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Jim Perry | Major Leaguer 1959-1975

Full Name: James Evan Perry Jr.
Born: October 30,1935 in Williamston, North Carolina
Height: 6-4 Weight: 200 Bats: Both Throws: Right
High School: -
College:

Brother of Gaylord Perry

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Debut: April 23,1959

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Transactions: [Jan 1,1956] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Indians. [May 2,1963] - Traded by Indians to Twins for Jack Kralick. [Mar 27,1973] - Traded by Twins to Tigers for Danny Fife and Cash. [Mar 19,1974] - Traded by Tigers with Ed Farmer to Indians for Jerry Moses. [May 20,1975] - Traded by Indians with Dick Bosman to Athletics for Blue Moon Odom and Cash. [Aug 13,1975] - Released by Athletics.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1956	North Pltt	Neb St	20	Cle	D	7	8	4.80	16						120.0	129	104	64		65	124			9.68	---	4.88	9.30	1.62	--
1957	Fargo Mh	Northern	21	Cle	A	15	12	2.88	38						231.0	212	92	74		73	150			8.26	---	2.84	5.84	1.23	--
1958	Reading	East	22	Cle	A	16	8	2.79	32						200.0	165	78	62		66	135			7.43	---	2.97	6.08	1.16	--
1959	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	12	10	2.65	44	13	8	2	18	4	153.0	122	54	45	10	55	79	2	1	7.18	0.59	3.24	4.65	1.16	44%
1960	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	18	10	3.62	41	36	10	4	3	1	261.1	257	118	105	35	91	120	3	0	8.85	1.21	3.13	4.13	1.33	45%
1961	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	10	17	4.71	35	35	6	1	0	0	223.2	238	132	117	28	87	90	5	0	9.58	1.13	3.50	3.62	1.45	43%
1962	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	12	12	4.14	35	27	7	3	5	0	193.2	213	94	89	21	59	74	0	2	9.90	0.98	2.74	3.44	1.40	45%
1963	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	0	0	5.23	5	0	0	0	1	0	10.1	12	6	6	0	2	7	2	0	10.45	0.00	1.74	6.10	1.36	39%
	Minnesota	AL	27	Min	MLB	9	9	3.74	35	25	5	1	5	1	168.1	167	77	70	17	57	65	2	0	8.93	0.91	3.05	3.48	1.33	45%
1964	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	MLB	6	3	3.44	42	1	0	0	9	2	65.1	61	26	25	7	23	55	6	0	8.40	0.96	3.17	7.58	1.29	45%
1965	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	12	7	2.63	36	19	4	2	3	0	167.2	142	57	49	18	47	88	4	0	7.62	0.97	2.52	4.72	1.13	51%
1966	Minnesota	AL	30	Min	MLB	11	7	2.54	33	25	8	1	2	0	184.1	149	61	52	17	53	122	6	0	7.27	0.83	2.59	5.96	1.10	47%
1967	Minnesota	AL	31	Min	MLB	8	7	3.03	37	11	3	2	7	0	130.2	123	51	44	8	50	94	2	0	8.47	0.55	3.44	6.47	1.32	44%
1968	Minnesota	AL	32	Min	MLB	8	6	2.27	32	18	3	2	4	1	139.0	113	37	35	8	26	69	2	0	7.32	0.52	1.68	4.47	1.00	46%
1969	Minnesota	AL	33	Min	MLB	20	6	2.82	46	36	12	3	4	0	261.2	244	87	82	18	66	153	3	0	8.39	0.62	2.27	5.26	1.18	49%
1970	Minnesota	AL	34	Min	MLB	24	12	3.04	40	40	13	4	0	0	278.2	258	112	94	20	57	168	3	0	8.33	0.65	1.84	5.43	1.13	47%
1971	Minnesota	AL	35	Min	MLB	17	17	4.23	40	39	8	0	1	1	270.0	263	135	127	39	102	126	5	0	8.77	1.30	3.40	4.20	1.35	47%
1972	Minnesota	AL	36	Min	MLB	13	16	3.35	35	35	5	2	0	0	217.2	191	93	81	14	60	85	4	0	7.90	0.58	2.48	3.51	1.15	46%
1973	Detroit	AL	37	Det	MLB	14	13	4.03	35	34	7	1	0	0	203.0	225	96	91	22	55	66	2	0	9.98	0.98	2.44	2.93	1.38	45%
1974	Cleveland	AL	38	Cle	MLB	17	12	2.96	36	36	8	3	0	0	252.0	242	94	83	11	64	71	1	0	8.64	0.39	2.29	2.54	1.21	57%
1975	Oakland	AL	39	Oak	MLB	3	4	4.66	15	11	2	1	2	0	67.2	61	43	35	7	26	33	3	0	8.11	0.93	3.46	4.39	1.29	34%
	Cleveland	AL	39	Cle	MLB	1	6	6.69	8	6	0	0	0	0	37.2	46	34	28	8	18	11	0	0	10.99	1.91	4.30	2.63	1.70	64%

