Florida State University Athletics
Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2023
Eduardo Perez entered Florida State after signing with the Seminoles before the 1989 season out of Robinson High School in Santurce, Puerto Rico, where he was a three-time team MVP and hit .456 for his prep career.
A three-year letterman at Florida State, Perez was primarily a first baseman for the Seminoles, hitting .328 for his career with 30 doubles, four triples and 15 home runs. After hitting .261 over 66 games as a freshman in 1989, helping lead FSU to the College World Series, Perez improved to a .316 hitter as a sophomore in 1990, when he was named to the All-Metro Conference Tournament Team.
During his final season at Florida State, in 1991, Perez started all 71 games and hit .370 with 105 hits, 87 runs scored, 58 RBI, 19 doubles, two triples and 11 home runs, slugging .567 and reaching base at a .448 clip. Perez stole 30 bases as a junior and was named a second team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association and a third team All-American by Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball. FSU again reached the College World Series in 1991.
Perez was drafted in the first round of the 1991 MLB Draft by the California Angels, and he made his Major League debut for the club in 1993. The son of MLB Hall of Famer Tony Perez, Eduardo Perez played 13 seasons in the MLB with six teams before beginning his broadcasting career with ESPN in 2006.
