Gerald June Perry (born October 30, 1960) is an American former professional baseball

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. He played from 1983 to 1995 for the

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and

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(MLB).

Career

In 1988, Perry had his best season, batting an even .300. He was one of only five National League batters that hit .300 or better that season who had the required number of plate appearances to qualify for the batting title. Perry was a contender for the title virtually the entire season, but ended up fifth.

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won the title that season by batting .313. For his efforts, Perry was named to the 1988 NL All-Star team. In 1993 he tied a

single-season club record with 24 pinch hits, and in 1995 he became the Cardinals all-time pinch-hit leader with his 70th Cardinal pinch hit. Perry was hitting coach for the

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from 2000 to 2002, the

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from 2003 to 2005, the

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in 2006, and the

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from 2007 until he was fired on June 13, 2009. The Cubs replaced him with

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. In 2011, the Athletics re-hired him as batting coach and let him go after the season ended. He was the hitting coach for the AAA

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in 2012. Perry joined the

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for the 2013 season as their hitting coach. He was the hitting coach for the USA team in the

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