Salvador Perez Stats:

 

Career 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: