Gaylord Perry
American baseball pitcher
Died when: 84 years 77 days (1010 months)Star Sign: Virgo
Gaylord Jackson Perry (September 15, 1938 – December 1, 2022) was an American professional baseball player.He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher for eight different teams from 1962 to 1983.
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.
Perry, a five-time All-Star, was the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in both leagues: the American League (AL) in 1972 with the Cleveland Indians, and the National League (NL) in 1978 with the San Diego Padres; his Cy Young Award announcement just as he turned the age of 40 made him the oldest to win the award, which stood as a record for 26 years.
He registered his 3,000th strikeout with the San Diego Padres in 1978.While pitching for the Seattle Mariners in 1982, Perry joined the 300 win club.
Despite Perry's notoriety for doctoring baseballs (e.g. throwing spitballs), and perhaps even more so for making batters think he was throwing them on a regular basis—he went so far as to title his 1974 autobiography Me and the Spitter—he was not ejected for the illegal practice until his 21st season in the majors in 1982.
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