Gaylord Perry

Gaylord Perry is one of those figures who made baseball genuinely fun to think about — not just because of the stats, but because of the audacity. The man played for eight teams over 22 seasons, won the Cy Young Award in both the American and National leagues (a first for any pitcher), and made five All-Star squads, yet somehow the thing everybody keeps talking about is whether he was loading up the baseball. He never really denied it in any convincing way, and his 1974 autobiography was literally titled "Me and the Spitter," so you have to respect the honesty-in-retrospect there. A kid out of Williamston, South Carolina who went to Campbell University and clawed his way into the Hall of Fame through pure durability and guile — that's a career. He passed away in December 2022 at 84, and honestly the game lost one of its great characters.

Name (English)

Gaylord Perry

Name (Japanese)

ゲイロード・ペリー

Reading

げいろーど・ぺりー

Born

September 15, 1938 – December 1, 2022

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Tiger

Origin

Williamston, South Carolina, United States

Occupation

baseball player

University

Campbell University

Awards & achievements

• 1973 North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC

Tags

• South Carolina
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.