Robert Pérez (baseball)

For the current baseball player, see Roberto Pérez.

Robert Pérez

Outfielder

Born: June 4, 1969
Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

July 20, 1994, for the Toronto Blue Jays

Last MLB appearance

October 7, 2001, for the Milwaukee Brewers

MLB statistics

Batting average

.254

Home runs

Runs batted in

Teams

Toronto Blue Jays (1994–1997)
Seattle Mariners (1998)
Montreal Expos (1998)
Orix BlueWave (1999)
New York Yankees (2001)
Milwaukee Brewers (2001)
Lotte Giants (2003–2004, 2007)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Jiménez.

Robert Alexander Pérez Jiménez (born June 4, 1969) is a former Venezuelan outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Montreal Expos, New York Yankees and Milwaukee Brewers in parts of six seasons spanning 1994–2001. Listed at 6' 3", 205 lb., he batted and threw right handed.^[1]

Born in Ciudad Bolívar, Pérez started his professional baseball career in the Venezuelan League as a 19-year-old rookie during the 1988–1989 season. He was signed by the Blue Jays organization as an amateur free agent in 1989.^[1]

In a six-season career, Pérez posted a batting average of .254 (126-for-497) with eight home runs and 74 runs batted in in 221 games, including 49 runs, 19 doubles, one triple and three stolen bases.^[1]

In 2007 and 2008 Pérez played in the Mexican League, batting over .300 both years. He also spent time in Japanese and Korean baseball while playing for the Orix BlueWave (1999) and the Lotte Giants (2003–2004, 2007), respectively, and played with the Novara United of the Italian Baseball League during the 2011 season.^[2] In 2003, he tried to make a comeback to the majors by signing a minor league deal with the Seattle Mariners, was released at the end of spring training.

Besides, Pérez spent his entire 27-season career in the Venezuelan League with the Cardenales de Lara club between the 1989-90 and 2014-15 tournaments to become a living legend in his country, where he is nicknamed El Hombre Historia (The History Man). Such a nickname comes from the fact he set several all-time records in Venezuelan baseball history, including for the most home runs (125), RBIs (738), doubles (222) extra-base hits (382) and game appearances (1,300).^[3]

References

1 2 3 "Robert Perez MLB statistics".
↑ Baseball Reference – Robert Perez MiLB statistics
↑ Robert Pérez VPBL statistics PuraPelota.com. Retrieved on June 10, 2015.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Retrosheet
Mexican League statistics
Venezuelan Professional Baseball League statistics
Solo Deportes – Article about a Robert Perez game ( Spanish)

Venezuela 2006 World Baseball Classic roster

1 Tomás Pérez 2 Carlos Guillén 9 Edgardo Alfonzo 12 Marco Scutaro 13 Omar Vizquel 15 Víctor Moreno 19 Ramón Hernández 20 Juan Rivera 21 Henry Blanco 23 Ricardo Palma 24 Miguel Cabrera 27 Carlos Hernández 28 Giovanni Carrara 29 Jorge Julio 30 Magglio Ordóñez 31 Víctor Zambrano 34 Freddy García 36 Tony Armas, Jr. 37 Francisco Rodríguez 38 Carlos Zambrano 39 Gustavo Chacín 41 Víctor Martínez 45 Kelvim Escobar 47 Endy Chávez 51 Robert Pérez 52 Carlos Silva 53 Bobby Abreu 56 Tony Álvarez 57 Johan Santana 63 Rafael Betancourt

Manager Luis Sojo

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