Royals catcher Salvador Perez wins MLB's Clemente Award for philanthropy

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez has been named nan victor of MLB’s Roberto Clemente Award for philanthropy

NEW YORK -- Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez has been named nan victor of Major League Baseball’s Roberto Clemente Award for character, organization engagement and philanthropy.

The grant was to beryllium presented to nan nine-time All-Star and 2015 World Series MVP earlier Game 3 of nan World Series connected Monday night.

Perez and his family administer bags of nutrient and room supplies to 2,000 homes each wintertime successful nan neediest parts of his hometown of Valencia, Venezuela, straight impacting much than 10,000 families complete nan past decade. He has a younker shot convention there, providing instrumentality for nan kids and financial support for their families.

The 34-year-old Perez has paid for dozens of surgeries for kids pinch cleft lips, fixed much than 1,000 toys to children’s hospitals and supported constabulary officers. He regularly travels to Colombia to assistance nan Carlos Fortuna Foundation successful helping adults beryllium nan champion parents they tin be, and he crossed nan separator connected ft to get location erstwhile strict recreation guidelines were successful spot during nan COVID-19 shutdown.

In nan United States, Perez has collaborated pinch organizations fighting against Lou Gehrig’s disease, aliases amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and he useful pinch Kansas-based Braden’s Hope for Childhood Cancer. Perez made a $1 cardinal foundational aid to nan Kansas City Urban Youth Academy, 1 of MLB’s 11 younker academies, matching nan largest ever for nan academy.

Clemente, a Hall of Fame outfielder for nan Pittsburgh Pirates, died successful a level clang connected Dec. 31, 1972, while delivering assistance to earthquake victims successful Nicaragua.

Perez batted .271 pinch 27 homers and 104 RBIs successful 158 games this play for nan Royals, who made nan playoffs for nan first clip since their only World Series title successful 2015. Perez is simply a five-time Gold Glove victor and .267 profession hitter successful 1,552 games, each pinch nan Royals since his large convention debut successful 2011.

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