Oliver Pérez

Q: When was Oliver Pérez born?

Oliver Pérez was born on August 15, 1981.

Q: Where was Oliver Pérez born?

Oliver Pérez was born in Culiacan, Sinaloa.

Q: How tall is Oliver Pérez?

Oliver Pérez is 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Oliver Pérez weigh when playing?

Oliver Pérez weighed 225 lbs (102 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did Oliver Pérez play?

Oliver Pérez played 20 seasons.

Q: Is Oliver Pérez in the Hall of Fame?

Oliver Pérez has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: How many strikeouts did Oliver Pérez have?

Oliver Pérez had 1,546 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Oliver Pérez played for?

Oliver Pérez played for 8 teams; the San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks, Houston Astros, Washington Nationals and Cleveland Indians.

Q: When did Oliver Pérez retire?

Oliver Pérez last played in 2022.

Q: What are Oliver Pérez's nicknames?

Ollie, El Paisa are nicknames for 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, 18,093rd in major league history)
vs. SEA 5.0 IP, 4 H, 7 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: April 24, 2022 (Age 40-252d)
vs. NYM 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2002 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

Full Name: Oliver Pérez

Nicknames: Ollie or El Paisa

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

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.6

ERA

4.37

703

195

1465.2

1546

WHIP

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	7.36	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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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Oliver Pérez?

Oliver Pérez is 41 years old.

When was Oliver Pérez born?

Oliver Pérez was born on August 15, 1981.

Where was Oliver Pérez born?

Oliver Pérez was born in Culiacan, Sinaloa.

How tall is Oliver Pérez?

Oliver Pérez is 6-3 (190 cm) tall.

How much did Oliver Pérez weigh when playing?

Oliver Pérez weighed 225 lbs (102 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Oliver Pérez play?

Oliver Pérez played 20 seasons.

Is Oliver Pérez in the Hall of Fame?

Oliver Pérez has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Oliver Pérez play?

Oliver Pérez was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Oliver Pérez have?

Oliver Pérez had 1,546 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Oliver Pérez played for?

Oliver Pérez played for 8 teams; the San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks, Houston Astros, Washington Nationals and Cleveland Indians.

When did Oliver Pérez retire?

Oliver Pérez last played in 2022.

What are Oliver Pérez's nicknames?

Ollie, El Paisa are nicknames for Oliver Pérez.

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