Carlos Pérez (catcher)
| Carlos Pérez | |||
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Pérez with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | |||
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim – No. 58 | |||
| Catcher | |||
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Born: October 27, 1990 Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 5, 2015, for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) | |||
| Batting average | .229 | ||
| Home runs | 9 | ||
| Runs batted in | 52 | ||
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Carlos Eduardo Pérez Alvarez (born October 27, 1990) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Pérez signed with the Toronto Blue Jays as an international free agent in 2008.[1] He was acquired by the Houston Astros in a July 2012 trade along with Francisco Cordero, Ben Francisco, Asher Wojciechowski, David Rollins, and Joe Musgrove, in exchange for J. A. Happ, Brandon Lyon, and David Carpenter.[2] He was added to the Astros' 40-man roster on November 3, 2014.[3]
On November 5, 2014, the Astros traded Pérez and Nick Tropeano to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in exchange for Hank Conger.[4]
Pérez was promoted to the major leagues on May 4, 2015 to back up Chris Iannetta. In his major league baseball debut on May 5, 2015, he hit a walk-off home run off of Dominic Leone giving the Angels a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners.[5]
References
- ↑ "Toronto Blue Jays catching prospect Carlos Perez has bright future". MLive.com. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ↑ "Toronto Blue Jays send Francisco Cordero to Houston Astros in 10-player deal - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ↑ "Astros claim Will Harris on waivers". Ultimate Astros. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
- ↑ "Astros get C Conger from Angels for RHP Tropeano". ESPN.com. Associated Press. November 5, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ↑ Gonzalez, Alden; Johns, Gren. "Perez hits walk-off HR in MLB debut.". MLB.com. MLB.com. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)