Oliver Perez

Full Name: Oliver (Martinez) Perez Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 3"/160 First Game: June 16, 2002 Birthdate: August 15, 1981 MLB Experience: 5 years Birthplace: Culiacan, Sinaloa (Mexico) Bat/Throw: Left/Left

Born on August 15, 1981 in Culiacan, Sinaloa (Mexico), Oliver Perez (Oliver (Martinez) Perez) played for the San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Mets over the course of his 5 year career. Perez broke into the bigs on June 16, 2002 with the San Diego Padres, and put up a 3.50 ERA in 90 innings pitched in 2002, his rookie year.

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Career Highlights

Most people believe that Oliver Perez's best season was 2004, when he posted a 2.98 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 239 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
2002	SD	N	16	15	4	5	3.50	94	37	35	0	0	0	90	71	13	48	1	3	5
2003	SD	N	19	19	4	7	5.38	117	65	62	0	0	0	103.2	103	20	65	2	6	3
2003	PIT	N	5	5	0	3	5.87	24	15	15	0	0	0	23	26	2	12	1	1	1
2003	TOT	N	24	24	4	10	5.47	141	80	77	0	0	0	126.2	129	22	77	3	7	4
2004	PIT	N	30	30	12	10	2.98	239	71	65	2	1	0	196	145	22	81	2	2	9
2005	PIT	N	20	20	7	5	5.85	97	68	67	0	0	0	103	102	23	70	1	3	6
2006	PIT	N	15	15	2	10	6.63	61	64	56	0	0	0	76	88	13	51	0	4	3
2006	NY	N	7	7	1	3	6.38	41	26	26	1	1	0	36.2	41	7	17	0	1	3
2006	TOT	N	22	22	3	13	6.55	102	90	82	1	1	0	112.2	129	20	68	0	5	6
Total			112	111	30	43	4.67	673	346	326	3	2	0	628.1	576	100	344	7	20	30

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
2002	SD	N	P	16	15	90	2	9	1	1	0	4	1	1	0	.917
2003	SD	N	P	19	19	103.2	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.000
2003	PIT	N	P	5	5	23	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.833
2003	TOT	N	P	24	24	126.2	1	15	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.941
2004	PIT	N	P	30	30	196	7	21	0	2	0	0	4	4	0	1.000
2005	PIT	N	P	20	20	103	2	10	1	0	0	1	3	5	2	.923
2006	PIT	N	P	15	15	76	1	11	2	0	0	0	4	1	1	.857
2006	NY	N	P	7	7	36.2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
2006	TOT	N	P	22	22	112.2	1	13	2	0	0	0	5	1	1	.875
Total			P	112	111	628.1	13	68	5	3	0	5	14	12	4	.942

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
2002	SD	N	16	30	1	4	0	0	.133	.133	.133	0	0	0	11	0	3	0	0	0
2003	SD	N	19	33	0	7	0	4	.212	.229	.212	0	0	1	10	0	3	0	0	1
2003	PIT	N	5	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2003	TOT	N	24	39	0	7	0	4	.179	.195	.179	0	0	1	11	0	3	0	0	1
2004	PIT	N	31	58	2	11	0	0	.190	.242	.190	0	0	4	22	0	10	0	0	0
2005	PIT	N	20	33	1	6	0	3	.182	.200	.182	0	0	1	11	0	7	1	0	0
2006	PIT	N	16	25	0	3	0	3	.120	.120	.120	0	0	0	8	0	1	1	0	0
2006	NY	N	7	13	0	1	0	0	.077	.200	.077	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	1
2006	TOT	N	23	38	0	4	0	3	.105	.150	.105	0	0	2	12	0	1	1	0	1
Total			114	198	4	32	0	10	.162	.192	.162	0	0	8	67	0	24	2	0	2

Transactions

• Signed as a non-drafted free agent by San Diego Padres (March 4, 1999).
• Traded by San Diego Padres with Jason Bay and a player to be named later to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Brian Giles (August 26, 2003); Pittsburgh Pirates received Corey Stewart (October 2, 2003).
• Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Roberto Hernandez to New York Mets in exchange for Xavier Nady (July 31, 2006).