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Gaylord Perry played 22 major-league seasons (1962-1983) as a P (777). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 14 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 24 | SFN | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .231 | .462 | 29 |
| 1963 | 25 | SFN | 32 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .222 | .500 | 49 |
| 1964 | 26 | SFN | 46 | 56 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .054 | .156 | -54 |
| 1965 | 27 | SFN | 49 | 64 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .156 | .350 | 4 |
| 1966 | 28 | SFN | 36 | 86 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .186 | .393 | 13 |
| 1967 | 29 | SFN | 42 | 91 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .143 | .297 | -12 |
| 1968 | 30 | SFN | 39 | 97 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 35 | .113 | .245 | -23 |
| 1969 | 31 | SFN | 40 | 117 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 47 | .120 | .310 | -10 |
| 1970 | 32 | SFN | 41 | 120 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 47 | .117 | .290 | -20 |
| 1971 | 33 | SFN | 38 | 98 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 32 | .102 | .272 | -20 |
| 1972 | 34 | CLE | 41 | 110 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 43 | .155 | .397 | 23 |
| 1978 | 40 | SDN | 37 | 87 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 31 | .092 | .227 | -34 |
| 1979 | 41 | SDN | 32 | 71 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .085 | .265 | -26 |
| 1981 | 43 | ATL | 24 | 48 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .250 | .619 | 80 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 24 | SFN | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 20 | 14 | 5.23 | 75 |
| 1963 | 25 | SFN | 31 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 76 | 52 | 29 | 4.03 | 82 |
| 1964 | 26 | SFN | 44 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 206.1 | 155 | 43 | 2.75 | 129 |
| 1965 | 27 | SFN | 47 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 195.2 | 170 | 70 | 4.19 | 85 |
| 1966 | 28 | SFN | 36 | 35 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 255.2 | 201 | 40 | 2.99 | 120 |
| 1967 | 29 | SFN | 39 | 37 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 293 | 230 | 84 | 2.61 | 129 |
| 1968 | 30 | SFN | 39 | 38 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 291 | 173 | 59 | 2.44 | 122 |
| 1969 | 31 | SFN | 40 | 39 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 325.1 | 233 | 91 | 2.49 | 144 |
| 1970 | 32 | SFN | 41 | 41 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 328.2 | 214 | 84 | 3.20 | 126 |
| 1971 | 33 | SFN | 37 | 37 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 280 | 158 | 67 | 2.76 | 125 |
| 1972 | 34 | CLE | 41 | 40 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 342.2 | 234 | 82 | 1.92 | 160 |
| 1973 | 35 | CLE | 41 | 41 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 344 | 238 | 115 | 3.38 | 113 |
| 1974 | 36 | CLE | 37 | 37 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 322.1 | 216 | 99 | 2.51 | 144 |
| 1975 | 37 | CLE|TEX | 37 | 37 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 305.2 | 233 | 70 | 3.24 | 117 |
| 1976 | 38 | TEX | 32 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 250.1 | 143 | 52 | 3.24 | 109 |
| 1977 | 39 | TEX | 34 | 34 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 238 | 177 | 56 | 3.37 | 121 |
| 1978 | 40 | SDN | 37 | 37 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 260.2 | 154 | 66 | 2.73 | 131 |
| 1979 | 41 | SDN | 32 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 232.2 | 140 | 67 | 3.06 | 122 |
| 1980 | 42 | TEX|NYA | 34 | 32 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 205.2 | 135 | 64 | 3.68 | 110 |
| 1981 | 43 | ATL | 23 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 150.2 | 60 | 24 | 3.94 | 89 |
| 1982 | 44 | SEA | 32 | 32 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 216.2 | 116 | 54 | 4.40 | 93 |
| 1983 | 45 | SEA|KCA | 30 | 30 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 186.1 | 82 | 49 | 4.64 | 88 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | P | 13 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 1963 | P | 31 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | P | 44 | 19 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 3 |
| 1965 | P | 47 | 26 | 18 | 40 | 1 | 4 |
| 1966 | P | 36 | 35 | 16 | 40 | 1 | 2 |
| 1967 | P | 39 | 37 | 20 | 64 | 3 | 2 |
| 1968 | P | 39 | 38 | 31 | 62 | 2 | 3 |
| 1969 | P | 40 | 39 | 18 | 67 | 0 | 2 |
| 1970 | P | 41 | 41 | 30 | 67 | 4 | 5 |
| 1971 | P | 37 | 37 | 21 | 41 | 5 | 5 |
| 1972 | P | 41 | 40 | 18 | 61 | 2 | 7 |
| 1973 | P | 41 | 41 | 19 | 55 | 0 | 1 |
| 1974 | P | 37 | 37 | 26 | 45 | 3 | 4 |
| 1975 | P | 37 | 37 | 19 | 43 | 1 | 3 |
| 1976 | P | 32 | 32 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
| 1977 | P | 34 | 34 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 2 |
| 1978 | P | 37 | 37 | 13 | 40 | 2 | 6 |
| 1979 | P | 32 | 32 | 11 | 41 | 2 | 2 |
| 1980 | P | 34 | 32 | 13 | 32 | 1 | 3 |
| 1981 | P | 23 | 23 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | P | 32 | 32 | 11 | 35 | 3 | 1 |
| 1983 | P | 30 | 30 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Gaylord Perry won: Cy Young Award 1972 (AL), TSN All-Star 1972 (AL), Cy Young Award 1978 (NL), TSN All-Star 1978 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (11 ballot finishes, 2 wins). Full year pages: 1978, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1970, 1966.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 19 | 8 / 280 | 0 |
| 1970 | Cy Young Award | NL | 2 | 51 / 120 | 1 |
| 1970 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 14 | 24 / 336 | 0 |
| 1972 | Cy Young Award (winner) | AL | 1 | 64 / 120 | 9 |
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 6 | 88 / 336 | 0 |
| 1973 | Cy Young Award | AL | 9 | 1 / 120 | 0 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 28 | 4 / 336 | 0 |
| 1974 | Cy Young Award | AL | 4 | 8 / 120 | 1 |
| 1974 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 17 | 18 / 336 | 0 |
| 1978 | Cy Young Award (winner) | NL | 1 | 116 / 120 | 22 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 8 | 45 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.