Presented is the opportunity to possess a baseball used in Hall of Fame right-hander Gaylord Perry's 300th win, a game at Seattle's Kingdome on May 5, 1982, between the visiting New York Yankees and Perry's Seattle Mariners. Born to farming parents in rural North Carolina, Perry pitched in the Major Leagues for eight teams (1962-83). Gaylord Perry was the first pitcher to win Cy Young Awards in both leagues: 1972, with the Cleveland Indians, when he won an AL-leading 24 games with a 1.92 ERA; 1978, when as a San Diego Padre, he won 21 games to lead the National League. Gaylord and his brother, Jim Perry, combined to become the first brothers to each win 200 games, and they are still the only brothers to each win a Cy Young Award. During his long career, Gaylord was relentlessly accused of throwing a spitball, but he was never thrown out of a game for using a "foreign substance" on a ball until 1982. In fact, Perry actually titled his autobiography Me and the Spitter.

Perry won his 300th game in a night contest against the New York Yankees. Even though Perry was 43 years old, he went the distance, giving up nine hits, including a home run by Ken Griffey, Sr., in a 7-3 Seattle victory. The offered baseball is a Rawlings Official American League Ball (MacPhail). It shows use, including some light stains or smudges. Perry used blue ink from a fine tip marker to sign and inscribe a side panel, neatly scripting "Gaylord Perry" and "#300 5-6-82." There is some very light spotting/staining on the ball under the signature and inscription, but not enough to impair his writing. The signed baseball comes with a PSA LOA for the signature. Other than the aforementioned light stains or smudges, the baseball is in EXCELLENT condition. Anyway, light stains on a Gaylord Perry used ball should surprise no one, because applying substances to baseballs was a procedure of which Perry was constantly accused, even when he was only pretending.