Salvador Pérez

Catcher

2011—2022

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Catcher RANK
#28

Player Detail

Salvador Johan
GIVEN NAME
Perez
SURNAME
May 10, 1990, in Valencia, , Venezuela
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
2011—2022
Playing Career
Played from 21-29
PLAYING AGE
Kansas City Royals
Teams Played For
Catcher
PRIMARY POSITION
Kansas City Royals
PRIMARY TEAM
2015
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
13
UNIFORM NUMBER
#5 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-2 / 185
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Both / Right
BATTED / THREW
August 10, 2011
Major League Debut
September 30, 2018
FINAL GAME
— Top 50 Catcher —
— Royals ALL-TIME TEAM —

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  • Salvador Pérez Scouting Report

40

HITTING

40

POWER

30

RUNNING

70

FIELDING

60

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
979
942
141
503
.272
6 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
22.4
43.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.743
.693
107.0

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.272
.301
.442

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Buster Posey
Chris Iannetta

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Brayan Pena
Eric Hosmer
Omar Infante
Alcides Escobar
Mike Moustakas
Alex Gordon
Lorenzo Cain
Jeff Francoeur
James Shields
Yordano Ventura
Ned Yost

Salvador Pérez Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Perez
568
151
61
28
2
23
81
21
96
1
251
178
.272
.301
.442
743
AVG C
539
128
61
26
1
17
48
133
2
209
182
.238
.305
.388
.693

Salvador Pérez Rankings

AT Catcher BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
28
60
39
56
79
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Catcher BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
35
37
62
38
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Salvador Pérez PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
24.0
20.9
15.9
10.9
3.97
53.0
34.7
25.3
17.3
4.40
BLUE = Salvador Pérez
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME C

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
113.5
107.7
UNK
55.8
18.7
307.6
181.0
130.7
87.6
24.8
BLUE = Salvador Pérez
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME C