He won the Cy Young with Cleveland in 1972 and with San Diego in 1978 just after turning 40. Perry was a five-time All-Star who was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1991.
GAFFNEY, S.C. Baseball Hall of Famer and two-time Cy Young Award winner Gaylord Perry, a master of the spitball and telling stories about the pitch, died Thursday. He was 84.Perry died at his home in Gaffney at about 5 a.m. Thursday, Cherokee County.
Baseball Hall of Famer and two-time Cy Young Award winner Gaylord Perry, a master of the spitball and telling stories about the pitch, died Thursday. He was 84.
Perry had a career record of 314-255, finished with 3,554 strikeouts and used a pitching style where he doctored balls or made others believe he was doctoring them.