Jim Perry

1959–1975 · bats B / throws R · ALS, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, Athletics

600G

.199AVG

.228OBP

.247SLG

More career statistics

177H

5HR

59RBI

0SB

215–174W–L

3,285.2IP

1,575K

3.45ERA

447GS

10SV

3Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · Games	600	635
Batting · Strikeouts	179	180
Pitching · Batters faced	13,732	13,738
Pitching · p er	1,258	1,259
Pitching · p ipouts	9,857	9,856
Pitching · p k	1,575	1,578

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
600	980	889	73	177	22	3	5	59	32	179	0	1	3	5	220	.199	.228	.247	.475

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
3,285.7	630	447	109	215	174	10	3,127	1,407	1,258	308	998	1,575	0	0	3.45	1.255

Streaks

7longest hitting streak · 1972-04-25 to 1972-06-03

8longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
60	11 scoreless innings	1960-05-25	1 in 3,313 pitcher-games	box score ↗
47	One-Hit Shutout	1975-06-10	1 in 193 games	box score ↗
44	4 home runs allowed	1960-08-26	1 in 801 pitcher-games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	320	509	90	3	31	20	91	.196	.216	.241
Away	315	471	87	2	28	12	89	.203	.210	.254

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	64	82	12	1	5	5	12	.167	.207	.222
May	114	144	29	1	9	6	27	.228	.243	.268
June	116	165	29	1	9	7	25	.196	.218	.243
July	124	205	45	2	16	5	38	.242	.244	.312
August	107	203	36	0	10	2	42	.188	.187	.241
September	106	174	23	0	8	6	35	.145	.167	.170
October	4	7	3	0	2	1	1	.500	.571	.500

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
boston-red-sox	77	137	27	0	7	9	19	.225	.263	.250
baltimore-orioles	73	103	23	3	11	1	21	.235	.233	.347
detroit-tigers	71	99	21	1	7	2	19	.233	.232	.289
chicago-white-sox	64	96	12	0	5	3	20	.143	.156	.155
new-york-yankees	53	78	13	1	5	3	16	.186	.205	.243
california-angels	44	56	9	0	2	0	13	.173	.161	.231
washington-senators-1961-71	40	81	17	0	7	4	12	.227	.259	.267
cleveland-guardians	39	50	4	0	1	4	12	.089	.160	.089

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1959	Cleveland Guardians	44	50	15	–	5	–	.300	153	79
1960	Cleveland Guardians	42	91	22	–	5	–	.242	261	121
1961	Cleveland Guardians	35	73	12	–	3	–	.164	223	91
1962	Cleveland Guardians	35	60	11	–	–	–	.183	193	74
1963	Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins	40	53	11	–	4	–	.208	178	72
1964	Minnesota Twins	42	13	2	–	1	–	.154	65	55
1965	Minnesota Twins	36	53	9	–	3	–	.170	167	88
1966	Minnesota Twins	33	59	13	1	7	–	.220	184	123
1967	Minnesota Twins	39	42	8	1	7	–	.190	130	94
1968	Minnesota Twins	32	42	6	2	5	–	.143	139	69
1969	Minnesota Twins	47	93	16	–	7	–	.172	261	153
1970	Minnesota Twins	41	97	24	1	6	–	.247	278	168
1971	Minnesota Twins	40	92	17	–	5	–	.185	270	126
1972	Minnesota Twins	35	71	11	–	1	–	.155	217	85
1973	Detroit Tigers	35	–	–	–	–	–	–	203	66
1974	Cleveland Guardians	36	–	–	–	–	–	–	252	70
1975	Cleveland Guardians, Athletics	23	–	–	–	–	–	–	105	44