psychological edge over the hitters due to the spitball, saying "Just the idea that batters think I'm throwing the spitter when I might not be helps me. Some of 'em worry more about whether I'm throwing it than about hitting it." In 1974, Mel Durslag wrote that Perry had "psyched out more hitters than any spitball suspect to come along since Lew Burdette". Perry won the Cy Young Award with Cleveland in 1972 and with the San Diego Padres in 1978. He joined the 300 win club on May 6, 1982, and was ejected from a game for doctoring a baseball for the first and only time of his career on August 23, 1982. Despite admitting to cheating, Perry was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991. References 1974 non-fiction books Major League Baseball books Sports autobiographies Cheating in baseball Collaborative autobiographies Saturday Review Press books