MLB / Players

Gerald Perry

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 180 lb

BornOctober 30, 1960 · Savannah, GA, USA

MLB debutAugust 11, 1983

Final gameAugust 24, 1995

Seasons13 (1983–1995)

Atlanta Braves 1983–1989; Kansas City Royals 1990; St. Louis Cardinals 1991–1995

Percentile snapshot

1990 season — qualified batters

133

11.7

512

6.3

465

14.1

17.2

118

28.9

27.3

32.8

RBI

31.3

19.5

78.1

68.8

52.3

.254

24.2

OBP

.313

18.8

SLG

.361

21.1

OPS

.674

18.8

wRC+

88.4

19.5

OPS+

90.1

21.1

wOBA

.309

17.2

sWAR

-0.2

1.6

of 129 qualified 1990 batters (min 499 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

94.5

30.9

OPS+

94.2

29.8

sWAR

2.2

70.7

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 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	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1983	27	45	39	5	14	2	0	1	6	5	4	0	1	.359	.422	.487	.909	152.9	145.1	.417	0.4
1984	122	419	347	52	92	12	2	7	47	61	38	15	12	.265	.372	.372	.743	108.9	104.2	.350	1.0
1985	110	262	238	22	51	5	0	3	13	23	28	9	5	.214	.282	.273	.556	51.3	52.5	.266	-1.2
1986	29	80	70	6	19	2	0	2	11	8	4	0	1	.271	.342	.386	.727	95.3	95.3	.333	0.1
1987	142	590	533	77	144	35	2	12	74	48	63	42	16	.270	.329	.411	.740	91.1	90.0	.333	0.1
1988	141	595	547	61	164	29	1	8	74	36	49	29	14	.300	.338	.400	.739	104.4	106.4	.334	1.0
1989	72	303	266	24	67	11	0	4	21	32	28	10	6	.252	.337	.338	.675	92.1	90.8	.315	0.0
1990	133	512	465	57	118	22	2	8	57	39	56	17	4	.254	.313	.361	.674	88.4	90.1	.309	-0.2
1991	109	267	242	29	58	8	4	6	36	22	34	15	8	.240	.300	.380	.680	89.5	90.3	.311	0.0
1992	87	161	143	13	34	8	0	1	18	15	23	3	6	.238	.311	.315	.625	74.6	80.4	.286	-0.2
1993	96	116	98	21	33	5	0	4	16	18	23	1	1	.337	.440	.510	.950	161.1	157.1	.426	1.1
1994	60	92	77	12	25	7	0	3	18	15	12	1	1	.325	.435	.532	.967	158.9	153.6	.428	0.9
1995	65	85	79	4	13	4	0	0	5	6	12	0	0	.165	.224	.215	.439	14.4	17.0	.209	-0.7

Career totals

1,193

3,527

3,144

383

832

150

RBI

396

328

374

142

.2646

OBP

.3327

SLG

.3756

OPS

.7083

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	TB
1988-06-01	PIT @ ATL Gameday	5	2	5	0	1	2	8
1988-06-10	ATL @ HOU Gameday	7	3	5	0	1	2	8
1984-06-05	ATL @ SF Gameday	5	3	4	0	1	2	7
1990-05-08	KC @ TEX Gameday	5	2	3	1	1	4	7
1987-08-08	ATL @ LAD Gameday	5	3	3	1	1	2	7

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

1× 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.