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Salvador Pérez

Salvador Johan (Diaz) Perez (twitter: @SalvadorPerez15)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: May 10, 1990 in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent in 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 2011 (Age 21.092, 17,641st in MLB history)   vs. TBR 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2011 season [*]
Team: Royals 2011-2016
2017 Contract Status: Signed thru 2021, 5 yrs/$52.5M (17-21) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2017): 5.050, Free Agent: 2022 [*], Agents: Beverly Hills Sports Council, previously: Morgan Advisors [*]
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2011 21 KCR AL 39 158 148 20 49 8 2 3 21 0 0 7 20 .331 .361 .473 .834 128 70 5 1 0 2 0 2
2012 22 KCR AL 76 305 289 38 87 16 0 11 39 0 0 12 27 .301 .328 .471 .798 115 136 14 1 0 3 3 2/D
2013 ★ 23 KCR AL 138 526 496 48 145 25 3 13 79 0 0 21 63 .292 .323 .433 .757 105 215 13 4 0 5 2 *2/3 AS,MVP-22,GG
2014 ★ 24 KCR AL 150 606 578 57 150 28 2 17 70 1 0 22 85 .260 .289 .403 .692 91 233 22 3 0 3 2 *2/D AS,GG
2015 ★ 25 KCR AL 142 553 531 52 138 25 0 21 70 1 0 13 82 .260 .280 .426 .706 88 226 23 4 0 5 4 *2/D3 AS,GG
2016 ★ 26 KCR AL 139 546 514 57 127 28 2 22 64 0 0 22 119 .247 .288 .438 .725 89 225 12 8 0 2 3 *2/D3 AS,GG,SS
6 Yrs 684 2694 2556 272 696 130 9 87 343 2 0 97 396 .272 .302 .432 .734 98 1105 89 21 0 20 14
162 Game Avg. 162 638 605 64 165 31 2 21 81 0 0 23 94 .272 .302 .432 .734 98 262 21 5 0 5 3
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Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2011 21 KCR AL 39 158 7 -1 -1 1 2 8 0.9 6 14 1.5 .522 .505 1.4 0.4 13 2
2012 22 KCR AL 76 305 5 -0 -2 9 5 17 1.8 11 28 2.9 .523 .511 2.0 1.4 19 $750,000 2/D
2013 ★ 23 KCR AL 138 526 3 -1 -1 11 8 20 2.3 19 39 4.1 .515 .513 2.8 2.2 28 $1,000,000 *2/3 AS,MVP-22,GG
2014 ★ 24 KCR AL 150 606 -5 -0 -2 8 9 9 1.3 22 31 3.4 .507 .506 2.4 2.1 23 $1,500,000 *2/D AS,GG
2015 ★ 25 KCR AL 142 553 -6 -3 -3 5 9 2 0.3 20 22 2.2 .501 .501 1.7 1.5 17 $1,750,000 *2/D3 AS,GG
2016 ★ 26 KCR AL 139 546 -10 -1 -0 11 8 7 0.8 20 26 2.8 .505 .504 1.6 2.0 15 *2/D3 AS,GG,SS
6 Seasons 684 2694 -6 -7 -10 45 41 63 7.5 97 160 16.9 .510 .507 11.9 9.6 115 $5,000,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2014 24 KCR AL ALWC OAK W 1 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
2014 24 KCR AL ALDS LAA W 3 13 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .154 .154 .154 .308 2 0 0 0 0 0
2014 24 KCR AL ALCS BAL W 4 16 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .067 .125 .067 .192 1 0 0 0 0 0
2014 24 KCR AL WS SFG L 7 25 24 3 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 .333 .360 .500 .860 12 2 1 0 0 0
2015 25 KCR AL ALDS HOU W 5 18 14 3 4 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 3 .286 .444 .714 1.159 10 0 2 0 0 0
2015 25 KCR AL ALCS TOR W 6 23 22 4 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 4 .136 .174 .455 .628 10 1 0 0 0 0
2015 ❍ MVP 25 KCR AL WS NYM W 5 23 22 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .364 .391 .455 .846 10 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (7 Series) 31 124 116 14 27 4 0 5 14 0 0 5 19 .233 .282 .397 .679 46 3 3 0 0 0
1 ALWC 1 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALDS 8 31 27 3 6 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 7 .222 .323 .444 .767 12 0 2 0 0 0
2 ALCS 10 39 37 5 4 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 6 .108 .154 .297 .451 11 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 12 48 46 6 16 3 0 1 6 0 0 1 4 .348 .375 .478 .853 22 2 1 0 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
2011 KCR AL 21 C 39 39 38 338.2 314 290 21 3 2 .990 -2 1 -7 4 8.26 7.97 .992 7.61 7.57 2 18 26 7 21% 28% 3
2012 KCR AL 22 C 74 74 71 653.2 579 522 53 4 4 .993 7 9 13 17 7.92 7.77 .993 7.99 7.94 3 29 25 18 42% 25% 5
2012 KCR AL 22 DH 1 1
2013 KCR AL 23 C 137 126 117 1115.1 1008 930 71 7 4 .993 6 11 6 12 8.08 7.31 .993 8.21 8.18 3 49 46 25 35% 26% 1 AS,MVP-22,GG
2013 KCR AL 23 1B 1 1 1 9.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0 0 0 0 2.00 2.00 .993 8.90 8.90 AS,MVP-22,GG
2014 KCR AL 24 C 146 143 124 1248.2 1118 1037 72 9 5 .992 12 8 12 8 7.99 7.60 .993 8.24 8.21 5 49 57 25 30% 27% 7 AS,GG
2014 KCR AL 24 DH 4 4 AS,GG
2015 KCR AL 25 C 139 137 112 1192.1 1068 974 90 4 10 .996 5 1 5 1 8.03 7.65 .994 8.27 8.21 4 48 66 29 31% 32% 4 AS,GG
2015 KCR AL 25 DH 2 2 AS,GG
2015 KCR AL 25 1B 1 0 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 6.00 2.00 .995 9.00 9.00 AS,GG
2016 KCR AL 26 C 128 128 107 1105.2 1070 989 77 4 4 .996 16 3 17 3 8.68 8.33 .994 8.57 8.48 5 36 40 37 48% 29% 1 AS,GG,SS
2016 KCR AL 26 DH 8 7 AS,GG,SS
2016 KCR AL 26 1B 1 0 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 9.00 3.00 .993 9.00 8.90 AS,GG,SS
6 Seasons C 663 647 569 5654.1 5157 4742 384 31 29 .994 44 33 9 7 8.16 7.73 .993 8.24 8.19 22 229 260 141 35% 28% 21
4 Seasons DH 15 14
3 Seasons 1B 3 1 1 15.0 8 7 0 1 1 .875 0 0 0 0 4.20 2.33 .994 8.94 8.93
6 Seasons TOT 666 648 570 5669.1 5165 4749 384 32 30 .994 44 33 9 6 8.15 7.71 .993 8.24 8.19 22 229 260 141 35% 28% 21
Note: Complete player games played data.
Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1930 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1930 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1930 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1913 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1930 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1913) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1930 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2013 *
2014 (C)
2015 (C)
2016 (C)

Awards (yr lg award)
2015 WS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2013 AL (22, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1798th)

Gold Gloves
2013 AL (C)
2014 AL (C)
2015 AL (C)
2016 AL (C)
All multiple winners

Silver Sluggers
2016 AL (C)

Defensive WAR† †s c a p y
2013 AL  2.2 (4th)
2014 AL  2.1 (8th)
2016 AL  2.0 (7th)
Active  9.6 (21st)
Career  9.6 (242nd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2014 AL  22 (3rd)
2015 AL  23 (5th)

Putouts† †s c a p y
2014 AL  1,037 (4th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
2013 AL  137 (2nd)
2014 AL  146 (1st)
2015 AL  139 (1st)
2016 AL  128 (1st)
Active  663 (22nd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
2013 AL  930 (2nd)
2014 AL  1,037 (2nd)
2015 AL  974 (2nd)
2016 AL  989 (1st)
Active  4,742 (20th)

Assists as C s c a p y
2013 AL  71 (1st)
2014 AL  72 (3rd)
2015 AL  90 (1st)
2016 AL  77 (1st)
Active  384 (14th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
2013 AL  7 (2nd)
2014 AL  9 (2nd)
Active  31 (23rd)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
2014 AL  5 (5th)
2015 AL  10 (1st)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
2015 AL  66 (2nd)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2013 AL  25 (1st)
2015 AL  29 (2nd)
2016 AL  37 (1st)
Active  141 (22nd)

Caught Stealing %† †s c a p y
2012 AL  41.9 (1st)
2013 AL  35.2 (4th)
2016 AL  48.1 (1st)
Active  35.2 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
2012 AL  7 (2nd)
2013 AL  6 (4th)
2014 AL  12 (1st)
2015 AL  5 (2nd)
2016 AL  16 (1st)
Active  44 (3rd)
Career  44 (24th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† †s c a p y
Active  8.16 (12th)
Career  8.16 (15th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
2012 AL  7.77 (3rd)
2016 AL  8.33 (2nd)
Active  7.73 (6th)
Career  7.73 (6th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2015 AL  .996 (5th)
2016 AL  .996 (1st)
Active  .994 (11th)
Career  .994 (21st)

Youngest s c a p y
2011 AL  born 1990-05-10 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 31 (617), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2013), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (92nd), 16.9 career WAR/16.9 7yr-peak WAR/16.9 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 15) = 53.4 career WAR/34.4 7yr-peak WAR/43.9 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Wilson Ramos (951)
  2. Ed Taubensee (938)
  3. Geovany Soto (930)
  4. Jim Pagliaroni (927)
  5. Nick Hundley (926)
  6. Johnny Estrada (916)
  7. Ozzie Virgil (915)
  8. Jonathan Lucroy (913)
  9. Hal Smith (913)
  10. Rick Wilkins (912)
Similar Batters through 26 
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  1. Benito Santiago (954)
  2. Rich Gedman (952)
  3. Frankie Hayes (943)
  4. Lance Parrish (930)
  5. Bill Freehan (929)
  6. Shanty Hogan (922)
  7. Tim McCarver (919)
  8. Del Crandall (917)
  9. Russell Martin (915)
  10. Darrell Porter (906)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Shanty Hogan (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Rich Gedman (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Rich Gedman (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Benito Santiago (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary ServTm(OpnDay) Sources Notes/Other Sources
2012 22 Kansas City Royals $750,000 0.050 contracts
2013 23 Kansas City Royals $1,000,000 1.050 contracts
2014 24 Kansas City Royals $1,500,000 2.050 contracts
2015 25 Kansas City Royals $1,750,000 3.050 contracts
2016 26 Kansas City Royals $2,000,000 4.050 contracts
201727Kansas City Royals$4,200,0005.050
201828Kansas City Royals$8,700,000
201929Kansas City Royals$11,200,000
202030Kansas City Royals$14,200,000
202131Kansas City Royals$14,200,000
Earliest Free Agent: 2022
Career to date (may be incomplete)$7,000,000Does not include future salaries ($52.5M)
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesy of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

Name + "Statistics" Translations



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Spanish: Salvador Pérez Estadísticas
French: Salvador Pérez statistiques
Japanese: サルバドール・ペレス 統計
Polish: Salvador Pérez Statystyki
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