Roberto Pérez
| Roberto Pérez | |||
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Pérez with the Cleveland Indians in 2015 | |||
| Cleveland Indians – No. 55 | |||
| Catcher | |||
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Born: December 23, 1988 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 10, 2014, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) | |||
| Batting average | .220 | ||
| Home runs | 11 | ||
| Runs batted in | 42 | ||
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Roberto Pérez (born December 23, 1988) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Early life
Pérez was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 29th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft out of Eugenio Maria De Hostos High School in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. He did not sign and attended Florida Gateway College.[1]
Career
Minor league career
Pérez was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 33rd round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. Pérez played while suffering from bell's palsy during the 2013 season.[1][2]
Major league career
Pérez was called up to the majors for the first time on July 8, 2014.[3] He had his first major league hit two days later against the New York Yankees.[4]
On July 10, 2014, Pérez hit his first career home run off of New York Yankees pitcher Jim Miller.
During part of the 2015 season, he became the primary catcher while Yan Gomes was on the disabled list.[5][6][7] Toward the second half of the 2016 season, Pérez became the primary catcher, once again, in Gomes' spot.
In Pérez's first postseason at-bat of his career, he hit an opposite-field home run off the Boston Red Sox's Rick Porcello. Perez hit two home runs in game one of the 2016 World Series.[8]
Personal
Pérez has one star tattoo on each hand, representing his mother and his son. His mother's name is tattooed on his right wrist.[9]
References
- 1 2 Bastian, Jordan (April 27, 2014). "Prospect Perez played through Bell's palsy". MLB.com. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
- ↑ Massie, Jim (May 13, 2014). "Clippers: Bell's palsy catches Perez off guard". Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
- ↑ Bastian, Jordan; Shirkey, Alec (July 8, 2014). "Indians call up catcher Perez from Triple-A". MLB.com. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
- ↑ Shirkey, Alec (July 10, 2014). "Replay gives Tribe's Perez first big league homer". MLB.com. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
- ↑ Silva, Drew (April 12, 2015). "Yan Gomes placed on disabled list with right knee sprain". hardballtalk.nbcsports.com. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- ↑ "Yan Gomes out 6-8 weeks with MCL sprain". ESPN.com. ESPN Inc.(The Walt Disney Company, 80% Hearst Corporation, 20%). April 13, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- ↑ "Indians catcher Yan Gomes out at least 6 weeks with knee injury". foxsports.com. April 12, 2015. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2016/10/roberto_perezs_second_hr_ups_c.html
- ↑ Fagerstrom, August (May 8, 2015). "Tribe's Perez always has mom in his heart". MLB.com. Retrieved May 9, 2015.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)