Tony Pérez

Positions: First Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 175lb (188cm, 79kg)

Born: May 14, 1942 in Camaguey, Cuba cu

Debut: July 26, 1964 (Age 22-073d, 9,870th in MLB history)
vs. PIT 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1986 (Age 44-144d)
vs. SDP 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2000. (Voted by BBWAA on 385/499 ballots)
View Tony Pérez's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Agents: Reuven Katz

Full Name: Atanasio (Rigal) Perez

Nicknames: Big Dog

Pronunciation: \tah-knee peh-REZZ\

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Relatives: Father of Eduardo Perez

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

54.0

AB

9778

R

1272

H

2732

BA

.279

HR

379

RBI

1652

SB

OBP

.341

SLG

.463

OPS

.804

OPS+

122

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1960	18	CIN-min	D	104	439	384	82	107	21	4	6	43	11	1	45	68	.279	.355	.401	.756		154		2	5	3			GEN · NYPL
1961	19	CIN-min	D	121	541	460	110	160	32	7	27	132	17	4	61	86	.348	.432	.624	1.056		287		10	6	4			GEN · NYPL
1962	20	CIN-min	B	100	461	384	72	112	20	8	18	74	8		68	61	.292	.397	.526	.923		202		3	0	6	5		RKM · CARL
1963	21	CIN-min	AA,AAA	77	316	285	48	90	22	4	12	53	9	4	26	60	.316	.379	.547	.926		156		3	2	0			MAC,SDG · SALL,PCL
1964	22	CIN-min	AAA	124	538	479	96	148	20	8	34	107	4	3	45	102	.309	.374	.597	.971		286		8	1	5			SDG · PCL
1964	22	CIN	NL	12	28	25	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	.080	.179	.120	.299	-15	3	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1965	23	CIN	NL	104	307	281	40	73	14	4	12	47	0	2	21	67	.260	.315	.466	.781	111	131	10	2	2	1	5	3
1966	24	CIN	NL	99	278	257	25	68	10	4	4	39	1	0	14	44	.265	.304	.381	.686	82	98	12	2	2	3	2	3
1967	25	CIN	NL	156	644	600	78	174	28	7	26	102	0	3	33	102	.290	.328	.490	.818	121	294	15	4	0	7	10	*53/4	AS,MVP-8
1968	26	CIN	NL	160	690	625	93	176	25	7	18	92	3	2	51	92	.282	.338	.430	.769	124	269	19	6	1	7	13	*5	AS,MVP-19
1969	27	CIN	NL	160	704	629	103	185	31	2	37	122	4	2	63	131	.294	.357	.526	.883	140	331	20	2	3	7	7	*5	AS,MVP-10
1970	28	CIN	NL	158	681	587	107	186	28	6	40	129	8	3	83	134	.317	.401	.589	.990	158	346	15	4	0	7	13	*5/3	AS,MVP-3
1971	29	CIN	NL	158	664	609	72	164	22	3	25	91	4	1	51	120	.269	.325	.438	.764	120	267	13	1	0	3	5	*53
1972	30	CIN	NL	136	576	515	64	146	33	7	21	90	4	2	55	121	.283	.349	.497	.846	145	256	9	0	0	6	15	*3
1973	31	CIN	NL	151	647	564	73	177	33	3	27	101	3	1	74	117	.314	.393	.527	.919	159	297	13	3	0	6	10	*3	MVP-7
1974	32	CIN	NL	158	667	596	81	158	28	2	28	101	1	3	61	112	.265	.331	.460	.791	121	274	17	2	0	8	7	*3	AS
1975	33	CIN	NL	137	574	511	74	144	28	3	20	109	1	2	54	101	.282	.350	.466	.816	124	238	12	3	0	6	6	*3	AS,MVP-15
1976	34	CIN	NL	139	586	527	77	137	32	6	19	91	10	5	50	88	.260	.328	.452	.779	118	238	10	5	0	4	9	*3	AS
1977	35	MON	NL	154	633	559	71	158	32	6	19	91	4	3	63	111	.283	.352	.463	.816	121	259	14	2	0	9	15	*3
1978	36	MON	NL	148	590	544	63	158	38	3	14	78	2	0	38	104	.290	.336	.449	.785	120	244	10	2	1	5	9	*3
1979	37	MON	NL	132	537	489	58	132	29	4	13	73	2	1	38	82	.270	.322	.425	.748	104	208	14	3	0	7	4	*3
1980	38	BOS	AL	151	635	585	73	161	31	3	25	105	1	0	41	93	.275	.320	.467	.786	108	273	25	1	0	8	11	*3D	MVP-22
1981	39	BOS	AL	84	336	306	35	77	11	3	9	39	0	0	27	66	.252	.310	.395	.705	98	121	9	0	0	3	0	3D
1982	40	BOS	AL	69	215	196	18	51	14	2	6	31	0	1	19	48	.260	.326	.444	.769	104	87	6	0	0	0	3	D/3
1983	41	PHI	NL	91	285	253	18	61	11	2	6	43	1	0	28	57	.241	.316	.372	.687	91	94	9	1	0	3	1	3
1984	42	CIN	NL	71	149	137	9	33	6	1	2	15	0	0	11	21	.241	.295	.343	.638	77	47	8	0	0	1	2	3
1985	43	CIN	NL	72	207	183	25	60	8	0	6	33	0	2	22	22	.328	.396	.470	.866	138	86	2	0	0	2	1	3
1986	44	CIN	NL	77	228	200	14	51	12	1	2	29	0	0	25	25	.255	.333	.355	.688	87	71	6	0	0	3	2	3
23 Yrs				2777	10861	9778	1272	2732	505	79	379	1652	49	33	925	1867	.279	.341	.463	.804	122	4532	268	43	9	106	150
162 Game Avg.				162	634	570	74	159	29	5	22	96	3	2	54	109	.279	.341	.463	.804	122	264	16	3	1	6	9
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
CIN (16 yrs)				1948	7630	6846	936	1934	339	56	287	1192	39	28	671	1306	.283	.346	.474	.820	127	3246	181	34	8	71	107
BOS (3 yrs)				304	1186	1087	126	289	56	8	40	175	1	1	87	207	.266	.318	.443	.760	105	481	40	1	0	11	14
MON (3 yrs)				434	1760	1592	192	448	99	13	46	242	8	4	139	297	.281	.338	.447	.784	115	711	38	7	1	21	28
PHI (1 yr)				91	285	253	18	61	11	2	6	43	1	0	28	57	.241	.316	.372	.687	91	94	9	1	0	3	1

NL (20 yrs)				2473	9675	8691	1146	2443	449	71	339	1477	48	32	838	1660	.281	.344	.466	.810	124	4051	228	42	9	95	136
AL (3 yrs)				304	1186	1087	126	289	56	8	40	175	1	1	87	207	.266	.318	.443	.760	105	481	40	1	0	11	14

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Tony Pérez

SUMMARY

WAR

AB

R

H

BA

HR

RBI

SB

OBP

SLG

OPS

OPS+

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Player News

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Standard Fielding

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