Matt Perisho

Matt Perisho
Matt Perisho
Brother Elephants – No. 34
	Pitcher
	Born: June 8, 1975 (age 49); Burlington, Iowa
	Bats: Left Throws: Left
MLB debut
	May 27, 1997, for the Anaheim Angels
MLB statistics ; (through 2008 season)
Win–loss record	11–17
Earned run average	6.39
Strikeouts	202
Teams
	Anaheim Angels (1997); Texas Rangers (1998–2000); Detroit Tigers (2001–2002); Florida Marlins (2004–2005); Boston Red Sox (2005); Brother Elephants (2008–2009) (CPBL); Leones del Escogido (2009) (LIDOM);

Matthew Alan Perisho (born June 8, 1975, in Burlington, Iowa) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Brother Elephants of Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He bats and throws left-handed.

In 2008, Perisho played for the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo of the Triple-A Mexican League. In 22 starts, he went 6-8 with a 3.93 ERA. When the Mexican League season ended, Perisho signed with the Brother Elephants of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan (Republic of China).

Perisho throws a low-90s fastball and a good slider, but he uses a changeup when necessary against right-handed batters. His most productive season came in 2004 for the Florida Marlins, when he made a career-high 66 appearances and posted a 5-3 record with 10 holds in 47.0 innings, and held left-handed hitters to a .207 batting average (18-for-87).

Perisho resides in Chandler, Arizona, with his wife Jennifer, daughter Ashlee Marie and son Ryan Matthew.

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Retrosheet
Minor League Stats
Venezuelan Professional Baseball League statistics

This biographical article relating to an American baseball pitcher born in the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.