Oliver Pérez

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 225lb (190cm, 102kg)

Born: August 15, 1981 in Culiacan, Mexico mx

High School: Cobales (Culiacan, Mexico)

Debut: June 16, 2002 (Age 20-305d, 18,099th in major league history)
vs. SEA 5.0 IP, 4 H, 7 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2002 season

2022 Contract Status: Free Agent

Service Time (01/2022): 16.125 • Free Agent: 2022

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Oliver Perez

Nicknames: Ollie or El Paisa

Pronunciation: \AH-li-ver PAIR-ehz\

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SUMMARY

2022

Career

WAR

-0.7

10.7

ERA

15.75

4.37

703

195

4.0

1465.2

1546

WHIP

2.250

1.431

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1999	17	SDP-min	Rk	1	2	.333	5.08	15	2	7	0	0	3	28.1	28	20	16	1	16	0	37	1	2	0	133			1.553	8.9	0.3	5.1	11.8	2.31	PDS ARIZ
2000	18	SDP-min	Rk	3	1	.750	4.07	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.1	24	14	11	1	9	0	27	1	0	3	100			1.356	8.9	0.4	3.3	10.0	3.00	IDF PION
2001	19	SDP-min	A,A+	10	9	.526	3.21	28	28	0	0	0	0	154.1	129	68	55	13	68	0	160	2	2	7	646			1.276	7.5	0.8	4.0	9.3	2.35	FWA,LEL MIDW,CALL
2002	20	SDP-min	A+,AA	4	3	.571	1.63	13	12	0	0	0	0	71.2	47	16	13	1	40	0	100	2	0	4	294			1.214	5.9	0.1	5.0	12.6	2.50	LEL,MOB CALL,SOUL
2002	20	SDP	NL	4	5	.444	3.50	16	15	0	0	0	0	90.0	71	37	35	13	48	1	94	5	0	3	387	107	4.52	1.322	7.1	1.3	4.8	9.4	1.96
2003	21	SDP-min	AAA	3	3	.500	3.02	8	8	0	0	0	0	47.2	44	20	16	6	12	0	48	4	1	1	200			1.175	8.3	1.1	2.3	9.1	4.00	POR PCL
2003	21	TOT	NL	4	10	.286	5.47	24	24	0	0	0	0	126.2	129	80	77	22	77	3	141	4	1	7	579	74	4.98	1.626	9.2	1.6	5.5	10.0	1.83
2003	21	SDP	NL	4	7	.364	5.38	19	19	0	0	0	0	103.2	103	65	62	20	65	2	117	3	1	6	473	74	5.25	1.621	8.9	1.7	5.6	10.2	1.80
2003	21	PIT	NL	0	3	.000	5.87	5	5	0	0	0	0	23.0	26	15	15	2	12	1	24	1	0	1	106	76	3.77	1.652	10.2	0.8	4.7	9.4	2.00
2004	22	PIT	NL	12	10	.545	2.98	30	30	0	2	1	0	196.0	145	71	65	22	81	2	239	9	1	2	805	143	3.45	1.153	6.7	1.0	3.7	*11.0*	2.95
2005	23	PIT-min	AAA	0	1	.000	9.90	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.0	14	11	11	3	12	1	4	1	0	1	57			2.600	12.6	2.7	10.8	3.6	0.33	INA IL
2005	23	PIT	NL	7	5	.583	5.85	20	20	0	0	0	0	103.0	102	68	67	23	70	1	97	6	0	3	471	72	6.25	1.670	8.9	2.0	6.1	8.5	1.39
2006	24	PIT-NYM-min	AAA	2	5	.286	5.79	10	10	0	0	0	0	51.1	46	34	33	10	23	0	60	3	0	3	222			1.344	8.1	1.8	4.0	10.5	2.61	INA,NFK IL
2006	24	TOT	NL	3	13	.188	6.55	22	22	0	1	1	0	112.2	129	90	82	20	68	0	102	6	1	5	529	68	5.61	1.749	10.3	1.6	5.4	8.1	1.50
2006	24	PIT	NL	2	10	.167	6.63	15	15	0	0	0	0	76.0	88	64	56	13	51	0	61	3	1	4	364	67	5.90	1.829	10.4	1.5	6.0	7.2	1.20
2006	24	NYM	NL	1	3	.250	6.38	7	7	0	1	1	0	36.2	41	26	26	7	17	0	41	3	0	1	165	69	5.03	1.582	10.1	1.7	4.2	10.1	2.41
2007	25	NYM-min	Rk	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	15			0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	15.8		MET GULF
2007	25	NYM	NL	15	10	.600	3.56	29	29	0	0	0	0	177.0	153	90	70	22	79	1	174	7	0	6	765	121	4.35	1.311	7.8	1.1	4.0	8.8	2.20
2008	26	NYM	NL	10	7	.588	4.22	34	34	0	0	0	0	194.0	167	100	91	24	*105*	4	180	11	1	9	847	100	4.68	1.402	7.7	1.1	4.9	8.4	1.71
2009	27	NYM-min	AAA,A-,A+	1	3	.250	3.12	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.1	17	10	6	2	11	0	18	0	0	1	79			1.615	8.8	1.0	5.7	9.3	1.64	BFL,BKN,SCE IL,NYPL,FLOR
2009	27	NYM	NL	3	4	.429	6.82	14	14	0	0	0	0	66.0	69	51	50	12	58	2	62	4	0	2	324	60	6.40	1.924	9.4	1.6	7.9	8.5	1.07
2010	28	NYM-min	A+,AAA	1	1	.500	3.47	4	4	0	0	0	0	23.1	17	10	9	4	11	0	24	3	0	3	100			1.200	6.6	1.5	4.2	9.3	2.18	SCE,BFL FLOR,IL
2010	28	NYM	NL	0	5	.000	6.80	17	7	4	0	0	0	46.1	54	37	35	9	42	3	37	4	0	4	234	58	6.99	2.072	10.5	1.7	8.2	7.2	0.88

2011	29	WSN-min	AA	3	5	.375	3.09	16	15	0	0	0	0	75.2	78	34	26	10	27	0	58	4	0	4	329			1.388	9.3	1.2	3.2	6.9	2.15	HRB EL
2012	30	SEA-min	AAA	2	2	.500	4.65	22	0	8	0	0	1	31.0	33	16	16	4	19	0	42	0	0	3	141			1.677	9.6	1.2	5.5	12.2	2.21	TAC PCL
2012	30	SEA	AL	1	3	.250	2.12	33	0	6	0	0	0	29.2	27	7	7	1	10	2	24	0	0	2	123	181	2.93	1.247	8.2	0.3	3.0	7.3	2.40
2013	31	SEA	AL	3	3	.500	3.74	61	0	22	0	0	2	53.0	50	23	22	6	26	3	74	1	0	1	229	99	3.26	1.434	8.5	1.0	4.4	12.6	2.85
2014	32	ARI	NL	3	4	.429	2.91	68	0	11	0	0	0	58.2	50	25	19	5	24	2	76	7	3	3	256	129	3.23	1.261	7.7	0.8	3.7	11.7	3.17
2015	33	TOT	MLB	2	4	.333	4.17	70	0	15	0	0	0	41.0	39	24	19	4	15	2	51	4	0	3	183	99	3.30	1.317	8.6	0.9	3.3	11.2	3.40
2015	33	ARI	NL	2	1	.667	3.10	48	0	11	0	0	0	29.0	25	12	10	2	11	1	37	4	0	2	128	134	3.03	1.241	7.8	0.6	3.4	11.5	3.36
2015	33	HOU	AL	0	3	.000	6.75	22	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	14	12	9	2	4	1	14	0	0	1	55	60	3.97	1.500	10.5	1.5	3.0	10.5	3.50
2016	34	WSN	NL	2	3	.400	4.95	64	0	7	0	0	0	40.0	38	22	22	4	20	3	46	7	0	5	182	87	4.17	1.450	8.6	0.9	4.5	10.4	2.30
2017	35	WSN	NL	0	0		4.64	50	0	8	0	0	1	33.0	32	17	17	4	12	2	39	4	1	1	143	97	3.82	1.333	8.7	1.1	3.3	10.6	3.25
2018	36	NYY-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	2.57	16	0	5	0	0	0	14.0	17	5	4	1	3	0	15	1	0	0	58			1.429	10.9	0.6	1.9	9.6	5.00	SWB IL
2018	36	CLE	AL	1	1	.500	1.39	51	0	1	0	0	0	32.1	17	6	5	1	7	3	43	2	0	1	120	313	1.74	0.742	4.7	0.3	1.9	12.0	6.14
2019	37	CLE	AL	2	4	.333	3.98	67	0	4	0	0	1	40.2	38	20	18	5	12	2	48	3	0	1	173	119	3.56	1.230	8.4	1.1	2.7	10.6	4.00
2020	38	CLE	AL	1	1	.500	2.00	21	0	2	0	0	1	18.0	13	5	4	0	6	3	14	3	0	0	72	226	3.14	1.056	6.5	0.0	3.0	7.0	2.33
2021	39	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	0.00	5	0	3	0	0	0	3.2	5	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	18		1.81	1.636	12.3	0.0	2.5	9.8	4.00
2022	40	ARI	NL	1	1	.500	15.75	7	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	8	9	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	24	28	7.37	2.250	18.0	2.3	2.3	2.3	1.00
20 Yrs				74	94	.440	4.37	703	195	84	3	2	5	1465.2	1336	783	712	198	762	40	1546	88	8	58	6464	96	4.49	1.431	8.2	1.2	4.7	9.5	2.03
162 Game Avg.				6	7	.440	4.37	53	15	6	0	0	0	111	101	59	54	15	58	3	117	7	1	4	489	96	4.49	1.431	8.2	1.2	4.7	9.5	2.03
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
NYM (5 yrs)				29	29	.500	4.71	101	91	4	1	1	0	520.0	484	304	272	74	301	10	494	29	1	22	2335	90	5.01	1.510	8.4	1.3	5.2	8.6	1.64
PIT (4 yrs)				21	28	.429	4.59	70	70	0	2	1	0	398.0	361	218	203	60	214	4	421	19	2	10	1746	94	4.66	1.445	8.2	1.4	4.8	9.5	1.97
CLE (4 yrs)				4	7	.364	2.57	144	0	10	0	0	2	94.2	73	32	27	6	26	9	109	8	0	2	383	178	2.79	1.046	6.9	0.6	2.5	10.4	4.19
ARI (3 yrs)				6	6	.500	3.53	123	0	23	0	0	0	91.2	83	46	36	8	36	3	114	12	3	5	408	111	3.35	1.298	8.1	0.8	3.5	11.2	3.17
SDP (2 yrs)				8	12	.400	4.51	35	34	0	0	0	0	193.2	174	102	97	33	113	3	211	8	1	9	860	86	4.91	1.482	8.1	1.5	5.3	9.8	1.87
WSN (2 yrs)				2	3	.400	4.81	114	0	15	0	0	1	73.0	70	39	39	8	32	5	85	11	1	6	325	91	4.01	1.397	8.6	1.0	3.9	10.5	2.66
SEA (2 yrs)				4	6	.400	3.16	94	0	28	0	0	2	82.2	77	30	29	7	36	5	98	1	0	3	352	119	3.14	1.367	8.4	0.8	3.9	10.7	2.72
HOU (1 yr)				0	3	.000	6.75	22	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	14	12	9	2	4	1	14	0	0	1	55	60	3.97	1.500	10.5	1.5	3.0	10.5	3.50

NL (14 yrs)				66	78	.458	4.56	443	195	42	3	2	1	1276.1	1172	709	647	183	696	25	1325	79	8	52	5674	92	4.71	1.464	8.3	1.3	4.9	9.3	1.90
AL (7 yrs)				8	16	.333	3.09	260	0	42	0	0	4	189.1	164	74	65	15	66	15	221	9	0	6	790	135	3.02	1.215	7.8	0.7	3.1	10.5	3.35

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