What years did Martin Perez play?

Martin Perez played in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2026.

Was Martin Perez a pitcher?

Yes. Martin Perez pitched in the major leagues, recording 100 wins and 1255 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Martin Perez hit?

Martin Perez hit 0 career home runs with 1 hit.

What teams has Martin Perez played for?

Martin Perez has played for 7 teams: the Texas Rangers (2012–2018, 2022–2023), the Minnesota Twins (2019), the Boston Red Sox (2020–2021), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2024), the San Diego Padres (2024), the Chicago White Sox (2025), and the Atlanta Braves (2026).

Has Martin Perez won a Cy Young Award?

No. Martin Perez has not won the Cy Young Award through the 2025 season, the latest in the site's award records.

What awards has Martin Perez won?

Martin Perez has been selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What are Martin Perez's career stats?

In 355 games, Martin Perez has gone 100-102 with a 4.30 ERA, 1,255 strikeouts, and 1,773.2 innings pitched.

What was Martin Perez's salary?

Martin Perez's last recorded salary was $3,150,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $3,150,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $492,000, in 2013. The Salary History table lists each season from 2013 to 2016.

What position does Martin Perez play?

Martin Perez plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.

How tall is Martin Perez and how much does he weigh?

Martin Perez is listed at 6 feet and 200 pounds.

What number does Martin Perez wear?

Martin Perez wears number 33, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.

What was Martin Perez's career ERA?

Martin Perez finished with a 4.30 career ERA, going 100-102 with 1,255 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Martin Perez have?

Martin Perez recorded 1,255 career strikeouts.

Martin Perez

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2012-2026)

Martin Perez is a pitcher who has played in Major League Baseball since 2012 for 7 teams, including the Texas Rangers, a span of 15 seasons. Across 355 career appearances, he has gone 100-102 with a 4.30 ERA and 1,255 strikeouts. Martin Perez is an All-Star.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

Active Player

W–L 100–102

ERA 4.30

WHIP 1.42

SO 1,255

Pitcher PIV thru 2025 -10813.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 200 lb
Born: 4/4/1991 in Guanare, Portuguesa, Venezuela
MLB Debut: 2012-06-27
Awards: All-Star
Jersey: #33

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Career Pitching Statistics

Martin Perez — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
100	102	355	305	4	3	0	1773.2	1,869	848	205	652	1,255	4.30	-10813.4

Career ERA 4.30 vs. league average 4.13 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Martin Perez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2012	TEX	AL	1	4	12	6	0	0	38.0	47	23	15	25	5.45	4.01 (-36%)	-126.1
2013	TEX	AL	10	6	20	20	1	0	124.1	129	50	37	84	3.62	3.87 (+6%)	-1133.5
2014	TEX	AL	4	3	8	8	2	2	51.1	50	25	19	35	4.38	3.74 (-17%)	56.4
2015	TEX	AL	3	6	14	14	0	0	78.2	88	39	24	48	4.46	3.96 (-13%)	1121.0
2016	TEX	AL	10	11	33	33	0	0	198.2	205	97	76	103	4.39	4.19 (-5%)	-1518.1
2017	TEX	AL	13	12	32	32	0	0	185.0	221	99	63	115	4.82	4.36 (-11%)	-1348.3
2018	TEX	AL	2	7	22	15	0	0	85.1	116	59	36	52	6.22	4.15 (-50%)	-3341.8
2019	MIN	AL	10	7	32	29	0	0	165.1	184	94	67	135	5.12	4.51 (-14%)	-639.0
2020	BOS	AL	3	5	12	12	0	0	62.0	55	31	28	46	4.50	4.45 (-1%)	-669.1
2021	BOS	AL	7	8	36	22	0	0	114.0	136	60	36	97	4.74	4.27 (-11%)	-1577.8
2022	TEX	AL	12	8	32	32	1	1	196.1	178	63	69	169	2.89	3.97 (+27%)	3590.4
2023	TEX	AL	10	4	35	20	0	0	141.2	150	70	49	93	4.45	4.33 (-3%)	-2336.8
2024	PIT	NL	2	5	16	16	0	0	83.0	105	48	32	63	5.20	4.08 (-28%)	-1808.4
2024	SDN	NL	3	1	10	10	0	0	52.0	46	20	17	44	3.46	4.08 (+15%)	-964.9
2025	CHA	AL	1	6	11	10	0	0	56.0	40	22	22	44	3.54	4.16 (+15%)	-117.3
2026	ATL	NL	9	9	30	26	0	0	142.0	119	48	62	102	3.04	4.18 (+27%)	-
Career · 16 seasons			100	102	355	305	4	3	1,773.2	1,869	848	652	1,255	4.30	—	-10,813

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Martin Perez — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
325	26	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	.038	.038	.038	.077	0

Career AVG .038 vs. league average .250 across their career seasons — 84.6% below league average.

Career OBP .038 vs. league average .318 across their career seasons — 87.9% below league average.

Career SLG .038 vs. league average .408 across their career seasons — 90.6% below league average.

