Melido Perez
Melido Turpen Gross Perez
born Melido Turpen Gross Perez
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 15, 1966 in San Cristobal, D.R.
Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent in 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1987
Final Game: September 13, 1995
Relatives: Brother of Carlos Perez and Brother of Pascual Perez
    About biographical information

Standard Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1987 21 KCR AL 1 1 .500 7.84 3 3 0 0 0 0 10.1 18 12 9 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 53 58 2.226 15.7 1.7 4.4 4.4 1.00
1988 22 CHW AL 12 10 .545 3.79 32 32 0 3 1 0 197.0 186 105 83 26 72 0 138 2 3 13 836 105 1.310 8.5 1.2 3.3 6.3 1.92 RoY-6
1989 23 CHW AL 11 14 .440 5.01 31 31 0 2 0 0 183.1 187 106 102 23 90 3 141 3 5 12 810 76 1.511 9.2 1.1 4.4 6.9 1.57
1990 24 CHW AL 13 14 .481 4.61 35 35 0 3 3 0 197.0 177 111 101 14 86 1 161 2 4 8 833 83 1.335 8.1 0.6 3.9 7.4 1.87
1991 25 CHW AL 8 7 .533 3.12 49 8 16 0 0 1 135.2 111 49 47 15 52 0 128 1 1 11 553 128 1.201 7.4 1.0 3.4 8.5 2.46
1992 26 NYY AL 13 16 .448 2.87 33 33 0 10 1 0 247.2 212 94 79 16 93 5 218 5 0 13 1013 138 1.231 7.7 0.6 3.4 7.9 2.34
1993 27 NYY AL 6 14 .300 5.19 25 25 0 0 0 0 163.0 173 103 94 22 64 5 148 1 1 3 718 80 1.454 9.6 1.2 3.5 8.2 2.31
1994 28 NYY AL 9 4 .692 4.10 22 22 0 1 0 0 151.1 134 74 69 16 58 5 109 3 1 7 632 112 1.269 8.0 1.0 3.4 6.5 1.88
1995 29 NYY AL 5 5 .500 5.58 13 12 1 1 0 0 69.1 70 46 43 10 31 2 44 1 0 4 304 83 1.457 9.1 1.3 4.0 5.7 1.42
9 Seasons 78 85 .479 4.17 243 201 17 20 5 1 1354.2 1268 700 627 144 551 21 1092 18 15 71 5752 97 1.343 8.4 1.0 3.7 7.3 1.98
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .479 4.17 37 31 3 3 1 0 207 194 107 96 22 84 3 167 3 2 11 881 97 1.343 8.4 1.0 3.7 7.3 1.98
NYY (4 yrs) 33 39 .458 4.06 93 92 1 12 1 0 631.1 589 317 285 64 246 17 519 10 2 27 2667 104 1.323 8.4 0.9 3.5 7.4 2.11
CHW (4 yrs) 44 45 .494 4.20 147 106 16 8 4 1 713.0 661 371 333 78 300 4 568 8 13 44 3032 93 1.348 8.3 1.0 3.8 7.2 1.89
KCR (1 yr) 1 1 .500 7.84 3 3 0 0 0 0 10.1 18 12 9 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 53 58 2.226 15.7 1.7 4.4 4.4 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 21 KCR AL 3 53 48 12 18 5 0 2 2 1 5 5 .375 .434 .604 1.038 .390 29 1 0 0 0 0
1988 22 CHW AL 32 836 749 105 186 28 7 26 12 11 72 138 .248 .313 .409 .721 .270 306 15 2 5 8 0