Major League Totals - 17 Season(s)						215	174	3.45	630	447	109	32	64	10	3,285.2	3127	1407	1258	308	998	1576	55	3	8.57	0.84	2.73	4.32	1.26	47%
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)						38	28	3.27	86						551.0	506	274	200		204	409			8.26	---	3.33	6.68	1.29	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1959	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	p	9	44	50	5	15	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.300	.300	.340	640	71%
1960	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	p	9	42	91	7	22	2	0	0	5	0	1	1	14	0	0	5	1	0	.242	.247	.264	511	51%
1961	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	p	9	35	73	4	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	14	0	0	5	0	2	.164	.176	.192	368	68%
1962	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	p	9	35	60	8	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	0	7	0	2	.183	.210	.200	410	53%
1963	Minnesota	AL	27	Min	MLB	p	9	35	51	5	11	2	0	0	4	0	0	6	12	0	0	1	0	1	.216	.298	.255	553	37%
	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	p	9	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	67%
1964	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	MLB	p	9	42	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	.154	.154	.154	308	33%
1965	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	p	9	36	53	3	9	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	16	1	0	4	0	0	.170	.200	.226	426	50%
1966	Minnesota	AL	30	Min	MLB	p	9	33	59	5	13	4	0	1	7	0	0	5	18	1	0	2	1	0	.220	.288	.339	627	48%
1967	Minnesota	AL	31	Min	MLB	p	9	39	42	2	8	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	2	.190	.190	.286	476	60%
1968	Minnesota	AL	32	Min	MLB	p	9	32	42	4	6	1	0	2	5	0	0	2	12	0	0	4	0	1	.143	.182	.310	492	73%
1969	Minnesota	AL	33	Min	MLB	p	9	47	93	8	16	3	1	0	7	0	0	3	24	1	0	3	1	5	.172	.204	.226	430	56%
1970	Minnesota	AL	34	Min	MLB	p	9	41	97	9	24	4	0	1	6	0	0	1	14	0	0	10	1	1	.247	.253	.320	573	66%
1971	Minnesota	AL	35	Min	MLB	p	9	40	92	10	17	0	0	0	5	0	0	7	18	0	0	4	0	4	.185	.242	.185	427	57%
1972	Minnesota	AL	36	Min	MLB	p	9	35	71	3	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	14	0	0	5	1	0	.155	.187	.169	356	62%
1973	Detroit	AL	37	Det	MLB	p	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1974	Cleveland	AL	38	Cle	MLB	p	0	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1975	Oakland	AL	39	Oak	MLB	p	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Cleveland	AL	39	Cle	MLB	p	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 17 Season(s)								635	889	73	177	22	3	5	59	0	1	32	179	3	0	51	5	19	.199	.228	.247	475	58%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1965	Minnesota	AL	29		Ws	0	0	4.50	2		0			0	4.0	5		2		2	4			11.25	---	4.50	9.00	1.75	--
1969	Minnesota	AL	33		Ch	0	0	3.38	1		0			0	8.0	6		3		3	3			6.75	---	3.38	3.38	1.13	--
1970	Minnesota	AL	34		Ch	0	1	13.51	2		0			0	5.1	10		8		1	3			16.89	---	1.69	5.07	2.06	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						0	1	6.75	5		0			0	17.1	21		13		6	10			10.90	---	3.12	5.19	1.56	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1965	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	Ws	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1969	Minnesota	AL	33	Min	Ch	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1970	Minnesota	AL	34	Min	Ch	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1959	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	P	44		153	12	24	0	36	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.12

1960	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	P	41		261.1	23	40	2	65	4	-	-	-	.969	2.17

1961	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	P	35		223.2	17	37	5	59	5	-	-	-	.915	2.17

1962	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	P	35		193.2	12	39	1	52	3	-	-	-	.981	2.37

1963	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	P	5		10.1	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.74
1963	Minnesota	AL	27	Min	MLB	P	35		168.1	8	28	2	38	1	-	-	-	.947	1.92

1964	Minnesota	AL	28	Min	MLB	P	42		65.1	3	9	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.65

1965	Minnesota	AL	29	Min	MLB	P	36		167.2	7	26	1	34	3	-	-	-	.971	1.77

1966	Minnesota	AL	30	Min	MLB	P	33		184.1	9	22	1	32	0	-	-	-	.969	1.51

1967	Minnesota	AL	31	Min	MLB	P	37		130.2	4	15	1	20	2	-	-	-	.950	1.31

1968	Minnesota	AL	32	Min	MLB	P	32		139	10	26	3	39	1	-	-	-	.923	2.33

1969	Minnesota	AL	33	Min	MLB	P	46		261.2	12	31	1	44	3	-	-	-	.977	1.48

1970	Minnesota	AL	34	Min	MLB	P	40		278.2	11	47	1	59	0	-	-	-	.983	1.87
1970	Minnesota	AL	34	Min	MLB	OF	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

1971	Minnesota	AL	35	Min	MLB	P	40		270	17	44	0	61	4	-	-	-	1.000	2.03

1972	Minnesota	AL	36	Min	MLB	P	35		217.2	21	28	6	55	3	-	-	-	.891	2.03

1973	Detroit	AL	37	Det	MLB	P	35		203	12	33	3	48	1	-	-	-	.938	2.00

1974	Cleveland	AL	38	Cle	MLB	P	36		252	7	42	2	51	1	-	-	-	.961	1.75

1975	Cleveland	AL	39	Cle	MLB	P	8		37.2	3	7	0	10	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.39
1975	Oakland	AL	39	Oak	MLB	P	15		67.2	3	6	0	9	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.20

Awards

[1959] - AL Rookie of the Year (Voting Rank: #2) [1960] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #21) [1961] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1969] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #9), AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #3) [1970] - American League Cy Young Award, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #9), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1971] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1981] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (6 votes - 1.5%) [1983] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (7 votes - 1.87%)

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Notes: Played in 3 All-Star games during his career (1961, 1970-1971)

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