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Rafael Perez P

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
16 338 329 21 12 3 3.64 4.3
Birth Date5-15-1982
Height6' 3"
Weight195 lbs
Age41 years, 11 months, 4 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2006 CLE MLB 18 0 12.3 0 0 0 10 6 15 2 106 7.3 4.4 1.5 10.9 0% .242 1.30 4.32 4.38 90 4.16 84.7 0.2
2007 CLE MLB 44 0 60.7 1 2 1 41 15 62 5 100 6.1 2.2 0.7 9.2 0% .234 0.92 3.07 1.78 70 2.69 55.6 1.9
2008 CLE MLB 73 0 76.3 4 4 2 67 23 86 8 104 7.9 2.7 0.9 10.1 0% .304 1.18 3.24 3.54 78 3.15 67.2 1.9
2009 CLE MLB 54 0 48.0 4 3 0 66 25 32 5 103 12.4 4.7 0.9 6.0 0% .367 1.90 4.84 7.31 107 6.07 130.1 -0.5
2010 CLE MLB 70 0 61.0 6 1 0 72 25 36 3 107 10.6 3.7 0.4 5.3 0% .332 1.59 3.73 3.25 101 5.05 114.0 -0.1
2011 CLE MLB 71 0 63.0 5 2 0 59 19 33 2 102 8.4 2.7 0.3 4.7 0% .281 1.24 3.33 3.00 92 3.76 87.4 0.7
2012 CLE MLB 8 0 7.7 1 0 0 5 4 4 1 92 5.9 4.7 1.2 4.7 0% .182 1.17 5.26 3.52 93 3.40 77.9 0.1
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Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2003 BNC Rk APL 13 12 69.0 9 3 0 56 16 63 1 7.3 2.1 0.1 8.2 0% .286 1.04 2.81 1.70 0 0.00 0.0
2004 LKC A SAL 23 22 115.0 7 6 0 121 47 99 9 9.5 3.7 0.7 7.7 0% .326 1.46 4.21 4.85 0 0.00 0.0
2004 KIN A+ CRL 1 1 4.7 0 0 0 10 2 3 1 19.1 3.8 1.9 5.7 0% .474 2.55 6.07 11.49 0 0.00 0.0
2005 KIN A+ CRL 14 14 77.7 8 5 0 54 32 48 6 6.3 3.7 0.7 5.6 0% -.545 1.11 4.41 3.36 0 0.00 0.0
2005 AKR AA EAS 15 8 66.7 4 3 1 53 12 46 5 64 7.2 1.6 0.7 6.2 0% -.738 0.97 3.37 1.75 95 3.52 69.5
2006 CLE MLB AL 18 0 12.3 0 0 0 10 6 15 2 106 7.3 4.4 1.5 10.9 0% .242 1.30 4.32 4.38 90 4.16 84.7
2006 AKR AA EAS 12 12 67.1 4 5 0 53 22 53 3 102 7.1 3.0 0.4 7.1 0% .259 1.12 3.19 2.82 96 3.94 82.7
2006 BUF AAA INT 13 0 27.1 0 3 0 20 8 33 0 101 6.6 2.7 0.0 11.0 0% .290 1.03 1.75 2.66 62 2.65 55.5
2007 CLE MLB AL 44 0 60.7 1 2 1 41 15 62 5 100 6.1 2.2 0.7 9.2 0% .234 0.92 3.07 1.78 70 2.69 55.6
2007 BUF AAA INT 8 7 46.7 3 3 0 53 11 31 3 101 10.2 2.1 0.6 6.0 0% .333 1.37 3.44 3.66 93 4.96 101.9
2007 GIG Wnt DWL 4 0 5.7 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 3.2 4.7 0.0 4.7 0% .125 0.88 3.58 1.58 0 0.00 0.0
2008 CLE MLB AL 73 0 76.3 4 4 2 67 23 86 8 104 7.9 2.7 0.9 10.1 0% .304 1.18 3.24 3.54 78 3.15 67.2
2009 CLE MLB AL 54 0 48.0 4 3 0 66 25 32 5 103 12.4 4.7 0.9 6.0 0% .367 1.90 4.84 7.31 107 6.07 130.1
2009 COH AAA INT 16 0 21.7 1 0 3 23 5 23 0 114 9.5 2.1 0.0 9.5 0% .371 1.29 1.86 0.83 72 3.82 80.3
2009 GIG Wnt DWL 2 1 5.0 0 0 0 1 4 7 0 1.8 7.2 0.0 12.6 0% .125 1.00 2.88 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2010 CLE MLB AL 70 0 61.0 6 1 0 72 25 36 3 107 10.6 3.7 0.4 5.3 0% .332 1.59 3.73 3.25 101 5.05 114.0
2011 CLE MLB AL 71 0 63.0 5 2 0 59 19 33 2 102 8.4 2.7 0.3 4.7 0% .281 1.24 3.33 3.00 92 3.76 87.4
2012 CLE MLB AL 8 0 7.7 1 0 0 5 4 4 1 92 5.9 4.7 1.2 4.7 0% .182 1.17 5.26 3.52 93 3.40 77.9
2012 AKR AA EAS 3 1 4.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 95 4.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0% .154 0.50 3.19 0.00 112 4.02 83.7
2012 COH AAA INT 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4.5 4.5 0.0 4.5 0% .200 1.00 3.65 0.00 109 4.58 95.4
2013 PME AA EAS 25 0 30.7 2 2 6 27 5 30 3 7.9 1.5 0.9 8.8 0% .282 1.04 3.22 2.64 80 2.95 64.0
2013 ROC AAA INT 4 0 4.0 1 0 0 2 3 2 1 4.5 6.8 2.3 4.5 0% .100 1.25 7.70 2.25 130 4.17 90.7
2014 IND AAA INT 10 8 56.0 3 1 0 56 12 34 2 107 9.0 1.9 0.3 5.5 0% .294 1.21 3.34 1.77 95 3.97 84.1
