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: 17-15 / in Starts: 17-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 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	627	1	Apr 5	SDP	@	LAD	W,4-3	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	8.0	5	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.38	3.73	30	10	10	1	0	5	63			1	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.28	-0.169	1.99	-0.16%	0.72	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
2	628	5	Apr 10	SDP	@	SFG	L,2-4	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	2	4	3	0	0	2.81	3.61	32	9	10	0	0	6	61			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.182	1.97	0.16%	1.49	1b start a 1	8b 3 out tie
3	629	9	Apr 14	SDP		CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	5	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.52	3.21	34	13	10	0	2	5	71			1	1	0	32	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.00	0.301	1.15	0.21%	1.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
4	630	20	Apr 27	SDP	@	PHI	L,0-2	GS-7	L(2-1)	12	7.0	8	2	2	2	3	0	1	2.53	3.20	31	6	11	0	2	8	54			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.027	.84	0.02%	1.39	1b start tie	7b 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	631	24	May 1	SDP	@	NYM	W,10-5	GS-6	W(3-1)	3	6.0	9	4	4	2	10	1	0	3.08	3.10	28	3	4	1	0	9	46			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.117	1.19	-0.07%	-1.32	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
6	632	28	May 6	SDP		MON	L,5-7	GS-5	L(3-2)	4	5.0	12	7	6	2	4	1	0	3.98	3.31	27	8	3	0	0	10	19			1	1	0	24	1	0	2	1	0	0	.98	-0.271	1.16	-0.19%	-4.82	1t start tie	5t 3 out d7
7	633	32	May 10	SDP		PHI	L,2-3	CG	L(3-3)	3	9.0	7	3	2	1	4	0	0	3.63	3.12	36	15	9	4	0	7	66			2	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	.81	0.018	.65	0.01%	0.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
8	634	37	May 15	SDP	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS-7		4	7.0	4	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.36	2.94	27	9	5	0	2	4	70			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.194	.72	0.10%	2.32	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
9	635	41	May 20(1)	SDP	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS-7	L(3-4)	4	7.0	5	1	1	2	3	1	0	3.14	3.11	27	8	9	1	0	5	64			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	0.179	.83	0.10%	2.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
10	636	46	May 25	SDP		HOU	W,2-1	GS-9		4	9.0	5	1	0	2	3	0	0	2.76	3.07	32	17	6	0	0	4	76			0	1	0	29	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.54	0.323	1.02	0.13%	2.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
11	637	50	May 29(1)	SDP		ATL	W,6-3	CG	W(4-4)	3	9.0	7	3	0	0	10	0	1	2.46	2.83	34	9	7	1	0	7	77			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.07	0.118	.65	0.04%	0.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
12	638	55	Jun 2	SDP	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	W(5-4)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.32	2.83	31	11	14	2	0	4	75			0	1	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.531	.96	0.26%	3.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
13	639	59	Jun 7	SDP	@	CHC	L,3-4	GS-4		4	4.0	8	2	2	2	4	0	0	2.41	2.80	20	1	5	2	0	8	40			0	0	0	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.028	1.02	-0.01%	0.07	1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
14	640	63	Jun 12	SDP		PIT	W,6-3	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	11	3	3	3	10	1	0	2.46	2.82	41	7	10	3	0	11	60			0	0	0	38	2	0	0	1	0	1	.47	0.174	.27	0.06%	0.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	641	67	Jun 16	SDP		CHC	L,2-5	GS-7	L(6-5)	3	7.0	10	5	4	3	3	1	0	2.63	2.95	32	11	5	1	0	10	39			1	1	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.14	-0.289	.67	-0.10%	-1.95	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
16	642	71	Jun 20	SDP		STL	W,3-1	CG	W(7-5)	3	9.0	11	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.51	2.88	36	14	5	1	0	11	65			0	1	0	35	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.25	0.415	.56	0.11%	2.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
