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Rafael
Perez		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 185
 
Born: April 15, 1982 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2010   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 22 CLE AL   6 6 5 5 4 3 3 4 3 3
2005 23 CLE AL   6 8 7 7 5 3 3 5 3 4
2006 24 CLE AL   6 8 7 7 5 4 4 6 4 5
2007 25 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 8 7 7 7 5 5 8 7 7
2008 26 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 10 8 9 8 6 7
2009 27 CLE AL $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 10 8 9 8 7 7
2010 28 CLE AL $ 1,664,286 6 7 6 6 10 9 9 9 7 7
2011 29 CLE AL $ 1,664,286 6 7 6 6 10 8 9 9 7 7
2012 30 NYA AL $ 1,664,286 6 7 6 7 10 8 9 9 7 7
2013 31 NYA AL $ 3,500,000 6 7 6 6 10 8 9 9 7 7
2014 32 MIN AL $ 3,500,000 6 6 5 5 10 8 9 8 7 7
2015 33 MIN AL $ 600,000 6 6 5 5 10 9 10 9 8 8
2016 34 MIN AL $ 600,000 6 6 5 5 10 9 10 9 7 8
2017 35 MIN AL $ 3,930,000 6 5 4 5 10 9 10 8 7 7
2018 36 MIN AL $ 3,930,000 6 5 4 5 10 9 10 8 7 7
2019 37 CLE AL $ 3,930,000 6 5 4 5 10 9 9 8 7 7
2020 38 MIN AL $ 300,000 6 5 4 4 10 9 9 8 6 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 5 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,930,000 6 8 7 7 10 9 10 9 8 8
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 22 A   14 5 .737 29 29 1 0 0 197.0 155 62 23 59 217 2.83 .211 .270 .368 .638  
2005 23 A   13 10 .565 30 30 1 1 0 190.3 162 75 16 53 198 3.55 .226 .280 .352 .632  
2006 24 AA   2 1 .667 7 6 0 0 0 40.0 19 11 4 12 52 2.48 .138 .207 .246 .453  
    A   7 0 1.000 11 11 0 0 0 70.3 45 15 8 13 93 1.92 .180 .221 .304 .525  
2007 25 CLE AL 10 8 .556 32 32 1 0 0 174.3 168 89 14 75 112 4.59 .254 .340 .375 .715 9.0
2008 26 CLE AL 9 9 .500 31 31 0 0 0 167.0 174 86 25 36 133 4.63 .267 .318 .457 .775 9.0
2009 27 CLE AL 19 11 .633 35 35 1 0 0 236.7 243 115 27 48 171 4.37 .263 .309 .427 .736 16.4
2010 28 CLE AL 11 9 .550 33 33 0 0 0 174.3 195 107 23 37 134 5.52 .277 .325 .464 .789 8.5
2011 29 CLE AL 13 8 .619 32 32 0 0 0 177.3 187 91 19 40 155 4.62 .267 .325 .420 .745 8.8
2012 30 CLE AL 3 6 .333 12 12 0 0 0 61.7 81 39 8 12 59 5.69 .310 .348 .490 .838 1.4
  NYA AL 7 7 .500 19 19 0 0 0 102.3 117 57 11 20 75 5.01 .281 .319 .441 .760 3.9
  TOT   10 13 .435 31 31 0 0 0 164.0 198 96 19 32 134 5.27 .292 .330 .460 .790 5.3
2013 31 NYA AL 5 10 .333 26 23 0 0 0 130.7 163 89 20 22 113 6.13 .305 .335 .492 .827 1.0
    AAA   0 2 .000 6 6 0 0 0 39.0 40 20 7 7 45 4.62 .258 .290 .452 .742  
2014 32 MIN AL 12 7 .632 27 27 0 0 0 166.0 188 84 14 31 111 4.55 .284 .323 .424 .748 8.8
2015 33 MIN AL 17 8 .680 32 32 0 0 0 202.7 203 85 20 33 135 3.77 .258 .298 .403 .701 15.4
2016 34 MIN AL 14 8 .636 33 33 0 0 0 214.7 218 87 16 32 124 3.65 .261 .298 .384 .681 16.6
2017 35 MIN AL 17 13 .567 36 36 1 0 0 227.0 245 105 17 46 122 4.16 .274 .318 .417 .735 17.0
2018 36 MIN AL 13 13 .500 34 34 0 0 0 205.0 243 103 26 33 112 4.52 .293 .326 .466 .791 10.7