2014 ROU AAA PCL 4 0 3.7 0 1 0 4 0 4 1 9.8 0.0 2.5 9.8 0% .300 1.09 5.05 7.36 81 3.12 66.0
2015 QUI AAA MEX 13 13 81.3 5 5 0 71 15 52 5 7.9 1.7 0.6 5.8 0% .267 1.06 3.67 1.99 0 0.00 0.0
2015 GIG Wnt DWL 7 7 29.0 0 2 0 31 9 16 4 9.6 2.8 1.2 5.0 0% .297 1.38 4.24 4.03 0 0.00 0.0
2016 GIG Wnt DWL 17 0 19.0 4 0 0 12 4 11 0 5.7 1.9 0.0 5.2 0% .207 0.84 2.16 1.42 0 0.00 0.0
2017 GIG Wnt DWL 11 0 7.7 0 0 0 5 2 3 0 5.9 2.3 0.0 3.5 0% .200 0.91 2.33 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2018 GIG Wnt DWL 7 0 5.7 1 0 0 8 0 4 0 12.7 0.0 0.0 6.4 33% .444 1.41 1.38 4.76 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 1128 0.5434 0.4849 0.7112 0.5905 0.3592 0.8398 0.4595 0.2888
2009 742 0.5148 0.4744 0.7500 0.6257 0.3139 0.8745 0.4867 0.2500
2010 1053 0.4919 0.4672 0.7886 0.6236 0.3159 0.8762 0.6213 0.2114
2011 887 0.5344 0.4589 0.8108 0.6160 0.2785 0.8630 0.6783 0.1892
2012 112 0.4107 0.4196 0.7234 0.7174 0.2121 0.8182 0.5000 0.2766
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Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2012-09-26 2012-09-26 Off 0 0 Left Shoulder Surgery Debridement 2012-09-26 -
2012-08-11 2012-08-11 On-Alr 0 0 Right Ankle Sprain - -
2012-04-26 2012-10-04 60-DL 161 146 Left Shoulder Strain Latissimus Dorsi - -
2012-03-01 2012-03-21 Camp 20 0 Left Shoulder Inflammation - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2015 SEA $
2014 TEX $
2013 MIN $
2012 CLE $2,005,000
2011 CLE $1,330,000
2010 CLE $795,000
2009 CLE $436,300
2008 CLE $406,700
2007 CLE $381,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$5,354,000
6 yrTotal$5,354,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 157 dDrew Seccafico1 year (2015)

Details
  • 1 year (2015). Signed by Seattle as a free agent 2/13/15 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2014). Signed by Texas as a free agent 1/18/14 (minor-league contract). Released by Texas 4/17/14. Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 7/12/14 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Minnesota as a free agent 2/14/13 (minor-league contract). Released by Minnesota 5/17/13. Signed by Boston as a free agent 5/23/13 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year/$2.005M (2012). Re-signed by Cleveland 2/2/12 (avoided arbitration, $2.4M-$1.6M). Performance bonus: $25,000 for 55 games. Non-tendered by Cleveland 11/30/12.
  • 1 year/$1.33M (2011). Re-signed by Cleveland 1/18/11 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$0.795M (2010). Re-signed by Cleveland 1/19/10 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$0.4363M (2009). Re-signed 3/9/09 (split contract, $244,100 in minors. Optioned to Triple-A 5/6/09. Recalled 5/29/09. Optioned to Triple-A 7/8/09. Recalled 8/7/09.
  • 1 year/$0.4067M (2008). Re-signed 2/28/08 (split contract, $177,500 in minors).
  • 1 year/$0.381M (2007). Re-signed 2/07 (split contract, $92,000 in minors). Optioned to Triple-A 3/07. Recalled 5/3/07. Optioned to Triple-A 5/5/07. Recalled 5/28/07.
  • 1 year (2006). Contract purchased 11/05. Re-signed 3/06. Optioned to Double-A 3/06, 4/06. Recalled 6/06. Optioned to Triple-A 7/06. Recalled 9/06.
  • Signed 2002 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Rafael Perez threw 4,480 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2014, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2014, he relied primarily on his Slider (82mph) and Fourseam Fastball (88mph).