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R.I.P. Gaylord Perry
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R.I.P. Gaylord Perry


Dec 1, 2022, 10:23 AM

Hall of Fame pitcher Gaylord Perry, spitball master, dies at 84

Per AP:

GAFFNEY, S.C. -- Baseball Hall of Famer and two-time Cy Young Award winner Gaylord Perry, a master of the spitball, died Thursday. He was 84.

Perry died at his home in Gaffney at about 5 a.m. Thursday of natural causes, Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said. He did not provide additional details.

Perry pitched for eight major-league teams from 1962 until 1983. 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.

He had a career record of 314-255, finished with 3,554 strikeouts and used a pitching style where he doctored baseballs or made batters believe he was doctoring them. His 1974 autobiography was titled "Me and the Spitter."

After his career, Perry founded the baseball program at Limestone College in Gaffney and was its coach for the first three years.

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Dec 1, 2022, 10:25 AM

Met him a few times. He and Billy Odell were two of the best. RIP.

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Dec 1, 2022, 10:26 AM

How is Limestone's baseball program doing?

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Dec 1, 2022, 10:27 AM

Dang....he was a great one. RIP

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Screw Calford.


Re: R.I.P. Gaylord Perry


Dec 1, 2022, 10:28 AM

Not Gaylord!!! I just bought some peanuts a few weeks ago from his old farm place in NC.

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