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	19	14	.576	2.49	3.18	40	39	1	26	3	0	325.1	290	115	90	23	91	14	233	11	0	12	1345	1.171	8.0	0.6	2.5	6.4	2.56
1970	31	3.9	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	23	13	.639	3.20	3.78	41	41	0	23	5	0	328.2	292	138	117	27	84	8	214	8	0	11	1336	1.144	8.0	0.7	2.3	5.9	2.55
1971	32	4.6	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	16	12	.571	2.76	3.73	37	37	0	14	2	0	280.0	255	116	86	20	67	4	158	5	0	8	1149	1.150	8.2	0.6	2.2	5.1	2.36
1972	33	5.8	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	24	16	.600	1.92	2.07	41	40	1	29	5	1	342.2	253	79	73	17	82	16	234	12	0	11	1345	0.978	6.6	0.4	2.2	6.1	2.85
1973	34	6.3	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	19	19	.500	3.38	3.74	41	41	0	29	7	0	344.0	315	143	129	34	115	9	238	5	0	17	1410	1.250	8.2	0.9	3.0	6.2	2.07
1974	35	6.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	21	13	.618	2.51	2.74	37	37	0	28	4	0	322.1	230	98	90	25	99	7	216	6	0	2	1262	1.021	6.4	0.7	2.8	6.0	2.18
1975	36		2 Teams	AL	Maj	CLE-TEX	18	17	.514	3.24	3.74	37	37	0	25	5	0	305.2	277	127	110	28	70	6	233	4	0	5	1248	1.135	8.2	0.8	2.1	6.9	3.33
1975	36	7.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	6	9	.400	3.55	4.22	15	15	0	10	1	0	121.2	120	57	48	16	34	5	85	1	0	2	509	1.266	8.9	1.2	2.5	6.3	2.50
1975	36	7.9	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	12	8	.600	3.03	3.42	22	22	0	15	4	0	184.0	157	70	62	12	36	1	148	3	0	3	739	1.049	7.7	0.6	1.8	7.2	4.11
1976	37	9.4	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	15	14	.517	3.24	3.34	32	32	0	21	2	0	250.1	232	93	90	14	52	3	143	0	0	1	1005	1.134	8.3	0.5	1.9	5.1	2.75
1977	38	10.5	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	15	12	.556	3.37	4.08	34	34	0	13	4	0	238.0	239	108	89	21	56	4	177	5	0	3	986	1.239	9.0	0.8	2.1	6.7	3.16
1978	39	11.0	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	21	6	.778	2.73	3.31	37	37	0	5	2	0	260.2	241	96	79	9	66	8	154	2	3	4	1055	1.178	8.3	0.3	2.3	5.3	2.33
1979	40	11.8	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	12	11	.522	3.06	3.48	32	32	0	10	0	0	232.2	225	90	79	12	67	10	140	4	0	6	963	1.255	8.7	0.5	2.6	5.4	2.09
1980	41		2 Teams	AL	Maj	NYY-TEX	10	13	.435	3.68	4.68	34	32	2	6	2	0	205.2	224	107	84	14	64	3	135	8	0	9	884	1.400	9.8	0.6	2.8	5.9	2.11
1980	41	13.3	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	6	9	.400	3.43	4.30	24	24	0	6	2	0	155.0	159	74	59	12	46	3	107	7	0	4	655	1.323	9.2	0.7	2.7	6.2	2.33
1980	41	13.3	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	4	4	.500	4.44	5.86	10	8	2	0	0	0	50.2	65	33	25	2	18	0	28	1	0	5	229	1.638	11.5	0.4	3.2	5.0	1.56
1981	42	13.3	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	8	9	.471	3.94	4.18	23	23	0	3	0	0	150.2	182	70	66	9	24	1	60	4	1	3	644	1.367	10.9	0.5	1.4	3.6	2.50
1982	43	14.8	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	10	12	.455	4.40	4.86	32	32	0	6	0	0	216.2	245	117	106	27	54	4	116	4	0	13	923	1.380	10.2	1.1	2.2	4.8	2.15
1983	44		2 Teams	AL	Maj	KCR-SEA	7	14	.333	4.64	5.22	30	30	0	3	1	0	186.1	214	108	96	24	49	4	82	4	0	5	811	1.411	10.3	1.2	2.4	4.0	1.67
1983	44	15.5	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	3	10	.231	4.94	5.29	16	16	0	2	0	0	102.0	116	60	56	18	23	3	42	3	0	1	437	1.363	10.2	1.6	2.0	3.7	1.83
1983	44	15.5	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	4	4	.500	4.27	5.12	14	14	0	1	1	0	84.1	98	48	40	6	26	1	40	1	0	4	374	1.470	10.5	0.6	2.8	4.3	1.54
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (22 seasons)					Majors		314	265	.542	3.11	3.58	777	690	33	303	53	10	5350.0	4938	2128	1846	399	1379	164	3534	108	6	160	21953	1.181	8.3	0.7	2.3	5.9	2.56
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		55	46	.545	2.89	3.68	146	115		50	10		892.0	819	365	286	63	312	16	588	13	1	33		1.268	8.3	0.6	3.1
All Levels (26 Seasons)							369	311	.543	3.07	3.59	923	805	33	353	63	10	6242.0	5757	2493	2132	462	1691	180	4122	121	7	193	21953	1.193	8.3	0.7	2.4

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		27	17	.614	2.50	3.20	57	51		23	6		385.0	340	137	107	25	118	9	238	4	0	8		1.190	7.9	0.6	2.8
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		19	24	.442	3.44	4.46	72	49		16	2		379.0	382	188	145	32	146	7	239	5	1	17		1.393	9.1	0.8	3.5	5.7	1.64
C (1 season)					Minors		9	5	.643	2.39	2.81	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