Perdue played his first professional season in 1906 with the minor league Vincennes Alices of the Class D Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League. From 1907 to 1910, he pitched for the Class A Nashville Vols of the Southern Association. He led all pitchers in the league with 23 wins in 1909.\n', '

He was drafted by the Brooklyn Superbas of the National League from Nashville on September 1, 1910, in the Rule 5 draft. Before the beginning of the 1911 season, Perdue was selected off waivers by the Boston Rustlers. He then played with the Rustlers, later to become the Boston Braves, from 1911 to 1914. After four seasons of play, he accumulated a 37–44 (.457) win–loss record with a 4.03 earned run average (ERA) and struck out 245 batters. In 1912, he and Grover Cleveland Alexander lead the league in fewest home runs allowed, having yielded only eleven.\n', '

The Braves traded Perdue to the National League\'s St. Louis Cardinals for outfielders Ted Cather and Possum Whitted on June 28, 1914. He pitched with the Cardinals for the rest of the 1914 season and in 1915. At the end of two seasons, his record with St. Louis was 14–20 (.412) with a 3.42 ERA and 72 strikeouts. This was Perdue\'s final stretch in the majors. His career major league record was 51–64 (.443) with a 3.85 ERA and 317 strikeouts.\n', '

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