Tony
Perez broke into the major leagues with the Cincinnati Reds in 1964, but it
wasn’t until 1967 that his power started to show. It was a season that he would
hit 26 home runs with 102 RBI. His career would see 9 more seasons of 20+ home
runs, and the first of 7 seasons of 100+ RBI.
He
was a seven time all-star, and won back to World Series Championship with the
Big Red Machine in 1975-1976. His career hitting line was .279/.341/.463 with
379 home runs and 1,652 RBI. In 2000, Perez was elected to the Baseball Hall of
Fame. He is a member of the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame, and the Reds have
retired his #24.
Perez
would have productive seasons with the Montreal Expos, and Boston Red Sox. He
would make a brief stop with the Philadelphia Phillies before retiring with the
Reds in a second stint with the team.
Joe Glasgow is
a former senior staff writer at Fanstop.com, and is the author of the book Play
Ball! Growing Up With Baseball https://amzn.to/2o4M62h
