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Tony
Perez		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: May 14, 1942 in Cuba, , CIEGO DE AVILA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1966    1972   
Silver Slugger 1971   
Gold Glove 1970    1973   
All-Star Selections 1968    1969    1970    1971    1977   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 22 CLN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 5 5
1965 23 CLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 7 6 6
1966 24 CLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 7 6 7 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
1967 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7
1968 26 CLN NL $ 3,021,429   7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 8 7 6 7
1969 27 CLN NL $ 4,642,857   7 7 7 7 6 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6
1970 28 CLN NL $ 6,150,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 7 7 6 6 6
1971 29 CLN NL $ 6,150,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6
1972 30 CLN NL $ 6,150,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6
1973 31 CLN NL $ 6,150,000   8 8 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7
1974 32 CLN NL $ 5,750,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 6
1975 33 CLN NL $ 5,750,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
1976 34 CLN NL $ 5,750,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5
1977 35 CLN NL $ 5,750,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 3 4 5 4 5
1978 36 TAM AL     4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3
1979 37 TOR AL $ 400,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,150,000   8 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1964 22 CLN NL 125 430 53 108 13 2 19 68 1 1 41 79 .251 .316 .423 .739 54.4 10.8
    AAA   26 97 22 32 5 0 10 18 2 1 13 14 .330 .409 .691 1.100 24.7  
1965 23 CLN NL 137 488 45 120 20 0 9 55 1 2 48 93 .246 .310 .342 .652 52.4 7.7
1966 24 CLN NL 149 559 65 161 34 5 17 100 0 5 48 94 .288 .341 .458 .799 80.3 17.2
1967 25 CLN NL 151 582 86 172 35 6 17 83 1 5 46 90 .296 .346 .464 .810 81.8 17.5
1968 26 CLN NL 155 549 96 161 31 3 30 118 5 2 72 66 .293 .374 .525 .899 100.6 24.8
1969 27 CLN NL 148 574 98 185 33 5 23 97 2 3 64 91 .322 .391 .517 .909 104.6 25.6
1970 28 CLN NL 152 593 103 159 36 2 27 114 1 1 64 106 .268 .339 .472 .811 90.5 17.2
1971 29 CLN NL 146 550 99 168 38 4 32 111 2 3 52 88 .305 .363 .564 .927 103.2 21.8
1972 30 CLN NL 153 579 87 159 23 1 24 86 1 2 57 103 .275 .340 .442 .782 83.5 15.0
1973 31 CLN NL 154 574 96 161 25 5 22 86 1 0 58 85 .280 .347 .456 .804 83.3 16.0
1974 32 CLN NL 144 553 85 160 30 2 17 83 0 1 69 85 .289 .366 .443 .809 86.6 18.6
1975 33 CLN NL 95 315 47 88 16 1 17 49 2 0 26 59 .279 .335 .498 .834 48.9 8.9
1976 34 CLN NL 149 566 93 179 38 7 23 93 0 0 57 108 .316 .376 .530 .906 100.2 20.9
1977 35 CLN NL 154 631 83 170 21 1 35 77 0 1 46 127 .269 .318 .472 .790 90.6 19.5
1978 36 TAM AL 99 306 27 75 13 4 11 55 1 3 19 78 .245 .294 .422 .716 35.2 5.1
1979 37 AA   133 488 48 106 21 0 19 70 0 2 49 99 .217 .289 .377 .666 54.8  
15 Years Sim 2111 7849 1163 2226 406 48 323 1275 18 29 767 1352 .284 .347 .471 .818 1196.1 246.5
1 Years AAA 26 97 22 32 5 0 10 18 2 1 13 14 .330 .402 .691 1.093 24.7  
1 Years AA 133 488 48 106 21 0 19 70 0 2 49 99 .217 .287 .377 .664 54.8  
2 Years Minors 159 585 70 138 26 0 29 88 2 3 62 113 .236 .306 .429 .735 79.5  
162 Game Average 602 89 170 31 3 24 97 1 2 58 103 .284 .347 .471 .818 91.8  
Career Highs 155 631 103 185 38 7 35 118 5 5 72 127 .322 .391 .564 .927 104.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5255 742 1454 257 30 218 831 10 21 459 955 .277 .334 .461 .796 790.9
vs LH   2594 421 772 149 18 105 444 8 8 308 397 .298 .371 .490 .861 455.9
Home 1046 3766 579 1103 192 22 172 635 10 17 376 623 .293 .357 .493 .849 635.9
