What years did Ron Perranoski play?

Ron Perranoski played in Major League Baseball from 1961 to 1973.

Was Ron Perranoski a pitcher?

Yes. Ron Perranoski pitched in the major leagues, recording 79 wins and 687 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Ron Perranoski hit?

Ron Perranoski hit 0 career home runs with 16 hits.

What teams did Ron Perranoski play for?

Ron Perranoski played for 4 teams: the Los Angeles Dodgers (1961–1967, 1972), the Minnesota Twins (1968–1971), the Detroit Tigers (1971–1972), and the California Angels (1973).

What were Ron Perranoski's career stats?

In 737 games, Ron Perranoski went 79-74 with a 2.79 ERA, 687 strikeouts, 1,174.2 innings pitched, and 179 saves.

What position did Ron Perranoski play?

Ron Perranoski played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Ron Perranoski and how much did he weigh?

Ron Perranoski was listed at 6 feet and 180 pounds.

What was Ron Perranoski's career ERA?

Ron Perranoski finished with a 2.79 career ERA, going 79-74 with 687 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Ron Perranoski have?

Ron Perranoski recorded 687 career strikeouts.

Is Ron Perranoski in the Hall of Fame?

No. Ron Perranoski has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Ron Perranoski

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1961-1973)

Ron Perranoski was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1961 to 1973 for 4 teams, including the Los Angeles Dodgers, a span of 13 seasons. Across 737 career appearances, he went 79-74 with a 2.79 ERA, 687 strikeouts, and 179 saves. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 11977.8.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 79–74

ERA 2.79

WHIP 1.33

SO 687

Pitcher PIV 11977.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 180 lb
Born: 4/1/1936 in Paterson, NJ, USA
Died: 10/2/2020 in Vero Beach, FL, USA
MLB Debut: 1961-04-14
Last Game: 1973-06-17

Full name: Ronald Peter Perranoski

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Career Pitching Statistics

Ron Perranoski — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
79	74	737	1	0	0	179	1174.2	1,097	364	50	468	687	2.79	11977.8

Career ERA 2.79 vs. league average 3.56 across their career seasons — 21.7% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Ron Perranoski Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1961	LAN	NL	7	5	53	1	6	91.2	82	27	41	56	2.65	4.03 (+34%)	1149.7
1962	LAN	NL	6	6	70	0	20	107.1	103	34	36	68	2.85	3.96 (+28%)	4053.1
1963	LAN	NL	16	3	69	0	21	129.0	112	24	43	75	1.67	3.46 (+52%)	1139.7
1964	LAN	NL	5	7	72	0	14	125.1	128	43	46	79	3.09	3.58 (+14%)	1904.7
1965	LAN	NL	6	6	59	0	17	104.2	85	26	40	53	2.24	3.50 (+36%)	1372.5
1966	LAN	NL	6	7	55	0	7	82.0	82	29	31	50	3.18	3.52 (+10%)	793.4
1967	LAN	NL	6	7	70	0	16	110.0	97	30	45	75	2.45	3.30 (+26%)	973.7
1968	MIN	AL	8	7	66	0	6	87.0	86	30	38	65	3.10	2.98 (-4%)	74.7
1969	MIN	AL	9	10	75	0	31	119.2	85	28	52	62	2.11	3.61 (+42%)	1156.3
1970	MIN	AL	7	8	67	0	34	111.0	108	30	42	55	2.43	3.89 (+37%)	728.0
1971	MIN	AL	1	4	36	0	5	42.2	60	32	28	21	6.75	3.47 (-95%)	-839.6
1971	DET	AL	0	1	11	0	2	18.0	16	5	3	8	2.50	3.47 (+28%)	-92.1
1972	DET	AL	0	1	17	0	0	18.2	23	16	8	10	7.71	3.26 (-136%)	-421.3
1972	LAN	NL	2	0	9	0	0	16.2	19	5	8	5	2.70	3.26 (+17%)	10.4
1973	CAL	AL	0	2	8	0	0	11.0	11	5	7	5	4.09	3.75 (-9%)	-25.4
Career · 15 seasons			79	74	737	1	179	1,174.2	1,097	364	468	687	2.79	—	11,978

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Ron Perranoski — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
737	167	6	16	1	1	0	3	0	10	92	.096	.147	.114	.261	0

Career AVG .096 vs. league average .249 across their career seasons — 61.5% below league average.

Career OBP .147 vs. league average .316 across their career seasons — 53.5% below league average.

Career SLG .114 vs. league average .372 across their career seasons — 69.4% below league average.

Career OPS .261 vs. league average .688 across their career seasons — 62.1% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Ron Perranoski Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1961	LAN	NL	53	12	2	1	0	0	0	2	8	.083	—	—	—	—	0.0
1962	LAN	NL	70	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	8	.071	—	—	—	—	0.0
1963	LAN	NL	69	24	1	3	0	0	0	2	15	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
1964	LAN	NL	72	19	1	2	0	0	0	1	8	.105	—	—	—	—	0.0
1965	LAN	NL	59	19	0	3	0	0	0	2	7	.158	—	—	—	—	0.0
1966	LAN	NL	55	8	1	2	1	1	1	0	5	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1967	LAN	NL	70	10	0	1	0	0	1	0	7	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
1968	MIN	AL	66	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1969	MIN	AL	75	24	1	2	0	0	1	2	14	.083	—	—	—	—	0.0
1970	MIN	AL	67	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	15	.042	—	—	—	—	0.0
1971	MIN	AL	36	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1971	DET	AL	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1972	DET	AL	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1972	LAN	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1973	CAL	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			737	167	6	16	1	1	3	10	92	.096	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Ron Perranoski — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Ron Perranoski — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	AVG
1970	ALCS	MIN	2	0	.000
1969	ALCS	MIN	3	1	.000
1966	WS	LAN	2	0	.000
1965	WS	LAN	2	0	.000
1963	WS	LAN	1	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Ron Perranoski — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	1	10	0	1	14.2	21	13	6	9	7.98

