Perry was coming off of a successful three year run with the Cleveland Indians in 1975 when he was traded over to the Texas Rangers for Jim Bibby on June 13th.
He wouldn’t disappoint, as he’d go 12-8 with a 3.03 earned run average and four shutouts the rest of the way over 22 appearances, all starts.
He would win another 30 games for the Rangers over the next two years before finding himself as a member of the San Diego Padres in 1978 at the age of 39, and all he’d end up doing for his new team is lead the league with 21 wins and take home his second Cy Young Award, the first to win the award in both leagues.
He’d end up his career with 314 wins, an excellent 3.11 ERA and 3534 strikeouts, with 53 shutouts over 777 appearances, 303 of them complete games.
In 1991, he finally got in the Hall of Fame after missing the cut his first two eligible years on the ballot.
