page_title: Óliver Pérez
section_title: Second stint with the Nationals
hierarchical_section_title: Óliver Pérez / Professional career / Second stint with the Nationals
caption_attribution_description: Óliver Pérez
context_page_description: Óliver Pérez Martínez is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks, Houston Astros, and Washington Nationals. He has also competed for the Mexican national baseball team in the 2006, 2009, and 2013 World Baseball Classics.
context_section_description: On December 11, 2015, Pérez signed a two-year, $7 million contract with the Washington Nationals. On April 24, 2016, with the Nationals trailing the Minnesota Twins after 15 innings, and with two outs and Nationals shortstop Danny Espinosa on second base, Pérez hit a bunt that appeared to be rolling foul, but Minnesota catcher John Ryan Murphy picked it up and threw it away while attempting a putout at first, allowing Espinosa to score the tying run from second. In the next inning, Washington right fielder Chris Heisey hit a leadoff home run to end the game, and Pérez was credited with the win. In 2016, he was 2-3 with a 4.95 ERA.
  In 2017, he was 0-0 with a 4.64 ERA.
caption: Pérez pitching for the Washington Nationals in 2016
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