Playoff Pitching by Year

Ron Perranoski — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1970	ALCS	MIN	0	2	0	2.1	5	5	1	3	19.29
1969	ALCS	MIN	1	3	0	4.2	8	3	0	2	5.79
1966	WS	LAN	0	2	0	3.1	4	2	1	2	5.40
1965	WS	LAN	0	2	0	3.2	3	3	4	1	7.36
1963	WS	LAN	0	1	1	0.2	1	0	0	1	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Ron Perranoski — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	345	68	2	6	0	1	.088
Away	389	99	4	10	0	2	.101

Pitching — Home / Away

Ron Perranoski — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	345	546.1	502	167	200	331	2.75
Away	389	626.1	590	197	267	355	2.83

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Ron Perranoski — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1973-06-17	LAA	NYY	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
1973-05-26	LAA	MIL	—	1.0	2	2	2	2	0
1973-05-11	LAA	CHW	—	3.0	2	0	0	2	2
1973-05-10	LAA	CHW	L	0.2	1	1	1	1	0
1973-05-09	LAA	CLE	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	1
1973-04-27	LAA	CLE	—	1.2	1	0	0	0	1
1973-04-22	LAA	OAK	L	1.0	2	1	1	1	0
1973-04-07	LAA	KCR	—	1.2	2	1	1	0	1
1972-09-17	LAD	HOU	—	0.2	2	2	0	1	0
1972-09-13	LAD	SFG	—	3.0	4	0	0	0	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Ron Perranoski — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	737	1	45	222	18	12

Season-by-Season Fielding

Ron Perranoski — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1961	LAN	P	53	1	5	17	1	1
1962	LAN	P	70	0	3	17	4	3
1963	LAN	P	69	0	6	24	1	0
1964	LAN	P	72	0	6	32	2	2
1965	LAN	P	59	0	4	15	2	1
1966	LAN	P	55	0	7	23	1	1
1967	LAN	P	70	0	4	26	1	2
1968	MIN	P	66	0	4	13	1	0
1969	MIN	P	75	0	4	23	1	2
1970	MIN	P	67	0	0	15	1	0
1971	MIN	P	36	0	1	8	2	0
1971	DET	P	11	0	0	2	1	0
1972	DET	P	17	0	0	1	0	0
1972	LAN	P	9	0	1	2	0	0
1973	CAL	P	8	0	0	4	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Ron Perranoski Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	737

Awards & Honors

Ron Perranoski — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1970	TSN Fireman of the Year
1969	TSN Fireman of the Year

College History

Ron Perranoski — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Michigan State University	East Lansing	MI	1956, 1957, 1958

Award Voting History

Ron Perranoski — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1970	Cy Young Award	AL	7th	5.0	120	1
1970	Most Valuable Player	AL	12th	35.0	336	1
1969	Most Valuable Player	AL	13th	25.0	336	0
1963	Most Valuable Player	NL	4th	130.0	280	0

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Ron Perranoski: the record in brief

Ron Perranoski's major league career runs from a debut on April 14, 1961 to a final game on June 17, 1973. The season rows list, in order, the Los Angeles Dodgers (1961 through 1972), the Minnesota Twins (1968 through 1971), the Detroit Tigers (1971 through 1972), and the California Angels (1973). Listed as a pitcher, Perranoski batted and threw left-handed. Perranoski is listed at 6 feet, 0 inches and 180 pounds. The birth record reads April 1, 1936, in Paterson, NJ, USA. Perranoski's death is recorded on October 2, 2020, in Vero Beach, FL, USA. Perranoski's full given name, per the bio, is Ronald Peter Perranoski.

Perranoski's career pitching line is 79 wins, 74 losses and a 2.79 ERA over 737 appearances. Also on Perranoski's record: 687 strikeouts and 179 saves. Against a 3.56 league ERA for the same years, Perranoski was 21.7% better. The best win total was 16, in 1963. Perranoski struck out 79 batters in 1964, a career high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Ron Perranoski

What years did Ron Perranoski play?: Ron Perranoski played in Major League Baseball from 1961 to 1973.
Was Ron Perranoski a pitcher?: Yes. Ron Perranoski pitched in the major leagues, recording 79 wins and 687 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Ron Perranoski hit?: Ron Perranoski hit 0 career home runs with 16 hits.
What teams did Ron Perranoski play for?: Ron Perranoski played for 4 teams: the Los Angeles Dodgers (1961–1967, 1972), the Minnesota Twins (1968–1971), the Detroit Tigers (1971–1972), and the California Angels (1973).
What were Ron Perranoski's career stats?: In 737 games, Ron Perranoski went 79-74 with a 2.79 ERA, 687 strikeouts, 1,174.2 innings pitched, and 179 saves.
What position did Ron Perranoski play?: Ron Perranoski played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Ron Perranoski and how much did he weigh?: Ron Perranoski was listed at 6 feet and 180 pounds.
What was Ron Perranoski's career ERA?: Ron Perranoski finished with a 2.79 career ERA, going 79-74 with 687 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Ron Perranoski have?: Ron Perranoski recorded 687 career strikeouts.
Is Ron Perranoski in the Hall of Fame?: No. Ron Perranoski has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.