Jim Perry stats
Pitcher
Bio
- Debut
- 1959
- AL Cy Young
- 1970
Bio
- Debut
- 1959
- AL Cy Young
- 1970
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 630
- W
- 215
- L
- 174
- ERA
- 3.45
- IP
- 3285.2
- K
- 1,576
- BB
- 998
- WHIP
- 1.26
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CLE | 44 | 12 | 10 | 2.65 | 153.0 | 79 | 55 | 1.16 |
| 1960 | CLE | 41 | 18 | 10 | 3.62 | 261.1 | 120 | 91 | 1.33 |
| 1961 | CLE | 35 | 10 | 17 | 4.71 | 223.2 | 90 | 87 | 1.45 |
| 1962 | CLE | 35 | 12 | 12 | 4.14 | 193.2 | 74 | 59 | 1.40 |
| 1963 |  CLE/MIN | 40 | 9 | 9 | 3.83 | 178.2 | 72 | 59 | 1.33 |
| 1964 | MIN | 42 | 6 | 3 | 3.44 | 65.1 | 55 | 23 | 1.29 |
| 1965 | MIN | 36 | 12 | 7 | 2.63 | 167.2 | 88 | 47 | 1.13 |
| 1966 | MIN | 33 | 11 | 7 | 2.54 | 184.1 | 122 | 53 | 1.10 |
| 1967 | MIN | 37 | 8 | 7 | 3.03 | 130.2 | 94 | 50 | 1.32 |
| 1968 | MIN | 32 | 8 | 6 | 2.27 | 139.0 | 69 | 26 | 1.00 |
| 1969 | MIN | 46 | 20 | 6 | 2.82 | 261.2 | 153 | 66 | 1.18 |
| 1970 | MIN | 40 | 24 | 12 | 3.04 | 278.2 | 168 | 57 | 1.13 |
| 1971 | MIN | 40 | 17 | 17 | 4.23 | 270.0 | 126 | 102 | 1.35 |
| 1972 | MIN | 35 | 13 | 16 | 3.35 | 217.2 | 85 | 60 | 1.15 |
| 1973 | DET | 35 | 14 | 13 | 4.03 | 203.0 | 66 | 55 | 1.38 |
| 1974 | CLE | 36 | 17 | 12 | 2.96 | 252.0 | 71 | 64 | 1.21 |
| 1975 |  CLE/ATH | 23 | 4 | 10 | 5.38 | 105.1 | 44 | 44 | 1.43 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 5
- W
- 0
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 6.88
- IP
- 17.0
- K
- 10
- BB
- 6
- WHIP
- 1.59
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 109
- SHO
- 32
- K/9
- 4.3
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CLE | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | CLE | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | CLE | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | CLE | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | CLE/MIN | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | MIN | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | MIN | 0 | 8 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | MIN | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | MIN | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | MIN | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | MIN | 0 | 13 | 4 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | MIN | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1972 | MIN | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1973 | DET | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | CLE | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | CLE/ATH | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Jim Perry's career stats?
Jim Perry played 17 seasons for the Guardians, the Twins and the Tigers. He had 215 wins and 1,576 strikeouts with a 3.45 ERA over 3,285.2 innings. His best season was 1970: 24 wins, a 3.04 ERA and 168 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
17 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1959 to 1975
Jim Perry led MLB in wins (1970); finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.
Awards
All-time career rank
- 208th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,576)
- 86th in wins (pitching) (215)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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