1989 23 CHW AL 31 810 708 106 187 32 9 23 18 12 90 141 .264 .348 .432 .780 .299 306 10 3 5 4 3
1990 24 CHW AL 35 833 735 111 177 31 10 14 12 11 86 161 .241 .320 .367 .687 .288 270 20 2 4 6 1
1991 25 CHW AL 49 553 495 49 111 16 1 15 15 5 52 128 .224 .299 .352 .650 .272 174 10 1 4 1 0
1992 26 NYY AL 33 1013 901 94 212 33 3 16 18 18 93 218 .235 .308 .332 .640 .290 299 19 5 6 8 5
1993 27 NYY AL 25 718 647 103 173 34 3 22 11 6 64 148 .267 .333 .431 .765 .315 279 4 1 4 2 5
1994 28 NYY AL 22 632 563 74 134 32 4 16 9 7 58 109 .238 .311 .394 .705 .268 222 7 3 5 3 5
1995 29 NYY AL 13 304 268 46 70 19 1 10 1 3 31 44 .261 .337 .451 .788 .276 121 3 1 1 3 2
9 Seasons 243 5752 5114 700 1268 230 38 144 98 74 551 1092 .248 .321 .392 .714 .287 2006 89 18 34 35 21
162 Game Avg. 37 881 783 107 194 35 6 22 15 11 84 167 .248 .321 .392 .714 .287 307 14 3 5 5 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1987 21 KCR AL 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 0 0 1 33% 36 64 22 4 2 0 2 6.8 11.0 3.4
1988 22 CHW AL 32 32 12 10 10 4 3 15 17 .469 4 4 3 1 19 59% 51 93 18 18 9 0 13 4.3 4.2 6.2 99 3 13 12 4 127
1989 23 CHW AL 31 31 11 14 6 1 3 12 19 .387 1 0 2 0 15 48% 48 89 20 30 12 1 18 4.1 4.7 5.9 95 6 9 12 2 139
1990 24 CHW AL 35 35 13 14 8 0 2 20 15 .571 3 3 3 3 19 54% 51 86 9 37 14 3 10 4.4 4.5 5.6 90 11 8 8 6 141
1991 25 CHW AL 49 8 1 4 3 1 2 3 5 .375 2 1 0 0 2 25% 50 63 24 26 8 0 4 3.7 3.6 5.8 106 0 2 4 2 129
1992 26 NYY AL 33 33 13 16 4 4 12 16 17 .485 1 2 10 1 23 70% 60 83 33 4 0 0 12 3.8 3.6 7.5 112 1 5 18 9 141
1993 27 NYY AL 25 25 6 14 5 2 1 8 17 .320 3 2 0 0 8 32% 48 88 16 21 13 0 11 3.4 3.3 6.5 107 2 3 13 6 134
1994 28 NYY AL 22 22 9 4 9 1 0 15 7 .682 2 3 1 0 15 68% 53 80 19 11 3 0 9 4.9 4.8 6.9 105 0 7 14 1 129
1995 29 NYY AL 13 12 5 5 2 0 1 7 5 .583 1 2 1 0 8 67% 46 63 7 6 4 0 4 6.5 7.2 5.7 98 2 4 2 3 128
9 Seasons 243 201 71 82 48 13 24 98 103 .488 17 17 20 5 110 55% 51 93 7 157 65 4 83 4.3 4.4 6.3 101 25 51 83 33 141
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1991 25 CHW AL 49 41 16 7 3 5 1 4 20% 14 9 36 14 39% 8 1.095 19 13 9 17 8 16 26 15 25 8 28 6 6.5 32
1995 29 NYY AL 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.828 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 11
2 Seasons 62 42 17 7 3 5 1 4 20% 14 9 36 14 39% 1.000 19 13 10 17 8 17 26 16 25 8 28 6 6.4 31

