Rafael Perez Pitcher

     
 

Born: May 15, 1982
Santo Domingo, DR
Height: 6-3
Weight: 195
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Drafted: Not drafted
How Acquired: Minor league free agent (May 2013)

Photo © Kelly O'Connor

Signed with Texas (Jan. 2014)

Scouting Report
: Veteran spent parts of seven major-league seasons with Cleveland as a reliable bullpen arm. Used mostly as a situational left-hander in recent years. Relies heavily on his slider.

 
   
    Career Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age w l % era g gs sv ip h r er hr bb so whip k/bb k/9
  2002 DSL Indians DSL Rk Cle 20 7 1 0.875 0.96 13 13 0 75.3 58 14 8 3 16 81 0.98 5.06 9.68
  2003 Burlington App Rk Cle 21 9 3 0.750 1.70 13 12 0 69.0 56 23 13 1 16 63 1.04 3.94 8.22
  2004 Lake County SAL A Cle 22 7 6 0.538 4.85 23 22 0 115.0 121 75 62 9 47 99 1.46 2.11 7.75
  2004 Kinston Car A+ Cle 22 0 0 --- 11.57 1 1 0 4.7 10 6 6 1 2 3 2.57 1.50 5.79
  2005 Kinston Car A+ Cle 23 8 5 0.615 3.36 14 14 0 77.7 54 33 29 6 32 48 1.11 1.50 5.56
  2005 Akron East AA Cle 23 4 3 0.571 1.75 15 8 1 66.7 53 22 13 5 12 46 0.97 3.83 6.21
  2006 Akron East AA Cle 24 4 5 0.444 2.81 12 12 0 67.3 53 25 21 3 22 53 1.11 2.41 7.08
  2006 Buffalo IL AAA Cle 24 0 3 0.000 2.63 13 0 0 27.3 20 11 8 0 8 33 1.02 4.13 10.87
  2006 Cleveland AL MLB Cle 24 0 0 --- 4.38 18 0 0 12.3 10 6 6 2 6 15 1.30 2.50 10.95
  2007 Buffalo IL AAA Cle 25 3 3 0.500 3.66 8 7 0 46.7 53 27 19 3 11 31 1.37 2.82 5.98
  2007 Cleveland AL MLB Cle 25 1 2 0.333 1.78 44 0 1 60.7 41 15 12 5 15 62 0.92 4.13 9.20
  2008 Cleveland AL MLB Cle 26 4 4 0.500 3.54 73 0 2 76.3 67 32 30 8 23 86 1.18 3.74 10.14
  2009 Columbus IL AAA Cle 27 1 0 1.000 0.83 16 0 3 21.7 23 3 2 0 5 23 1.29 4.60 9.55
  2009 Cleveland AL MLB Cle 27 4 3 0.571 7.31 54 0 0 48.0 66 41 39 5 25 32 1.90 1.28 6.00
  2010 Cleveland AL MLB Cle 28 6 1 0.857 3.25 70 0 0 61.0 72 23 22 3 25 36 1.59 1.44 5.31
  2011 Cleveland AL MLB Cle 29 5 2 0.714 3.00 71 0 0 63.0 59 27 21 2 19 33 1.24 1.74 4.71
  2012 Akron East AA Cle 30 0 0 --- -- 3 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -- --- 0.00
  2012 Columbus IL AAA Cle 30 0 0 --- -- 2 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1.00 1.00 4.50
  2012 Cleveland AL MLB Cle 30 1 0 1.000 3.52 8 0 0 7.7 5 3 3 1 4 4 1.17 1.00 4.70
  2013 Rochester IL AAA Min 31 1 0 1.000 2.25 4 0 0 4.0 2 1 1 1 3 2 1.25 0.67 4.50
  2013 Portland EL AA Bos 31 2 2 0.500 2.64 25 0 0 30.7 27 9 9 3 5 30 1.04 6.00 8.80
   
  Additional Player Info  
  Pronunciation: ---
First Pro Contract:
January 25, 2002 (Cleveland)
Signing Bonus: N/A
MiLB Debut: June 2002 (DSL Indians)
Added to 40-man: -
MLB Debut:
April 20, 2006 (Cleveland)
     
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