- Born
- Died
- Birth nameGaylord Jackson Perry
- Nicknames
- The Ancient Mariner
- K-Lord
- Height6′ 4″ (1.93 m)
- 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jon C. Hopwood
- SpousesDeborah(July 4, 1995 - December 1, 2022) (his death)Carol Caggiano(June 30, 1990 - ?) (divorced)Blanche Manning(December 26, 1959 - September 11, 1987) (her death, 4 children)
- RelativesJim Perry(Sibling)
- Number 36 jersey with the San Francisco Giants
- Known for doctoring balls
- Named to 3 National League All-Star Teams (1966, 1970 and 1979) and 2 American League All-Star Teams (1972 and 1974).
- Member of San Francisco Giants' 1962 National League champions and 1971 National League Western Division champions, and of the New York Yankees' 1980 American League Eastern Division champions.
- Pitcher for San Francisco Giants (1962-1971), Cleveland Indians (1972-1975), Texas Rangers (1975-1977 and 1980), San Diego Padres (1978-1979), New York Yankees (1980), Atlanta Braves (1981), Seattle Mariners (1982-1983) and Kansas City Royals (1983).
- Finished 2nd in voting to Bob Gibson for the 1970 National League Cy Young Award after leading league in wins (23), innings (328-2/3), games started (41), shutouts (5), hits allowed (292) and batters faced (1,336). Also had 214 strikeouts, 23 complete games, and a 3.20 ERA, and allowed 10 sacrifice hits, 10.3 walks and hits (8 hits and 2.3 walks) per 9 innings pitched, 27 home runs, 117 earned runs , 11 wild pitches and 8 hit batsmen.
- Won the 1972 American League Cy Young Award and finished 6th in voting for the American League MVP after leading league in wins (24) and complete games (29) with 342-2/3 innings pitched, 234 strikeouts, 40 games started, 5 shutouts and a 1.92 ERA. and allowing 14 sacrifice hits, 8.8 walks and hits (6.64 hits and 2.15 walks) per 9 innings pitched, 82 walks, 253 hits, 16 losses, 11 wild pitches, 12 hit batsmen and 1,345 batters faced.
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