2019 37 MIN AL 4 8 .333 15 15 0 0 0 90.3 107 53 9 17 44 5.28 .292 .332 .437 .770 2.6
  CLE AL 2 5 .286 12 12 0 0 0 70.0 93 42 8 13 34 5.40 .316 .353 .473 .825 1.4
  TOT   6 13 .316 27 27 0 0 0 160.3 200 95 17 30 78 5.33 .303 .341 .453 .794 4.0
2020 38 MIN AL 2 7 .222 35 7 0 0 0 100.0 133 81 22 23 59 7.29 .319 .366 .571 .937 0.0
    AAA   1 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 5.3 8 3 1 2 2 5.07 .364 .417 .545 .962  
14 Years Sim 158 137 .536 444 413 3 0 0 2500.0 2758 1313 279 518 1693 4.73 .278 .323 .438 .760 130.7
2 Years AAA 1 2 .333 7 7 0 0 0 44.3 48 23 8 9 47 4.67 .271 .306 .463 .770  
1 Years AA 2 1 .667 7 6 0 0 0 40.0 19 11 4 12 52 2.48 .138 .207 .246 .453  
3 Years A 34 15 .694 70 70 2 1 0 457.7 362 152 47 125 508 2.99 .213 .267 .352 .619  
6 Years Minors 37 18 .673 84 83 2 1 0 542.0 429 186 59 146 607 3.09 .213 .266 .354 .620  
Season Average 11 9 .550 31 29 0 0 0 178.6 197 93 19 37 120 4.73 .278 .323 .438 .760  
Career Highs 19 13 .680 36 36 1 0 0 236.7 245 115 27 75 171 7.29 .319 .366 .571 .937  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2027 970 228 445 1105   .285 .327 .458 .785
vs LH   731 343 51 73 588   .259 .278 .386 .663
Home 83 59 .585 231 214 1 0 0 1327.0 1443 669 142 260 898 4.54 .275 .309 .431 .740
Away 75 78 .490 213 199 2 0 0 1172.9 1315 644 137 258 795 4.94 .281 .318 .445 .763
Mar/Apr 21 23 .477 65 65 0 0 0 389.9 432 212 42 70 274 4.89 .278 .309 .438 .747
May 24 27 .471 72 71 0 0 0 414.0 472 243 44 75 260 5.28 .286 .317 .442 .759
June 27 29 .482 77 71 0 0 0 420.3 450 211 52 88 314 4.52 .269 .306 .434 .739
July 26 15 .634 63 55 0 0 0 362.3 372 168 39 78 253 4.17 .263 .301 .430 .732
August 29 24 .547 82 74 1 0 0 440.6 524 257 58 93 269 5.25 .294 .329 .471 .801
Sep/Oct 31 19 .620 85 77 2 0 0 472.6 508 222 44 114 323 4.23 .272 .314 .411 .726
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2007 25 CLE AL P 32 32 174.3 9 20 3 1 .906 1.50    
2008 26 CLE AL P 31 31 167.0 7 26 1 0 .971 1.78    
2009 27 CLE AL P 35 35 236.7 11 25 3 3 .923 1.37    
2010 28 CLE AL P 33 33 174.3 6 17 2 1 .920 1.19    
2011 29 CLE AL P 32 32 177.3 10 16 0 1 1.000 1.32    
2012 30 CLE AL P 12 12 61.7 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.17    
  NYA AL P 19 19 102.3 4 9 0 1 1.000 1.14    
  TOT   P 31 31 164.0 6 15 0 1 1.000 1.15    
2013 31 NYA AL P 26 23 130.7 9 8 1 1 .944 1.17    
2014 32 MIN AL P 27 27 166.0 9 24 1 1 .971 1.79    
2015 33 MIN AL P 32 32 202.7 7 26 3 3 .917 1.47    
2016 34 MIN AL P 33 33 214.7 15 24 3 5 .929 1.64    
2017 35 MIN AL P 36 36 227.0 14 28 1 1 .977 1.67    
2018 36 MIN AL P 34 34 205.0 8 13 3 2 .875 0.92    
2019 37 MIN AL P 15 15 90.3 2 12 2 0 .875 1.39    
  CLE AL P 12 12 70.0 2 9 1 0 .917 1.41    
  TOT   P 27 27 160.3 4 21 3 0 .893 1.40    
2020 38 MIN AL P 35 7 100.0 0 9 2 0 .818 0.81    
Career Totals   444 413 2500.0 115 272 26 20 .937 1.39    
