Hall of Fame pitcher Gaylord Perry, best known for his prodigious use of the spitball, has died at the age of 84 according to the Associated Press. Perry won 314 games in a 22-year career, ending his career with 14 starts with the Royals in 1983. He was the first pitcher to win the Cy Young in both the American and National League, and he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991.
Perry signed with the Giants in 1958 out of Campbell University, and by 1966 he was a 21-game winner and an All-Star. In 1970, he led the league with 23 wins, the first of three seasons he would accomplish that feat, with a whopping 328 2⁄3 innings pitched, the second year in a row he would lead the league in that category.