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Eddie Perez
Atlanta Braves [ Team Audit page ]
Catcher
Bats R
Age 38
6' 1"
220 lbs.

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Historical Stats | 2006 Forecast | Diagnostics | Five-Year Forecast | Valuation | Most Comparable Players | Player Comments

Historical Stats

-- Equivalents --
Year Tm Lg PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SPD AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
2003 MIL MLB 369 26 17 1 11 45 17 47 0 1 3.0 .271 .304 .420 -.044 .267 .301 .420 .246 6.6 92-C -13 1.5
2004 ATL MLB 185 14 12 0 3 13 11 29 0 0 3.1 .229 .286 .353 -.197 .227 .280 .349 .220 -3.1 46-C 6 1.6
2005 ATL MLB 39 3 2 0 2 6 1 5 0 0 2.6 .211 .231 .421 -.180 .211 .231 .421 .218 -0.3 0.3


EQA Distribution

Five-Year WARP

2006 Forecast

-- Equivalents --
Percentile PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SPD AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
90o 67 6 3 0 2 7 4 10 0 0 2.4 .251 .300 .394 -.123 .251 .300 .406 .234 0.6 21-C 0 0.5
75o 70 6 3 0 2 7 4 11 0 0 2.5 .236 .286 .364 -.198 .236 .286 .375 .219 -0.7 21-C 0 0.4
60o 71 6 3 0 2 7 4 11 0 0 2.6 .232 .282 .356 -.216 .233 .282 .367 .215 -1.0 22-C 0 0.4
50o 72 6 3 0 2 8 4 11 0 0 2.6 .228 .278 .346 -.241 .228 .277 .357 .210 -1.4 22-C 0 0.3
40o 75 5 3 0 1 8 4 12 0 0 2.7 .214 .264 .317 -.310 .214 .264 .327 .194 -2.7 23-C -1 0.2
25o 78 5 3 0 1 8 4 13 0 0 2.7 .201 .252 .291 -.373 .201 .252 .300 .178 -4.0 23-C -1 0.1
10o 84 4 3 0 0 10 5 16 0 0 2.9 .167 .218 .219 -.543 .167 .218 .225 .124 -7.8 25-C -1 -0.2
Weighted Mean 60 4 2 0 1 6 3 10 0 0 2.7 .220 .270 .330 -.279 .220 .270 .340 .201 -2.5 19-C -1 0.2

Diagnostics

Breakout Rate Improve Rate Collapse Rate Attrition Rate

9%

17%

48%

54%

Five-Year Forecast

-- Equivalents --
Year PA R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS SPD AVG OBP SLG MLVr AVG OBP SLG EqA VORP Defense WARP
2006 (age 38) 60 4 2 0 1 6 3 10 0 0 2.7 .220 .270 .330 -.279 .220 .270 .340 .201 -2.5 19-C -1 0.2
2007 (age 39) 25 1 1 0 1 3 2 4 0 0 2.9 .229 .286 .375 -.187 .229 .285 .387 .224 0.0 11-C 0 0.2
2008 (age 40)
-- out of baseball --
2009 (age 41)
-- out of baseball --
2010 (age 42)
-- out of baseball --

Valuation

Year OWARP DWARP Tot WARP MORP Mean VORP Upside
2006 -0.2 0.4 0.2 $450,000 -2.5 0.1
2007 0.0 0.2 0.2 $450,000 0.0 0.8
2008 0.0 0.1 0.0 $375,000 0.0 0.1
2009 0.0 0.1 0.0 $400,000 0.0 0.0
2010 0.0 0.1 0.0 $400,000 -0.4 0.0
Peak 0.5 $275,000 0.0 1.0


Stars & Scrubs Chart

Career Path Analysis


Five-Year Performance
Year 75% 50% 25% Weighted Mean
2006 .219 .210 .178 .201
2007 .276 .196 .148 .224
2008
-- out of baseball --
2009
-- out of baseball --
2010
-- out of baseball --


Five-Year Attrition
Year Attrition Rate Drop Rate Breakout
2006 54% 0% 9%
2007 88% 38% 17%
2008 98% 70% 2%
2009 90% 88% 2%
2010 91% 86% 0%

Most Comparable Players

Similarity Index

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Rank Hitter Year Score Trend Rank Hitter Year Score Trend
1 Bob Scheffing 1951 50 11 Ron Hassey 1991 21
2 Clyde McCullough 1955 44 12 Ray Mueller 1950 20
3 John Flaherty 2005 41 13 Hubie Brooks 1994 18
4 Sandy Alomar 2004 38 14 Tom Lampkin 2002 18
5 Pat Borders 2001 35 15 Walt Dropo 1961 15
6 Del Rice 1960 26 16 Joe Girardi 2002 14
7 Jim Hegan 1958 26 17 Jamie Quirk 1992 12
8 Charlie O'Brien 1998 22 18 Gary Carter 1992 11
9 Tom Prince 2002 22 19 Smoky Burgess 1965 11
10 Tony Pena 1995 21 20 Jim Sundberg 1989 11

Player Comments

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2005

Other than a wildly anomalous 1998, Perez has been your garden-variety backup catcher for a decade and, at one time, Greg Maddux's preferred antidote to whatever it was about Javy Lopez that bothered him so much. He's usually an uninspired addition for most teams, but he's as capable as any number of other caddies. He'll probably be a manager one day.

2003

Some catchers have great defensive reputations, or are known for their ability to mentor young pitchers, or young catchers. Eddie Perez was once Greg Maddux’s personal catcher. He’s a free agent, and might bring his particular skill set to your town any day now. There’s a secret society of backup catchers, who once they’re out of the game take front office jobs and make sure that their younger members are never without a job. Anyone with a better explanation for Perez’s longevity can drop us a line.

2001

A nice guy catches a bad break: Eddie Perez tore his right rotator cuff in May, ending his season. He's nothing special offensively or defensively, Greg Maddux's blessing notwithstanding. Perez played winter ball and will be back as the Braves' backup catcher this year.

1998

The opposite of Greg Myers. Perez is a better defensive catcher than Myers or Lopez, and Greg Maddux likes him. He doesn’t really help you win games. He is handy as an illustration of the problem with catcher’s ERA, though. Perceived as young, is actually already on the downside.

1997

One of the many playful inhabitants of “Rip Taylor’s Backup Catcher Safari.” You drive through in your Ford Taurus and see them in their natural habitat. If Greg Maddux decides that he wants you call his game, though, you’re gonna be employed a long time, even if you hit like Marc Sullivan or something.


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