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Gaylord Perry, Hall of Fame Pitcher, Dead at 84

Gaylord Perry, a two-time Cy Young winner and 1991 inductee to the Baseball Hall of Fame, died Thursday. He was 84 years old.

Perry died of natural causes in his home in Gaffney, S.C. at approximately 5 a.m. ET on Thursday morning, according to Cherokee County coroner Dennis Fowler.

Perry made his Major League Baseball debut in 1962 for the Giants, spending the first decade of his 22-year career with the team. He’d go on to have stints with Cleveland, the Padres, Yankees, Braves, Mariners, Royals and two stints with the Rangers during his career, which ended in 1983.