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Oliver Perez
Oliver (Martinez) Perez

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 160 lb.

Debut June 16, 2002

Born August 15, 1981 in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico

Signed by the San Diego Padres as an amateur free agent in 1999. (All Transactions)

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        2006 NLCS Game 7 was not a lone grace note, but the overture to a career symphony.

Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2002 20 SDP NL   4   5  16  15   0   0   0  0   90.0   71   37   35  13   48   94   5   3   387   1   0  3.50  3.74  107 1.322
 2003 21 TOT NL   4  10  24  24   0   0   0  0  126.7  129   80   77  22   77  141   4   7   579   3   1  5.47  4.02   73 1.626
         SDP NL   4   7  19  19   0   0   0  0  103.7  103   65   62  20   65  117   3   6   473   2   1  5.38  3.94   73 1.621
         PIT NL   0   3   5   5   0   0   0  0   23.0   26   15   15   2   12   24   1   1   106   1   0  5.87  4.37   74 1.652
 2004 22 PIT NL  12  10  30  30   2   1   0  0  196.0  145   71   65  22   81  239   9   2   805   2   1  2.98  4.31  145 1.153
 2005 23 PIT NL   7   5  20  20   0   0   0  0  103.0  102   68   67  23   70   97   6   3   471   1   0  5.85  4.23   72 1.670
 2006 24 TOT NL   3  13  22  22   1   1   0  0  112.7  129   90   82  20   68  102   6   5   529   0   1  6.55  4.42   67 1.749
         PIT NL   2  10  15  15   0   0   0  0   76.0   88   64   56  13   51   61   3   4   364   0   1  6.63  4.45   67 1.829
         NYM NL   1   3   7   7   1   1   0  0   36.7   41   26   26   7   17   41   3   1   165   0   0  6.38  4.36   68 1.582
 2007 25 NYM NL  15  10  29  29   0   0   0  0  177.0  153   90   70  22   79  174   7   6   765   1   0  3.56  4.26  120 1.311
 2008 26 NYM NL   3   3   8   8   0   0   0  0   41.0   37   26   21   4   27   37   4   3   187   0   1  4.61  4.05   88 1.561
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .462  48  56 149 148   3   2   0  0  846.3  766  462  417 126  450  884  41  29  3723   8   4  4.43  4.19   94 1.437
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  12  34  33   0   0   0  0  193.7  175  105   95  28  103  202   9   6   852   1   0  4.43  4.19   94 1.437
 Career High     15  13  30  30   2   1   0  0  196.0  153   90   82  23   81  239   9   7   805   3   1  2.98  4.42  145 1.153

