Oliver Perez

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2002-2022)

W–L 74–94
ERA 4.37
WHIP 1.43
SO 1,546
Pitcher PIV -6197.3
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
L / L
Height / Weight
6'3" / 225 lb
Born
8/15/1981 in Culiacan, Sinaloa, México
MLB Debut
2002-06-16
Last Game
2022-04-24
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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
74 94 703 195 3 2 5 1465.7 1,336 712 198 762 1,546 4.37 -6197.3

Career ERA 4.37 vs. league average 4.22 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
2002 SDN NL 4 5 16 15 0 0 0 90.0 71 35 48 94 3.50 4.28 (+18%) -539.0
2003 SDN NL 4 7 19 19 0 0 0 103.7 103 62 65 117 5.38 4.40 (-22%) -2204.1
2003 PIT NL 0 3 5 5 0 0 0 23.0 26 15 12 24 5.87 4.40 (-33%) 363.4
2004 PIT NL 12 10 30 30 2 1 0 196.0 145 65 81 239 2.98 4.46 (+33%) 5186.5
2005 PIT NL 7 5 20 20 0 0 0 103.0 102 67 70 97 5.85 4.29 (-36%) -5052.4
2006 PIT NL 2 10 15 15 0 0 0 76.0 88 56 51 61 6.63 4.53 (-46%) -2602.8
2006 NYN NL 1 3 7 7 1 1 0 36.7 41 26 17 41 6.38 4.53 (-41%) -459.9
2007 NYN NL 15 10 29 29 0 0 0 177.0 153 70 79 174 3.56 4.47 (+20%) 578.5
2008 NYN NL 10 7 34 34 0 0 0 194.0 167 91 105 180 4.22 4.32 (+2%) -1719.8
2009 NYN NL 3 4 14 14 0 0 0 66.0 69 50 58 62 6.82 4.32 (-58%) -3429.3
2010 NYN NL 0 5 17 7 0 0 0 46.3 54 35 42 37 6.80 4.08 (-67%) -3365.8
2012 SEA AL 1 3 33 0 0 0 0 29.7 27 7 10 24 2.12 4.01 (+47%) 812.2
2013 SEA AL 3 3 61 0 0 0 2 53.0 50 22 26 74 3.74 3.87 (+3%) 817.2
2014 ARI NL 3 4 68 0 0 0 0 58.7 50 19 24 76 2.91 3.74 (+22%) 751.3
2015 ARI NL 2 1 48 0 0 0 0 29.0 25 10 11 37 3.10 3.96 (+22%) 679.2
2015 HOU AL 0 3 22 0 0 0 0 12.0 14 9 4 14 6.75 3.96 (-70%) -1.6
2016 WAS NL 2 3 64 0 0 0 0 40.0 38 22 20 46 4.95 4.19 (-18%) 18.5
2017 WAS NL 0 0 50 0 0 0 1 33.0 32 17 12 39 4.64 4.36 (-6%) 443.3
2018 CLE AL 1 1 51 0 0 0 0 32.3 17 5 7 43 1.39 4.15 (+66%) 1961.8
2019 CLE AL 2 4 67 0 0 0 1 40.7 38 18 12 48 3.98 4.51 (+12%) 970.5
2020 CLE AL 1 1 21 0 0 0 1 18.0 13 4 6 14 2.00 4.45 (+55%) 595.0
2021 CLE AL 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 3.7 5 0 1 4 0.00 — 0.0
2022 ARI NL 1 1 7 0 0 0 0 4.0 8 7 1 1 15.75 — 0.0
Career · 23 seasons 74 94 703 195 3 2 5 1,465.2 1,336 712 762 1,546 4.37 — -6,197

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
705 344 14 56 2 0 0 15 3 14 116 .163 .194 .169 .363 -1,499

Career AVG .163 vs. league average .257 across their career seasons — 36.7% below league average.

Career OBP .194 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — 40.2% below league average.

Career SLG .169 vs. league average .414 across their career seasons — 59.3% below league average.