Career Highs   36 36 236.7 15 28 3 5 1.000 1.79    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2007 25 CLE AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 9.3 2 0 0 3 11 0.00 .071 .161 .107 .268
2008 26 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 20.0 14 7 2 3 17 3.15 .200 .233 .386 .619
2009 27 CLE AL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 8 3 1 1 5 4.50 .308 .333 .500 .833
2010 28 CLE AL 1 2 .333 6 6 0 0 0 29.3 33 19 0 8 25 5.83 .282 .328 .376 .704
2011 29 CLE AL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 13.0 11 8 2 3 6 5.54 .224 .269 .367 .637
2018 36 MIN AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 1.7 6 5 1 0 0 27.11 .545 .545 .909 1.455
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 5 .286 16 13 0 0 0 79.3 74 42 6 18 64 4.77 .246 .288 .382 .670
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2008 26 CLE AL 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000
2010 28 CLE AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2016-10-3.65
 Wins
2009-5-19
2015-7-17
2017-8-17
CAR-22-158
 Losses
CAR-17-137
 Winning Pct
2015-9-.680
 Games Started
2009-8-35
2017-3-36
2018-7-34
CAR-19-413
 Innings Pitched
2009-10-236.7
2017-8-227.0
CAR-23-2500.0
Hits Allowed
2017-5-245
2018-8-243
CAR-13-2758
 Homeruns Allowed
2008-9-25
CAR-27-279
 Walks Allowed
2007-10-75
 Walks per 9IP
2008-6-1.9
2009-10-1.8
2010-7-1.9
2011-8-2.0
2012-7-1.8
2014-6-1.7
2015-3-1.5
2016-2-1.3
2017-10-1.8
2018-5-1.4
CAR-30-1.9
 WHiP
2008-9-1.26
2009-8-1.23
2015-5-1.16
2016-5-1.16
 OOBP
2009-8-.309
2015-6-.298
2016-9-.298
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 48    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 87)
 
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History
Injured on 5/7/2004 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/14/2006 with a Inflamed Bicep Tendon, out for 2-3 weeks
Earned first career win on 6/24/2007
1/29/2010: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,664,286 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Cleveland in 2010
1/29/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,664,286 through salary arbitration
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,664,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland to New York (A) on 6/6/2012 (Going to CLE: P Pedro Arias, CF Jeromy Summers. Going to NYA: P Rafael Perez)
9/9/2012: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $3,500,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from New York (A) to Minnesota on 3/30/2014 (Going to MIN: P Rafael Perez, LF Joe Sewell Jr.. Going to NYA: C Corey Bard)
6/16/2014: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $600,000 per year, for 2 years
8/10/2016: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $3,930,000 per year, for 4 years
Was claimed off waivers by Cleveland on 7/19/2019
Released by Cleveland on 3/30/2020
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 5/5/2020 to a minor league deal
 
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