Gaylord Perry vs Luis Tiant

Gaylord Perry Luis Tiant

Gaylord Perry and Luis Tiant compared on their MLB careers: Gaylord Perry played 22 seasons, 1962 to 1983, Luis Tiant 19 seasons, 1964 to 1982. Gaylord Perry has 314 wins to Luis Tiant's 229.

Who has the better career numbers?

Gaylord Perry and Luis Tiant career totals

777	GP	573
314	W	229
265	L	172
3.1	ERA	3.3
5350.1	IP	3486.1
3,534	K	2,416
1,379	BB	1,104
1.2	WHIP	1.2
11	SV	15

How do they compare in the postseason?

Gaylord Perry and Luis Tiant postseason

2	GP	5
0	R	0
19	H	29

Where each stands all time

Gaylord Perry and Luis Tiant all-time places

10th (3,534)	Strikeouts (pitching)	49th (2,416)
17th (314)	Wins (pitching)	63rd (229)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Gaylord Perry: 0 championships; AL Cy Young, NL Cy Young
Luis Tiant: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Gaylord Perry and Luis Tiant season by season

1st	1962	3	1	5.23	1964	10	4	2.83
2nd	1963	1	6	4.03	1965	11	11	3.53
3rd	1964	12	11	2.75	1966	12	11	2.79
4th	1965	8	12	4.19	1967	12	9	2.74
5th	1966	21	8	2.99	1968	21	9	1.60
6th	1967	15	17	2.61	1969	9	20	3.71
7th	1968	16	15	2.44	1970	7	3	3.40
8th	1969	19	14	2.49	1971	1	7	4.85
9th	1970	23	13	3.20	1972	15	6	1.91
10th	1971	16	12	2.76	1973	20	13	3.34
11th	1972	24	16	1.92	1974	22	13	2.92
12th	1973	19	19	3.38	1975	18	14	4.02
13th	1974	21	13	2.51	1976	21	12	3.06
14th	1975	18	17	3.24	1977	12	8	4.53
15th	1976	15	14	3.24	1978	13	8	3.31
16th	1977	15	12	3.37	1979	13	8	3.91
17th	1978	21	6	2.73	1980	8	9	4.89
18th	1979	12	11	3.06	1981	2	5	3.92
19th	1980	10	13	3.68	1982	2	2	5.76
20th	1981	8	9	3.94	—	—	—	—
21st	1982	10	12	4.40	—	—	—	—
22nd	1983	7	14	4.64	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA