Carlos Pérez (catcher)

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Carlos Pérez
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Pérez with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim – No. 58
Catcher
Born: (1990-10-27) October 27, 1990 (age 33)
Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 5, 2015, for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
MLB statistics
(through May 22, 2016)
Batting average .239
Home runs 6
Runs batted in 34
Teams

Carlos Eduardo Pérez Alvarez (born October 27, 1990) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

Pérez signed with the Toronto Blue Jays as an international free agent in 2008.[1] He was acquired by the Houston Astros in a July 2012 trade along with Francisco Cordero, Ben Francisco, Asher Wojciechowski, David Rollins, and Joe Musgrove, in exchange for J. A. Happ, Brandon Lyon, and David Carpenter.[2] He was added to the Astros' 40-man roster on November 3, 2014.[3]

On November 5, 2014, the Astros traded Pérez and Nick Tropeano to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in exchange for Hank Conger.[4]

Pérez was promoted to the major leagues on May 4, 2015 to back up Chris Iannetta. In his major league baseball debut on May 5, 2015, he hit a walk-off home run off of Dominic Leone giving the Angels a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners.[5]

References

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