Friday, March 8, 2013

Tony Perez MLB Hall of Fame 2000

Atanasio (Tony) Perez Rigal was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 2000 along with Sparky Anderson, Carlton Fisk, Bid McPhee and Turkey Stearnes. Perez was a 1B\3B with 23 seasons MLB experience playing with the Cincinnati Reds (1964-1976, 1984-1986), Montreal Expos (1977-1979) and Boston Red Sox (1980-1982). For his MLB career he hit .279/.341/.463 with 379 HR, 1652 RBI, 1272 R, 49 SB in 2777 games. 

I believe his three best seasons were 1970 when he hit .317/.401/.589 with 40 HR, 129 RBI, 107 R, 8 SB in 158 games, 1969 when he hit .294/.357/.526 with 37 HR, 122 RBI, 103 R, 4 SB in 160 games and 1975 when he hit .282/.350/.466 with 20 HR, 109 RBI, 74 R, 1 SB in 137 games. 

He was an All Star seven times (1967-1970, 1974-1976). Perez won the World Series championship with the Reds in 1975 and 1976. 

He also served as manager for the Reds (1993) with a 20-24 record and Florida Marlins (2001) with a 54-60 record.

Hall of Fame page

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