Gaylord Perry

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 205 lb

BornSeptember 15, 1938 · Williamston, NC, USA

MLB debutApril 14, 1962

Final gameSeptember 21, 1983

Seasons22 (1962–1983)

San Francisco Giants 1962–1971; Cleveland Indians 1972–1975; Texas Rangers 1975–1977; San Diego Padres 1978–1979; New York Yankees 1980; Texas Rangers 1980; Atlanta Braves 1981; Seattle Mariners 1982; Kansas City Royals 1983; Seattle Mariners 1983

Percentile snapshot

1983 season — qualified pitchers

13.8

33.3

4.6

10.3

14.9

SHO

20.7

214

37.9

87.4

20.7

12.6

186.3

ERA

4.64

9.2

WHIP

1.411

25.3

K/9

3.96

21.8

FIP

4.47

11.5

FIP-

107.7

25.3

ERA+

89.4

20.7

sWAR

0.8

18.4

of 88 qualified 1983 pitchers (min 163 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

116.7

85.6

sWAR

85.1

99.8

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1962	13	15	13	0	3	0	0	1	0	4	.231	.231	.231	.462	19.0	26.0	.211	-0.2
1963	32	18	18	1	4	1	0	0	0	6	.222	.222	.278	.500	35.9	44.6	.226	0.1
1964	46	66	56	0	3	1	0	3	1	23	.054	.085	.071	.156	-70.8	-55.5	.078	3.8
1965	49	72	64	4	10	0	0	2	2	19	.156	.194	.156	.350	-7.4	-0.1	.170	0.5
1966	36	93	86	4	16	1	0	2	1	25	.186	.195	.198	.393	-1.1	9.4	.181	4.5
1967	42	106	91	2	13	1	0	2	0	28	.143	.143	.154	.297	-28.3	-13.9	.137	5.3
1968	39	107	97	3	11	0	0	3	2	35	.113	.131	.113	.245	-45.2	-25.5	.120	4.6
1969	40	129	117	5	14	1	1	2	4	47	.120	.156	.154	.310	-22.1	-12.0	.151	7.2
1970	41	132	120	7	14	3	1	7	0	47	.117	.123	.167	.290	-35.2	-22.5	.131	5.9
1971	38	111	98	5	10	1	1	4	3	32	.102	.129	.143	.272	-38.6	-22.5	.130	4.7
1972	41	131	110	5	17	2	1	9	5	43	.155	.197	.200	.397	3.0	16.7	.193	9.3
1973	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.4
1974	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7.5
1975	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.0
1976	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.5
1977	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4.3
1978	37	102	87	5	8	2	0	3	2	31	.092	.112	.115	.227	-46.9	-34.0	.110	4.2
1979	32	84	71	2	6	2	1	2	2	19	.085	.110	.155	.265	-38.4	-26.5	.123	3.4
1980	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.7
1981	24	54	48	5	12	2	1	7	0	10	.250	.265	.354	.619	68.2	72.8	.287	1.2
1982	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.6
1983	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.8

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1962	13	7	3	1	0	1	0	54	25	14	20	3	43.0	5.23	1.581	4.19	3.67	95.1	73.9	-0.2
1963	31	4	1	6	2	0	0	84	34	29	52	10	76.0	4.03	1.487	6.16	4.06	125.5	80.4	0.1
1964	44	19	12	11	5	5	2	179	63	43	155	16	206.3	2.75	1.076	6.76	2.95	83.0	129.6	3.8
1965	47	26	8	12	1	6	0	194	91	70	170	21	195.7	4.19	1.349	7.82	3.46	96.8	85.4	0.5
1966	36	35	21	8	0	13	3	242	85	40	201	15	255.7	2.99	1.103	7.08	2.39	65.6	121.8	4.5
1967	39	37	15	17	1	18	3	231	85	84	230	20	293.0	2.61	1.075	7.06	2.88	87.0	126.7	5.3
1968	39	38	16	15	1	19	3	240	79	59	173	10	291.0	2.44	1.027	5.35	2.45	82.8	121.3	4.6
1969	40	39	19	14	0	26	3	290	90	91	233	23	325.3	2.49	1.171	6.45	3.08	87.1	142.1	7.2
1970	41	41	23	13	0	23	5	292	117	84	214	27	328.7	3.20	1.144	5.86	3.45	86.1	125.2	5.9
1971	37	37	16	12	0	14	2	255	86	67	158	20	280.0	2.76	1.150	5.08	3.11	90.7	124.2	4.7
1972	41	40	24	16	1	29	5	253	73	82	234	17	342.7	1.92	.978	6.15	2.37	74.8	165.5	9.3
1973	41	41	19	19	0	29	7	315	129	115	238	34	344.0	3.38	1.250	6.23	3.53	91.0	114.9	5.4
1974	37	37	21	13	0	28	4	230	90	99	216	25	322.3	2.51	1.021	6.03	3.22	88.8	144.2	7.5
1975	37	37	18	17	0	25	5	277	110	70	233	28	305.7	3.24	1.135	6.86	2.95	78.0	116.6	5.0
1976	32	32	15	14	0	21	2	232	90	52	143	14	250.3	3.24	1.134	5.14	2.83	79.0	110.5	3.5
1977	34	34	15	12	0	13	4	239	89	56	177	21	238.0	3.37	1.239	6.69	3.17	77.8	121.2	4.3
1978	37	37	21	6	0	5	2	241	79	66	154	9	260.7	2.73	1.178	5.32	2.67	79.7	123.0	4.2
1979	32	32	12	11	0	10	0	225	79	67	140	12	232.7	3.06	1.255	5.42	3.07	86.6	116.2	3.4
1980	34	32	10	13	0	6	2	224	84	64	135	14	205.7	3.68	1.400	5.91	3.38	85.5	107.5	2.7
1981	23	23	8	9	0	3	0	182	66	24	60	9	150.7	3.94	1.367	3.58	3.21	89.5	91.0	1.2
1982	32	32	10	12	0	6	0	245	106	54	116	27	216.7	4.40	1.380	4.82	4.04	96.3	95.3	1.6
1983	30	30	7	14	0	3	1	214	96	49	82	24	186.3	4.64	1.411	3.96	4.47	107.7	89.4	0.8

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

787

1,220

1,076

141

RBI

369

.1310

OBP

.1527

SLG

.1636

OPS

.3163

Pitching

G (P)

777

64th-most career G (P)

690

9th-most career GS

314

17th-most career W

265

6th-most career L

303

39th-most career CG

SHO

16th-most career SHO

5,350

6th-most career IP

SO (P)

3,534

9th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

1,379

21st-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.105

210th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.1807

123rd-lowest career WHIP

K/9

5.94

395th-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1970-07-18	WSH @ SF Gameday	4	2	2	1	1	2	0	6
1978-04-21	ATL @ SD Gameday	3	2	3	2	0	2	0	5
1972-06-09	MIN @ CLE Gameday	3	1	1	0	1	2	1	4
1969-07-20	LAD @ SF Gameday	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	4
1971-08-08	SF @ CHC Gameday	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	4

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1966-07-22	PHI @ SF Gameday	9.0	2	1	1	2	15	0
1974-04-17	CLE @ MIL Gameday	15.0	8	4	4	4	14	1
1969-09-30	SD @ SF Gameday	9.0	9	1	1	3	14	0
1970-06-20	SF @ SD Gameday	9.0	8	1	1	1	14	0
1973-06-21	CLE @ MIL Gameday	9.0	7	1	1	1	14	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1991 (BBWAA)

2× Cy Young Award5× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.