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SPECIAL ASSISTANTS TO BASEBALL OPERATIONS
FRONT OFFICE

eddie pérez Special Assistant, Baseball Operations
• The 2021 season marks Eddie Pérez’s 33rd in the • He hit .464 (13-for-28)
Braves organization, including his fourth as special
in 15 career National
MANAGER & STAFF • Pérez assumed a front office position after spending League Championship
assistant, baseball operations.
Series games, the highest
ever for a catcher (min. 25 ABs)...He batted .500 (10-
the previous 11 campaigns as a member of the Atlanta
coaching staff, including the final two as first base
claimed series MVP honors.
coach...He concluded a 20-year playing career in 2006 for-20) in the 1999 NLCS vs. the New York Mets and
and joined the Braves staff the following season...He • Right shoulder tendinitis plagued Pérez throughout the
was the club's bullpen coach from 2007 until May of 2005 season, and he spent the entire 2006 campaign
2016, when he moved to first base under then-interim at Double-A Mississippi...He was limited to just 13
PLAYER BIOS • Pérez played 11 seasons at the major-league level, Mississippi manager Jeff Blauser.
manager Brian Snitker.
games in 2006, but spent much of his time assisting
including nine with the Braves, and spent 18 of his 20
attended Doctor Raul Cuenca High School in Ciudad
professional seasons in the Atlanta organization. • Pérez, who became a U.S. citizen in August of 2014,
• The former catcher began his career with Single-A Ojeda, Venezuela, where he also played volleyball.
Bradenton in 1987 and reached the majors in 1995, • Pérez, 52, and his wife, Marisol, have one daughter,
Maried, and one son, Andres Eduardo, and reside in
theyear the Braves won the World Series.
SEASON IN REVIEW • The former catcher was on seven postseason squads Duluth, Ga.
for Atlanta (1995-99, 2001, 2004) and played in 30
postseason games.

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