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Gaylord Perry Gaylord Jackson Perry Bats Right, Throws Right Height 6' 4", Weight 215 lb. MLB Debut April 14, 1962 Final Game September 21, 1983 Born September 15, 1938 in Williamston, NC Died December 1, 2022 (age 84)

• Pitched a one-hitter for SDN vs. ATN on September 4, 1973
• Pitched a one-hitter for TEA vs. NYA on April 9, 1977
• Pitched a one-hitter for TEA vs. OAA on April 25, 1977

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1962 23 SFN NL   0   0  .000   1   1   0   0   0   0    6.0    4    23    2    1   0    0   0   0    5   0  0  1.50  
 1963 24 SFN NL   0   0  .000   2   0   0   0   0   0    1.2    2     8    1    1   0    1   0   0    4   0  0  5.40  
 1964 25 SFN NL  11   9  .550  57  20   5  20   4   3  204.0  170   826   67   59  19   48   5   3  179   2  0  2.60  CY-15
 1965 26 SFN NL  13   9  .591  31  31   2   0   0   2  195.0  193   823   81   68  19   51   2   6  184   7  0  3.14  
 1966 27 SFN NL  18  11  .621  39  39   4   0   0   1  259.0  246  1058   98   92  20   57   9   9  190   8  0  3.20  CY-12
 1967 28 SFN NL  18  14  .562  41  41  12   0   0   2  302.0  258  1230  111  106  32   83   4   8  227  17  3  3.16  CY-7
 1968 29 SFN NL  23   4  .852  36  36  12   0   0   4  288.0  243  1149   91   74  17   44   2   7  172   8  0  2.31  CY-3
 1969 30 SFN NL  25  11  .694  40  39  21   1   0   5  318.2  279  1290  124  109  26   65   3   3  200  10  4  3.08  CY-6
 1970 31 SFN NL  23   9  .719  39  39  15   0   0   6  311.0  282  1280  123  106  28   83   6   7  192  10  0  3.07  CY-4
 1971 32 SFN NL   5   5  .500  11  11   6   0   0   0   91.0   98   390   54   42   6   26   0   4   48   3  0  4.15  
         LAN NL  13   9  .591  29  29   8   0   0   3  215.0  191   859   93   79  20   50   0   1  117   7  0  3.31  CY-14
         TOT     18  14  .562  40  40  14   0   0   3  306.0  289  1249  147  121  26   76   0   5  165  10  0  3.56 
 1972 33 SDN NL  21  13  .618  38  38  23   0   0   3  315.0  244  1250  103   88  22   64   0   5  253  11  0  2.51  CY-4
 1973 34 SDN NL  12  24  .333  41  41  18   0   0   3  289.0  290  1244  163  150  37  106   1   9  210  24  0  4.67  
 1974 35 SDN NL  16  18  .471  41  41  15   0   0   2  322.1  229  1296  106   85  23  110   0  10  222   3  0  2.37  CY-9
 1975 36 TEA AL  22   8  .733  38  37  22   0   0   3  319.0  282  1320  125  113  26   90  16   9  240   5  0  3.19  CY-2
 1976 37 TEA AL  15  16  .484  35  34  13   0   0   1  257.2  266  1101  108   87  12   73   8   6  143   0  0  3.04  
 1977 38 TEA AL  22   5  .815  36  36   9   0   0   2  254.0  252  1074  113   98  27   64   1   3  210   3  0  3.47  CY-6
 1978 39 DEA AL  17  17  .500  37  37  14   0   0   0  278.0  303  1206  143  124  21   80   6   3  142   5  3  4.01  
 1979 40 DEA AL  15  11  .577  37  37   8   0   0   3  254.1  239  1066  107   99  18   80   2   5  126   4  0  3.50  CY-13
 1980 41 SLN NL  14  11  .560  34  34   3   0   0   0  213.2  201   893   86   72  16   61   1   5  165  16  0  3.03  
 1981 42 SEA AL  10  10  .500  29  29   2   0   0   0  179.0  245   810  108   97   9   40   5   3   76   3  3  4.88  
 1982 43 SEA AL   9  17  .346  36  36   5   0   0   1  227.0  264  1007  131  105  25   65   8   1  126   6  0  4.16  
 1983 44 BOA AL  10   7  .588  22  22   4   0   0   1  153.1  160   647   67   53  18   43   0   5   74   6  0  3.11  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 22 Seasons     332 238  .582 750 708 221  21   4  45 5253.2 4941 21850 2205 1908 441 1384  79 112 3505 158 13  3.27
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With SFN     136  72  .654 297 257  77  21   4  23 1976.1 1775  8077  752  658 167  458  31  47 1401  65  7  3.00
   With SDN      49  55  .471 120 120  56   0   0   8  926.1  763  3790  372  323  82  280   1  24  685  38  0  3.14
   With TEA      59  29  .670 109 107  44   0   0   6  830.2  800  3495  346  298  65  227  25  18  593   8  0  3.23
   With DEA      32  28  .533  74  74  22   0   0   3  532.1  542  2272  250  223  39  160   8   8  268   9  3  3.77
   With SEA      19  27  .413  65  65   7   0   0   1  406.0  509  1817  239  202  34  105  13   4  202   9  3  4.48
   With LAN      13   9  .591  29  29   8   0   0   3  215.0  191   859   93   79  20   50   0   1  117   7  0  3.31
   With SLN      14  11  .560  34  34   3   0   0   0  213.2  201   893   86   72  16   61   1   5  165  16  0  3.03
   With BOA      10   7  .588  22  22   4   0   0   1  153.1  160   647   67   53  18   43   0   5   74   6  0  3.11
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     314 265  .542 777 690 303  33  11  53 5351.1 4938 21953 2128 1846 399 1379 164 108 3534 160  6  3.11
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1962 23 SFN NL  39    0   1.2   0  3.00    2   0   0  .000   1    1    0  .000    0    0  .000 -425   
 1963 24 SFN NL   0    0   4.6   0          0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000   46   
 1964 25 SFN NL  39   70   3.1   8  4.05   44   2   0  .045   0   10   10 1.000    6    3  .667  -28   
 1965 26 SFN NL  45   87   4.0   0  3.74   58   5   0  .086   3    4    1  .250   11    4  .733  -57   
 1966 27 SFN NL  44   98   3.4   0  4.41   80  11   0  .138   1   10    5  .500    7    8  .467  -16   
 1967 28 SFN NL  43  111   3.3   0  4.10   86   9   0  .105   1   11    8  .727   16    5  .762   17   
 1968 29 SFN NL  48   87   2.7   0  4.81   93  10   0  .108   3   12    8  .667   26   11  .703  -34   
 1969 30 SFN NL  43  108   3.0   0  4.03   95   8   1  .084   0   10    9  .900   20    5  .800  -55   
 1970 31 SFN NL  47  122   3.5   0  5.38  107  12   1  .112   2   12   10  .833   21   10  .677  -21   
 1971 32 SFN NL  51   45   4.6   0  4.27   24   2   0  .083   2    6    4  .667    9    3  .750   19   
         LAN NL  44   76   3.2   0  4.55   74   8   0  .108   2    6    4  .667   12    8  .600  -33   
         TOT         121   3.6   0         98  10   0  .102   4   12    8  .667   21   11  .656
 1972 33 SDN NL  44   96   2.7   0  3.58  101  14   0  .139   0    8    8 1.000   21    5  .808    0   
 1973 34 SDN NL  47  149   4.6   0  4.22   85   5   0  .059   0    7    7 1.000   14    7  .667   31   
 1974 35 SDN NL  45   98   2.7   0  2.95   93   6   0  .065   2   10    7  .700   26    6  .812  -22   
 1975 36 TEA AL  42  125   3.5   0  5.00    0   0   0  .000   1   11    9  .818    9    2  .818  -42   
 1976 37 TEA AL  52  109   3.7   0  4.12    1   0   0  .000   2    8    6  .750   18   14  .562    4   
 1977 38 TEA AL  61  116   4.1   0  6.83    0   0   0  .000   0    4    3  .750    6    1  .857  -33   
 1978 39 DEA AL  55  142   4.6   0  4.16    0   0   0  .000   3    7    4  .571   14    5  .737   66   
 1979 40 DEA AL  57  109   3.9   0  4.57    5   0   0  .000   2   10    7  .700    8    1  .889  -11   
 1980 41 SLN NL  46   89   3.7   0  4.06   69   4   0  .058   1    9    7  .778   12    4  .750  -84   
 1981 42 SEA AL  49  108   5.4   0  4.45    0   0   0  .000   5    9    4  .444    2    0 1.000   25   
 1982 43 SEA AL  49  124   4.8   0  3.31    0   0   0  .000   4    8    4  .500    8    3  .727  -42   
 1983 44 BOA AL  52   75   4.4   0  4.05    0   0   0  .000   1    7    5  .714    8    8  .500  -70   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 22 Seasons         2157   3.7   8       1017  96   2  .094  36  180  130  .722  274  113  .708  -18   8
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

