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Gaylord Perry, Hall of Fame pitcher and two-time Cy Young winner, dies at 84

Baseball Hall of Famer and two-time Cy Young winner Gaylord Perry died Thursday. He was 84.

Perry died of natural causes at about 5 a.m. Thursday at his home in Gaffney, South Carolina, a coroner told the Associated Press.

He played in MLB for 22 years and pitched 5,350 innings for eight teams from 1962 to 1983.

Perry’s first team was the San Francisco Giants, with which he played with four other future Hall of Famers: Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal and Orlando Cepeda.

A five-time All-Star, Perry was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1991.