Ratio Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1987 21 KCR AL 53 66% 3.8% 9.4% 9.4% 13.2% 39% 1.00 77% 12 1 8%
1988 22 CHW AL 836 53% 3.1% 16.5% 8.6% 7.3% 33% 0.61 0.76 71% 23% 12.0% 42% 146 15 10%
1989 23 CHW AL 810 52% 2.8% 17.4% 11.1% 7.9% 34% 0.56 0.69 68% 23% 7.8% 17% 126 10 8%
1990 24 CHW AL 833 51% 1.7% 19.3% 10.3% 6.6% 31% 0.64 0.93 68% 21% 4.8% 17% 160 20 13%
1991 25 CHW AL 553 45% 2.7% 23.2% 9.4% 5.8% 29% 0.78 1.17 64% 21% 9.0% 18% 88 10 11%
1992 26 NYY AL 1013 48% 1.6% 21.5% 9.2% 5.1% 25% 0.79 1.04 67% 19% 5.0% 16% 176 19 11%
1993 27 NYY AL 718 53% 3.1% 20.6% 8.9% 8.2% 34% 0.72 0.77 67% 24% 9.1% 15% 127 4 3%
1994 28 NYY AL 632 48% 2.5% 17.3% 9.2% 8.2% 39% 0.79 0.94 70% 17% 7.3% 12% 110 7 6%
1995 29 NYY AL 304 55% 3.3% 14.5% 10.2% 9.9% 43% 0.75 0.82 71% 18% 8.9% 13% 56 3 5%
9 Seasons 5752 51% 2.5% 19.0% 9.6% 7.2% 33% 0.69 0.88 68% 21% 7.6% 20% 1001 89 9%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 22 CHW AL 836 3168 3.79 1938 61% 23% 15% 30% 32% 77% 0% 47% 81% 53% 6% 51 35 18% 151 67 7 18% 28 16 0 0 1
1989 23 CHW AL 749 2765 3.69 1650 60% 23% 17% 27% 32% 77% 1% 46% 77% 54% 7% 50 28 20% 148 69 6 17% 32 19 61 0 7
1990 24 CHW AL 761 2955 3.88 1741 59% 26% 16% 27% 31% 74% 0% 43% 78% 52% 6% 48 25 15% 113 36 3 16% 11 22 72 0 0
1991 25 CHW AL 553 2139 3.87 1311 61% 24% 22% 26% 28% 76% 0% 47% 72% 55% 5% 26 18 22% 119 51 5 13% 23 8 0 0 0
1992 26 NYY AL 1013 3690 3.64 2258 61% 23% 20% 27% 31% 77% 1% 47% 74% 56% 6% 60 31 19% 195 97 9 12% 44 24 0 0 0
1993 27 NYY AL 684 2558 3.74 1595 62% 22% 20% 28% 30% 78% 2% 49% 74% 52% 5% 31 14 22% 152 74 5 16% 22 12 34 0 0
1994 28 NYY AL 632 2307 3.65 1406 61% 25% 17% 25% 33% 75% 2% 46% 78% 54% 6% 36 17 18% 113 52 6 22% 21 14 0 0 0
1995 29 NYY AL 290 1085 3.74 662 61% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 81% 53% 4% 13 9 17% 50 29 4 24% 9 2 14 0 0
8 Seasons 5518 20667 3.75 12561 61% 24% 18% 27% 31% 76% 1% 46% 77% 54% 6% 315 177 19% 1041 475 45 16% 190 117 181 0 8
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1987 21 KCR AL 53 18 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 100% 2 0 0 24 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 22 CHW AL 836 186 16 6 26 1 7 14 12 13 13 35 19 6 54% 14 13 0 294 12 11 52% 10 10 2 1 0 0 1 0 22 0
1989 23 CHW AL 810 187 31 7 23 1 11 11 12 8 15 44 19 8 43% 6 12 1 286 18 12 60% 15 10 3 1 0 1 2 0 27 0
1990 24 CHW AL 833 177 16 3 14 0 12 8 6 6 8 43 28 9 65% 9 8 7 281 12 11 52% 9 9 3 2 0 0 2 0 25 0
1991 25 CHW AL 553 111 34 0 15 0 7 9 6 8 7 23 11 7 48% 5 11 2 194 15 5 75% 12 4 3 1 0 0 3 0 20 0
1992 26 NYY AL 1013 212 85 6 16 1 15 8 8 7 9 48 23 16 48% 10 13 4 360 18 18 50% 16 12 2 2 0 4 16 0 31 0
1993 27 NYY AL 718 173 20 3 22 0 19 13 9 12 10 41 18 8 44% 7 3 1 248 11 6 65% 10 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
1994 28 NYY AL 632 134 15 1 16 0 9 6 10 9 7 26 14 6 54% 9 7 1 210 9 7 56% 8 7 1 0 0 0 2 0 17 0
1995 29 NYY AL 304 70 7 0 10 1 10 4 6 4 6 19 15 2 79% 3 4 0 106 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
9 Seasons 5752 1268 224 26 144 4 91 75 69 69 75 280 148 62 53% 65 71 16 2003 98 74 57% 82 61 16 8 0 5 28 0 161 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1987 21 1 1 .500 7.84 3 3 0 0 0 0 10.1 18 12 9 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 53 58 2.226 15.7 1.7 4.4 4.4 1.00 58
1988 22 13 11 .542 3.99 35 35 0 3 1 0 207.1 204 117 92 28 77 0 143 2 3 13 889 100 1.355 8.9 1.2 3.3 6.2 1.86 100
1989 23 24 25 .490 4.47 66 66 0 5 1 0 390.2 391 223 194 51 167 3 284 5 8 25 1699 88 1.428 9.0 1.2 3.8 6.5 1.70 88
1990 24 37 39 .487 4.52 101 101 0 8 4 0 587.2 568 334 295 65 253 4 445 7 12 33 2532 86 1.397 8.7 1.0 3.9 6.8 1.76 86
1991 25 45 46 .495 4.26 150 109 16 8 4 1 723.1 679 383 342 80 305 4 573 8 13 44 3085 92 1.360 8.4 1.0 3.8 7.1 1.88 92
1992 26 58 62 .483 3.90 183 142 16 18 5 1 971.0 891 477 421 96 398 9 791 13 13 57 4098 100 1.327 8.3 0.9 3.7 7.3 1.99 100
1993 27 64 76 .457 4.09 208 167 16 18 5 1 1134.0 1064 580 515 118 462 14 939 14 14 60 4816 97 1.346 8.4 0.9 3.7 7.5 2.03 97
1994 28 73 80 .477 4.09 230 189 16 19 5 1 1285.1 1198 654 584 134 520 19 1048 17 15 67 5448 99 1.337 8.4 0.9 3.6 7.3 2.02 99
1995 29 78 85 .479 4.17 243 201 17 20 5 1 1354.2 1268 700 627 144 551 21 1092 18 15 71 5752 97 1.343 8.4 1.0 3.7 7.3 1.98 97

