Jim Perry

Full Name: James Evan Perry Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 4"/190 First Game: April 23, 1959 Birthdate: October 30, 1935 Final Game: August 5, 1975 Birthplace: Williamston, North Carolina MLB Experience: 17 years Bat/Throw: Both/Right

Biography

Born on October 30, 1935 in Williamston, North Carolina, Jim Perry (James Evan Perry) played for the Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 17 year career. Perry broke into the bigs on April 23, 1959 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 2.65 ERA in 153 innings pitched in 1959, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jim Perry's best season was 1970, when he posted a 3.04 ERA, won 24 games and struck out 168 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1959	CLE	A	44	13	12	10	2.65	79	54	45	8	2	4	153	122	10	55	7	2	2
1960	CLE	A	41	36	18	10	3.62	120	118	105	10	4	1	261.1	257	35	91	3	3	4
1961	CLE	A	35	35	10	17	4.71	90	132	117	6	1	0	223.2	238	28	87	5	5	6
1962	CLE	A	35	27	12	12	4.14	74	94	89	7	3	0	193.2	213	21	59	1	0	2
1963	MIN	A	35	25	9	9	3.74	65	77	70	5	1	1	168.1	167	17	57	4	2	2
1963	CLE	A	5	0	0	0	5.23	7	6	6	0	0	0	10.1	12	0	2	0	2	0
1963	TOT	A	40	25	9	9	3.83	72	83	76	5	1	1	178.2	179	17	59	4	4	2
1964	MIN	A	42	1	6	3	3.44	55	26	25	0	0	2	65.1	61	7	23	4	6	1
1965	MIN	A	36	19	12	7	2.63	88	57	49	4	2	0	167.2	142	18	47	2	4	3
1966	MIN	A	33	25	11	7	2.54	122	61	52	8	1	0	184.1	149	17	53	4	6	5
1967	MIN	A	37	11	8	7	3.03	94	51	44	3	2	0	130.2	123	8	50	5	2	3
1968	MIN	A	32	18	8	6	2.27	69	37	35	3	2	1	139	113	8	26	2	2	5
1969	MIN	A	46	36	20	6	2.82	153	87	82	12	3	0	261.2	244	18	66	10	3	9
1970	MIN	A	40	40	24	12	3.04	168	112	94	13	4	0	278.2	258	20	57	10	3	9
1971	MIN	A	40	39	17	17	4.23	126	135	127	8	0	1	270	263	39	102	10	5	5
1972	MIN	A	35	35	13	16	3.35	85	93	81	5	2	0	217.2	191	14	60	5	4	8
1973	DET	A	35	34	14	13	4.03	66	96	91	7	1	0	203	225	22	55	5	2	4
1974	CLE	A	36	36	17	12	2.96	71	94	83	8	3	0	252	242	11	64	10	1	5
1975	OAK	A	15	11	3	4	4.66	33	43	35	2	1	0	67.2	61	7	26	1	3	7
1975	CLE	A	8	6	1	6	6.69	11	34	28	0	0	0	37.2	46	8	18	5	0	0
1975	TOT	A	23	17	4	10	5.38	44	77	63	2	1	0	105.1	107	15	44	6	3	7
Total			630	447	215	174	3.45	1576	1407	1258	109	32	10	3285.2	3127	308	998	93	55	80

