American baseball player (born 1969)
Baseball player
Eduardo Perez
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Eduardo_Perez_2002_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Eduardo_Perez_2002_%28cropped%29.jpg) Perez in 2002
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First baseman
/
Outfielder
/
Third baseman
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Born:
(
1969-09-11
)
September 11, 1969
(age 54)
Cincinnati
,
Ohio
, U.S.
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Batted:
Right
Threw:
Right
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MLB:
July 27, 1993, for the California Angels
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NPB:
March 30, 2001, for the Hanshin Tigers
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NPB:
June 15, 2001, for the Hanshin Tigers
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MLB:
October 1, 2006, for the Seattle Mariners
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Batting average
| .247
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Home runs
| 79
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Runs batted in
| 294
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Batting average
| .222
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Home runs
| 3
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Runs batted in
| 19
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Eduardo Atanasio Perez Perez
(born September 11, 1969) is an American former professional
baseball
player,
coach
, and current television sports
color commentator
. He played in
Major League Baseball
and the
Nippon Professional Baseball
league as a
first baseman
,
third baseman
, and
outfielder
from
1993
to
2006
. After his playing career Perez became a baseball analyst with
ESPN
,
ESPN Deportes
, and
ESPN Latin America
as well as a host on
SiriusXM
's
MLB Network Radio
.
[1]
Early career
[
edit
]
Eduardo Perez was born in
Cincinnati
, the younger son of baseball
Hall of Famer
Tony Perez
and Pituka Perez.
[2]
His godfather is Hall of Famer
Orlando Cepeda
.
[3]
Perez's brother, Victor, graduated from
Xavier University
and played one year in the
Cincinnati Reds
minor league system.
[4]
Perez graduated from Robinson School, a private, college-prep high school in
San Juan, Puerto Rico
. He went to
Florida State University
and majored in political science. He played college
baseball
under head coach
Mike Martin
for the
Florida State Seminoles baseball
team. In 1989, he played
collegiate summer baseball
with the
Brewster Whitecaps
of the
Cape Cod Baseball League
.
[5]
As a Seminoles' junior in 1991, Perez was named 2nd Team All-American by the
American Baseball Coaches Association
and 3rd Team All-American by
Baseball America
, batting .370 with 11 home runs, 58 RBIs, and 30 stolen bases.
[6]
That year, the Seminoles were also in the
College World Series
, and Perez was a first-round draft pick (17th overall) of the
California Angels
.
Perez played professionally in 1991 for the Angels' Class A short-season
Boise Hawks
of the
Northwest League
. The following year, he played for the Class A
Palm Springs Angels
of the
California League
before being promoted to the Class AA
Midland Angels
of the
Texas League
. In 1993 he played most of the year with the Class AAA
Vancouver Canadians
of the
Pacific Coast League
, and in July he was called up to the parent club.
[7]
Major league career
[
edit
]
Perez played his first major league game on July 27, 1993, as the host Angels defeated the
Oakland A's
15?8. Starting at third base and batting sixth, he had three at-bats, two hits, a walk, three runs batted in and three runs scored. His first at-bat resulted in a first-inning walk against
Bobby Witt
.
Perez recalled that first at-bat as an announcer on the May 6. 2019, ESPN Monday Night Baseball broadcast. Perez had swung at a slider that was over a foot and a half off the plate to honor a childhood pact with his brother that if either of them made it to the major leagues they agreed to swing at the first pitch.
An inning later he got his first career hit, a double off reliever
Joe Boever
. In the eighth inning, Perez hit his first home run, a 3-run shot off
Kevin Campbell
, scoring teammates
Tim Salmon
and
Chili Davis
.
[8]
He also hit the first of his three career walk-off home runs in 1993.
[9]
The Angels trailed the
Minnesota Twins
3?2 in the bottom of the ninth inning with Salmon on base and one out. Perez homered to left field off Twins reliever
Rick Aguilera
for a 4-3 Angels win.
