Salvador Perez

Bats R Throws R6'3" 255 lbBorn 1990 Valencia, VenezuelaDebut 2011Team KC9x All-StarContract 2 y/$25M (26-27)* 2026: $10,449,377

Awards: Gold Glove x5, Silver Slugger x4, TSN All-Star x3, AL Silver Slugger, All-MLB Second Team, World Series MVP

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 79.3FIELD+ 91.0 at 1BTotal 0.24 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	467	434	107	20	0	20	21	103	0	0.247	0.292	0.434	0.725	0.186	0.309	22.2	4.6	96.1	1.24
2027	446	416	99	18	0	18	17	100	0	0.239	0.279	0.413	0.693	0.175	0.297	22.5	3.8	88.8	0.78

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 35

His ten closest age-35 comparables averaged 104 HIT+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Andres Galarraga	1996	112.6	132.5	674
2	Frank McCormick	1946	118.2	120.6	268
3	Jeff Conine	2001	112.7	97.4	488
4	Kitty Bransfield	1910	94.2	86.4	56
5	Tom Jones	1909	87.8	93.2	510
6	Hal McRae	1981	121.5	147.3	676
7	Vic Power	1963	97.5	61.2	334
8	Ed Konetchy	1921	119.6	did not play
9	Joe Kuhel	1941	103.3	97.2	482
10	Dave Kingman	1984	117.2	104.0	666

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			446		99	18	0	18		0	17	100	0.239	0.279	0.413	0.693	88.8
2026*	KCA	118	492	42	97	18	1	16		0	19	97	0.215	0.261	0.365	0.626	69.5
2025	KC	155	638	54	141	35	0	30	100	0	28	125	0.236	0.284	0.446	0.729	97.6
2024	KC	158	651	58	160	28	0	27	104	0	44	129	0.271	0.330	0.456	0.786	117.5
2023	KC	140	578	59	137	21	0	23	80	0	19	135	0.255	0.292	0.422	0.714	88.8
2022	KC	114	473	48	113	23	1	23	76	0	18	109	0.254	0.292	0.465	0.757	107.4
2021	KC	161	665	88	169	24	0	48	121	1	28	170	0.273	0.316	0.544	0.859	123.0
2020	KC	37	156	22	50	12	0	11	32	1	3	36	0.333	0.353	0.633	0.986	160.1
2018	KC	129	544	52	120	23	0	27	80	1	17	108	0.235	0.274	0.439	0.713	90.4
2017	KC	129	498	57	126	24	1	27	80	1	17	95	0.268	0.297	0.495	0.792	101.7
2016	KC	139	546	57	127	28	2	22	64	0	22	119	0.247	0.288	0.438	0.725	85.1
2015	KC	142	553	52	138	25	0	21	70	1	13	82	0.260	0.280	0.426	0.706	82.4
2014	KC	150	606	57	150	28	2	17	70	1	22	85	0.260	0.289	0.403	0.692	86.9
2013	KC	138	526	48	145	25	3	13	79	0	21	63	0.292	0.323	0.433	0.757	103.5
2012	KC	76	305	38	87	16	0	11	39	0	12	27	0.301	0.328	0.471	0.798	114.2
2011	KC	39	158	20	49	8	2	3	21	0	7	20	0.331	0.361	0.473	0.834	127.3
Career		1707	6897	710	1712	320	11	303	1016	6	271	1303	0.264	0.301	0.457	0.759	101.7

