Joseph Perez (born August 12, 1999) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.
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Third baseman | |
Born: (1999-08-12) August 12, 1999 (age 23) Pembroke Pines, Florida | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 8, 2022, for the Houston Astros | |
MLB statistics (through 2022 season) | |
Batting average | .000 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 0 |
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Perez attended Archbishop McCarthy High School in Southwest Ranches, Florida. As a senior, he hit .526 with nine home runs and 37 runs batted in (RBIs) and went 4–0 with a 1.88 earned run average (ERA) and 40 strikeouts as a pitcher.[1] He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the second round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft.[2][3] He signed, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at the University of Miami.[4]
Perez made his professional debut in 2018 with the Gulf Coast Astros, batting .364 over 11 at-bats, and played 2019 with the Tri-City ValleyCats, hitting .188 with seven home runs and 27 RBIs over fifty games.[5] Due to the cancellation of the 2020 Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he did not play for a team.[6] Perez started 2021 with the Fayetteville Woodpeckers before being promoted to the Asheville Tourists and Corpus Christi Hooks.[7] Over 106 games between the three teams, he slashed .291/.354/.495 with 18 home runs, 61 RBIs, and 34 doubles.[8] Perez was selected to the 40-man roster following the season on November 19, 2021.[9]
On April 8, 2022, the Astros called Perez up to the major leagues for the first time and made his MLB debut that night.[10]
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