Venezuelan baseball player

Oswald José Peraza (born October 19, 1962) is a Venezuelan former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Baltimore Orioles (1988). He batted and threw right-handed. As of the 2014 season, he is the pitching coach for the Dominican Summer League Blue Jays.

Peraza was a hard thrower with a fastball in the 94–95 range. He also had a good slider and a fine change-up. On August 31, 1987, Peraza was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Baltimore Orioles for pitcher Mike Flanagan. Peraza debuted with Baltimore in 1988, then missed the following season with arm problems, which were serious enough to affect the rest of his career. In his rookie season, Peraza posted a 10–14 record with 61 strikeouts and a 5.55 of ERA in 86 innings pitched.

Peraza, who was once one of the more highly touted prospects in the game, couldn't make it out of Triple-A ball after 1988 and he retired for good after three injury riddled years (1990–92).

See also

• List of players from Venezuela in Major League Baseball

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or:Fangraphs, or:Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or Pelota Binaria (Venezuelan Winter League)