The Campbell University baseball program started in 1907 and Woody Upchurch was their first player to make it to the Major League level. On April 26, 1984, Jim Perry became their first player to be enshrined in the Campbell University Hall of Fame. His brother, Gaylord Perry, was also enshrined at the same time yet his name does not appear in the chart above because he did not play baseball for the Camels. Their entries read as follow:

Gaylord Perry
(Inducted Apr. 26, 1984)

Gaylord Perry was inducted along with his brother Jim into the Hall of Fame on April 26, 1984. They were the first of Campbell's athletes to receive that honor.

Gaylord attended Campbell from 1958-60. He then moved on to play professional baseball in the major leagues for 22 years.

Gaylord won the Cy Young Award in the American League in 1972 with the Cleveland Indians, and then again in the National League in 1978 with the San Diego Padres. No other pitcher has ever won the award in both leagues.

During his career, Gaylord won 314 games and lost 265. He struck out 3,534 batters in 5,351 innings and compiled a 3.10 earned run average.

Gaylord Perry was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York in 1991.

Jim Perry
(Inducted Apr. 26, 1984)

Jim Perry was inducted along with his brother Gaylord into the Campbell Sports Hall of Fame on April 26, 1984. They were the first of Campbell's athletes to receive that honor.

Jim attended Campbell from 1956-59. He then went on to play professional ball for 17 years in the American League. During his career, he won 215 games and lost 174, while striking out 1,576 batters in 3,286 innings. He also hurled 32 shutouts and compiled a 3.45 ERA.

Jim won the Cy Young Award in 1970 while playing for the Minnesota Twins. He and Gaylord established a major league record for victories compiled by brothers (529) that was later broken by the sibling tandem of Phil and Joe Niekro.

Source: Campbell University Website (link).

Before the Camels were known as Campbell Junior College they were Buies Creek Academy (1887-1926) and in 1979 they changed their name from Campbell College to Campbell University.

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