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Oliver Perez
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Birthdate: 8/15/1981    
Height / Weight: 6' 3" / 160 lbs. Place of Birth: Culiacan, , Mexico
Bats / Throws: L / L

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San Diego Padres Left-handed Pitcher Born: Culiacan, Mexico on 8/15/81

Oliver Perez broke into professional baseball with AZL Padres in 1999. After solid pitching performances with Idaho Falls, Lake Elsinore, Fort Wayne, and Mobile in 2000-02, he was brought up to the majors at age 20 by the San Diego Padres and gained a win in his major league debuted on June 16, 2002 against Seattle. Doing so while he was the youngest player in the majors at this time. In 2002 the Mexican-born Perez quickly became a Latino hero with his blazing fastball. He started 15 games, struck out a resounding 94 batters in just 90 innings and finished his rookie year with a 4-5 record, with a solid 3.50 earned run average. Padres manager Bruce Bochy said, 'He reminds you of Fernando Valenzuela with completely different stuff. He loves to compete and loves to play baseball.' baseballhistorian.com - The History of Baseball


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
2002 SDP (NL) 16 15 4 5 0 0 0 90.0 71 37 35 13 48 1 94 3 5 0 3.50
2003 PIT (NL) 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 23.0 26 15 15 2 12 1 24 1 1 0 5.87
2003 SDP (NL) 19 19 4 7 0 0 0 103.2 103 65 62 20 65 2 117 6 3 1 5.38
2004 PIT (NL) 30 30 12 10 0 2 1 196.0 145 71 65 22 81 2 239 2 9 1 2.98
2005 PIT (NL) 20 20 7 5 0 0 0 103.0 102 68 67 23 70 1 97 3 6 0 5.85
2006 PIT (NL) 15 15 2 10 0 0 0 76.0 88 64 56 13 51 0 61 4 3 1 6.63
2006 NYM (NL) 7 7 1 3 0 1 1 36.2 41 26 26 7 17 0 41 1 3 0 6.38
7 years   112 111 30 43 0 3 2 628.1 576 346 326 100 344 7 673 20 30 3 4.67
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
2002 SDP (NL) 16 30 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 3 0 .133 .133 SLG
2003 PIT (NL) 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
2003 SDP (NL) 18 33 0 7 0 0 0 4 1 10 0 0 0 0 3 1 .212 .229 SLG
2004 PIT (NL) 30 58 2 11 0 0 0 0 4 22 0 0 0 0 10 0 .190 .242 SLG
2005 PIT (NL) 20 33 1 6 0 0 0 3 1 11 1 0 0 0 7 1 .182 .200 SLG
2006 NYM (NL) 7 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .77 .200 SLG
2006 PIT (NL) 16 25 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 .120 .120 SLG
7 years   112 198 4 32 0 0 0 10 8 67 2 0 0 0 24 2 .162 .192 .SLG



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