Salvador Perez Stats:
|
Year
|
Team
|
GP
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
RBI
|
BB
|
SO
|
HR
|
Avg
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2021
|
Royals
|
161
|
620
|
88
|
169
|
121
|
28
|
170
|
48
|
.273
|
|
2020
|
Royals
|
37
|
150
|
22
|
50
|
32
|
3
|
36
|
11
|
.333
|
|
2018
|
Royals
|
129
|
510
|
52
|
120
|
80
|
17
|
108
|
27
|
.235
|
|
2017
|
Royals
|
129
|
471
|
57
|
126
|
80
|
17
|
95
|
27
|
.268
|
|
2016
|
Royals
|
139
|
514
|
57
|
127
|
64
|
22
|
119
|
22
|
.247
|
|
2015
|
Royals
|
142
|
531
|
52
|
138
|
70
|
13
|
82
|
21
|
.260
|
|
2014
|
Royals
|
150
|
578
|
57
|
150
|
70
|
22
|
85
|
17
|
.260
|
|
2013
|
Royals
|
138
|
496
|
48
|
145
|
79
|
21
|
63
|
13
|
.292
|
|
2012
|
Royals
|
76
|
289
|
38
|
87
|
39
|
12
|
27
|
11
|
.301
|
|
2011
|
Royals
|
39
|
148
|
20
|
49
|
21
|
7
|
20
|
3
|
.331
|
|
Career
|
1,140
|
4,307
|
491
|
1,161
|
656
|
162
|
805
|
200
|
.270
|
Is Salvador Perez good?
You don’t know baseball unless you know how great Salvador Perez was with the Kansas City Royals in 2021.
For a club that was competitive but terrible, the Royals’ star backstop was fantastic this season.
Perez made his sixth All-Star appearance in 2021 after compiling a .333 batting average and .986 OPS during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season and is likely on his way to his finest MVP voting finish of his illustrious career.
Late in the year, he even earned top-three hype.
Perez received the greatest WAR rating of his career from Baseball-Reference, with 5.3.
FanGraphs gave him a 3.4, which is a big issue of debate because his offense blew over every other season, but his defense did the same in a bad way.
Perez’s 2021 was outstanding, regardless of which site’s measure you use (Baseball-Reference is more widely regarded).
Will he be able to match his 2018 performance in 2022? To discover out, let’s take a closer look at the season.
With 48 home runs, Perez not only broke the single-season record for most home runs by the main catcher, but he also tied Vladimir Guerrero Jr. for the 2021 top mark and Jorge Soler for the Royals’ single-season team record.
His .544 SLG was his lone finish above .500 outside of the shortened 2020 campaign, demonstrating his tremendous power. It was game over when Perez made contact with the ball. Consider the following:
