Where does Tony Perez rank among baseball greats?
Tony Perez ranks #15 among the Top 50 all-time at 1B. Rankings ⇒ Tony Perez Teammates Johnny Bench Pete Rose Joe Morgan Mike Schmidt Davey Concepcion Jim Rice Andre Dawson Dave Parker Carl Yastrzemski Steve Carlton Mario Soto Don Gullett Dennis Eckersley Steve Rogers Rawley Eastwick Wayne Granger Sparky Anderson Best Season: 1970 Playing 153 games at third base for the Reds in 1970, Perez exploded for 40 home runs and 129 RBI. Teaming with Bench (who won the MVP), he formed a fearsome right-handed tandem as Cincinnati rolled to 70 wins in their first 100 games – a ML record. Perez also scored 107 runs, rapped out 186 hits, batted .317, and walked 83 times. Factoids From August 8-20, 1973, Tony Perez collected exactly two hits in eleven consecutive games. He hit .468 (22-for-47) with one homer and 11 RBI during the stretch. Major League RBI Leaders, (1967-1977) Tony Perez… 1,119 Johnny Bench… 1,038 Lee May… 1,034 Carl Yastrzemski… 984 Willie Stargell…