[10]
Perez's most productive year came in 1997 for the Cincinnati Reds. In 330 plate appearances, he hit .253 with 16 home runs, 52 runs batted in, 18 doubles, 29 walks and five stolen bases. In 2003 for the St. Louis Cardinals, in 289 plate appearances, he hit .285 with 11 home runs, 41 runs batted in, 16 doubles, 29 walks and five stolen bases.
[11]
One pitcher that Perez had the most success against was one of the all-time dominant hurlers, Hall-of-Famer
Randy Johnson
. On April 19, 2005, starting at first base for Tampa Bay against the
New York Yankees
in
Yankee Stadium
, Perez hit two home runs (in consecutive at-bats) and knocked in three runs against Johnson.
[12]
through that game. Perez was 8-for-27 lifetime against Johnson, with four home runs, seven runs batted in and two doubles.
[13]
In 2006, Perez's last season, Johnson was ejected and suspended five games for a brushback pitch against Perez a half-inning after Johnson's teammate,
Jorge Posada
, had been hit by a pitch.
[14]
Perez's four home runs against Johnson were the most against one pitcher in Perez's career. He hit three each off
Al Leiter
and
Sterling Hitchcock
.
[9]
Perez also was known for some big pinch-hit home runs during his career, including three in one season (2002) for the Cardinals and seven for his career.
[15]
His game-winning pinch-hit home runs included an 11th-inning shot for the Reds off
Los Angeles Dodgers
pitcher
Mark Guthrie
in 1997,
[16]
an eighth-inning two-run shot for the Cardinals off
New York Mets
pitcher Al Leiter in 2002, and a ninth-inning walk-off solo shot for the Devil Rays against pitcher
Alan Embree
.
[17]
[18]
Perez's final career hit came September 23, 2006 as the Mariners fell to the host
Chicago White Sox
, 11?7. He hit a fifth-inning single off
Mark Buehrle
, driving in
Raul Ibanez
.
[19]
His final career at-bat was September 29, 2006. At age 37, playing for the
Seattle Mariners
in a 6?5 loss to the
Texas Rangers
, he pinch hit for
Ben Broussard
and struck out against
C. J. Wilson
.
[20]
Later career
[
edit
]
Perez joined
ESPN
's
Baseball Tonight
2006 postseason coverage along with then-current player
Vernon Wells
, and former players
Tino Martinez
and
Eric Byrnes
. Perez worked as an analyst for "Baseball Tonight" through 2011 and also served as an analyst for
ESPN Deportes
' "Beisbol Esta Noche." In 2007, he provided commentary for the NCAA baseball regionals, the
Triple-A All-Star Game
and the
Little League World Series
regionals. He speaks both English and Spanish fluently.
[21]
In late 2007, three months after the Puerto Rican winter baseball league was cancelled after 69 seasons, Perez returned to Puerto Rico and announced his founding of the Winter Training Program (WTP) for both professional and amateur players in an effort to return pro baseball back to the island. The program was sponsored by the government municipality of San Juan,
Major League Baseball
, and private donors.
[22]
In 2008 and 2009, Perez was manager of
Leones de Ponce
in
Puerto Rico
. He was named 2008 Manager of the Year in the
Puerto Rico Baseball League
, leading the team to the league title.
While serving as a special assistant to the baseball operations department of the
Cleveland Indians
, on June 8, 2011, Perez was named hitting coach of the
Miami Marlins
, replacing
John Mallee
, a position he held until manager
Ozzie Guillen
and most of his staff were let go shortly after the
2012 season
. He managed the team representing
Colombia
in the
World Baseball Classic
Qualifying Round in 2013, finishing with a 1?2 record.
[23]
He served as the Houston Astros bench coach under manager
Bo Porter
during the
2013 season
. For
2014
, he was named the Astros first base coach, but he resigned that position in early January 2014 to spend more time with family.
[24]
On February 11, 2014, ESPN announced that Perez had rejoined the network as a studio and game analyst.
[25]
During the winter of 2014?2015, Perez served as the manager of the Santurce Crabbers in the
Puerto Rican Winter League
. The Crabbers won the league championship and participated in the
Caribbean World Series
.