17	643	75	Jun 25	SDP	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-8		4	8.0	5	2	2	2	4	2	0	2.49	3.06	31	9	11	2	4	5	66			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.373	.35	0.06%	1.72	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a1
18	644	80	Jun 29	SDP		HOU	L,1-4	GS-8	L(7-6)	3	8.0	5	4	2	4	6	1	0	2.48	3.13	34	9	10	2	0	5	62			3	1	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	2	.84	-0.172	.30	-0.04%	-0.51	1t start tie	8t 3 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
19	645	84	Jul 3	SDP		LAD	W,3-2	CG	W(8-6)	3	9.0	9	2	2	4	9	0	1	2.45	3.09	40	6	11	0	2	9	66			0	1	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.468	.08	0.01%	1.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
20	646	88	Jul 8(1)	SDP	@	NYM	W,5-3	CG	W(9-6)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	3	0	0	2.48	3.05	35	12	11	0	2	8	61			0	0	0	32	1	2	0	1	1	0	1.22	0.245	.16	0.02%	1.02	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
21	647	93	Jul 13(1)	SDP	@	MON	W,7-5	GS-5		4	5.0	5	5	5	3	2	1	0	2.68	3.15	23	4	10	1	0	4	36			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.341	.20	-0.04%	-2.67	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d2
22	648	98	Jul 20	SDP		NYM	W,2-1	CG	W(10-6)	6	9.0	4	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.59	3.06	31	7	12	1	1	4	81			0	0	0	30	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.422	.32	0.08%	2.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
23	649	102	Jul 24	SDP		MON	W,4-3	GS-8		3	7.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	0	2.64	3.03	28	11	3	0	0	7	54			1	1	0	25	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.36	-0.021	.42	0.00%	0.09	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a1
24	650	106	Jul 28	SDP		SFG	W,4-3	GS-7		3	7.0	6	1	1	1	5	1	0	2.59	3.05	27	8	9	2	0	4	65			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.277	.12	0.02%	2.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
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
25	651	110	Aug 2	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-7	GS-6	L(10-7)	4	5.1	11	6	6	0	4	0	0	2.80	3.00	25	8	2	1	1	11	26			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.214	.06	-0.01%	-1.90	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d2
26	652	114	Aug 7	SDP	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-5	L(10-8)	4	5.0	5	3	2	6	5	1	0	2.83	3.10	26	8	5	0	0	2	46			2	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.130	.01	0.00%	-0.82	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
27	653	118	Aug 12(1)	SDP		CIN	L,2-9	GS-3	L(10-9)	4	2.1	6	5	5	2	1	0	0	3.02	3.11	15	4	2	0	0	6	24			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.332	.00	0.00%	-4.32	1t start tie	3t -2- 1 out d5
28	654	122	Aug 16	SDP	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-5	L(10-10)	3	5.0	8	5	4	2	0	0	0	3.12	3.13	25	8	7	1	0	8	31			2	0	0	23	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.29	-0.320	.00	0.00%	-2.53	1b start a 2	5b 3 out d3
29	655	126	Aug 20	SDP	@	STL	L,3-6	GS-7	L(10-11)	3	6.1	9	6	6	3	3	0	0	3.29	3.14	29	8	6	1	0	9	31			3	0	0	23	2	0	1	1	1	0	1.44	-0.294	.00	0.00%	-2.31	1b start a 1	7b -2- 1 out d3
30	656	130	Aug 25	SDP		PIT	L,3-4	GS-9		4	8.2	7	2	2	4	1	0	0	3.24	3.17	33	16	5	0	0	7	59			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	4	0	0	1.28	0.312	.00	0.00%	2.37	1t start tie	9t -23 2 out a1
31	657	134	Aug 29	SDP		CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(11-11)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.15	3.13	33	9	13	1	0	6	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.414	.00	0.00%	2.93	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
Sept				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
32	658	138	Sep 3	SDP		SFG	W,3-0	GS-7	W(12-11)	4	7.0	7	0	0	1	3	0	1	3.06	3.11	30	12	11	5	0	2	65			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.54	0.364	.00	0.00%	3.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
							17-15		W-L:12-11	3.6	232.2	225	90	79	67	140	12	4	3.06	3.11	963	1.16		6%	3%	211	56		---%	21	13	0	876	35	5	10	20	2	10	1.14	2.639	.56	0.75%	17.02

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