Neutralized Pitching

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) ·

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1987 21 0 1 .000 7.20 10.0 17 9 8 2 5 5 0 2.200 15.3 4.5 4.5 1.00 1.8 3
1988 22 9 11 .450 4.26 188.0 195 99 89 27 75 132 2 1.436 9.3 3.6 6.3 1.76 1.3 32
1989 23 5 13 .278 6.00 171.0 199 127 114 24 96 132 3 1.725 10.5 5.1 6.9 1.38 1.3 31
1990 24 7 13 .350 5.48 184.0 187 124 112 15 91 150 2 1.511 9.1 4.5 7.3 1.65 0.7 35
1991 25 8 6 .571 3.61 127.0 116 57 51 16 54 120 1 1.339 8.2 3.8 8.5 2.22 1.1 49
1992 26 15 10 .600 3.37 230.0 220 96 86 17 97 202 5 1.378 8.6 3.8 7.9 2.08 0.7 33
1993 27 6 11 .353 5.62 157.0 179 109 98 23 66 143 1 1.561 10.3 3.8 8.2 2.17 1.3 25
1994 28 12 11 .522 3.94 210.0 185 102 92 22 80 151 4 1.262 7.9 3.4 6.5 1.89 0.9 22
1995 29 3 5 .375 5.26 77.0 77 50 45 11 34 49 1 1.442 9.0 4.0 5.7 1.44 1.3 13
9 Seasons 65 81 .445 4.62 1354.0 1375 773 695 157 598 1084 19 1.457 9.1 7.2 1.81 1.0 243

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1992 AL--2.871--6th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1994 AL--.692--6th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1992 AL--7.704--6th
1994 AL--7.969--9th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1989 AL--6.922--7th
1990 AL--7.355--8th
1992 AL--7.922--3rd
1993 AL--8.172--2nd
Career--7.255--67th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1992 AL--247.7--5th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1992 AL--218--2nd

Games Started s c a p y
1990 AL--35--3rd

Complete Games s c a p y
1992 AL--10--4th

Shutouts s c a p y
1990 AL--3--3rd

Home Runs s c a p y
1988 AL--26--5th
1989 AL--23--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1989 AL--90--5th
1990 AL--86--9th
1992 AL--93--6th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1992 AL--2.344--10th
1993 AL--2.313--10th

Losses s c a p y
1989 AL--14--4th
1990 AL--14--8th
1992 AL--16--2nd
1993 AL--14--4th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1989 AL--102--5th
1990 AL--101--7th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1988 AL--13--4th
1989 AL--12--6th
1991 AL--11--7th
1992 AL--13--3rd
Career--71--220th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1992 AL--1013--6th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1992 AL--138--6th

Youngest s c a p y
1987 AL--born 1966-02-15--5th
1988 AL--born 1966-02-15--9th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 22 (997), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Len Barker (963)
  2. Aaron Harang (961)
  3. Ruben Gomez (958)
  4. Bill Bonham (956)
  5. Gil Meche (955)
  6. Jim Deshaies (954)
  7. Jose Guzman (953)
  8. Dave LaPoint (951)
  9. Lynn McGlothen (951)
  10. Andy Hawkins (950)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Jim Gardner (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Ryan Dempster (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ryan Dempster (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Livan Hernandez (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Kevin Gross (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Glen Hobbie (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Kevin Gross (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Kevin Gross (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Melido Perez    

Viewed 46,883 times through December 1, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Melido Turpen Gross Melido Perez

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.