# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rafael-perez
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:06:05.077Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rafael-perez"
name: "Rafael Pérez"
slug: "rafael-perez"
description: "Rafael Jerome Pérez is a Dominican former left-handed professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians from 2006 to 2012, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chunichi Dragons in 2015. He was signed by the Indians as an undrafted free agent in 2002 and played with them through 2012. He lives in Freeport, New York, on Long Island."
tagline: "Dominican Republic baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rafael_P%C3%A9rez.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1982-05-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.541865333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "拉斐爾·裴瑞茲"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رافاييل بيريز (لاعب كرة قاعدة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رافاييل بيريز (لاعب بيسبول)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_P%C3%A9rez_(baseball)"
    title: "Rafael Pérez (baseball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_P%C3%A9rez_(beisbolista)"
    title: "Rafael Pérez (beisbolista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_P%C3%A9rez_(baseball)"
    title: "Rafael Pérez (baseball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ラファエル・ペレス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3108248"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump