RIP Gaylord Perry, 1938-2022

[G-Fafif]

Gaylord Perry has died at age 84. His seventh career win of 314 came in the final ten innings before the Giants took the lead in the 23-inning marathon of May 31, 1964, at Shea.

https://www.wspa.com/news/baseball-hall ... tate-home/

Might have also doctored a ball or two.

[Edgy MD]

He and older brother Jim — who survives him at 87 — retain the record for most wins by a pair of siblings, at 529, 18 more than Cy Young combined with any of his non-cooperative brothers and sisters.

He reminds me fondly of that run in the 80s when George Steinbrenner developed a yen for rounding out his rotation with the oldest guys he could find — Perry, Tiant, both Niekros, Tommy John 2.0. Good times.

I also remember him showing up for an Old-Timer's Day or two with custom uniform top featuring the chestplate of every team he played for.

[Benjamin Grimm]

He wasn't the first to do that.

[cal sharpie]

I saw him in either '82 or '83 when he was pitching for the Mariners against the A's. At that point he was long past his prime and was kind of a novelty act at 45. Still, he was a beast in the prime of his career.

[vtmet7]

I realize that normally spitting on one's grave is considered disrespectful and/or hateful...but in Gaylord's case, would it be considered a sign of respect? He was the king of the spitball, right?

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Lived in the age of slippery stuff, died in the era of sticky stuff.

[Frayed Knot]

He and older brother Jim — who survives him at 87 — retain the record for most wins by a pair of siblings, at 529, 18 more than Cy Young combined with any of his non-cooperative brothers and sisters.

For the longest time the answer to that piece of trivia was Christy and Henry Mathewson. Few would guess correctly because few even knew of Henry and his 0-1 record in three ML appearances.
Hank & Tommie A. still hold the sibling HR mark I believe: 755 + 13

[MFS62]

I had a nice discussion with Gaylord from a box seat next to the Cleveland dugout at YS I. We talked about whether the players talk about teammates who are no longer with the club. I wanted to know whether any of the Indian players were still in contact with Tony Horton, who suffered a nervous breakdown and never returned to baseball. Gaylord said he hadn't heard any of Tony's teammates mention him, and he went on to talk about the pressure major leaguers encounter, and the lack of psychological counseling MLB should provide.

He didn't know me from Adam, but we talked about ten minutes before he was called away to do a pre-game with Bill White. When I saw white, I told Gaylord the White had mentioned to Phil Rizzuto the night before that Perry may have doctored the ball. Gaylord grinned broadly, waked over to White and yelled, "Hey White! I heard what you said about me last light". He gave me a wink and then shook Bill's hand.

RIP

Later

[whippoorwill]

Cool!

[DocTee]

A Campbell Camel. Like his brother-- for whom the school named the stadium.

[Edgy MD]

1966-67 Met Bob Shaw on teaching Gaylord the spitter.