Wenceel Pérez #5

Signed by Detroit Tigers as an international free agent in July 2016...…added to the Tigers 40-man roster on Nov. 15, 2022…made his Major League debut on April 8, 2024.

2025

Appeared in 100 games with the Tigers, slashing .244/.308/.430 with 17 doubles, four triples, 13 home runs and 43 RBI...Posted career highs in doubles (17), home runs (13) and RBI (43)...Hit a bases-loaded single bringing in two runs to add to Detroit’s lead in their deciding game three victory over Cleveland in the Wild Card series...After recording at least one hit in nine of the first 10 games in September, hit .104 (5-for-48) with 19 strikeouts in his last 13 games entering the Wild Card...Singled, doubled, tripled and stole two bases on July 29 against Arizona, becoming the first Tiger to turn in such a single-game stat line in more than 100 years since Ty Cobb on Sept. 5, 1924...Activated off the 60-day injured list on May 27 and returned to action with Detroit that day...hit a solo home run off Logan Webb on the first pitch he swung at after returning from injury...Placed on the 10-day IL on Opening Day with lumbar spine inflammation...transferred to the 60-day injured list with the same injury on April 8.

2024

 In his first season of Major League action, he played in 112 games with the Tigers, slashing .242/.300/.383 with 16 doubles, six triples, nine homers and 37 RBI...also saw time in 15 games with Triple A Toledo, batting .164/.270/.382 with two doubles, two triples, two homers and eight RBI...Made his Major League debut on April 8 against the Pirates, entering as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning and going 0x2...Notched his first two Major League hits in game two of the twin bill on April 13 vs. Minnesota, a single in the second inning and his first big league extra base hit, a double in the seventh…also swiped his first stolen base at the Major League level...Recorded his first career multi-homer game in the second game of the doubleheader on April 30 vs. St. Louis...became the first Tiger to homer from both sides of the plate in a game since Victor Martinez on Aug. 30, 2018, and was the first Tigers rookie to do so since Raul Casanova at Baltimore on June 6, 1996...Hit a pair of triples and drove in a career-high four runs on May 18 at Arizona...became the first Tiger to record a multi-triple game within the first 28 games of his big-league career since Jake Wood in 1961...Posted the first four-hit game of his Major League career on June 15 at Houston, going 4x6 with two RBI...Hit a game-tying pinch-hit homer in the eighth inning on July 6 at Cincinnati, a two-run shot off Fernando Cruz… marked his first career pinch-hit homer and was the first by a Tiger since Tyler Nevin on Sept. 27, 2023…was also the first game-tying pinch-hit homer by a Tiger in the eighth inning-or-later since Robbie Grossman on July 26, 2021 at Minnesota...Had a pair of hits on Oct. 1 at Houston, becoming the first Tiger to record a multi-hit effort in his playoff debut since Andrew Romine on Oct. 2, 2014, at Baltimore.

2023

Saw time with both Double A Erie and Triple A Toledo in 2023, playing in 111 games... Sidelined from March 31-April 13 with a back stress reaction... Belted a pair of home runs for Erie on April 18 at Richmond... Posted an 11-game hitting streak from April 29-May 12, going 17x39 with one double, one triple and four RBI... Reached base six times in the first game of the doubleheader on Aug. 26 at Louisville, going 4-for-4 with two doubles, a home run, three RBI and two walks.

2022

Combined to play in 94 games between Single A West Michigan and Double A Erie in 2022... Named a Tigers Organization All-Star by MiLB.com... Launched a pair of solo home runs on April 23 at Dayton... Named Tigers Minor League Player of the Month for April, hitting .295/.397/.590 with four doubles, a triple, four home runs and 12 RBI... Hit .322/.423/.627 with five doubles, two triples, three home runs and 14 RBI in 17 games in July with Erie... Sidelined from Aug. 14-Sept. 29 with a lumbar spine injury... Ranked as the No. 19 prospect in the Tigers organization by Baseball America following the season...also rated as the best hitter for average in the Tigers system.