Away 1065 4083 584 1123 214 26 151 640 8 12 391 729 .275 .337 .451 .788 610.9
RISP   2050 0 590 114 16 88 896 0 0 234 345 .288 .353 .488 .841 350.8
Pinch Hitting   114 24 39 6 1 5 28 0 0 14 20 .342 .419 .544 .962 23.6
Close/Late   939 126 271 46 8 32 139 0 0 114 159 .289 .366 .457 .823 154.7
Mar/Apr 349 1369 215 392 79 7 63 246 3 7 121 248 .286 .343 .492 .835 222.0
May 375 1396 180 393 63 4 54 205 4 4 118 245 .282 .338 .448 .786 206.6
June 359 1339 203 386 77 6 58 210 5 4 117 222 .288 .343 .485 .828 215.6
July 331 1266 193 348 61 8 44 187 3 5 134 196 .275 .344 .440 .784 189.5
August 374 1365 191 378 72 14 54 235 1 5 149 244 .277 .347 .469 .815 217.6
Sep/Oct 323 1114 181 329 54 9 50 192 2 4 128 197 .295 .368 .495 .863 195.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1964 22 CLN NL 3B 121 120 1019.3 63 245 19 18 .942 2.72   2.3
1965 23 CLN NL 3B 136 134 1178.3 71 292 22 27 .943 2.77   3.7
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1966 24 CLN NL 3B 144 141 1269.3 71 317 35 20 .917 2.75   3.0
    1B 2 0 4.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1967 25 CLN NL 3B 144 143 1260.0 51 338 20 27 .951 2.78   4.1
    1B 3 0 5.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 12.60   0.0
1968 26 CLN NL 3B 142 136 1215.0 73 336 26 32 .940 3.03   2.9
    1B 13 0 32.0 34 0 0 5 1.000 9.56   0.1
1969 27 CLN NL 3B 143 143 1278.0 75 347 16 29 .963 2.97   4.5
    1B 5 0 12.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 7.11   0.0
1970 28 CLN NL 3B 149 147 1311.3 87 359 17 23 .963 3.06   4.7
    1B 3 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
1971 29 CLN NL 3B 143 141 1255.7 97 311 29 27 .934 2.92   2.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1972 30 CLN NL 3B 152 148 1330.0 84 343 18 44 .960 2.89   3.5
1973 31 CLN NL 3B 154 150 1364.0 92 348 17 30 .963 2.90   5.2
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1974 32 CLN NL 3B 98 95 860.3 54 244 15 24 .952 3.12   3.6
    1B 44 43 386.3 466 40 6 49 .988 11.79   0.9
    CF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
1975 33 CLN NL 3B 55 52 460.3 32 130 4 9 .976 3.17   2.4
    1B 38 15 188.3 257 19 5 29 .982 13.19   0.4
1976 34 CLN NL 3B 95 93 831.0 49 232 11 13 .962 3.04   2.6
    1B 52 45 414.0 518 36 1 63 .998 12.04   1.0
1977 35 CLN NL 3B 154 149 1337.7 65 346 31 32 .930 2.77   3.6
1978 36 TAM AL 3B 70 63 548.7 52 140 12 11 .941 3.15   2.3
    1B 9 3 32.0 38 3 0 1 1.000 11.53   0.0
  3B 1900 1855 16519.0 1016 4328 292 366 .948 2.91   50.3
  1B 173 106 1085.3 1342 99 12 149 .992 11.95   2.4
  CF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
Career Totals   2074 1962 17613.3 2360 4427 304 515 .957 3.47   52.7
Career Highs   155 150 1366.0 567 359 35 76 .986 6.08    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1964 22 CLN NL 13 44 4 9 4 0 1 8 0 0 2 8 .205 .234 .364 .598
1965 23 CLN NL 7 23 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 .130 .259 .130 .390
1966 24 CLN NL 17 60 12 20 2 0 4 11 0 0 11 6 .333 .437 .567 1.003
1967 25 CLN NL 12 46 4 11 2 0 1 3 0 1 4 4 .239 .300 .348 .648
1968 26 CLN NL 20 74 12 22 5 0 1 11 0 0 4 13 .297 .333 .405 .739
1969 27 CLN NL 13 55 6 11 3 0 1 5 0 0 3 13 .200 .241 .309 .550
1970 28 CLN NL 7 28 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 .214 .290 .214 .505
1971 29 CLN NL 5 21 2 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 .238 .238 .381 .619
1972 30 CLN NL 19 69 9 23 5 0 1 11 0 0 8 14 .333 .397 .449 .847
1973 31 CLN NL 5 18 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .222 .263 .278 .541
1974 32 CLN NL 5 20 2 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 .350 .350 .550 .900
1975 33 CLN NL 5 19 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 .158 .200 .263 .463
1977 35 CLN NL 6 29 3 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 9 .172 .200 .310 .510
Career Post-Season Batting 134 506 59 129 25 2 11 59 0 2 42 94 .255 .311 .377 .689
