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Tony Perez
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Birthdate: 5/14/1942    
Height / Weight: 6' 2" / 205 lbs. Place of Birth: Ciego De Avila, , Cuba
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Known for his clutch-hitting, Tony Perez amassed 2,732 hits, 379 HRs, and 1,652 RBIs while batting .279 in 2,777 games over his 23-year career. Along with Johnny Bench, Tom Seaver and Joe Morgan, Perez became the fourth Hall of Fame member of the Reds' "Big Red Machine" dynasty when he was inducted into the Hall in 2000.  (Pete Rose due to his involvement in gambling is still ineligible to enter the Hall of Fame).  Playing first and third base, Perez played with Cincinnati from 1964-1976, then played for Montreal, Boston and Philadelphia before rejoining the Reds for his final three seasons, 1984-86.  Perez hit 30 or more homers 8 times, with highs of 37 in 1969 and 40 in 1970. Perez had over 100 RBIs 7 times and over 90 RBIs 12 times.   He made the All-Star team 7 times.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
23 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1964 CIN (NL) 12 25 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .80 .179 SLG
1965 CIN (NL) 104 281 40 73 14 4 12 47 21 67 0 2 5 2 2 1 .260 .315 SLG
1966 CIN (NL) 99 257 25 68 10 4 4 39 14 44 1 0 2 2 2 3 .265 .304 SLG
1967 CIN (NL) 156 600 78 174 28 7 26 102 33 102 0 3 10 4 0 7 .290 .328 SLG
1968 CIN (NL) 160 625 93 176 25 7 18 92 51 92 3 2 13 6 1 7 .282 .338 SLG
1969 CIN (NL) 160 629 103 185 31 2 37 122 63 131 4 2 7 2 3 7 .294 .357 SLG
1970 CIN (NL) 158 587 107 186 28 6 40 129 83 134 8 3 13 4 0 7 .317 .401 SLG
1971 CIN (NL) 158 609 72 164 22 3 25 91 51 120 4 1 5 1 0 3 .269 .325 SLG
1972 CIN (NL) 136 515 64 146 33 7 21 90 55 121 4 2 15 0 0 6 .283 .349 SLG
1973 CIN (NL) 151 564 73 177 33 3 27 101 74 117 3 1 10 3 0 6 .314 .393 SLG
1974 CIN (NL) 158 596 81 158 28 2 28 101 61 112 1 3 7 2 0 8 .265 .331 SLG
1975 CIN (NL) 137 511 74 144 28 3 20 109 54 101 1 2 6 3 0 6 .282 .350 SLG
1976 CIN (NL) 139 527 77 137 32 6 19 91 50 88 10 5 9 5 0 4 .260 .328 SLG
1977 MON (NL) 154 559 71 158 32 6 19 91 63 111 4 3 15 2 0 9 .283 .352 SLG
1978 MON (NL) 148 544 63 158 38 3 14 78 38 104 2 0 9 2 1 5 .290 .336 SLG
1979 MON (NL) 132 489 58 132 29 4 13 73 38 82 2 1 4 3 0 7 .270 .322 SLG
1980 BOS (AL) 151 585 73 161 31 3 25 105 41 93 1 0 11 1 0 8 .275 .320 SLG
1981 BOS (AL) 84 306 35 77 11 3 9 39 27 66 0 0 0 0 0 3 .252 .310 SLG
1982 BOS (AL) 69 196 18 51 14 2 6 31 19 48 0 1 3 0 0 0 .260 .326 SLG
1983 PHI (NL) 91 253 18 61 11 2 6 43 28 57 1 0 1 1 0 3 .241 .316 SLG
1984 CIN (NL) 71 137 9 33 6 1 2 15 11 21 0 0 2 0 0 1 .241 .295 SLG
1985 CIN (NL) 72 183 25 60 8 0 6 33 22 22 0 2 1 0 0 2 .328 .396 SLG
1986 CIN (NL) 77 200 14 51 12 1 2 29 25 25 0 0 2 0 0 3 .255 .333 SLG
23 years   2777 9778 1272 2732 505 79 379 1652 925 1867 49 33 150 43 9 106 .279 .341 .SLG



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