Gaylord Perry

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Gaylord Perry

1962–1983 · Bats R · Throws R · 6'4", 205 lb · b. 1938 Williamston, NC

Career 314–265 · 3.11 ERA · 3,534 SO · 5350.1 IP · 787 G · 141 H · 6 HR · 47 RBI · .131 AVG

Seasons leading his league

17

11 best in baseball 6 league only

68 Top-5 finishes

8 Title seasons

8 Categories led

1970 Best season

Spanning 1964–1978, peaking at 6 titles in 1970.

Clubs 300 Win Club 3,000 Strikeout Club 20 Win Seasons ×5 Sub-2.00 ERA Seasons

Team records #2 Padres 1978 W #3 Guardians career WHIP #3 Guardians 1973 IP #5 Guardians career ERA #6 Padres 1978 IP #7 Rangers 1975 WHIP #8 Giants career SO #8 Giants career IP #9 Giants career WHIP #9 Guardians 1972 W

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

204th League titles 17
139th Best in baseball 11
174th Top-5 finishes 68

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

6th Innings Pitched 5350.1
6th Pitcher Putouts 349
9th Strikeouts 3,534
16th Shutouts 53
17th Wins 314
39th Complete Games 303
39th Pitcher Assists 877
122nd Walks + Hits / IP 1.18
208th Earned Run Average 3.11
262nd Pitcher Fielding Percentage .970
362nd Pitcher Range Factor 1.58
400th Strikeouts / 9 5.94

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Pitcher Fielding Percentage	3	1st	—	1964 1.000 1969 1.000 1973 1.000
Wins	3	1st	—	1970 NL 23 1972 AL 24 1978 NL 21 1966 #3
Pitcher Range Factor	2	1st	—	1970 2.37 1967 NL 2.15 1968 #2 1969 #3 1973 #3 1974 #3
Pitcher Putouts	2	1st	—	1970 30 1974 AL 26 1967 #2 1968 #2
Pitcher Assists	2	1st	—	1967 64 1970 67 1968 #2 1969 #2 1972 #2
Complete Games	2	1st	2 yrs (1972–1973)	1973 29 1972 AL 29 1967 #2 1969 #3 1970 #2 1974 #2 1975 #2
Innings Pitched	2	1st	2 yrs (1969–1970)	1969 325.1 1970 328.2 1967 #2 1972 #2 1973 #2 1974 #3 1975 #3
Shutouts	1	1st	—	1970 5 1973 #2 1975 #3
Walks + Hits / IP	—	#3	—	1972 #3 1974 #3
Strikeouts	—	#2	—	1967 #3 1972 #3 1975 #2
Earned Run Average	—	#2	—	1972 #2 1974 #2

Title Seasons

8 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1978	1	W 21
1974	1	P PO 26
1973	2	CG 29 P FPCT 1.000
1972	2	W 24 CG 29
1970	6	W 23 IP 328.2 SHO 5 P A 67 P PO 30 P RF 2.37
1969	2	IP 325.1 P FPCT 1.000
1967	2	P A 64 P RF 2.15
1964	1	P FPCT 1.000

Pitching

led the league 22 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1962	SFN	NL	3	1	5.23	13	7	0	43.0	54	25	3	14	20	1.58
1963	SFN	NL	1	6	4.03	31	4	2	76.0	84	34	10	29	52	1.49
1964	SFN	NL	12	11	2.75	44	19	5	206.1	179	63	16	43	155	1.08
1965	SFN	NL	8	12	4.19	47	26	1	195.2	194	91	21	70	170	1.35
1966	SFN	NL	21	8	2.99	36	35	0	255.2	242	85	15	40	201	1.10
1967	SFN	NL	15	17	2.61	39	37	1	293.0	231	85	20	84	230	1.08
1968	SFN	NL	16	15	2.44	39	38	1	291.0	240	79	10	59	173	1.03
1969	SFN	NL	19	14	2.49	40	39	0	325.1	290	90	23	91	233	1.17
1970	SFN	NL	23	13	3.20	41	41	0	328.2	292	117	27	84	214	1.14
1971	SFN	NL	16	12	2.76	37	37	0	280.0	255	86	20	67	158	1.15
1972	CLE	AL	24	16	1.92	41	40	1	342.2	253	73	17	82	234	0.98
1973	CLE	AL	19	19	3.38	41	41	0	344.0	315	129	34	115	238	1.25
1974	CLE	AL	21	13	2.51	37	37	0	322.1	230	90	25	99	216	1.02
1975	TEX +1	AL	18	17	3.24	37	37	0	305.2	277	110	28	70	233	1.14
1976	TEX	AL	15	14	3.24	32	32	0	250.1	232	90	14	52	143	1.13
1977	TEX	AL	15	12	3.37	34	34	0	238.0	239	89	21	56	177	1.24
1978	SDN	NL	21	6	2.73	37	37	0	260.2	241	79	9	66	154	1.18
1979	SDN	NL	12	11	3.06	32	32	0	232.2	225	79	12	67	140	1.26
1980	TEX +1	AL	10	13	3.68	34	32	0	205.2	224	84	14	64	135	1.40
1981	ATL	NL	8	9	3.94	23	23	0	150.2	182	66	9	24	60	1.37
1982	SEA	AL	10	12	4.40	32	32	0	216.2	245	106	27	54	116	1.38
1983	SEA +1	AL	7	14	4.64	30	30	0	186.1	214	96	24	49	82	1.41
Career	—	—	314	265	3.11	777	690	11	5350.1	4,938	1,846	399	1,379	3,534	1.18

