Gaylord Perry Baseball Cards

About Gaylord Perry, Hall of Famer

Gaylord Perry was a right-handed pitcher who played for eight teams across 22 seasons from 1962 to 1983, becoming one of baseball's most durable and accomplished arms. A five-time All-Star, Perry won the Cy Young Award in both leagues—taking the American League honor in 1972 with Cleveland and the National League award in 1978 with San Diego. At age 40, he became the oldest Cy Young winner, a record that stood for 26 years. Perry finished with 314 wins, 3,534 strikeouts, and 690 games started. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991 on his third ballot, capping a controversial career marked by his reputation for doctoring baseballs and psychological gamesmanship.

Did you know? Perry and his older brother Jim became the only siblings in major league history to both win Cy Young Awards and the first brothers to both reach 200 wins.

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