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.

What was Oliver Perez's career batting average?

Oliver Perez batted .163 over his career, with 56 hits in 344 at bats.

How many RBI did Oliver Perez have?

Oliver Perez drove in 15 runs in his career.

What was Oliver Perez's career ERA?

Oliver Perez finished with a 4.37 career ERA, going 74-94 with 1,546 strikeouts.

Oliver Perez

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

Oliver Perez was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2022 for 8 teams, including the San Diego Padres, a span of 21 seasons. Across 703 career appearances, he went 74-94 with a 4.37 ERA and 1,546 strikeouts. He also batted .163 with 0 home runs.

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 12, 2026

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

Oliver Perez — 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	1465.2	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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Oliver Perez Stats, Bio & Career Records
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	103.2	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	36.2	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	46.1	54	35	42	37	6.80	4.08 (-67%)	-3365.8
2012	SEA	AL	1	3	33	0	0	0	0	29.2	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	58.2	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	32.1	17	5	7	43	1.39	4.15 (+66%)	1961.8
2019	CLE	AL	2	4	67	0	0	0	1	40.2	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	3.2	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

Oliver Perez — 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

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Oliver Perez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	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	11	.133	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	SDN	NL	19	33	0	7	0	4	0	1	10	.212	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	PIT	NL	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	PIT	NL	31	58	2	11	0	0	0	4	22	.190	.266 (-29%)	.335 (-28%)	.427 (-56%)	.762 (-43%)	-408.1
2005	PIT	NL	20	33	1	6	0	3	1	1	11	.182	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	PIT	NL	16	25	0	3	0	3	1	0	8	.120	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	NYN	NL	7	13	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	.077	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	NYN	NL	29	56	6	9	0	1	0	0	15	.161	.268 (-40%)	.335 (-52%)	.422 (-62%)	.758 (-58%)	-529.6
2008	NYN	NL	34	56	2	6	1	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	1	7	.273	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	NYN	NL	17	9	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	.111	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	SEA	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	SEA	AL	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	ARI	NL	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	ARI	NL	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	HOU	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	WAS	NL	64	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	.667	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	WAS	NL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	CLE	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	CLE	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	CLE	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	CLE	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	ARI	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 23 seasons			705	344	14	56	2	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

Oliver Perez — 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

Oliver Perez — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	BB	SO	AVG
2020	ALWC2	CLE	1	0	0	0	.000
2017	NLDS2	WAS	2	0	0	0	.000
2016	NLDS2	WAS	4	0	0	0	.000
2015	ALDS1	HOU	2	0	0	0	.000
2006	NLCS	NYN	2	5	1	3	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Oliver Perez — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	0	11	2	0	16.2	18	7	5	10	3.78

Playoff Pitching by Year

Oliver Perez — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2020	ALWC2	CLE	0	1	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0.00
2017	NLDS2	WAS	1	2	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0.00
2016	NLDS2	WAS	0	4	0	3.1	1	0	1	3	0.00
2015	ALDS1	HOU	0	2	0	0.1	2	1	1	0	27.00
2006	NLCS	NYN	1	2	2	11.2	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

Oliver Perez — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	363	176	7	31	0	10	.176
Away	342	168	7	25	0	5	.149

Pitching — Home / Away

Oliver Perez — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	361	779.1	680	354	393	836	4.09
Away	342	686.1	656	358	369	710	4.69

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Oliver Perez — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2022-04-24	AZ	NYN	—	0.1	2	1	0	0	0	0
2022-04-22	AZ	NYN	—	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0
2022-04-19	AZ	WAS	—	0.1	1	3	2	0	0	0
2022-04-17	AZ	NYN	—	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	0
2022-04-13	AZ	HOU	W	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-04-08	AZ	SDP	L	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	1
2022-04-07	AZ	SDP	—	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0
2021-04-22	CLE	NYY	—	1.0	3	0	0	0	1	0
2021-04-17	CLE	CIN	L	0.1	1	1	0	1	0	0
2021-04-16	CLE	CIN	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Oliver Perez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	703	195	38	150	11	11

Season-by-Season Fielding

Oliver Perez — 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

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Oliver Perez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	703

Salary History

Oliver Perez — 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

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Oliver Perez: the record in brief

Oliver Perez's major league career runs from a debut on June 16, 2002 to a final game on April 24, 2022. Club by club, the record runs the San Diego Padres (2002 to 2003), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2003 to 2006), the New York Mets (2006 through 2010), the Seattle Mariners (2012 to 2013), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2014 through 2022), the Houston Astros (2015), the Washington Nationals (2016 through 2017), and the Cleveland Indians (2018 through 2021). Perez, born on August 15, 1981, in Culiacan, Sinaloa, México, is listed as a pitcher and both batted and threw left-handed. Size on record: 6 feet, 3 inches and 225 pounds.

Perez's career pitching line is 74 wins, 94 losses and a 4.37 ERA over 703 appearances. The same table counts 1,546 strikeouts. Perez's 4.37 ERA was close to the 4.22 league figure for those seasons. No season topped the 15 wins of 2007. Perez struck out 239 batters in 2004, a career high.

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.
What was Oliver Perez's career batting average?: Oliver Perez batted .163 over his career, with 56 hits in 344 at bats.
How many RBI did Oliver Perez have?: Oliver Perez drove in 15 runs in his career.
What was Oliver Perez's career ERA?: Oliver Perez finished with a 4.37 career ERA, going 74-94 with 1,546 strikeouts.