2024 Topps Heritage Paul Skenes (BGS 9.5/Auto 9) and 2025 Topps Diamond Icons Tarik Skugal Genuine Diamond card (09/10)

1962 Topps #199, Gaylord Perry ⭐ Cy Young Award
On October 25, 1978, the Padres' Gaylord Perry (21-6, 2.72) won the National League Cy Young Award. This makes Perry the first pitcher to in the Cy Young Award n both leagues as he also won the honor with the Indians in 1972.

People forget how good he really was! Two-time Cy Young winning hall of fame pitcher with >300 wins. And you can buy his autographs for $10. Wild.

• Hall of Fame Induction: 1991 (Baseball Hall of Fame)

• Career Wins: 314 (one of only 24 pitchers in MLB history to surpass 300 wins)

• Career Strikeouts: 3,534 (8th all-time at retirement)

• ERA: 3.11

• Complete Games: 303

• Shutouts: 53

Awards & Honors

• 2× Cy Young Award Winner

  • 1972 (AL, Cleveland Indians) – 24 wins, 1.92 ERA, 234 strikeouts

  • 1978 (NL, San Diego Padres) – 21 wins, 2.73 ERA, at age 39

• 5× All-Star (1966, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1979)

• San Diego Padres Hall of Fame

• San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame

This is a Cy Young Award auto by Cliff Lee on an MLB ball my Uncle got me for Christmas one year. He got it at a charity auction in Boston. He didn’t win Cy Young yet at the time but I knew he was a good lefty and loved the ball. Not sure how the auto is fading since it’s just been in storage but still visible but I know there’s some sort of chemical answer.

One of my favorite pitchers early on in my 2nd attempt at collecting. Loved everything about the dude. Shook his hand at a Texas Ranger game and got a signed ball. I always blame myself because after I shook his hand his pitching career started to decline.