| SIGNER: Gaylord Perry BALL MANUFACTURER: Rawlings BALL TYPE: Official American League PRESIDENT'S STAMP: Bobby Brown BALL PRODUCTION DATES: 1985-89 COMMENTS / CONDITION: Hand-signed by Perry who also added an inscription of "314" (his career wins). As with all of my signed items, the signature is guaranteed to pass inspection by any major authenticator, or your money back. See photos for signature quality and ball condition. This ball will ship in an acrylic display holder. Combined shipping is available for multiple ball purchases. BIO: Gaylord Jackson Perry was born in 1938 in Williamston, NC. He played major league baseball from 1962 to 1983 as pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners and the Kansas City Royals, was selected 5 times as an All-Star, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991. Perry earned Cy Young awards in both the American League (1972) and the National League (1978). His brother Jim Perry also won a Cy Young Award for the Minnesota Twins in 1970, making the Perry brothers the only set of brothers to both win Cy Young Awards. He has 314 career wins; when he won his 300th game with the Seattle Mariners in 1982, he was the first pitcher to reach the milestone since Early Wynn 19 years earlier. Perry was famous for a series of motions where he would touch his face to make the batter think he was loading up a spitball. Perry was long believed to have doctored the baseball but was only caught once, on August 23, 1982, in his 21st season. When Gaylord's daughter Alison was five years old, a reporter asked her if her daddy threw a greaseball. "It's a hard slider," she replied, without missing a beat. SKU: BL0009
Item: BL0009
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