Félix Pérez (baseball)

Félix Pérez
Félix Pérez
	Pérez with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Olmecas de Tabasco
	Outfielder
	Born: November 14, 1984 (age 40); Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
	Bats: Left Throws: Left
NPB debut
	July 12, 2016, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
NPB statistics ; (through 2016 season)
Batting average	.244
Home runs	5
Runs batted in	15
Teams
	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2016);

Félix Pérez (born November 14, 1984) is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Olmecas de Tabasco of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

Career

Prior to playing in the Reds system, he played in the Cuban National Series. He first played for Isla de la Juventud in 2005–2006, hitting .246. He also pitched briefly. The next season, he hit .287 in 84 games, again pitching briefly, and in 2007–2008, he hit .257 with 20 doubles in 90 games.

Cincinnati Reds

Signed by the Cincinnati Reds by scout Richard Jimenez, Pérez hit over .300 twice in his first four seasons in the USA. He split 2010 between the Dominican Summer League Reds, with whom he hit .429 in 16 games, the Lynchburg Hillcats (.338 batting average in 16 games) and the Carolina Mudcats (.266 batting average in 35 games), for a composite .322 batting average. Pérez committed 8 errors in 2011 for Carolina while hitting .257 in 92 games; he also hit .206 with two walks and a homer in nine games for the Louisville Bats, for a combined .252 batting average in 101 games. He hit .301 and had 16 assists defensively in 116 games for Louisville in 2012. In 2013, Pérez batted .262 with 10 home runs and 65 RBI in 126 games for Louisville, while fielding .995.^[1]

During 2014 Pérez posted some of his best numbers. He played for the Triple–A Louisville Bats the entire season, appearing in 122 games. He finished the season with a batting average of .280 and had a slugging percentage of .450. He accrued 74 RBI (the team high), 12 home runs (second highest on his team), 36 doubles (the team high) and an OPS of .775. Defensively, Pérez committed just 3 errors. He was elected to the International League All-Star team and hit a double and a triple during the Triple–A All-Star game.

Sultanes de Monterrey

Pérez played for the Sultanes de Monterrey of the Mexican League in 2015 and hit .312 with 20 home runs and 70 RBI in 94 games. He played for Caracas again that winter and produced at a .332/.425/.545 clip with 20 doubles in 55 games. He again supplemented another team in the Caribbean Series, this time joining the Tigres de Aragua. Pérez hit .200/.407/.200 with 7 walks in six games. He also made a couple errors at first, including a crucial one with a two-run lead in the 7th inning of the finale against Mexico's Venados de Mazatlán that enabled them to score the tying run en route to a comeback win.

Rakuten Golden Eagles

Pérez played for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball in 2016, hitting .304/.371/.543 with 19 home runs and 68 RBI between them - only .244 with 5 home runs in 22 game for Rakuten, .315 with 14 home runs in 64 games for Monterrey.

Sultanes de Monterrey (second stint)

Pérez returned to the Sultanes de Monterrey of the Mexican League for the 2017 season, appearing in 28 games and hitting .284/.359/.500 with six home runs and 23 RBI before he was placed on the reserve list for the rest of the season on May 7, 2017. He became a free agent after the season.

Rieleros de Aguascalientes

On March 22, 2018, Pérez signed with the Rieleros de Aguascalientes of the Mexican League.

Sultanes de Monterrey (third stint)

Pérez was traded back to the Sultanes de Monterrey on August 7, 2018.

Pérez did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Mexican League season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

Bravos de León

On February 2, 2021, Pérez was traded to the Bravos de León of the Mexican League.

Toros de Tijuana

On December 18, 2021, Pérez was traded to the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League in exchange for the rights to Mitch Lively.^[3] In 2022, Pérez played in 87 games for Tijuana, and hit .323/.400/.728 with 38 home runs and 109 RBI. Following the season, he was named the league's Most Valuable Player.^[4] He returned to the Toros in 2023, batting .271/.381/.545 with 20 home runs and 59 RBI in 73 games.

Olmecas de Tabasco

On November 9, 2023, Pérez, along with P Nick Struck, were traded to the Olmecas de Tabasco in exchange for P David Gutiérrez.^[5]

References

^ BR Minors page
^ "Mexican League Cancels 2020 Season".
^ "REGRESA MITCH ¨THE BOSS¨ LIVELY A LEÓN". bravosdeleon.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 19, 2021.
^ https://www.milb.com/mexican/news/toros-la-liga-ha-subido-de-nivel-felix-perez ^{[bare URL]}
^ "Toros: Fortalecen su bullpen". milb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved May 27, 2024.

External links

Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
NPB
Cuban Baseball Career statistics
Felix Perez-Yaima Perez on Instagram

[1] BR Minors page

[2] "Mexican League Cancels 2020 Season".

[3] "REGRESA MITCH ¨THE BOSS¨ LIVELY A LEÓN". bravosdeleon.com (in Spanish). Retrieved December 19, 2021.

[4] ttps://www.milb.com/mexican/news/toros-la-liga-ha-subido-de-nivel-felix-perez ^{[bare URL]}

[5] "Toros: Fortalecen su bullpen". milb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved May 27, 2024.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]