In 2016, Perez joined
SiriusXM
's
MLB Network Radio
hosting
The Leadoff Spot
with
Steve Phillips
Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays.
In 2020, while MLB was shut down due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
, Perez worked on ESPN's coverage of baseball from the
Korea Baseball Organization
, working with
Karl Ravech
.
[26]
On September 29, 2020, Perez alongside Karl Ravech and
Tim Kurkjian
[27]
called Game 1 of the
American League wild card playoff series
between the
Houston Astros
and
Minnesota Twins
. It was the first time that the
ABC
network
broadcast
a Major League Baseball game since Game 5 of the
1995 World Series
.
Personal life
[
edit
]
Perez is married to Mirba Rivera; they wed in December 2000. The couple has two daughters?Andreanna, born in 2003, and Juliana, born in 2006. The family's main residence is in
San Juan, Puerto Rico
. The family now lives in
Miami, Florida
.
[28]
[23]
See also
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
"Tany Perez: Primero Puerto Rico Despues Rojos de Cincinnati"
. 2018-12-20.
- ^
Teaford, Elliott (July 31, 1993).
"Filling Father's Shoes"
.
Los Angeles Times
. Retrieved
August 21,
2016
.
- ^
Beradino, Mike (July 25, 1999).
"Induction Vindicates 'Baby Bull'
"
.
Sun Sentinel
. Retrieved
August 21,
2016
.
- ^
"Son of Tony Perez making splash in college baseball"
.
Park City Daily News
. Associated Press. April 17, 1991
. Retrieved
August 21,
2016
.
- ^
"Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League"
(PDF)
. capecodbaseball.org
. Retrieved
January 9,
2020
.
- ^
"Eduardo Perez"
.
- ^
"Eduardo Perez Minor, Japanese & Winter Leagues Statistics & History"
.
- ^
"Oakland Athletics at California Angels Box Score, July 27, 1993"
.
- ^
a
b
"Eduardo Perez Career Home Runs"
.
- ^
"Minnesota Twins at California Angels Box Score, July 31, 1993"
.
- ^
"Eduardo Perez Stats"
.
- ^
"Devil Rays vs. Yankees - Game Recap - April 19, 2005 - ESPN"
.
- ^
"Close Call Has Perez on Edge"
. 2006-06-15.
- ^
Lapointe, Joe (2006-06-15).
"Johnson Hits Eject Button, but Yankees Don't Mind"
.
The New York Times
.
- ^
"Stavi's hot pinch-hit home run pace | the Cardinal Nation blog"
. Archived from
the original
on 2015-06-10
. Retrieved
2013-11-14
.
- ^
"LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Eduardo Perez's pinch-hit homer with one out I"
.
Associated Press
.
- ^
"Sun Journal - Google News Archive Search"
.
- ^
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2482&dat=20020425&id=fytJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lQwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1453,4200998
[
dead link
]
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"Seattle Mariners at Chicago White Sox Box Score, September 23, 2006"
.
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"Texas Rangers at Seattle Mariners Box Score, September 29, 2006"
.
- ^
"Marlins replace hitting coach Mallee with Perez"
. 2011-06-09.
- ^
"Perez reviving baseball in Puerto Rico | MLB.com: News"
. Archived from
the original
on 2013-10-23.
- ^
a
b
"Manager and Coaches"
.
- ^
"Tarrik Brock replaces Eduardo Perez on coaching staff"
. 2014-01-09.
- ^
"Former Astros assistant coach to rejoin ESPN"
. 11 February 2014.
- ^
"ESPN to televise Korea Baseball Organization games"
.
ESPN.com
. May 5, 2020
. Retrieved
May 13,
2020
.
- ^
"ESPN and ABC to Exclusively Televise 7 of 8 MLB Wild Card Series"
.
Laughing Place Disney Newsdesk
. September 28, 2020.
- ^
Eduardo Perez: Biography and Career, Highlights
whitesox.com
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