Gaylord Perryfamous american baseball player, deceased in the morning of December 1 at his 84 years. According to the provisions of the medical report, his death occurred due to natural causes.
Perry, Winner of two Cy Young Awards for pitcher of the yearhe was one of the great exponents of the technique spit ballwhich was sanctioned as illegal by 1920.
Gaylord Perry, a numbers race
The player competed 22 years old on Major League Baseballattended by approx 5,350 official matches. Plus he played eight different teams during that period, between 1962 Y 1983.
His first team was San Francisco Giantswhere he shared a dressing room with other future Hall of Fame inductees: Willie McCoveyOrlando Cepeda, Willie Mays Y Juan Marichal. He played there from 1962 to 1971.
Later he crossed the Cleveland Indians, from 1972 to 1975; in the texan rangers until 1977; in the San Diego Padres until 1979; in the New York Yankees by 1980; in the Atlanta Braves by 1981; is in the Seattle sailors and Kansas City Royals between 1982 and 1983.
Perry has one win-loss record extremely favorable: he won 314 matches and lost only 265. He has accumulated throughout his career 3,534 strikeouts and is placed in second place As the player with the most consecutive seasons with at least 15 winssecond only to Cy Young.
Gaylord Perry and spitball
The player gained recognition for using a technique prohibited in the league: the spit ball. This consists of spit on the ball to make it move in a certain way, since alter your resistance in the wind and add more weight.
why this technique is currently prohibitedPerry was sanctioned and even expelled in various games to continue using it this kind of comedy.
Perry and his Hall of Fame induction
In 1991Gaylord Perry entered the Hall of Fame of American baseball, thanks to his wide trajectory and for having been selected five times to the All-Stars team.
Also, Perry wrote to autobiography titled “Me and the Spitter”where he talks about his experiences and experiences throughout his career.
Source: Clarin
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