Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Gaylord Perry, who won two Cy Young Awards and was famous for his spitball, died Thursday in Gaffney, S.C., Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said. He was 84.

Within Verlander’s immediate sights is Walter Johnson (3,509) and Gaylord Perry (3,534), the latter of which played for the Giants at one time. Passing both would move Verlander up to No. 8 all ...