Career OPS .077 vs. league average .726 across their career seasons — 89.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Martin Perez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2012	TEX	AL	12	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	TEX	AL	20	5	0	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	TEX	AL	8	1	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	TEX	AL	14	2	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	TEX	AL	33	3	0	1	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	TEX	AL	32	6	0	0	6	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	TEX	AL	22	3	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	MIN	AL	32	3	1	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	BOS	AL	12	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	BOS	AL	36	3	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	TEX	AL	32	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	TEX	AL	35	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	PIT	NL	16	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2024	SDN	NL	10	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2025	CHA	AL	11	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			325	26	1	1	22	.038	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Martin Perez — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Martin Perez — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2023	WS	TEX	1	.000
2021	ALCS	BOS	4	.000
2015	ALDS2	TEX	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Martin Perez — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	1	6	1	0	9.1	17	12	9	3	11.57

Playoff Pitching by Year

Martin Perez — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2023	WS	TEX	0	1	0	1.1	5	4	2	1	27.00
2021	ALCS	BOS	0	4	0	3.0	6	4	4	0	12.00
2015	ALDS2	TEX	1	1	1	5.0	6	4	3	2	7.20

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Martin Perez — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	171	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	153	26	1	1	0	0	.038

Pitching — Home / Away

Martin Perez — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	171	855.1	925	400	289	644	4.21
Away	153	771.0	821	397	299	504	4.63

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Martin Perez — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2025-09-17	CHW	BAL	L	3.2	5	3	3	2	2	1
2025-09-12	CHW	CLE	L	6.2	4	3	3	2	3	1
2025-09-06	CHW	DET	L	4.0	5	6	6	3	0	2
2025-08-31	CHW	NYY	—	6.0	5	2	2	2	7	1
2025-08-26	CHW	KCR	—	7.0	1	0	0	0	5	0
2025-08-20	CHW	ATL	L	5.1	3	1	0	0	5	0
2025-08-13	CHW	DET	L	3.1	3	1	1	2	4	0
2025-04-18	CHW	BOS	L	3.0	5	4	4	2	0	1
2025-04-12	CHW	BOS	—	4.2	5	2	2	4	5	0
2025-04-06	CHW	DET	—	6.1	4	1	1	2	4	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Martin Perez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	325	279	59	172	11	15

Season-by-Season Fielding

Martin Perez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2012	TEX	P	12	6	1	2	0	0
2013	TEX	P	20	20	4	22	1	1
2014	TEX	P	8	8	1	5	0	1
2015	TEX	P	14	14	5	6	1	1
2016	TEX	P	33	33	9	25	1	3
2017	TEX	P	32	32	6	19	2	1
2018	TEX	P	22	15	1	7	0	1
2019	MIN	P	32	29	9	19	2	0
2020	BOS	P	12	12	0	3	0	0
2021	BOS	P	36	22	3	14	0	2
2022	TEX	P	32	32	6	19	2	1
2023	TEX	P	35	20	6	15	0	3
2024	PIT	P	16	16	6	5	0	1
2024	SDN	P	10	10	0	9	0	0
2025	CHA	P	11	10	2	2	2	0

Career Games by Position

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Martin Perez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	325

Awards & Honors

Martin Perez — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2022	Pitcher of the Month	May
2013	Rookie of the Month	August

Salary History

Martin Perez's recorded salaries total $5,392,000 over 4 seasons, 2013 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Perez's career ran from 2012 to 2026. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2012.

Martin Perez — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	TEX	AL	$3,150,000
2015	TEX	AL	$1,000,000
2014	TEX	AL	$750,000
2013	TEX	AL	$492,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$5,392,000

Award Voting History

Martin Perez — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2013	Rookie of the Year	AL	6th	2.0	150	0

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Martin Perez: the record in brief

Active since a debut on June 27, 2012, Martin Perez has a record on this page that is still being added to. Club by club, the record runs the Texas Rangers (2012 through 2023), the Minnesota Twins (2019), the Boston Red Sox (2020 through 2021), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2024), the San Diego Padres (2024), and the Chicago White Sox (2025). Perez, born on April 4, 1991, in Guanare, Portuguesa, Venezuela, is listed as a pitcher and both batted and threw left-handed. The bio gives 6-foot-0 and 200 pounds.

Across 355 games (305 starts), Perez has recorded 100 wins against 102 losses with a 4.30 ERA. The same table counts 1,255 strikeouts. Perez's 4.30 ERA was close to the 4.13 league figure for those seasons. The best win total was 13, in 2017. 2022 produced Perez's most strikeouts, 169. In 2022, one of the busiest seasons, Perez posted a 2.89 ERA; the league figure that year was 3.97.

Frequently Asked Questions about Martin Perez

What years did Martin Perez play?: Martin Perez played in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2026.
Was Martin Perez a pitcher?: Yes. Martin Perez pitched in the major leagues, recording 100 wins and 1255 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Martin Perez hit?: Martin Perez hit 0 career home runs with 1 hit.
What teams has Martin Perez played for?: Martin Perez has played for 7 teams: the Texas Rangers (2012–2018, 2022–2023), the Minnesota Twins (2019), the Boston Red Sox (2020–2021), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2024), the San Diego Padres (2024), the Chicago White Sox (2025), and the Atlanta Braves (2026).
Has Martin Perez won a Cy Young Award?: No. Martin Perez has not won the Cy Young Award through the 2025 season, the latest in the site's award records.
What awards has Martin Perez won?: Martin Perez has been selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What are Martin Perez's career stats?: In 355 games, Martin Perez has gone 100-102 with a 4.30 ERA, 1,255 strikeouts, and 1,773.2 innings pitched.
How much has Martin Perez earned in his career?: Martin Perez's recorded salaries total $5,392,000 over 4 seasons, 2013 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Perez's career ran from 2012 to 2026. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2012.
What was Martin Perez's salary?: Martin Perez's last recorded salary was $3,150,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $3,150,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $492,000, in 2013. The Salary History table lists each season from 2013 to 2016.
What position does Martin Perez play?: Martin Perez plays primarily as a pitcher, the position where he has appeared in the most games.
How tall is Martin Perez and how much does he weigh?: Martin Perez is listed at 6 feet and 200 pounds.
What number does Martin Perez wear?: Martin Perez wears number 33, according to MLB's 2026 roster data.
What was Martin Perez's career ERA?: Martin Perez finished with a 4.30 career ERA, going 100-102 with 1,255 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Martin Perez have?: Martin Perez recorded 1,255 career strikeouts.