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: 25-12 / in Starts: 25-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	590	1	Apr 7	SDP	@	SFG	W,3-2	GS-6		99	6.0	4	2	2	0	8	0	0	3.00	-0.08	22	4	6	0	0	4	64			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.030	1.09	-0.03%	0.57	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
2	591	11	Apr 21	SDP		ATL	W,9-3	CG	W(1-0)	13	9.0	8	3	2	1	5	0	0	2.40	1.05	36	13	9	0	0	8	65			1	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	1	3	1.26	0.078	1.26	0.05%	0.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
3	592	16	Apr 26	SDP	@	HOU	W,2-1	GS-9	W(2-0)	4	8.2	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	1.90	1.40	34	9	13	0	0	7	69			2	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.81	0.571	2.08	0.39%	2.51	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out a1
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
4	593	20	May 1	SDP	@	PIT	L,4-7	GS-7		4	6.2	4	4	3	4	4	0	0	2.37	1.79	28	8	8	0	1	4	52			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.107	.86	0.06%	0.80	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a2
5	594	24	May 6	SDP	@	STL	L,0-1	GS-7	L(2-1)	4	7.0	7	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.17	2.02	30	12	5	0	2	7	59			0	0	0	26	1	0	2	2	0	1	1.29	0.156	1.32	0.10%	2.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
6	595	28	May 11	SDP		CHC	L,3-4	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.23	2.13	27	10	10	8	0	0	60			1	1	1	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	0.020	.98	0.01%	0.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
7	596	32	May 15	SDP		STL	W,4-3	GS-10		3	10.0	8	3	1	2	4	0	0	1.99	2.18	38	14	10	3	1	8	70			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.49	0.100	1.15	0.05%	1.07	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
8	597	36	May 20	SDP	@	CIN	L,6-10	GS-6		4	5.1	9	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.26	2.22	25	5	7	1	1	8	39			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.11	-0.146	.98	-0.08%	-1.45	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out a2
9	598	41	May 24	SDP		LAD	W,9-3	GS-6	W(3-1)	3	5.0	9	3	3	1	7	0	0	2.51	2.07	25	3	5	0	0	9	43			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.132	.86	-0.06%	-2.76	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out a4
10	599	45	May 29	SDP	@	LAD	L,6-9	GS-6	L(3-2)	4	6.0	8	5	5	2	3	1	0	2.93	2.30	25	6	6	1	0	8	37			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.352	.67	-0.14%	-2.35	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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	600	50	Jun 4	SDP	@	NYM	W,5-2	GS-8	W(4-2)	5	7.1	6	2	2	2	5	0	0	2.88	2.28	30	8	9	1	0	6	61			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.124	.43	0.03%	0.60	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a3
12	601	55	Jun 10	SDP	@	CHC	W,10-8	GS-5	W(5-2)	5	5.0	7	7	6	2	4	2	0	3.36	2.59	23	5	10	7	1	2	29			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	0	1	.93	-0.548	.38	-0.13%	-4.52	1b start a 3	5b 3 out d3
13	602	60	Jun 14(2)	SDP		MON	W,1-0	SHO	W(6-2)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.03	2.48	29	8	12	3	0	4	84			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.49	0.669	.45	0.12%	3.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
14	603	64	Jun 18	SDP		PHI	W,4-1	GS-9	W(7-2)	3	8.1	8	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.87	2.42	34	8	12	3	0	8	67			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.226	.15	0.03%	1.35	1t start tie	9t -23 1 out a3
15	604	68	Jun 23	SDP		HOU	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-2)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.63	2.38	30	11	10	2	0	4	82			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.08	0.505	.15	0.04%	3.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
16	605	73	Jun 27	SDP		SFG	L,1-9	GS-7	L(8-3)	3	6.1	13	6	4	4	2	0	0	2.80	2.46	35	9	9	2	0	11	25			0	1	0	30	3	0	2	1	1	1	1.07	-0.213	.51	-0.06%	-1.96	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d3
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	606	79	Jul 2	SDP	@	HOU	W,6-2	GS-8	W(9-3)	4	7.1	5	2	1	3	4	0	0	2.71	2.48	30	11	7	0	0	5	63			3	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.34	0.160	.40	0.03%	0.84	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a3
18	607	84	Jul 7	SDP	@	ATL	L,3-11	GS-5	L(9-4)	4	4.1	9	7	7	5	5	1	0	3.11	2.62	26	4	3	0	0	9	17			0	1	0	21	3	0	1	0	0	0	.82	-0.300	.32	-0.07%	-3.91	1b start tie	5b -23 1 out d3
19	608	88	Jul 13	SDP	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS-9	W(10-4)	5	8.1	5	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.05	2.56	30	17	9	3	2	0	69			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.311	.12	0.04%	2.28	1b start tie	9b 1-3 1 out a4