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1967-8-.296
1968-6-.293
1969-1-.322
1971-8-.305
1976-3-.316
 On-Base Pct
1968-7-.374
1969-4-.391
 Slugging Pct
1968-2-.525
1969-5-.517
1971-1-.564
1976-4-.530
1977-7-.472
 OPS
1968-3-.899
1969-5-.909
1971-1-.927
1976-3-.906
 XR
1968-4-100.6
1969-3-104.6
1971-2-103.2
1976-5-100.2
1977-9-90.6
 At-Bats
1970-7-593
1977-2-631
Runs
1968-3-96
1969-3-98
1970-3-103
1971-3-99
1973-7-96
 Hits
1967-5-172
1969-2-185
1976-4-179
 Total Bases
1968-5-288
1969-3-297
1970-8-280
1971-1-310
1976-2-300
1977-2-298
 Singles
1967-10-114
1969-4-124
 Doubles
1966-3-34
1967-6-35
1968-10-31
1969-10-33
1970-5-36
1971-2-38
1976-6-38
 Triples
1966-10-5
1967-3-6
1969-10-5
1973-10-5
1976-2-7
Homeruns
1968-3-30
1970-9-27
1971-2-32
1976-10-23
1977-3-35
 RBIs
1966-7-100
1968-1-118
1969-9-97
1970-4-114
1971-2-111
 Walks
1968-8-72
 Strikeouts
1976-10-108
1977-2-127
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 122    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 49    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Bill White (906)
  4. Bob Bailey (898)
  5. Richie Zisk (893)
  6. Dwight Evans (891)
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  8. Ron Fairly (881)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1964
Had first career hit (homerun) on 5/1/1964, off Al Jackson (SDP)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1964, hitting .348 with 5 HR, 8 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Montreal on 7/4/1966
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1966
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1967, hitting .545 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,021,429 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1968, hitting .320 with 9 HR, 24 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 6/6/1968
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1968, hitting .571 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,642,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1969, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 5/13/1969 with a Bruised Jaw, out for one week
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
9/22/1969: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $6,150,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 4/15/1970
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1970
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1971, hitting .450 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 6/21/1971
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1971, hitting .337 with 9 HR, 22 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1971, hitting .524 with 5 HR, 12 RBI
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1972
6/1/1973: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $5,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1973, hitting .529 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1973
Injured on 9/12/1974 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/31/1975 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/27/1975 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 5-6 weeks
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1976, hitting .360 with 4 HR, 19 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 5/1/1977, off Steve Hargan (NYG)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1977, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/24/1977, hitting .524 with 3 HR, 3 RBI
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/4/1978 to a 2-year deal worth $6,000,000 per year
Released by Tampa Bay on 10/29/1978
Signed as a free agent by Toronto on 2/11/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $400,000 per year
6/1/1979: Signed a minor league contract extension with Toronto
 
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