pitcher | throws: right | bats: right | height: 6-4 | weight: 215 | born: 09.15.38
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| Gaylord Perry knew how to celebrate. |
Career biographies: BaseballLibrary.com | sportingnews.com | baseballhalloffame.org | theBASEBALLpage.com
In the show: Giants (1962-71), Cleveland (1972-75), Rangers (1975-77), Padres (1978-79), Yankees (1980), Rangers (1980), Atlanta (1981), Mariners (1982-83), Royals (1983).
How he was acquired: The Padres traded Dave Tomlin and $125,000 to the Rangers for Perry on Jan. 25, 1978.
How he was lost: The Padres traded Perry, Tucker Ashford and Joe Carroll to the Rangers for Willie Montanez on Feb. 15, 1980.
Player most similar to: Ed Walsh, Phil Niekro
Resume: Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame (1991). ... 300th win (May 6, 1982: Mariners d. Yankees, 7-3). ... Two-time Cy Young Award winner (1972, 1978). ... First pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in both leagues. ... Top 10 in MVP voting twice (1972, 1978). ... Top 10 in Cy Young Award voting five times (1970, 1972-74, 1978). ... Five-time All-Star (1966, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1979). ... Named to The Sporting News AL All-Star team (1972). ... Pitched no-hitter (Sept. 17, 1968, Giants d. Cardinals and Bob Gibson 1-0). ... Led the league in wins three times (1970, 1972, 1978). ... Led the league in innings pitched twice (1969-70). ... Led the league in complete games twice (1972-73).
Career year, 1972: 24-16, 1.92 ERA, 234 strikeouts and 82 walks in 342.2 innings, 29 complete games, five shutouts, 12 hit batsmen.
Revisionist history: Perry should have won another Cy Young Award in 1974 when he went 21-13 with a 2.51 ERA in 322.1 innings, according to Bill James’ Win Shares.
Books written by: Me and the Spitter in 1974. Perry was ejected for doctoring a baseball for the first time in his career on Aug. 23, 1980, when he was thrown out in the seventh inning of a 4-3 loss to the Red Sox.
His brother, Jim: Gaylord and Jim Perry are the only pair of brothers to win the Cy Young Award. For a few days in 1976, the pair also had the same record (215-174). But Jim’s career, for the most part, was mismanaged.
BY THE NUMBERS
year team w-l era g gs cg sho ip h r er bb k
1978 Padres 21-6 2.73 37 37 5 2 260.2 241 96 79 66 154
1979 Padres 12-11 3.06 32 32 10 0 232.2 225 90 79 67 140
totals 33-17 2.88 69 69 15 2 493.1 466 186 158 133 294
1.97 seasons 17-9 2.88 35 35 8 1 260.1 236 94 80 68 149
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