20	609	93	Jul 17	SDP	@	PIT	L,7-8	GS-5		3	5.0	8	6	6	2	4	1	0	3.33	2.64	25	6	5	1	2	8	29			0	0	0	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.361	.09	-0.03%	-3.66	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d3
21	610	97	Jul 21	SDP		CHC	L,4-5	GS-6		3	6.0	6	3	1	6	3	0	0	3.25	2.72	28	9	7	3	1	3	49			0	1	0	21	2	0	1	2	1	1	.91	-0.135	.11	-0.01%	-0.56	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
22	611	101	Jul 26	SDP		PIT	W,6-5	GS-7	W(11-4)	4	7.0	8	3	3	1	2	1	0	3.28	2.79	28	5	12	2	1	8	50			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.112	.05	0.00%	-0.15	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
23	612	105	Jul 30	SDP		STL	W,3-2	GS-7	W(12-4)	3	7.0	8	2	1	2	2	0	0	3.19	2.80	29	11	6	0	0	8	55			0	2	0	27	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.31	0.032	.20	0.00%	0.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
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
24	613	109	Aug 4	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-7		4	6.0	5	2	2	4	5	0	0	3.19	2.80	26	5	7	1	0	5	55			1	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.54	0.107	.73	0.03%	1.07	1b start a 2	7b -2- 0 out a1
25	614	113	Aug 8	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-3	GS-6	L(12-5)	3	6.0	5	3	3	0	2	2	0	3.23	2.92	23	8	8	1	3	5	52			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	2	.80	-0.146	.20	-0.02%	-0.35	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
26	615	117	Aug 12	SDP		CIN	W,4-2	GS-8	W(13-5)	3	7.2	5	2	1	3	4	0	0	3.14	2.91	29	7	10	1	1	5	64			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	2	1	1.32	0.217	.11	0.01%	1.06	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a2
27	616	121	Aug 17	SDP	@	NYM	W,9-2	GS-6	W(14-5)	4	6.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.14	2.90	23	10	8	2	0	5	54			1	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	1	0	.34	0.137	.04	0.01%	0.57	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a7
28	617	125	Aug 21	SDP	@	PHI	W,7-3	GS-7	W(15-5)	3	7.0	6	3	1	0	5	0	0	3.07	2.84	27	12	5	0	1	5	62			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.40	0.064	.41	0.01%	0.16	1b start a 2	7b 3 out tie
29	618	129	Aug 25	SDP		NYM	L,1-2	GS-7	L(15-6)	3	7.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	1	3.05	2.82	27	8	7	3	0	6	60			2	0	0	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.003	.12	0.00%	0.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
30	619	134	Aug 30	SDP		PHI	L,5-6	GS-6		4	5.2	10	3	3	3	1	0	0	3.10	2.85	27	9	5	2	0	9	35			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.43	-0.108	.12	-0.01%	-1.00	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out a1
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
31	620	138	Sep 4	SDP	@	ATL	W,8-4	GS-6	W(16-6)	4	6.0	5	3	2	2	3	1	0	3.10	2.90	24	7	7	0	0	5	53			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.020	.01	0.00%	0.00	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
32	621	142	Sep 8	SDP	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-6	W(17-6)	3	6.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.10	2.85	24	5	6	1	1	6	57			2	1	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.040	.01	0.00%	0.68	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
33	622	146	Sep 12	SDP		ATL	W,3-1	CG	W(18-6)	3	9.0	5	1	0	1	5	0	1	2.97	2.82	35	13	10	0	0	5	79			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.27	0.394	.00	0.00%	2.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
34	623	150	Sep 16	SDP		HOU	W,2-1	CG	W(19-6)	3	9.0	5	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.90	2.77	32	12	10	0	0	5	78			0	1	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	1	.99	0.395	.00	0.00%	2.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
35	624	154	Sep 21	SDP		SFG	W,5-1	GS-7	W(20-6)	4	7.0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	2.81	2.74	25	8	7	1	0	4	73			1	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	0.425	.00	0.00%	2.85	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
36	625	158	Sep 26	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-1	GS-8	W(21-6)	4	7.2	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.76	2.70	28	8	10	3	0	4	69			1	0	1	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.304	.00	0.00%	2.14	1b start a 1	8b -2- 2 out a1
37	626	162	Oct 1	SDP		LAD	W,4-3	GS-10		4	10.0	9	3	2	1	10	0	0	2.73	2.63	38	10	8	0	0	9	73			2	2	0	35	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.60	0.240	.00	0.00%	1.07	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
							25-12		W-L:21-6	3.7	260.2	241	96	79	66	154	9	2	2.73	2.63	1055	1.07		9%	3%	217	57		---%	18	16	2	970	46	7	8	24	9	23	1.13	3.040	.46	0.36%	14.85

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