Gaylord Perry (1938-2022) was a professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1962 to 1983. He played for eight different teams during his career, including for the Seattle Mariners from 1982 to 1983. Perry’s career was long and successful, with 314 wins. He threw a no-hitter in 1968 while playing for the San Francisco Giants, was the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in both the American and National Leagues, and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991.

This image shows Gaylord Perry during a game on August 29, 1982 against the Detroit Tigers. This was Perry’s first game back after being ejected for throwing an illegal pitch. Part of Perry’s success has been attributed to confusing opposing batters by allegedly tampering with the baseball. Perry struck out three batters in this game, which made him only the third MLB player to achieve 100 or more strikeouts in 18 different seasons.

Caption information source: “Gaylord Perry, Class of 1991,” National Baseball Hall of Fame, retrieved from https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/perry-gaylord
Caption information source: “Perry leaves on own accord, M’s lose,” by Tracy Ringolsby, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 30, 1982, page B1.