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	492	89.0	15.9	9.9	42.3	25.2	45.5	0.233	0.413	0.301	23.8
2025	641	90.0	18.1	14.8	46.7	26.9	42.2	0.269	0.534	0.357	24.4
2024	652	91.1	19.0	12.3	44.8	27.8	42.9	0.271	0.530	0.361	24.5
2023	580	90.1	15.6	8.8	44.0	30.2	47.0	0.262	0.465	0.326	24.3
2022	473	91.4	17.8	11.2	49.0	31.8	43.3	0.239	0.481	0.324	25.3
2021	665	93.0	15.9	16.3	56.2	33.7	44.8	0.269	0.562	0.369	26.1
2020	156	91.0	14.2	14.2	47.0	26.9	43.5	0.319	0.622	0.406	25.1
2018	544	91.3	18.0	11.6	47.5	23.8	44.2	0.256	0.477	0.334	25.0
2017	499	88.7	18.7	10.8	38.9	20.9	46.0	0.275	0.532	0.349	25.6
2016	546	88.8	18.9	7.0	37.8	23.4	42.6	0.234	0.394	0.288	25.9
2015	553	87.3	13.0	6.3	32.6	18.1	41.6	0.260	0.408	0.298	25.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	KC	C	92	762	663	30	0	2	1.000	-6.4
2025	KC	1B	30	252	221	17	1	10	0.996	-2.4
2024	KC	C	91	765	730	25	5	7	0.993	+5.3
2024	KC	1B	49	392	334	25	0	31	1.000	+3.9
2023	KC	C	91	738	655	25	1	2	0.999	-5.6
2023	KC	1B	23	182	149	14	1	13	0.994	-1.3
2022	KC	C	77	622	548	30	3	3	0.995	-10.4
2021	KC	C	124	1003	975	61	2	12	0.998	-15.4
2020	KC	C	34	274	295	6	0	1	1.000	+0.8
2020	KC	1B	3	15	15	0	0	4	1.000	+0.6
2018	KC	C	96	831	690	69	0	11	1.000	-11.9
2018	KC	1B	3	21	25	1	0	2	1.000	-0.3
2017	KC	C	115	942	784	46	5	3	0.994	+0.0
2016	KC	C	128	1106	989	77	4	4	0.996	+0.0
2016	KC	1B	1	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	+0.0
2015	KC	C	139	1192	974	90	4	10	0.996	+0.1
2015	KC	1B	1	3	2	0	0	1	1.000	-0.1
2014	KC	C	146	1249	1037	72	9	5	0.992
2013	KC	C	137	1115	930	71	7	4	0.993
2013	KC	1B	1	9	2	0	1	0	0.667
2012	KC	C	74	654	522	53	4	4	0.993
2011	KC	C	39	339	290	21	3	2	0.990

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2012	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	53	0 HR, 0 SB	0.340	0.745
2011	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	49	1 HR, 0 SB	0.333	0.847
2011	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Bat	309	9 HR, 0 SB	0.283	0.756
2010	A+	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Bat	396	7 HR, 1 SB	0.290	0.733
2009	A	Burlington Bees	Bat	137	0 HR, 0 SB	0.189	0.466
2009	Rk	Idaho Falls Chukars	Bat	259	2 HR, 0 SB	0.309	0.778
2008	Rk	Burlington Royals	Bat	49	0 HR, 0 SB	0.325	0.779
2008	Rk	Idaho Falls Chukars	Bat	46	1 HR, 0 SB	0.395	0.994
2008	Rk	nan	Bat	95	1 HR, 0 SB	0.361	0.891
2007	Rk	AZL Royals	Bat	99	0 HR, 1 SB	0.244	0.599

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.314	0.267	0.310	0.253
2025	0.240	0.339	0.320	0.314
2024	0.365	0.339	0.323	0.367
2023	0.293	0.315	0.325	0.295
2022	0.386	0.324	0.348	0.332
2021	0.410	0.355	0.411	0.327
2020	0.421	0.443	0.450	0.427
2018	0.323	0.314	0.314	0.318

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	6	24	1	5	0	1	1	0	7	0.208	0.240	0.333	0.573
2015	16	58	10	15	3	4	8	4	9	0.259	0.328	0.517	0.845
2014	15	58	4	12	1	1	6	1	10	0.207	0.233	0.276	0.509
Career	37	140	15	32	4	6	15	5	26	0.229	0.275	0.386	0.661

Salaries

Year	Team	Salary
2016	KC	$2,000,000
2015	KC	$1,750,000
2014	KC	$1,500,000
2013	KC	$1,000,000
2012	KC	$750,000

Public salary records run through 2016; current contract data is on the roadmap.