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2002 20 SDP NL  16   30    1    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  11  .133  .133  .133  -26    4   3   0   0   0   0
 2003 21 TOT NL  23   39    0    7   0  0   0    4   0  0   1  11  .179  .195  .179    2    7   3   1   0   0   1
         SDP NL  18   33    0    7   0  0   0    4   0  0   1  10  .212  .229  .212   21    7   3   1   0   0   1
         PIT NL   5    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2004 22 PIT NL  30   58    2   11   0  0   0    0   0  0   4  22  .190  .242  .190   15   11  10   0   0   0   0
 2005 23 PIT NL  20   33    1    6   0  0   0    3   1  0   1  11  .182  .200  .182    2    6   7   1   0   0   0
 2006 24 TOT NL  23   38    0    4   0  0   0    3   1  0   2  12  .105  .150  .105  -32    4   1   0   0   0   1
         PIT NL  16   25    0    3   0  0   0    3   1  0   0   8  .120  .120  .120  -37    3   1   0   0   0   0
         NYM NL   7   13    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   4  .077  .200  .077  -24    1   0   0   0   0   1
 2007 25 NYM NL  27   56    6    9   0  0   0    1   0  1   0  15  .161  .161  .161  -15    9   6   0   0   0   0
 2008 26 NYM NL   8   11    0    3   0  0   0    1   1  0   2   4  .273  .385  .273   79    3   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      147  265   10   44   0  0   0   12   3  1  10  86  .166  .195  .166   -3   44  33   2   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        292   11   48   0  0   0   13   3  1  11  95  .166  .195  .166   -3   48  36   2   0   0   2
 Career High     30   58    6   11   0  0   0    4   1  1   4  22                          11  10   1   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2002 20 SDP NL   33   29    1   0.9    98| .133  .254| .133  .326| .133  .404| .266  .730| -26  .046  -5.3  -0.5   0%
 2003 21 TOT NL   44   37    2   1.4   103| .179  .260| .195  .330| .179  .417| .374  .747|   2  .096  -5.4  -0.5   0%
         SDP NL   38   31    2   1.7   101| .212  .258| .229  .328| .212  .413| .441  .741|  21  .128  -3.6  -0.3   0%
         PIT NL    6    6    0   0.0   111| .000  .271| .000  .343| .000  .435| .000  .778|-100  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 2004 22 PIT NL   72   57    4   1.9   110| .190  .268| .242  .340| .190  .435| .432  .775|  15  .142  -7.5  -0.7   0%
 2005 23 PIT NL   42   35    2   1.5   107| .182  .267| .200  .337| .182  .426| .382  .763|   2  .108  -4.8  -0.5 100%
 2006 24 TOT NL   41   36    0   0.0   111| .105  .270| .150  .340| .105  .438| .255  .779| -32  .000  -7.7  -0.7 100%
         PIT NL   26   23    0   0.0   111| .120  .270| .120  .340| .120  .438| .240  .779| -37  .000  -5.2  -0.5 100%
         NYM NL   15   13    0   0.0   111| .077  .270| .200  .340| .077  .438| .277  .778| -24  .000  -2.5  -0.2   0%
 2007 25 NYM NL   62   54    2   1.0   108| .161  .269| .161  .338| .161  .430| .322  .768| -15  .049  -9.6  -0.9   0%
 2008 26 NYM NL   16   11    2   4.9   105| .273  .262| .385  .338| .273  .416| .658  .754|  79  .490  -0.2   0.0 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       310  259   13   1.4   107| .166  .265| .195  .336| .166  .426| .361  .762|  -3  .084 -40.5  -3.8  75%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2002 20 SDP NL P 16 2 9 1 1 .917 .965 0.69 0.48 1.10 1.83 15 90.0 2003 21 TOT NL P 24 1 15 1 0 .941 .958 0.67 0.48 1.14 1.85 24 126.7 SDP NL P 19 0 11 0 0 1.000 .957 0.58 0.48 0.95 1.85 19 103.7 PIT NL P 5 1 4 1 0 .833 .962 1.00 0.48 1.96 1.84 5 23.0 2004 22 PIT NL P 30 7 21 0 2 1.000 .966 0.93 0.47 1.29 1.84 30 196.0 2005 23 PIT NL P 20 2 10 1 0 .923 .960 0.60 0.46 1.05 1.75 20 103.0 2006 24 TOT NL P 22 1 13 2 0 .875 .959 0.64 0.43 1.12 1.72 22 112.7 PIT NL P 15 1 11 2 0 .857 .960 0.80 0.43 1.42 1.72 15 76.0 NYM NL P 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.43 0.49 1.72 7 36.7 2007 25 NYM NL P 29 1 14 3 0 .833 .968 0.52 0.40 0.76 1.68 29 177.0 2008 26 NYM NL P 8 3 4 0 1 1.000 .959 0.88 0.45 1.54 1.82 8 41.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2002 20 SDP NL P 16 2 9 1 1 .917 .965 0.69 0.48 1.10 1.83 15 90.0 2003 21 TOT NL P 24 1 15 1 0 .941 .958 0.67 0.48 1.14 1.85 24 126.7 SDP NL P 19 0 11 0 0 1.000 .957 0.58 0.48 0.95 1.85 19 103.7 PIT NL P 5 1 4 1 0 .833 .962 1.00 0.48 1.96 1.84 5 23.0 2004 22 PIT NL P 30 7 21 0 2 1.000 .966 0.93 0.47 1.29 1.84 30 196.0 2005 23 PIT NL P 20 2 10 1 0 .923 .960 0.60 0.46 1.05 1.75 20 103.0 2006 24 TOT NL P 22 1 13 2 0 .875 .959 0.64 0.43 1.12 1.72 22 112.7 PIT NL P 15 1 11 2 0 .857 .960 0.80 0.43 1.42 1.72 15 76.0 NYM NL P 7 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.43 0.49 1.72 7 36.7 2007 25 NYM NL P 29 1 14 3 0 .833 .968 0.52 0.40 0.76 1.68 29 177.0 2008 26 NYM NL P 8 3 4 0 1 1.000 .959 0.88 0.45 1.54 1.82 8 41.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 149 17 86 8 4 .928 .963 0.69 0.45 1.10 1.78 148 846.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 149 17 86 8 4 .928 .963 0.69 0.45 1.10 1.78 148 846
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2006   NLCS  NYM STL     L   2   2   4.63  1  0  0  0  11.2  13   6   3   7 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2006   NLCS  NYM STL     L   2   5   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   3  .000  .167  .000   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
2004 NL-2.98-5
2007 NL-3.56-9

Wins
2007 NL-15-8

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
2004 NL-1.153-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
2004 NL-6.66-3
2007 NL-7.78-3

Strikeouts/9IP
2004 NL-10.97-1
2007 NL-8.85-2

Strikeouts
2004 NL-239-4
2007 NL-174-10

Games Started
2008 NL-8-6

Comp. Games
2004 NL-2-7

Shutouts
2004 NL-1-9
2006 NL-1-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
2004 NL-81-9
2007 NL-79-7
2008 NL-27-4

SO to Walk
2004 NL-2.95-9

Losses
2006 NL-13-8

Wild Pitches
2008 NL-3-7

Hit Batsmen
2008 NL-4-1

Adjusted ERA+
2004 NL-145-6

Youngest Player
2002 NL-20-2

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 29 (800) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1184) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1116) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

March 4, 1999: Signed by the San Diego Padres as an amateur free agent.

August 26, 2003: Traded by the San Diego Padres with a player to be named later and Jason Bay to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Brian Giles. The San Diego Padres sent Corey Stewart (minors) (October 2, 2003) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

July 31, 2006: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Roberto Hernandez to the New York Mets for Xavier Nady.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2003San Diego Padres$305,000
2004Pittsburgh Pirates$321,000
2005Pittsburgh Pirates$381,000
2006Pittsburgh Pirates$1,900,000
2007New York Mets$2,325,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,232,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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