Smiley Hall of Fame Voting

• Ballot #8 (Class of 1983): 14 of 16 votes, 87.5% -- ELECTED

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1966 WS    SFN CHA   L    2  4.20   0-2   0  2  15.0  16   7   2  14
 1969 NLCS  SFN NYN   L    2  1.69   1-0   0  2  16.0  12   3   7   7
 1970 NLCS  SFN MON   W    2  2.40   1-0   0  2  15.0  14   4   8  11
      WS    SFN MNA   L    2  5.27   0-2   0  2  13.2  20   8   4   6
 1971 NLCS  LAN NYN   W    1  2.08   1-0   0  1   8.2  10   2   2   3
      WS    LAN OAA   L    2  3.18   1-1   0  2  17.0  17   6   2  11
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Draft History

• 1972: Round 1 (#4 overall) by SDN
• 1975: Round 1 (#16 overall) by TEA (claim)
• 1978: Round 1 (#4 overall) by DEA
• 1980: Round 1 (#5 overall) by SLN
• 1981: Round 2 (#26 overall) by SEA
• 1983: Round 3 (#61 overall) by BOA

Transaction History

• 1971-07: traded by SFN to LAN with Dick Dietz for Claude Osteen, Duane Josephson

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Managers Year Tm Record Manager(s) +----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+ 1962 SFN 107-55 Larry Reeves 1963 SFN 107-55 Larry Reeves 1964 SFN 80-82 Darren Dawson 1965 SFN 91-71 Darren Dawson 1966 SFN 98-64 Darren Dawson 1967 SFN 91-71 Darren Dawson 1968 SFN 103-59 Raul Camacho 1969 SFN 97-65 Raul Camacho 1970 SFN 107-55 Raul Camacho 1971 SFN 76-86 Raul Camacho 1971 LAN 102-60 Scott Campbell 1972 SDN 68-94 Mike Tomeo 1973 SDN 68-94 Mike Tomeo 1974 SDN 84-78 Mike Tomeo 1975 TEA 88-74 Larry Cupp 1976 TEA 88-74 Larry Cupp, Stu Blake 1977 TEA 98-64 Stu Blake 1978 DEA 81-81 Dennis Van Langen 1979 DEA 76-86 Dennis Van Langen 1980 SLN 88-74 Rob Tomlinson 1981 SEA 94-68 Jeff Tripodi 1982 SEA 69-93 Jeff Tripodi 1983 BOA 81-81 Mike Tomeo

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