Gaylord Perry
Baseball
Inducted: 1973
- Born in Williamston, NC, 1938
- Pitched for eight teams in the major leagues from 1962–1983
- Longest tenure with San Francisco Giants from 1962–1971
- Won 20 or more games five times
- Led NL in wins in 1970 and 1978; led AL in 1972
- Won AL Cy Young Award in 1972 for Cleveland and NL award in 1978 for San Diego
- Only player to win award in each league
- Brother Jim won AL Cy Young Award in 1970, making the duo the only brothers to win award
- Pitched no-hitter in 1968, beating St. Louis 1-0
- Finished career with 314-265 record, pitching 5,351 total innings
- Controversial figure for much of career because of alleged use of spitballs and other illegal pitches
- Coached baseball at Limestone College
- Brother Jim in NCSHOF