Career OPS .363 vs. league average .739 across their career seasons — 50.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
2002 SDN NL 16 30 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .133 — — — — 0.0
2003 SDN NL 19 33 0 7 0 0 0 4 0 1 10 .212 — — — — 0.0
2003 PIT NL 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2004 PIT NL 31 58 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 4 22 .190 .266 (-29%) .335 (-28%) .427 (-56%) .762 (-43%) -408.1
2005 PIT NL 20 33 1 6 0 0 0 3 1 1 11 .182 — — — — 0.0
2006 PIT NL 16 25 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 8 .120 — — — — 0.0
2006 NYN NL 7 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .077 — — — — 0.0
2007 NYN NL 29 56 6 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 .161 .268 (-40%) .335 (-52%) .422 (-62%) .758 (-58%) -529.6
2008 NYN NL 34 56 2 6 1 0 0 3 1 4 23 .107 .263 (-59%) .333 (-50%) .416 (-70%) .749 (-61%) -561.4
2009 NYN NL 14 22 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .273 — — — — 0.0
2010 NYN NL 17 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 .111 — — — — 0.0
2012 SEA AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2013 SEA AL 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2014 ARI NL 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2015 ARI NL 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2015 HOU AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2016 WAS NL 64 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 — — — — 0.0
2017 WAS NL 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2018 CLE AL 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2019 CLE AL 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2020 CLE AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2021 CLE AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2022 ARI NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 23 seasons 705 344 14 56 2 0 0 15 3 14 116 .163 — — — — -1,499

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2020 ALWC2 CLE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2017 NLDS2 WAS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2016 NLDS2 WAS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2015 ALDS1 HOU 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2006 NLCS NYN 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2 0 11 2 0 16.7 18 7 5 10 3.78

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2020 ALWC2 CLE 0 0 1 0 0 0.3 1 0 0 0 0.00
2017 NLDS2 WAS 1 0 2 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0.00
2016 NLDS2 WAS 0 0 4 0 0 3.3 1 0 1 3 0.00
2015 ALDS1 HOU 0 0 2 0 0 0.3 2 1 1 0 27.00
2006 NLCS NYN 1 0 2 2 0 11.7 13 6 3 7 4.63

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home363176731010.176
Away34216872505.149

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home361779.16803543938364.09
Away342686.16563583697104.69

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2022-04-24 AZNYN — 0.1210000
2022-04-22 AZNYN — 0.1222000
2022-04-19 AZWAS — 0.1132000
2022-04-17 AZNYN — 0.2111100
2022-04-13 AZHOU W 0.1000000
2022-04-08 AZSDP L 0.2222001
2022-04-07 AZSDP — 1.1000010
2021-04-22 CLENYY — 1.0300010
2021-04-17 CLECIN L 0.1110100
2021-04-16 CLECIN — 1.0000020

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 703 195 38 150 11 11

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
2002 SDN P 16 15 2 9 1 1
2003 SDN P 19 19 0 11 0 0
2003 PIT P 5 5 1 4 1 0
2004 PIT P 30 30 7 21 0 2
2005 PIT P 20 20 2 10 1 0
2006 PIT P 15 15 1 11 2 0
2006 NYN P 7 7 0 2 0 0
2007 NYN P 29 29 1 14 3 0
2008 NYN P 34 34 7 15 0 3
2009 NYN P 14 14 3 12 0 1
2010 NYN P 17 7 1 4 0 1
2012 SEA P 33 0 2 5 0 1
2013 SEA P 61 0 1 4 1 0
2014 ARI P 68 0 1 5 1 0
2015 ARI P 48 0 2 5 0 1
2015 HOU P 22 0 1 1 0 0
2016 WAS P 64 0 3 3 0 1
2017 WAS P 50 0 0 4 0 0
2018 CLE P 51 0 1 5 0 0
2019 CLE P 67 0 1 3 1 0
2020 CLE P 21 0 0 2 0 0
2021 CLE P 5 0 0 0 0 0
2022 ARI P 7 0 1 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 703

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2016 WAS NL $3,000,000
2015 ARI NL $2,500,000
2014 ARI NL $1,750,000
2013 SEA AL $1,500,000
2010 NYN NL $12,000,000
2009 NYN NL $12,000,000
2008 NYN NL $6,500,000
2007 NYN NL $2,325,000
2006 PIT NL $1,900,000
2005 PIT NL $381,000
2004 PIT NL $321,000
2003 SDN NL $305,000
Total Career Earnings $44,482,000

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Oliver Perez (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Miguel Batista
    102-115, 4.48 ERA
  2. 97
    Diego Segui
    92-111, 3.81 ERA
  3. 97
    Kerry Wood
    86-75, 3.67 ERA
  4. 95
    Kent Mercker
    74-67, 4.16 ERA
  5. 95
    Jeff Fassero
    121-124, 4.11 ERA
  6. 95
    Darren Oliver
    118-98, 4.51 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Oliver Perez

What years did Oliver Perez play?
Oliver Perez played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2022.
Was Oliver Perez a pitcher?
Yes. Oliver Perez pitched in the major leagues, recording 74 wins and 1546 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Oliver Perez hit?
Oliver Perez hit 0 career home runs with 56 hits.