Bats Left Throws Left Home runs 5 Height 1.85 m Career start 2005 | Batting average .244 Runs batted in 15 Weight 86 kg Bats Left-handed | |
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Félix Pérez (born November 14, 1984) is a minor league baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent.
Prior to playing in the Reds system, he played in the Cuban National Series. He first played for Isla de la Juventud in 2005-2006, hitting .246. He also pitched briefly. The next season, he hit .287 in 84 games, again pitching briefly, and in 2007-2008, he hit .257 with 20 doubles in 90 games.
Signed by the Reds by scout Richard Jimenez, Perez hit over .300 twice in his first four seasons in the USA. He split 2010 between the DSL Reds, with whom he hit .429 in 16 games, the Lynchburg Hillcats (.338 batting average in 16 games) and the Carolina Mudcats (.266 batting average in 35 games), for a composite .322 batting average. He committed 8 errors in 2011 for Carolina while hitting .257 in 92 games; he also hit .206 with two walks and a homer in nine games for the Louisville Bats, for a combined .252 batting average in 101 games. He hit .301 and had 16 assists defensively in 116 games for Louisville in 2012. In 2013, he batted .262 with 10 home runs and 65 RBI in 126 games for Louisville, while fielding .995.
During 2014 Perez posted some of his best numbers. He played for the AAA Louisville Bats the entire season, appearing in 122 games. He finished the season with a batting average of .280 and had a slugging percentage of .450. He accrued 74 RBI's (the team high), 12 home runs (second highest on his team), 36 doubles (the team high) and an OPS of .775. Defensively, he committed just 3 errors. He was elected to the International League All-Star team and hit a double and a triple during the AAA All-Star game.
He played for the Sultanes de Monterrey in 2015 and hit .312 with 20 home runs and 70 RBI in 94 games. He played for Caracas again that winter and produced at a .332/.425/.545 clip with 20 doubles in 55 games. He again supplemented another team in the Caribbean Series, this time joining the Tigres de Aragua. He hit .200/.407/.200 with 7 walks in six games. He also made a couple errors at first, including a crucial one with a two-run lead in the 7th inning of the finale against Mexico's Venados de Mazatlán that enabled them to score the tying run en route to a comeback win.
He played for Monterrey and the Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2016, hitting .304/.371/.543 with 19 home runs and 68 RBI between them - only .244 with 5 home runs in 22 game for Rakuten, .315 with 14 home runs in 64 games for Monterrey.