Baseball Hall of Famer and two-time Cy Young Award winner Gaylord Perry, a master of the spitball, died Thursday. He was 84.
Perry died at his home in Gaffney, South Carolina at about 5 a.m. Thursday of natural causes, Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said. He did not provide additional details.
Perry pitched for the San Francisco Giants and seven other major-league teams from 1962 until 1983. He won the Cy Young with Cleveland in 1972 and with San Diego in 1978 just after turning 40.
Baseball Hall of Famer and two-time Cy Young Award winner Gaylord Perry, a master of the spitball, died Thursday. He was 84.https://t.co/Dtj9FCyjMp
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NEW: Baseball Hall of Famer and two-time Cy Young Award winner Gaylord Perry, who played his first 10 #MLB seasons with the #SFGiants, has died at age 84. https://t.co/UENeehkXGv
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