Mélido Turpen Gross Pérez (born February 15, 1966 in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic

San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic

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), is a former right-handed Major League Baseball

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 pitcher from through for the Kansas City Royals

Kansas City Royals

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, Chicago White Sox

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, and New York Yankees

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. He made his major league debut for the Kansas City Royals on September 4, 1987. In that game, Pérez pitched seven innings of shutout ball for the victory. He earned an estimated $16 million dollars in his nine-year career http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perezme01.shtml. He gave up Manny Ramirez's first career home run.

See also

• Carlos Pérez (younger brother)
• Pascual Pérez
  Pascual Pérez (baseball)
  Pascual Gross Perez was a right-handed baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves, Montreal Expos, and New York Yankees....
  
   (older brother)
• Yorkis Pérez
  Yorkis Pérez
  Yorkis Miguel Vargas Pérez is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. The left-hander appeared in 337 games over nine seasons for the Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Houston Astros and Baltimore Orioles, all as a relief pitcher...
  
  (cousin)