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Eddie Pérez, born Eduardo Rafael Pérez (May 4, 1968 in Ciudad Ojeda, Zulia State, Venezuela), is a Major League Baseball catcher who plays for the Atlanta Braves (2004-present). Previously, Pérez also played with the Braves (1995-2001), and for the Cleveland Indians (2002) and Milwaukee Brewers (2003). He bats and throws right-handed. May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ...
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A long time the personal receiver for Greg Maddux in Atlanta, Pérez is a veteran defensive-oriented catcher with a good arm. He calls an excellent game and he blocks balls in the dirt very well. He is also good at going out to the mound and getting on his pitchers. Gregory Alan Maddux (born April 14, 1966 in San Angelo, Texas, USA) is a right-handed baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. ...
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An aggressive hitter who hits the ball where it's pitched, Pérez is able to make decent contact and is hard to strikeout. He is not much of a power hitter, and he's been very tough against lefthanders thus far in his career. Versus righties, he is a little more prone to fanning, but he can still hit the ball with consistency. On the bases, he is a typical catcher; a runner who needs a hit-and-run or a bunt to get a jump on the next base. In baseball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by K or SO) occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. ...
In baseball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by K or SO) occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. ...
Hit and run is the act of hitting an object with a vehicle and leaving the location of the incident. ...
A bunt is a special type of offensive technique in baseball or fastpitch softball. ...
In a ten-year career, Pérez is a .254 hitter with 38 home runs and 166 RBI in 548 games. In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run, with no errors on the play that result in the batter achieving extra bases. ...
In baseball statistics, a run batted in (RBI) is given to a batter for each run scored as the result of a batters plate appearance. ...
In baseball statistics, games played (denoted by G) indicates the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity). ...
Awards
In Major League Baseball, the National League Championship Series (NLCS) determines who wins the National League pennant and advances to baseballs championship, the World Series. ...
See also Between 1939 and 2004, 171 baseball players from Venezuela had played in Major League Baseball. ...
External links - Eddie Pérez at:
- ESPN (profile and daily update) [1] (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=5496) - (article) [2] (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/99play/wsfs02.htm)
- Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers (entry) [3] (http://members.tripod.com/bb_catchers/catchers/list.htm)
- Baseball Reference (statistics and analysis) [4] (http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perezed02.shtml)
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