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Is Gaylord Perry MLB Hall of Famer? What was Gaylord Perry known for?

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Gaylord Jackson Perry, a lanky 6’4″ right-handed pitcher from North Carolina, was well-known for using the spitball (as well as the Vaseline ball and the KY Jelly ball) clandestinely and occasionally not so clandestinely decades after baseball had outlawed it.

In a 22-year big league career that spanned the years from 1962 to 1983, Perry with his “hard slider” amassed 314 victories and 3,534 strikeouts. Perry also pitched a no-hitter in 1968, won the Cy Young award in both leagues for the first time, and five times won 20 or more games in a season.

Is Gaylord Perry MLB Hall of Fame?

Gaylord Perry was inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1991 as a result of his pitching prowess.
Before the 1974 campaign, MLB amended Rule 8.02, also known as “Gaylord’s Rule,” to allow umpires to declare a ball automatically if they think it may be a spitball and to dismiss the pitcher after the second infraction. After winning six complete games in June 1974, Perry was named the AL Player of the Month. In the 1974 MLB All-Star Game, Perry made his debut for the AL in July of that year.

What was Gaylord Perry known for?

Throughout his 22-year career, Gaylord Perry was not only one of the best pitchers in baseball, but he was also a legend when it came to fixing the ball, perfecting the spit ball, and inventing another (now outlawed) pitch: the puff ball.

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