Hernán Pérez (baseball)

Hernán Alejandro Pérez (born March 26, 1991) is a Venezuelan professional baseball utility player in the Chicago Cubs organization. He previously played for the Detroit Tigers and Milwaukee Brewers. Pérez was signed by the Tigers as a non-drafted free agent on July 2, 2007, and has seen time at every position on the field except for catcher.

Hernán Pérez
Pérez with the Brewers in 2019
Chicago Cubs – No. 41
Utility player
Born: (1991-03-26) March 26, 1991
Villa de Cura, Venezuela
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 9, 2012, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
(through 2019 season)
Batting average.252
Home runs45
Runs batted in180
Teams

Early life

Pérez, was born in San Francisco de Asís, Aragua, Venezuela on March 26, 1991.[1]

Professional career

Minor Leagues

After Pérez was signed by the Tigers, he was placed with the VSL Tigers of the Venezuelan Summer League In 2009, Pérez was promoted to the GCL Tigers of the Gulf Coast League. He was soon promoted to the West Michigan Whitecaps of the Midwest League. Later that season, he was promoted to the Class A-Advanced Lakeland Flying Tigers of the Florida State League. At the start of 2010, Pérez found himself back with the West Michigan Whitecaps for which he had spent the 2011 season. He was named a Mid-Season and Post-Season All-Star.

Detroit Tigers

Pérez was called up to the Major Leagues by Detroit on June 9, 2012 after Jhonny Peralta went on paternity leave. Pérez made his debut that day, and got his first hit a day later. He was subsequently sent back to Lakeland so Peralta could rejoin the Tigers.[2]

Pérez started the 2013 season with the Double-A Erie SeaWolves. Pérez was recalled to the Tigers on July 9, 2013, replacing Omar Infante who was placed on the disabled list. Pérez was sent back to Double-A's Erie, on August 2, 2013, to make room for the newly acquired José Iglesias. However, Pérez was recalled to the Tigers just three days later, after teammate Jhonny Peralta received a 50-game suspension due to his ties to the Biogenesis scandal.[3] In 33 plate appearances for the Detroit Tigers during the 2015 season, Pérez was batting only .061 with just two hits, one walk, and no RBIs.

Milwaukee Brewers

On June 2, 2015, Pérez was claimed off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers and activated the same day.[4] Since joining the Brewers, Pérez has primarily been used as a utility player while appearing in at least 120 games during the 2016-2018 seasons.[5][6]. On June 28, 2019, Pérez was designated for assignment.[7] Pérez was outrighted on July 3. Perez Returned to the Brewers when they optioned Travis Shaw to the minors and bought Hernan's minor league contract. He played shortstop that evening versus the Texas Rangers.[8]

On October 16th, 2019, Pérez was outrighted to the Brewers Triple-A affiliate, the San Antonio Missions. He opted free agency and left the team.

Chicago Cubs

On December 9, 2019, Perez signed a minor league deal with the Chicago Cubs.

World Baseball Classic

Pérez represented his home country of Venezuela in the 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC).[9]

See also

References
  1. "Hernan Perez Info/Stats". ESPN. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
  2. Beck, Jason (June 11, 2012). "Perez in awe of first Major League game". MLB.com. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  3. "Perez recalled due to Peralta's suspension". MLB.com. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  4. Farrell, Perry (June 2, 2015). "Brewers claim Tigers' Hernan Perez off waivers". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  5. Journal, ANDREW WAGNER For the State. "Hernan Perez, Cory Spangenberg make a play for utility roles with Brewers". madison.com. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  6. "Hernan Perez Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  7. "Reports: Brewers to recall Hiura, option Shaw". June 27, 2019. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  8. "2019 Milwaukee Brewers Transactions - MLB". August 9, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  9. "Notes: Hernan Perez back in swing of things for Brewers". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
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