Oliver Perez

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 225 lb

BornAugust 15, 1981 · Culiacan, Sinaloa, México

MLB debutJune 16, 2002

Final gameApril 24, 2022

Seasons20 (2002–2022)

San Diego Padres 2002; Pittsburgh Pirates 2003; San Diego Padres 2003; Pittsburgh Pirates 2004–2005; New York Mets 2006; Pittsburgh Pirates 2006; New York Mets 2007–2010; Seattle Mariners 2012–2013; Arizona Diamondbacks 2014–2015; Houston Astros 2015; Washington Nationals 2016–2017; Cleveland Indians 2018–2021; Arizona Diamondbacks 2022

Percentile snapshot

2008 season — qualified pitchers

81.6

86.2

24.1

81.6

SHO

167

90.8

34.5

105

180

79.3

27.6

194.0

49.4

ERA

4.22

34.5

WHIP

1.402

26.4

K/9

8.35

87.4

FIP

4.65

25.3

FIP-

110.8

19.5

ERA+

99.4

33.3

sWAR

1.7

29.9

of 88 qualified 2008 pitchers (min 162 IP) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

95.2

18.7

sWAR

11.0

87.9

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
2002	16	33	30	1	4	0	0	0	11	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	-41.3	-26.5	.121	1.1
2003	24	44	39	0	7	0	4	1	11	0	0	.179	.195	.179	.375	-7.0	2.8	.172	-0.7
2004	31	72	58	2	11	0	0	4	22	0	0	.190	.242	.190	.432	11.4	15.1	.207	4.8
2005	20	42	33	1	6	0	3	1	11	1	0	.182	.200	.182	.382	-10.8	2.0	.176	-0.9
2006	23	41	38	0	4	0	3	2	12	1	0	.105	.150	.105	.255	-41.3	-32.3	.126	-1.6
2007	29	62	56	6	9	0	1	0	15	0	1	.161	.161	.161	.321	-28.7	-14.9	.145	3.1
2008	34	67	56	2	6	1	3	4	23	1	0	.107	.167	.125	.292	-28.9	-20.6	.146	1.7
2009	14	24	22	1	6	0	0	1	7	0	0	.273	.304	.273	.577	54.6	56.5	.269	-1.3
2010	17	11	9	0	1	0	1	1	4	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	-12.7	-11.5	.164	-1.1
2012	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.9
2013	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5
2014	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.2
2015	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.4
2016	64	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	367.4	336.4	.717	0.2
2017	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.2
2018	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.4
2019	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.7
2020	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.7
2021	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.2
2022	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.5

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
2002	16	15	4	5	0	0	0	71	35	48	94	13	90.0	3.50	1.322	9.40	4.43	116.2	109.0	1.1
2003	24	24	4	10	0	0	0	129	77	77	141	22	126.7	5.47	1.626	10.02	4.93	121.9	74.1	-0.7
2004	30	30	12	10	0	2	1	145	65	81	239	22	196.0	2.98	1.153	10.97	3.35	78.8	142.5	4.8
2005	20	20	7	5	0	0	0	102	67	70	97	23	103.0	5.85	1.670	8.48	6.22	148.5	71.6	-0.9
2006	22	22	3	13	0	1	1	129	82	68	102	20	112.7	6.55	1.749	8.15	5.58	125.6	67.8	-1.6
2007	29	29	15	10	0	0	0	153	70	79	174	22	177.0	3.56	1.311	8.85	4.29	99.5	121.0	3.1
2008	34	34	10	7	0	0	0	167	91	105	180	24	194.0	4.22	1.402	8.35	4.65	110.8	99.4	1.7
2009	14	14	3	4	0	0	0	69	50	58	62	12	66.0	6.82	1.924	8.45	6.36	155.6	59.9	-1.3
2010	17	7	0	5	0	0	0	54	35	42	37	9	46.3	6.80	2.072	7.19	7.01	179.6	57.4	-1.1
2012	33	0	1	3	0	0	0	27	7	10	24	1	29.7	2.12	1.247	7.28	2.88	75.0	180.6	0.9
2013	61	0	3	3	2	0	0	50	22	26	74	6	53.0	3.74	1.434	12.57	3.28	87.9	99.9	0.5
2014	68	0	3	4	0	0	0	50	19	24	76	5	58.7	2.91	1.261	11.66	3.20	85.5	128.6	1.2
2015	70	0	2	4	0	0	0	39	19	15	51	4	41.0	4.17	1.317	11.20	3.32	82.1	97.2	0.4
2016	64	0	2	3	0	0	0	38	22	20	46	4	40.0	4.95	1.450	10.35	4.21	100.7	84.5	0.2
2017	50	0	0	0	1	0	0	32	17	12	39	4	33.0	4.64	1.333	10.64	3.84	86.9	95.4	0.2
2018	51	0	1	1	0	0	0	17	5	7	43	1	32.3	1.39	.742	11.97	1.77	41.3	308.6	1.4
2019	67	0	2	4	1	0	0	38	18	12	48	5	40.7	3.98	1.230	10.62	3.60	76.6	117.9	0.7
2020	21	0	1	1	1	0	0	13	4	6	14	0	18.0	2.00	1.056	7.00	3.11	70.9	219.3	0.7
2021	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	4	0	3.7	0.00	1.636	9.82	1.85	43.2	—	0.2
2022	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	7	1	1	1	4.0	15.75	2.250	2.25	7.42	184.1	25.6	-0.5

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

705

399

344

RBI

116

.1628

OBP

.1944

SLG

.1686

OPS

.3630

Pitching

G (P)

703

116th-most career G (P)

195

SHO

1,466

SO (P)

1,546

217th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

762

296th-most career BB allowed

ERA

4.372

WHIP

1.4314

K/9

9.49

21st-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	TB
2002-08-06	PHI @ SD Gameday	3	1	3	0	0	3
2016-07-07	WSH @ NYM Gameday	2	1	2	1	0	3
2003-07-12	SD @ STL Gameday	2	0	2	0	2	2
2005-05-26	PIT @ CIN Gameday	3	0	2	0	0	2
2007-05-02	MIA @ NYM Gameday	2	2	2	0	0	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2004-09-09	HOU @ PIT Gameday	8.0	3	1	0	1	14	0
2003-08-03	SD @ PHI Gameday	7.0	5	2	2	3	13	1
2004-06-26	PIT @ CIN Gameday	7.0	3	0	0	3	13	0
2002-07-07	SD @ COL Gameday	6.2	1	0	0	5	13	0
2008-07-24	PHI @ NYM Gameday	7.2	6	1	1	1	12	1

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.