Oliver Perez, baseball player, 2002-2022

Oliver Perez

Born: 8/15/1981 in Culiacan, Sinaloa, México

MLB Debut: 2002-06-16 | Final Game: 2022-04-24

Bats: L | Throws: L | Height: 6'3" | Weight: 225 lbs

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Biography

Oliver Perez, born in 1981, was a professional baseball pitcher whose career spanned from 2002 until his retirement in 2022. Over the course of his two-decade journey in Major League Baseball, Perez established himself as a versatile left-handed pitcher known for his strikeout ability and competitive spirit. He played for several teams, including the San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Mets, among others, showcasing his skills across different franchises and eras. Throughout his career, Perez compiled a record of 74-94 with an earned run average (ERA) of 4.37. He struck out a total of 1,546 batters, demonstrating his effectiveness on the mound and making him a notable figure during his playing years. Additionally, he recorded five saves, reflecting his capability to contribute in various roles, including both starting and relief pitching. Perez's tenure in baseball coincided with the evolution of pitching strategies in the game, and he was part of a generation of athletes who helped redefine the left-handed pitcher's role in the league. His longevity and adaptability made him a respected presence in the dugout and on the field throughout his extensive career.

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
74 94 703 195 3 2 5 1465.7 1336 712 198 762 1546 4.37 0

Career ERA 4.37 vs. league average 4.22 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2002 SDP NL 4 5 16 15 0 0 0 90.0 71 35 48 94 3.50 4.28 (+18%) -
2003 SDP NL 4 7 19 19 0 0 0 103.7 103 62 65 117 5.38 4.40 (-22%) -
2003 PIT NL 0 3 5 5 0 0 0 23.0 26 15 12 24 5.87 4.40 (-33%) 363.4
2004 PIT NL 12 10 30 30 2 1 0 196.0 145 65 81 239 2.98 4.46 (+33%) 5186.5
2005 PIT NL 7 5 20 20 0 0 0 103.0 102 67 70 97 5.85 4.29 (-36%) -5159.4
2006 PIT NL 2 10 15 15 0 0 0 76.0 88 56 51 61 6.63 4.53 (-46%) -2643.5
2006 NYN NL 1 3 7 7 1 1 0 36.7 41 26 17 41 6.38 4.53 (-41%) -463.4
2007 NYN NL 15 10 29 29 0 0 0 177.0 153 70 79 174 3.56 4.47 (+20%) 578.5
2008 NYN NL 10 7 34 34 0 0 0 194.0 167 91 105 180 4.22 4.32 (+2%) -1788.5
2009 NYN NL 3 4 14 14 0 0 0 66.0 69 50 58 62 6.82 4.32 (-58%) -3475.9
2010 NYN NL 0 5 17 7 0 0 0 46.3 54 35 42 37 6.80 4.08 (-67%) -3397.9
2012 SEA AL 1 3 33 0 0 0 0 29.7 27 7 10 24 2.12 4.01 (+47%) 812.2
2013 SEA AL 3 3 61 0 0 0 2 53.0 50 22 26 74 3.74 3.87 (+3%) 817.2
2014 AZ NL 3 4 68 0 0 0 0 58.7 50 19 24 76 2.91 3.74 (+22%) -
2015 AZ NL 2 1 48 0 0 0 0 29.0 25 10 11 37 3.10 3.96 (+22%) -
2015 HOU AL 0 3 22 0 0 0 0 12.0 14 9 4 14 6.75 3.96 (-70%) -1.6
2016 WAS NL 2 3 64 0 0 0 0 40.0 38 22 20 46 4.95 4.19 (-18%) 18.5
2017 WAS NL 0 0 50 0 0 0 1 33.0 32 17 12 39 4.64 4.36 (-6%) 443.3
2018 CLE AL 1 1 51 0 0 0 0 32.3 17 5 7 43 1.39 4.15 (+66%) 1961.8
2019 CLE AL 2 4 67 0 0 0 1 40.7 38 18 12 48 3.98 4.51 (+12%) 970.5
2020 CLE AL 1 1 21 0 0 0 1 18.0 13 4 6 14 2.00 4.45 (+55%) 595.0
2021 CLE AL 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 3.7 5 0 1 4 0.00 — 0.0
2022 AZ NL 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 4.0 8 7 1 1 15.75 — -

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
705 344 14 56 2 0 0 15 3 14 116 0.163 0.194 0.169 0.363 -1586.2

Career AVG .163 vs. league average .257 across their career seasons — 36.7% below league average.