Batting

22 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1962	SFN	NL	13	13	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	.231	.231	.231	.462
1963	SFN	NL	32	18	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	.222	.222	.278	.500
1964	SFN	NL	46	56	0	3	1	0	0	3	1	23	0	.054	.085	.071	.156
1965	SFN	NL	49	64	4	10	0	0	0	2	2	19	0	.156	.194	.156	.350
1966	SFN	NL	36	86	4	16	1	0	0	2	1	25	0	.186	.195	.198	.393
1967	SFN	NL	42	91	2	13	1	0	0	2	0	28	0	.143	.143	.154	.297
1968	SFN	NL	39	97	3	11	0	0	0	3	2	35	0	.113	.131	.113	.245
1969	SFN	NL	40	117	5	14	1	0	1	2	4	47	0	.120	.156	.154	.310
1970	SFN	NL	41	120	7	14	3	0	1	7	0	47	0	.117	.123	.167	.290
1971	SFN	NL	38	98	5	10	1	0	1	4	3	32	0	.102	.129	.143	.272
1972	CLE	AL	41	110	5	17	2	0	1	9	5	43	0	.155	.197	.200	.397
1973	CLE	AL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
1974	CLE	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
1975	TEX +1	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
1976	TEX	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
1977	TEX	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
1978	SDN	NL	37	87	5	8	2	0	0	3	2	31	0	.092	.112	.115	.227
1979	SDN	NL	32	71	2	6	2	0	1	2	2	19	0	.085	.110	.155	.265
1980	TEX +1	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
1981	ATL	NL	24	48	5	12	2	0	1	7	0	10	0	.250	.265	.354	.620
1982	SEA	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
1983	SEA +1	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
Career	—	—	787	1,076	48	141	17	0	6	47	22	369	0	.131	.153	.164	.316

Fielding

1 position

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1962	SFN	NL	P	13	7	43.0	3	5	1	1	9	.889	0.62
1963	SFN	NL	P	31	4	76.0	4	12	0	0	16	1.000	0.52
1964	SFN	NL	P	44	19	206.1	12	26	0	3	38	1.000	0.86
1965	SFN	NL	P	47	26	195.2	18	40	1	4	59	.983	1.23
1966	SFN	NL	P	36	35	255.2	16	40	1	2	57	.983	1.56
1967	SFN	NL	P	39	37	293.0	20	64	3	2	87	.966	2.15
1968	SFN	NL	P	39	38	290.2	31	62	2	3	95	.979	2.39
1969	SFN	NL	P	40	39	325.1	18	67	0	2	85	1.000	2.13
1970	SFN	NL	P	41	41	329.0	30	67	4	5	101	.960	2.37
1971	SFN	NL	P	37	37	280.0	21	41	5	5	67	.925	1.68
1972	CLE	AL	P	41	40	343.0	18	61	2	7	81	.975	1.93
1973	CLE	AL	P	41	41	344.0	19	55	0	1	74	1.000	1.81
1974	CLE	AL	P	37	37	322.1	26	45	3	4	74	.960	1.92
1975	TEX	AL	P	37	37	305.2	19	43	1	3	63	.984	1.68
1976	TEX	AL	P	32	32	250.1	11	24	2	1	37	.946	1.09
1977	TEX	AL	P	34	34	238.0	14	28	1	2	43	.977	1.24
1978	SDN	NL	P	37	37	260.2	13	40	2	6	55	.964	1.43
1979	SDN	NL	P	32	32	232.2	11	41	2	2	54	.963	1.63
1980	TEX	AL	P	34	32	205.2	13	32	1	3	46	.978	1.32
1981	ATL	NL	P	23	23	150.2	11	19	3	0	33	.909	1.30
1982	SEA	AL	P	32	32	216.2	11	35	3	1	49	.939	1.44
1983	SEA	AL	P	30	30	186.1	10	30	1	1	41	.976	1.33
Career	—	—	P	777	690	5350.2	349	877	38	58	1,264	.970	1.58