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1959	CLE	A	P	44	13	153	12	24	0	1	0	0	2	10	3	1.000
1960	CLE	A	P	41	36	261.1	23	40	2	4	0	2	4	6	5	.969
1961	CLE	A	P	35	35	223.2	17	37	5	5	0	3	6	7	0	.915
1962	CLE	A	P	35	27	193.2	12	39	1	3	0	2	4	8	1	.981
1963	MIN	A	P	35	25	168.1	8	28	2	1	0	4	1	7	1	.947
1963	CLE	A	P	5	0	10.1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	TOT	A	P	40	25	178.2	8	30	2	1	0	4	1	7	1	.950
1964	MIN	A	P	42	1	65.1	3	9	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1.000
1965	MIN	A	P	36	19	167.2	7	26	1	3	0	1	4	4	0	.971
1966	MIN	A	P	33	25	184	9	22	1	0	0	0	6	9	1	.969
1967	MIN	A	P	37	11	130.2	4	15	1	2	0	0	5	6	1	.950
1968	MIN	A	P	32	18	139	10	26	3	1	0	1	2	2	0	.923
1969	MIN	A	P	46	36	261.2	12	31	1	3	0	2	8	7	1	.977
1970	MIN	A	P	40	40	278.2	11	47	1	0	0	6	6	13	4	.983
1971	MIN	A	P	40	39	270	17	44	0	4	0	2	7	10	1	1.000
1972	MIN	A	P	35	35	217.2	21	28	6	3	0	1	3	7	1	.891
1973	DET	A	P	35	34	203	12	33	3	1	0	1	5	8	1	.938
1974	CLE	A	P	36	36	252	7	42	2	1	0	3	12	12	1	.961
1975	OAK	A	P	15	11	67.2	3	6	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	1.000
1975	CLE	A	P	8	6	37.2	3	7	0	1	0	1	2	5	0	1.000
1975	TOT	A	P	23	17	105.1	6	13	0	1	0	3	4	9	0	1.000
Total			P	630	447	3285.1	191	506	29	33	0	33	80	126	21	.960

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1959	CLE	A	44	50	5	15	0	5	.300	.300	.340	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
1960	CLE	A	42	91	7	22	0	5	.242	.247	.264	2	0	1	14	0	5	0	0	0
1961	CLE	A	35	73	4	12	0	3	.164	.176	.192	2	0	1	14	0	5	0	0	2
1962	CLE	A	35	60	8	11	0	0	.183	.210	.200	1	0	2	8	0	7	0	0	2
1963	MIN	A	35	51	5	11	0	4	.216	.298	.255	2	0	6	12	0	1	0	0	1
1963	CLE	A	5	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1963	TOT	A	40	53	5	11	0	4	.208	.288	.245	2	0	6	14	0	1	0	0	1
1964	MIN	A	42	13	0	2	0	1	.154	.154	.154	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1
1965	MIN	A	36	53	3	9	0	3	.170	.200	.226	1	1	1	16	1	4	0	0	0
1966	MIN	A	33	59	5	13	1	7	.220	.288	.339	4	0	5	18	1	2	0	0	0
1967	MIN	A	39	42	2	8	1	7	.190	.190	.286	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	2
1968	MIN	A	32	42	4	6	2	5	.143	.182	.310	1	0	2	12	0	4	0	0	1
1969	MIN	A	47	93	8	16	0	7	.172	.204	.226	3	1	3	24	1	3	0	0	5
1970	MIN	A	41	97	9	24	1	6	.247	.253	.320	4	0	1	14	0	10	0	0	1
1971	MIN	A	40	92	10	17	0	5	.185	.242	.185	0	0	7	18	0	4	0	0	4
1972	MIN	A	35	71	3	11	0	1	.155	.187	.169	1	0	3	14	0	5	0	0	0
1973	DET	A	35	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	CLE	A	36	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	OAK	A	15	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	CLE	A	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	TOT	A	23	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			635	889	73	177	5	59	.199	.228	.247	22	3	32	179	3	51	0	0	19

Transactions

• Signed as an amateur free agent by Cleveland Indians (1956).
• Traded by Cleveland Indians to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Jack Kralick (May 2, 1963).
• Traded by Minnesota Twins to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Danny Fife and cash (March 27, 1973).
• Traded by Detroit Tigers to Cleveland Indians as part of 3-team trade in which Cleveland Indians sent Rick Sawyer and Walt Williams to New York Yankees; New York Yankees sent Jerry Moses to Detroit Tigers; and Detroit Tigers sent Ed Farmer to New York Yankees (March 19, 1974).
• Traded by Cleveland Indians with Dick Bosman to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Blue Moon Odom and cash (May 20, 1975).
• Released by Oakland Athletics (August 13, 1975).