RIP in Peace Gaylord Perry

[JRHawk2003]

Master of the spitter later in his career. I didnt see his prime. I saw the chains, etc. Funny stuff. I miss that era of baseball.

Gaylord Perry RIP at 84

"GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — 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."

 

[onlyTheObvious]

A true character of the game of baseball.

 

[Fijimn]

Master of the spitter later in his career. I didnt see his prime. I saw the chains, etc. Funny stuff. I miss that era of baseball.

Gaylord Perry RIP at 84

"GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — 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."

CSB time. My great aunt owned an art gallery in Seattle that primarily sold Leroy Neiman. My grandfather did a lot of the framing for her. Through those years, my family acquired a lot of Neiman's art and my grandfather gifted me this poster signed by both Perry and Neiman. It's been in storage forever because it doesn't really fit our house.

 

[Colonoscopy]

aka "The Jitterbug"

 

[Finance85]

He always seemed to be amused at circumstances during a game, while still having intensity.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

Seem to recall an opposing player losing his mind during a game and bringing a bucket of water onto the field to protest.

Maybe it wasn’t Perry but another known spitballer.

 

[GOHOX69]

The loogy ball.

 

[JRHawk2003]

 

[lucas80]

I've posted this before, a few years ago I was at a ST game in Scottsdale watching the Cubs and the Giants, and I stopped off at a table where Lee Smith, Fergie Jenkins, and George Foster were signing autographs. A little old guy wearing a Giants jacket and cap walked up and cheerfully said hello, and all three of those guys stood up and shook his hand, clapped him on the back, asked about his wife, etc... After he walked off and autograph signing resumed I asked Lee Smith who the guy was, and he said it was Phil Niekro. I wish I could go to ST every year. It's neat to see all the older guys hanging around the ballparks.
CSB.

 

[GOHOX69]

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Ky eh?

 

[fredjr82]

When I first read the title, I was expecting to see Ben Stiller died.

 

[NDallasRuss]

Great story!!