Gaylord Perry Career Pitching Summary

  • May 7, 2025

Gaylord Perry played in Major League Baseball from 1962 to 1983, appearing in 777 games over 22 seasons. He recorded a total of 314 W and 265 L, an ERA of 3.11, 3,534 SO, a WHIP of 1.181, and a WAR of 93.2.

🧾 Basic Profile

Gaylord Perry
NameGaylord Perry
Date of BirthSeptember 15, 1938
Nationality
United States
PositionPitcher
ThrowsRight
BatsRight
MLB Debut1962
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Gaylord Perry Yearly Pitching Stats

This chart shows the season-by-season changes in ERA, SO, and IP for Gaylord Perry.

Parsing Data

Data Source: Baseball Reference

Image Source: Wikipedia

📊 Career Summary

Gaylord Perry appeared in 777 games over 22 MLB seasons from 1962 to 1983. Below are his cumulative stats and MLB all-time rankings:

GS690 (MLB Rank: 9)
GF33 (MLB Rank: 2,431)
W314 (MLB Rank: 17)
L265 (MLB Rank: 6)
SV10 (MLB Rank: 1,293)
ERA3.11 (MLB Rank: 1,600)
IP5350 (MLB Rank: 6)
SHO53 (MLB Rank: 16)
CG303 (MLB Rank: 39)
SO3,534 (MLB Rank: 9)
BB1379 (MLB Rank: 21)
H4,938 (MLB Rank: 5)
HR399 (MLB Rank: 14)
SO95.95 (MLB Rank: 4,168)
BB92.32 (MLB Rank: 10,288)
H98.31 (MLB Rank: 9,332)
HR90.67 (MLB Rank: 6,471)
WHIP1.181 (MLB Rank: 10,872)
WAR93.2 (MLB Rank: 13)

📊 Last Season Summary (1983)

In his final season (1983), Gaylord Perry recorded the following stats:

GS30
W7
L14
ERA4.64
IP186.1
SHO1
CG3
SO82
BB49
H214
HR24
SO93.96
BB92.37
H910.34
HR91.16
WHIP1.411
WAR1.3

📈 Seasonal Highlights

  • Most Wins: 1972, 24 W
  • Most SO: 1973, 238 SO
  • Most IP: 1973, 344 IP
  • Best WAR: 1972, 10.8 WAR
  • Best ERA: 1972, 1.92 ERA

🎯 Postseason Performance

Gaylord Perry appeared in 2 games during the postseason. He recorded an ERA of 6.34, pitched 14.2 IP, struck out 11 batters, with 1 W and 1 L.

Gaylord Perry Career Pitching Stats Overview

seasonWLERAW-L%SVSOIPWARWHIPHRHBBRERERA+FIPSO9SO/BBGSGGFCGSHOHR9H9BB9BKHBPIBBWPBF
1962
3
1
5.23
0.75
0
20
43
-0.6
1.581
3
54
14
29
25
74
3.57
4.2
1.43
7
13
1
1
0
0.6
11.3
2.9
0
0
2
3
195
1963
1
6
4.03
0.143
2
52
76
-0.5
1.487
10
84
29
41
34
80
4.04
6.2
1.79
4
31
6
0
0
1.2
9.9
3.4
1
2
7
4
340
1964
12
11
2.75
0.522
4
155
206.1
5.4
1.076
16
179
43
65
63
129
2.81
6.8
3.6
19
44
11
5
2
0.7
7.8
1.9
0
5
6
5
832
1965
8
12
4.19
0.4
1
170
195.2
0.2
1.349
21
194
70
105
91
86
3.34
7.8
2.43
26
47
8
6
0
1
8.9
3.2
0
6
16
12
848
1966
21
8
2.99
0.724
0
201
255.2
5.2
1.103
15
242
40
92
85
124
2.27
7.1
5.03
35
36
0
13
3
0.5
8.5
1.4
0
5
3
7
1035
1967
15
17
2.61
0.469
1
230
293
5.6
1.075
20
231
84
98
85
128
2.76
7.1
2.74
37
39
2
18
3
0.6
7.1
2.6
1
4
17
13
1178
1968
16
15
2.45
0.516
1
173
290.2
5.3
1.029
10
240
59
93
79
122
2.29
5.4
2.93
38
39
1
19
3
0.3
7.4
1.8
0
4
12
6
1159
1969
19
14
2.49
0.576
0
233
325.1
6.5
1.171
23
290
91
115
90
142
2.94
6.4
2.56
39
40
1
26
3
0.6
8
2.5
0
11
14
12
1345
1970
23
13
3.2
0.639
0
214
328.2
7.6
1.144
27
292
84
138
117
125
3.24
5.9
2.55
41
41
0
23
5
0.7
8
2.3
0
8
8
11
1336
1971
16
12
2.76
0.571
0
158
280
2.3
1.15
20
255
67
116
86
124
3.02
5.1
2.36
37
37
0
14
2
0.6
8.2
2.2
0
5
4
8
1149
1972
24
16
1.92
0.6
1
234
342.2
10.8
0.978
17
253
82
79
73
168
2.5
6.1
2.85
40
41
1
29
5
0.4
6.6
2.2
0
12
16
11
1345
1973
19
19
3.38
0.5
0
238
344
7.8
1.25
34
315
115
143
129
117
3.51
6.2
2.07
41
41
0
29
7
0.9
8.2
3
0
5
9
17
1410
1974
21
13
2.51
0.618
0
216
322.1
8.5
1.021
25
230
99
98
90
144
3.22
6
2.18
37
37
0
28
4
0.7
6.4
2.8
0
6
7
2
1262
1975
18
17
3.24
0.514
0
233
305.2
5.8
1.135
28
277
70
127
110
116
2.98
6.9
3.33
37
37
0
25
5
0.8
8.2
2.1
0
4
6
5
1248
1976
15
14
3.24
0.517
0
143
250.1
5.8
1.134
14
232
52
93
90
111
2.84
5.1
2.75
32
32
0
21
2
0.5
8.3
1.9
0
0
3
1
1005
1977
15
12
3.37
0.556
0
177
238
3
1.239
21
239
56
108
89
122
3.17
6.7
3.16
34
34
0
13
4
0.8
9
2.1
0
5
4
3
986
1978
21
6
2.73
0.778
0
154
260.2
4.3
1.178
9
241
66
96
79
121
2.63
5.3
2.33
37
37
0
5
2
0.3
8.3
2.3
3
2
8
4
1055
1979
12
11
3.06
0.522
0
140
232.2
3.2
1.255
12
225
67
90
79
115
3.11
5.4
2.09
32
32
0
10
0
0.5
8.7
2.6
0
4
10
6
963
1980
10
13
3.68
0.435
0
135
205.2
2.2
1.4
14
224
64
107
84
106
3.37
5.9
2.11
32
34
2
6
2
0.6
9.8
2.8
0
8
3
9
884
1981
8
9
3.94
0.471
0
60
150.2
1.4
1.367
9
182
24
70
66
91
3.14
3.6
2.5
23
23
0
3
0
0.5
10.9
1.4
1
4
1
3
644