Gaylord Perry(1938-2022)
Five-time All-Star and two-time Cy Young Award winner Gaylord Perry was
a right-handed baseball pitcher who won 314 games in his 22-year-long
career, earning him election to the Hall of Fame. Perry became
notorious, and quite popular, as an unabashed proponent of the
spitball, which had been outlawed by major league baseball back in the
1920s. Perry is the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Memorial Award
for best pitcher in both the American League (1972 as a Cleveland
Indian) and National League (1978 as a San Diego Padre).
Perry retired in 1983 after pitching for eight teams (the San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners and Kansas City Royals). He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1991 and was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. In 1999 The Sporting News ranked him 97th on their list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players. The San Francisco Giants retired his uniform number 36 in 2005.
Perry retired in 1983 after pitching for eight teams (the San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners and Kansas City Royals). He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1991 and was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. In 1999 The Sporting News ranked him 97th on their list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players. The San Francisco Giants retired his uniform number 36 in 2005.
