Gaylord Perry

Gaylord Jackson Perry (born September 15, 1938 in Williamston, North Carolina) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1962-1983 for eight different teams in his career. During a 22-year baseball career, Perry compiled 314 wins, 3,534 strikeouts, and a 3.11 earned run average. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991.

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Filmography

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Acting Credits

2009

Prime 9 (TV Show)

Himself

2008

2008 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - Pre-Game Hall of Fame Ceremony

1979

1979 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Pitcher

1974

1974 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Pitcher

1972

1972 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - AL Pitcher

1971

1971 National League Championship Series (TV Show)

Himself - San Francisco Giants Pitcher

1970

1970 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Pitcher

1966

1966 MLB All-Star Game (TV Movie)

Himself - NL Pitcher

Self

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Quotes

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List of Gaylord Perry quotes.

I've got a kid six years old. He likes sports, but I definitely won't let him pitch. There would be too many things against him.

There is a difference between jaywalking and grand larceny.

I reckon I tried everything on the old apple, but salt and pepper and chocolate sauce topping.

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Pitching Stats

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Major League pitching statistics for Gaylord Perry.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1962	SFG	3-1	5.23	13	7	1	0	0	43	54	29	25	14	20
1963	SFG	1-6	4.03	31	4	0	0	2	76	84	41	34	29	52
1964	SFG	12-11	2.75	44	19	5	2	5	206	179	65	63	43	155
1965	SFG	8-12	4.19	47	26	6	0	1	195	194	105	91	70	170
1966	SFG	21-8	2.99	36	35	13	3	0	255	242	92	85	40	201
1967	SFG	15-17	2.61	39	37	18	3	1	293	231	98	85	84	230
1968	SFG	16-15	2.45	39	38	19	3	1	290	240	93	79	59	173
1969	SFG	19-14	2.49	40	39	26	3	0	325	290	115	90	91	233
1970	SFG	23-13	3.20	41	41	23	5	0	328	292	138	117	84	214
1971	SFG	16-12	2.76	37	37	14	2	0	280	255	116	86	67	158
1972	CLE	24-16	1.92	41	40	29	5	1	342	253	79	73	82	234
1973	CLE	19-19	3.38	41	41	29	7	0	344	315	143	129	115	238
1974	CLE	21-13	2.51	37	37	28	4	0	322	230	98	90	99	216
1975	CLE	6-9	3.55	15	15	10	1	0	121	120	57	48	34	85
1975	TEX	12-8	3.03	22	22	15	4	0	184	157	70	62	36	148
1976	TEX	15-14	3.24	32	32	21	2	0	250	232	93	90	52	143
1977	TEX	15-12	3.37	34	34	13	4	0	238	239	108	89	56	177
1978	SDP	21-6	2.73	37	37	5	2	0	260	241	96	79	66	154
1979	SDP	12-11	3.06	32	32	10	0	0	232	225	90	79	67	140
1980	NYY	4-4	4.44	10	8	0	0	0	50	65	33	25	18	28
1980	TEX	6-9	3.43	24	24	6	2	0	155	159	74	59	46	107
1981	ATL	8-9	3.94	23	23	3	0	0	150	182	70	66	24	60
1982	SEA	10-12	4.40	32	32	6	0	0	216	245	117	106	54	116
1983	KCR	4-4	4.27	14	14	1	1	0	84	98	48	40	26	40
1983	SEA	3-10	4.94	16	16	2	0	0	102	116	60	56	23	42
Career		314-265	-	777	690	303	53	11	-	4938	2128	1846	1379	3534

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Gaylord Perry.

Year	Team	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1962	SFG	13	7	43	3	5	1	1	0.889
1963	SFG	32	4	76	4	12	0	0	1.000
1964	SFG	46	19	206	12	26	0	3	1.000
1965	SFG	49	26	195	18	40	1	4	0.983
1966	SFG	36	35	255	16	40	1	2	0.982
1967	SFG	42	37	293	20	64	3	2	0.966
1968	SFG	39	38	290	31	62	2	3	0.979
1969	SFG	40	39	325	18	67	0	2	1.000
1970	SFG	41	41	328	30	67	4	5	0.960
1971	SFG	38	37	280	21	41	5	5	0.925
1972	CLE	41	40	342	18	61	2	7	0.975
1973	CLE	41	41	344	19	55	0	1	1.000
1974	CLE	37	37	322	26	45	3	4	0.959
1975	CLE	15	15	121	10	21	1	2	0.969
1975	TEX	22	22	184	9	22	0	1	1.000
1976	TEX	32	32	250	11	24	2	1	0.946
1977	TEX	34	34	238	14	28	1	2	0.977
1978	SDP	37	37	260	13	40	2	6	0.964
1979	SDP	32	32	232	11	41	2	2	0.963
1980	NYY	10	8	50	2	7	0	1	1.000
1980	TEX	24	24	155	11	25	1	2	0.973
1981	ATL	23	23	150	11	19	3	0	0.909
1982	SEA	32	32	216	11	35	3	1	0.939
1983	KCR	14	14	84	4	14	0	1	1.000
1983	SEA	16	16	102	6	16	1	0	0.957
Career		786	690	-	349	877	38	58	-

Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Gaylord Perry.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1962	SFG	13	13	0	3	0	0	1	0	4	0.231	0.231	0.231
1963	SFG	32	18	1	4	1	0	0	0	6	0.222	0.222	0.278
1964	SFG	46	56	0	3	1	0	3	1	23	0.054	0.085	0.071
1965	SFG	49	64	4	10	0	0	2	2	19	0.156	0.194	0.156
1966	SFG	36	86	4	16	1	0	2	1	25	0.186	0.195	0.198
1967	SFG	42	91	2	13	1	0	2	0	28	0.143	0.143	0.154
1968	SFG	39	97	3	11	0	0	3	2	35	0.113	0.131	0.113
1969	SFG	40	117	5	14	1	1	2	4	47	0.120	0.156	0.154
1970	SFG	41	120	7	14	3	1	7	0	47	0.117	0.123	0.167
1971	SFG	38	98	5	10	1	1	4	3	32	0.102	0.129	0.143
1972	CLE	41	110	5	17	2	1	9	5	43	0.155	0.197	0.200
1973	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1974	CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1975	CLE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1975	TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1976	TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1977	TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1978	SDP	37	87	5	8	2	0	3	2	31	0.092	0.112	0.115
1979	SDP	32	71	2	6	2	1	2	2	19	0.085	0.110	0.155
1980	NYY	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1980	TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1981	ATL	24	48	5	12	2	1	7	0	10	0.250	0.265	0.354
1982	SEA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1983	KCR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
1983	SEA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-
Career		512	1076	48	141	17	6	47	22	369	-	-	-

First Name	Gaylord
Middle Name	Jackson
Last Name	Perry
Full Name at Birth	Gaylord Jackson Perry
Age	74
Date of Birth	September 15, 1938
Birthplace	Williamston, North Carolina, USA
Height	6' 4" (193 cm)
Weight	205 lbs (93.0 kg)
Build	Average
Hair Color	Salt and Pepper
Star Sign	Virgo
Ethnicity	White
Nationality	American
High School	Williamston (Williamston, NC)
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Pitcher
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	14 April 1962
Last MLB Game	21 September 1983
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1991 (342/443 ballots).
Claim to Fame	Cleveland Indians