Career OBP .194 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — 40.2% below league average.

Career SLG .169 vs. league average .414 across their career seasons — 59.3% below league average.

Career OPS 0.363 vs. league average 0.739 across their career seasons — 50.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2002 SDP NL 16 30 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.133 — — — — 0.0
2003 SDP NL 19 33 0 7 0 0 0 4 0 1 10 0.212 — — — — 0.0
2003 PIT NL 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2004 PIT NL 31 58 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 4 22 0.190 .266 (-29%) .335 (-28%) .427 (-56%) .762 (-43%) -431.5
2005 PIT NL 20 33 1 6 0 0 0 3 1 1 11 0.182 — — — — 0.0
2006 PIT NL 16 25 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 8 0.120 — — — — 0.0
2006 NYN NL 7 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.077 — — — — 0.0
2007 NYN NL 29 56 6 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 0.161 .268 (-40%) .335 (-52%) .422 (-62%) .758 (-58%) -558.0
2008 NYN NL 34 56 2 6 1 0 0 3 1 4 23 0.107 .263 (-59%) .333 (-50%) .416 (-70%) .749 (-61%) -596.7
2009 NYN NL 14 22 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0.273 — — — — 0.0
2010 NYN NL 17 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0.111 — — — — 0.0
2012 SEA AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2013 SEA AL 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2014 AZ NL 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2015 AZ NL 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2015 HOU AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2016 WAS NL 64 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667 — — — — 0.0
2017 WAS NL 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2018 CLE AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2019 CLE AL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2020 CLE AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2021 CLE AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2022 AZ NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2020 ALWC2 CLE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2017 NLDS2 WAS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2016 NLDS2 WAS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2015 ALDS1 HOU 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2006 NLCS NYN 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2 0 11 2 0 16.7 18 7 5 10 3.78

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2020 ALWC2 CLE 0 0 1 0 0 0.3 1 0 0 0 0.00
2017 NLDS2 WAS 1 0 2 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0.00
2016 NLDS2 WAS 0 0 4 0 0 3.3 1 0 1 3 0.00
2015 ALDS1 HOU 0 0 2 0 0 0.3 2 1 1 0 27.00
2006 NLCS NYN 1 0 2 2 0 11.7 13 6 3 7 4.63

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 703 195 38 150 11 11

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2002 SDN P 16 15 2 9 1 1
2003 SDN P 19 19 0 11 0 0
2003 PIT P 5 5 1 4 1 0
2004 PIT P 30 30 7 21 0 2
2005 PIT P 20 20 2 10 1 0
2006 PIT P 15 15 1 11 2 0
2006 NYN P 7 7 0 2 0 0
2007 NYN P 29 29 1 14 3 0
2008 NYN P 34 34 7 15 0 3
2009 NYN P 14 14 3 12 0 1
2010 NYN P 17 7 1 4 0 1
2012 SEA P 33 0 2 5 0 1
2013 SEA P 61 0 1 4 1 0
2014 ARI P 68 0 1 5 1 0
2015 ARI P 48 0 2 5 0 1
2015 HOU P 22 0 1 1 0 0
2016 WAS P 64 0 3 3 0 1
2017 WAS P 50 0 0 4 0 0
2018 CLE P 51 0 1 5 0 0
2019 CLE P 67 0 1 3 1 0
2020 CLE P 21 0 0 2 0 0
2021 CLE P 5 0 0 0 0 0
2022 ARI P 7 0 1 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 703

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2016 WAS NL $3,000,000
2015 ARI NL $2,500,000
2014 ARI NL $1,750,000
2013 SEA AL $1,500,000
2010 NYN NL $12,000,000
2009 NYN NL $12,000,000
2008 NYN NL $6,500,000
2007 NYN NL $2,325,000
2006 PIT NL $1,900,000
2005 PIT NL $381,000
2004 PIT NL $321,000
2003 SDN NL $305,000
Total Career Earnings $44,482,000