Me and the Spitter: An Autobiographical Confession is a 1974 autobiography by Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher Gaylord Perry, written with Bob Sudyk, a sportswriter for the Cleveland Press.

After struggling to stay in the majors, Perry learned to throw a spitball, an illegal pitch using various substances such as saliva and Vaseline.

In 1973, Bobby Murcer of the New York Yankees publicly criticized Bowie Kuhn, the Commissioner of Baseball, and Joe Cronin, the president of the American League, for lacking the "guts" to enforce Rule 8.02, which banned the spitball; in response, Kuhn fined Murcer $250 (equivalent to $1,716 today).

[6] Perry showed Sudyk how he threw spitballs with substances like Vaseline and K-Y Jelly, and a "puffball" using rosin dust.

[10] While he was pitching, Perry employed decoy maneuvers, touching different parts of his uniform and person, to give himself a psychological edge over the hitters.

[16][10] In response to Perry's claim that he stopped throwing a spitball, Dave Anderson of The New York Times wrote: "It's not the first autobiography with some fiction in it.

"[7] Perry gained a psychological edge over the hitters due to the spitball, saying "Just the idea that batters think I'm throwing the spitter when I might not be helps me.

[21][22] Perry was eventually elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991, after failing to get in his first two times, likely due to his alleged use of the spitter.