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Historical player · 1959–1975

Jim Perry

B/T B/R · HT 76 · WT 190 · Born 10/30/1935 · From Williamston, NC USA · Debut 1959-04-23 · Final 1975-08-05

Career · batting

635

889

177

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.199 · 0.476

Career · pitching

630

447

3,285.7

W-L

215-174

1,576

ERA

3.45

WHIP

1.26

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Minnesota Twins · 1963–1972

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#297 on the Twins

↑ 1 G. Binks

↓ 1 J. Welaj

Hits

117

#332 on the Twins

↑ 1 D. Edwards

↓ 1 H. Naragon

RBI

#348 on the Twins

↑ 1 J. Castro

↓ 1 J. Tyner

Runs

#349 on the Twins

↑ 1 B. McCormick

↓ 1 M. Heydon

#405 on the Twins

↑ 1 J. Crede

↓ 1 H. Bader

Career with the Cleveland Indians · 1959–1975

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Hits

#474 on the Indians

↑ 1 B. Bradley

↓ 1 L. Tiant

RBI

#612 on the Indians

↑ 1 J. Altobelli

↓ 1 C. Young

Runs

#519 on the Indians

↑ 1 J. Damon

↓ 1 R. Caldwell

#819 on the Indians

↑ 1 B. Adams

↓ 1 A. Aber

Career with the Detroit Tigers · 1973–1973

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Career with the Oakland Athletics · 1975–1975

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#5,291 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 C. Zomphier

Hits

177

#4,958 all-time MLB

↑ 1 B. Bogusevic

↓ 1 S. Valdespino

RBI

#5,428 all-time MLB

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 J. Yepez

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1959	Indians	AL	44	50	5	15	0	1	0	5	0	3	0.300	0.300	0.340
1960	Indians	AL	42	91	7	22	2	0	0	5	1	14	0.242	0.247	0.264
1961	Indians	AL	35	73	4	12	2	0	0	3	1	14	0.164	0.176	0.192
1962	Indians	AL	35	60	8	11	1	0	0	0	2	8	0.183	0.210	0.200
1963	Indians	AL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.000	0.000
1963	Twins	AL	35	51	5	11	2	0	0	4	6	12	0.216	0.298	0.255
1964	Twins	AL	42	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0.154	0.154	0.154
1965	Twins	AL	36	53	3	9	1	1	0	3	1	16	0.170	0.200	0.226
1966	Twins	AL	33	59	5	13	4	0	1	7	5	18	0.220	0.288	0.339
1967	Twins	AL	39	42	2	8	1	0	1	7	0	6	0.190	0.190	0.286
1968	Twins	AL	32	42	4	6	1	0	2	5	2	12	0.143	0.182	0.310
1969	Twins	AL	47	93	8	16	3	1	0	7	3	24	0.172	0.204	0.226
1970	Twins	AL	41	97	9	24	4	0	1	6	1	14	0.247	0.253	0.320
1971	Twins	AL	40	92	10	17	0	0	0	5	7	18	0.185	0.242	0.185
1972	Twins	AL	35	71	3	11	1	0	0	1	3	14	0.155	0.187	0.169
1973	Tigers	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1974	Indians	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1975	Indians	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
1975	Athletics	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—
Career			635	889	73	177	22	3	5	59	32	179	0.199	0.228	0.248

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1959	Indians	AL	12	10	44	13	4	153.0	122	45	55	79	2.65	1.16
1960	Indians	AL	18	10	41	36	1	261.3	257	105	91	120	3.62	1.33
1961	Indians	AL	10	17	35	35	0	223.7	238	117	87	90	4.71	1.45
1962	Indians	AL	12	12	35	27	0	193.7	213	89	59	74	4.14	1.40
1963	Indians	AL	0	0	5	0	0	10.3	12	6	2	7	5.23	1.35
1963	Twins	AL	9	9	35	25	1	168.3	167	70	57	65	3.74	1.33
1964	Twins	AL	6	3	42	1	2	65.3	61	25	23	55	3.44	1.29
1965	Twins	AL	12	7	36	19	0	167.7	142	49	47	88	2.63	1.13
1966	Twins	AL	11	7	33	25	0	184.3	149	52	53	122	2.54	1.10
1967	Twins	AL	8	7	37	11	0	130.7	123	44	50	94	3.03	1.32
1968	Twins	AL	8	6	32	18	1	139.0	113	35	26	69	2.27	1.00
1969	Twins	AL	20	6	46	36	0	261.7	244	82	66	153	2.82	1.18
1970	Twins	AL	24	12	40	40	0	278.7	258	94	57	168	3.04	1.13
1971	Twins	AL	17	17	40	39	1	270.0	263	127	102	126	4.23	1.35
1972	Twins	AL	13	16	35	35	0	217.7	191	81	60	85	3.35	1.15
1973	Tigers	AL	14	13	35	34	0	203.0	225	91	55	66	4.03	1.38
1974	Indians	AL	17	12	36	36	0	252.0	242	83	64	71	2.96	1.21
1975	Indians	AL	1	6	8	6	0	37.7	46	28	18	11	6.69	1.70
1975	Athletics	AL	3	4	15	11	0	67.7	61	35	26	33	4.66	1.29
Career			215	174	630	447	10	3,285.7	3,127	1,258	998	1,576	3.45	1.26

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	630	447	3,286.0	191	506	29	33
OF	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
2007	Veterans - Players			Ballot
2005	Veterans - Players			Ballot
2003	Veterans - Players			Ballot
1983	BBWAA	7	281	Ballot
1981	BBWAA	6	301	Ballot