Also one of baseball’s worst hitting pitchers.
From Wikipedia: in his sophomore season of 1963, his manager Alvin Dark is said to have joked, “There would be a man on the moon before Gaylord Perry would hit a home run.” There are other variants on the story, but either way, on July 20, 1969, just an hour after the Apollo 11 spacecraft carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon, Perry hit the first home run of his career.
In other home run trivia:
Dave McNally hit a grand slam for the Orioles in the 1970 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds.
And Rick Wise of the Philadelphia Phillies, the next year, likewise pwn3d the Reds, when he hit two home runs in the same game against them.
And he added insult to injury because in that same game, he threw a no-hitter.
My vote for the most dominating 1-day performance by a pitcher in major league history...