Antonio Pérez (baseball)

{{short description|Dominican baseball player (born 1980)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|image=

|name=Antonio Pérez

|position=Infielder

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1980|1|26}}

|birth_place=Bani, Dominican Republic

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 14

|debutyear=2003

|debutteam=Tampa Bay Devil Rays

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 28

|finalyear=2006

|finalteam=Oakland Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.244

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=6

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=43

|teams=

}}

Antonio Miguel Pérez (born January 26, 1980) is a retired Major League Baseball player. In {{by|2005}}, he led the Los Angeles Dodgers with 11 stolen bases. Pérez signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals for the {{by|2008}} season, but was released during spring training. In March {{by|2009}}, he signed a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves.

While a minor leaguer, Pérez was involved in two major trades. He went from the Cincinnati Reds to the Seattle Mariners in the Ken Griffey Jr. trade in 2000, and was later sent to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Randy Winn. Also, in 2005, he was sent to the Oakland A's for Andre Ethier.