Tony Perez
Atanasio (Rigal) Perez
Hall of Famer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 14, 1942 in Ciego De Avila, Cuba
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 1964
Final Game: October 5, 1986
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2000 (385/499 ballots).
Relatives: Father of Eduardo Perez
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1964 CIN NL 22 1B 6 6 42.0 52 51 0 1 2 .981 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0 10.93 8.50 .990 10.03 8.83
1965 CIN NL 23 1B 93 66 623.0 571 525 40 6 55 .989 -0.6 -1.2 -0.6 -3.0 2.4 0 8.16 6.08 .990 10.02 8.60
1966 CIN NL 24 1B 75 62 517.0 559 530 23 6 46 .989 -2.0 -4.6 -2.0 -0.4 -1.7 0 9.63 7.37 .989 9.90 8.50
1967 CIN NL 25 3B 139 138 1236.2 347 113 221 13 13 .963 -9.1 -8.8 -9.1 -5.6 -3.5 0 2.43 2.40 .949 2.96 2.75 AS,MVP-8
1967 CIN NL 25 1B 18 17 141.0 139 134 5 0 12 1.000 -0.5 -4.3 -0.5 0.3 -0.7 0 8.87 7.72 .991 9.96 8.82 AS,MVP-8
1967 CIN NL 25 2B 1 1 6.0 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 0.4 80.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 15.00 10.00 .980 5.25 4.60 AS,MVP-8
1968 CIN NL 26 3B 160 160 1463.1 519 151 343 25 33 .952 1.4 1.1 1.4 5.4 -4.0 0 3.04 3.09 .954 2.93 2.72 AS,MVP-19
1969 CIN NL 27 3B 160 160 1422.0 510 136 342 32 35 .937 0.2 0.2 -0.8 -3.5 2.6 1 3.03 2.99 .946 2.92 2.63 AS,MVP-10
1970 CIN NL 28 3B 153 153 1309.1 452 131 286 35 34 .923 -1.3 -1.2 -2.3 4.0 -6.3 1 2.87 2.73 .946 2.91 2.58 AS,MVP-3
1970 CIN NL 28 1B 8 4 39.2 42 36 6 0 4 1.000 -0.2 -6.1 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 0 9.53 5.25 .993 9.69 8.38 AS,MVP-3
1971 CIN NL 29 3B 148 148 1223.1 435 113 304 18 26 .959 6.9 6.8 6.9 -0.7 7.6 0 3.07 2.82 .949 2.80 2.32
1971 CIN NL 29 1B 44 9 136.1 174 168 4 2 16 .989 -1.1 -9.7 -1.1 -0.6 -0.5 0 11.35 3.91 .992 9.88 8.58
1972 CIN NL 30 1B 136 134 1187.1 1284 1207 68 9 111 .993 4.8 4.9 4.8 2.8 2.0 0 9.66 9.38 .992 7.58 7.35
1973 CIN NL 31 1B 151 150 1294.2 1416 1318 85 13 131 .991 -0.8 -0.7 -0.8 0.5 -1.4 0 9.75 9.29 .992 6.95 6.62 MVP-7
1974 CIN NL 32 1B 157 157 1294.1 1373 1292 75 6 111 .996 2.6 2.4 2.6 -0.4 3.0 0 9.51 8.71 .991 6.95 6.37 AS
1975 CIN NL 33 1B 132 130 1128.1 1273 1192 72 9 113 .993 6.6 7.0 6.6 1.9 4.7 0 10.08 9.58 .990 7.98 7.58 AS,MVP-15
1976 CIN NL 34 1B 136 130 1174.0 1236 1158 73 5 110 .996 3.6 3.7 3.6 4.0 -0.4 0 9.44 9.05 .991 7.67 7.35 AS
1977 MON NL 35 1B 148 148 1290.1 1433 1312 110 11 88 .992 4.7 4.4 4.7 -0.1 4.8 0 9.92 9.61 .991 6.97 6.76
1978 MON NL 36 1B 145 144 1174.2 1274 1181 82 11 116 .991 5.9 6.0 4.9 -1.1 6.0 1 9.68 8.71 .992 7.66 6.90
1979 MON NL 37 1B 129 128 1113.1 1190 1114 65 11 81 .991 -1.0 -1.1 -1.0 0.9 -1.9 0 9.53 9.14 .992 8.08 7.75
1980 BOS AL 38 1B 137 137 1195.0 1398 1301 87 10 150 .993 -6.1 -6.1 -7.1 -0.8 -6.3 1 10.45 10.13 .992 7.53 7.30 MVP-22
1980 BOS AL 38 DH 13 MVP-22
1981 BOS AL 39 1B 56 56 514.0 560 519 37 4 63 .993 2.0 4.7 2.0 1.4 0.6 0 9.74 9.93 .993 10.06 8.57
1981 BOS AL 39 DH 23
1982 BOS AL 40 DH 46
1982 BOS AL 40 1B 2 1 8.1 7 5 1 1 0 .857 -0.3 -43.2 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 6.48 3.00 1.000 9.83 8.50
1983 PHI NL 41 1B 69 63 501.2 555 514 40 1 36 .998 0.6 1.4 0.6 -1.1 1.7 0 9.94 8.03 .992 9.96 8.39
1984 CIN NL 42 1B 31 24 215.0 200 186 12 2 17 .990 -3.2 -17.9 -3.2 -0.8 -2.4 0 8.29 6.39 .992 9.86 8.15
1985 CIN NL 43 1B 50 45 369.1 364 340 22 2 34 .995 0.8 2.6 0.8 1.7 -0.8 0 8.82 7.24 .993 10.06 8.54
1986 CIN NL 44 1B 55 49 406.2 434 398 29 7 46 .984 -1.5 -4.4 -1.5 -0.5 -0.9 0 9.45 7.76 .992 9.94 8.31
21 Seasons 1B 1778 1660 14366.0 15534 14481 936 117 1342 .992 14.3 1.2 12.3 5.2 7.2 2 9.66 8.67 .991 8.08 7.48
5 Seasons 3B 760 759 6654.2 2263 644 1496 123 141 .946 -1.9 -0.3 -3.9 -0.4 -3.6 2 2.89 2.82 .949 2.91 2.60
3 Seasons DH 82
1 Season 2B 1 1 6.0 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 0.4 80.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 15.00 10.00 .980 5.25 4.60
23 Seasons TOT 2539 2420 21026.2 17807 15127 2440 240 1484 .987 12.8 0.7 8.8 5.2 3.6 4 7.52 6.92 .973 6.44 6.02
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1964 CIN NL 22 12 6 12 12 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1965 CIN NL 23 104 66 104 104 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 1
1966 CIN NL 24 99 62 99 99 0 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
1967 CIN NL 25 156 156 156 156 0 0 18 1 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CIN NL 26 160 160 160 160 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CIN NL 27 160 160 160 160 0 0 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 CIN NL 28 158 157 158 158 0 0 8 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 CIN NL 29 158 157 158 158 0 0 44 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1972 CIN NL 30 136 134 136 136 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1973 CIN NL 31 151 150 151 151 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1974 CIN NL 32 158 157 158 157 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 CIN NL 33 137 130 137 132 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1976 CIN NL 34 139 130 139 136 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1977 MON NL 35 154 148 154 148 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1978 MON NL 36 148 144 148 145 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1979 MON NL 37 132 128 132 129 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1980 BOS AL 38 151 149 151 138 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0
1981 BOS AL 39 84 76 84 57 0 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 7 0
1982 BOS AL 40 69 46 69 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 22 0
1983 PHI NL 41 91 63 91 69 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
1984 CIN NL 42 71 24 71 31 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0
1985 CIN NL 43 72 45 72 50 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
1986 CIN NL 44 77 49 77 55 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
23 Seasons 2777 2497 2777 2543 0 0 1780 1 760 0 0 0 0 0 77 253 1
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1964 CIN NL 22 188 56% 74% 29% 10 90% 0 50 1 48 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
1965 CIN NL 23 2771 57% 73% 23% 141 94% 0 530 48 477 6 49 42 22 16 1 0 6 1 3 2 2 55 3 0 1 50 4 5 4 1 8 100%
1966 CIN NL 24 2265 59% 78% 26% 131 92% 0 537 38 493 6 59 25 20 3 1 0 6 1 5 0 3 46 0 1 0 39 1 7 2 5 2 100%
1967 CIN NL 25 604 60% 71% 23% 25 100% 0 135 6 127 2 15 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1970 CIN NL 28 168 69% 78% 26% 7 100% 0 38 0 38 0 4 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 100%
1971 CIN NL 29 602 63% 77% 31% 33 91% 0 164 6 155 3 20 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 17 0 0 0 16 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1972 CIN NL 30 4981 63% 79% 27% 255 95% 1 1180 65 1108 8 120 68 40 18 1 5 9 1 8 0 6 110 2 1 3 103 6 7 3 4 16 100%
1973 CIN NL 31 5569 67% 79% 26% 269 94% 3 1311 84 1214 13 95 86 50 23 4 3 13 2 11 0 7 131 4 0 4 123 8 7 1 5 20 95%
1974 CIN NL 32 5599 64% 77% 26% 267 95% 2 1301 76 1213 12 112 72 42 26 1 3 6 1 5 0 4 111 5 0 1 99 6 12 2 10 20 100%
1975 CIN NL 33 4903 60% 82% 27% 295 94% 2 1184 85 1090 10 123 72 45 21 2 1 9 1 7 1 6 114 6 0 1 104 7 10 4 6 17 82%
1976 CIN NL 34 5108 62% 80% 26% 275 96% 1 1163 81 1069 12 119 69 45 18 2 4 5 0 5 0 4 110 4 0 1 97 6 12 5 7 19 100%
1977 MON NL 35 5775 55% 78% 27% 322 94% 2 1317 64 1243 9 141 111 72 22 6 7 11 1 10 0 8 88 4 1 0 79 7 9 3 5 29 93%
1978 MON NL 36 5103 65% 78% 26% 279 94% 4 1181 84 1081 15 115 82 36 27 4 7 11 1 9 1 8 113 9 2 1 101 13 11 5 6 17 94%
1979 MON NL 37 4786 64% 80% 26% 239 95% 1 1121 46 1064 9 127 66 41 12 2 6 11 3 7 1 7 83 1 2 1 72 6 11 2 8 18 89%
1980 BOS AL 38 5303 48% 81% 28% 274 95% 3 1307 58 1243 5 127 88 50 26 3 4 10 1 9 0 8 151 8 2 3 141 14 10 3 6 14 86%
1981 BOS AL 39 2283 57% 78% 27% 122 95% 2 529 26 492 11 54 39 23 10 1 4 4 0 3 1 3 63 1 0 1 56 2 7 2 5 9 89%
1982 BOS AL 40 47 43% 81% 17% 4 75% 0 5 0 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 PHI NL 41 2262 54% 75% 27% 110 95% 0 508 22 478 8 49 41 21 12 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 36 2 0 0 35 3 1 1 0 5 100%
1984 CIN NL 42 998 57% 79% 21% 41 98% 0 188 4 181 3 28 12 7 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 17 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1985 CIN NL 43 1608 53% 76% 23% 80 99% 0 345 17 325 3 42 22 15 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 34 1 1 0 33 2 1 0 1 4 100%
1986 CIN NL 44 1814 58% 77% 29% 88 93% 0 399 18 374 8 39 26 18 6 2 0 7 2 4 1 2 44 2 0 0 38 2 6 0 6 5 80%
21 Seasons 62737 60% 78% 26% 3267 95% 21 14493 829 13518 144 1447 936 557 247 33 49 116 16 93 7 75 1341 52 10 17 1219 87 119 38 77 209 94%
MLB Averages 59% 78% 27% 94% 89%
PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1967 CIN NL 25 5369 58% 75% 25% 347 88% 3 112 86 10 16 224 182 31 1 6 13 0 12 1 11 13 7 2 9 3 2 1 11 36%
1968 CIN NL 26 6426 62% 76% 27% 518 88% 4 148 117 7 25 351 259 73 8 13 25 1 21 3 18 33 25 1 30 2 1 1 22 59%
1969 CIN NL 27 6445 64% 78% 26% 517 87% 3 141 105 19 19 348 265 69 5 8 31 2 24 5 23 36 30 1 31 4 3 1 13 54%
1970 CIN NL 28 5731 61% 77% 28% 452 85% 4 127 96 13 18 287 210 70 3 4 35 0 35 0 31 34 23 2 31 2 2 0 18 28%
1971 CIN NL 29 5045 64% 79% 28% 409 89% 1 114 77 16 21 293 233 51 1 4 18 0 17 1 14 26 19 2 24 0 0 0 19 89%
5 Seasons 29016 62% 77% 26% 2243 87% 15 642 481 65 99 1503 1149 294 18 35 122 3 109 10 97 142 104 8 125 11 8 3 83 55%
MLB Averages 59% 78% 27% 90% 69%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1967 CIN NL 25 33 30% 94% 36% 9 89% 0 2 2 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 Season 33 30% 94% 36% 9 89% 0 2 2 0 0 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 78% 27% 94%

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