Alexander Perdomo

Alexander Jose Perdomo Castro

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 5' 9", Weight 155 lb.

• Born November 24, 1993 in Maracay, Aragua Venezuela

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Biographical Information

Alexander Perdomo has played in Venezuela and France and for the French national team.

He was signed by Philadelphia Phillies scout Jesús Méndez. He hit .174/.264/.196 for the 2011 VSL Phillies, handling 55 chances error-free at 2B. In 2012, he improved to .269/.424/.366 for the same tam, drawing 32 walks in 52 games. He fielded .956 at second that year. He was second in the Venezuelan Summer League in walks, three behind Jesús Ugueto Jr.

Perdomo produced at a .250/.363/.371 clip and fielded .978 at 2B. He tied for 4th in the VSL with four triples. His last year in the minors, he hit .216/.384/.293 for the VSL Phillies with 39 walks in 56 games, fielding .959 at 2B and .878 at 3B. He tied for 6th in the VSL in triples (4), tied Luis Rengifo for the walk lead and was 5th in OBP (between Junnell Ledezma and Franklin Arias).

Coming to France to play in 2016 for the Toulouse Tigers, he batted .308/.425/.419 with 36 runs in 33 games, stealing 28 bases in 35 tries. He fielded .947. He was second in French Division I in runs (7 behind Andrew Medeiros), tied for second in triples (4, 3 behind Félix Brown), tied Grégory Cros for 5th in walks (18), tied Brown for the most steals (but led in times caught) and tied Larry Infante for 3rd in assists (102).

In '17, he joined the Cougars de Montigny and hit .273/.429/.354 with 26 runs in 28 games, stealing 21 bases in 25 attempts. He fielded .940. He tied Dylan Gleeson and Jonathan Jaspe for 8th in runs, tied for 5th in walks (22), was second in stolen bases (three behind Brown), was third in assists (75, behind Brown and Infante) and tied Luc Piquet for 4th in double plays turned (15). Switching clubs again, he played for the 2018 Templiers de Sénart. He drove in six in their win over Minsk in the 2018 CEB Cup and scored four in a rout of Karlovac. He hit .333/.478/.556 for the Cup with seven runs and seven RBI in five games. He tied Drew Janssen and Illia Velikii for 6th in runs, tied for fifth in RBI, tied Damir Karin and Philip Smith for third in walks (5) and tied for 5th in assists (12). In the French Division I season, he was at .381/.543/.488 with 21 walks, 16 steals (caught only once) and 23 runs in 24 games, fielding .961. He was third in average (behind Ariel Soriano and José Paula), 8th in slugging, 1st in OBP (.011 ahead of Brown), tied for 4th in runs, tied Paula for 6th in hits, tied Conor Lourey and Raudelin Legra for 6th in doubles (7), 8th in total bases (41), 3rd in walks (behind Maxime Lefevre and Brown), second in times plunked (10), 1st in steals and 1st in assists (2 ahead of Brown).

His production fell off in 2019 but was still solid at .288/.465/.385 with 35 runs, 28 walks and 18 steals (again only caught one time) in 32 contests, fielding .966. He made leaderboards in OBP (6th, between Júnior Sosa and David Gauthier), runs (tied Brown for 3rd), walks (1st by one), HBP (8, tied for 3rd), steals (1st by two) and assists (85, 3rd, behind Yeixon Ruíz and Infante). He was on France's roster for the 2020 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers when those were one of the first baseball events canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 French season was also wiped out.

Alexander dazzled in the 2021 CEB Cup, having a four-run, five-RBI game against the Dornbirn Indians. In the finale, he singled off Draci Brno's Radim Chroust and came around to score then added two two-run homers off Chroust. In the five games, he had a .417/.440/1.125 batting line with 8 extra-base hits (4 homers) in his 10 hits, 9 runs and 10 RBI. He was second in runs (one behind Pabel Manzanero), tied Roibert Decena for third in hits, tied for sixth in doubles (3), tied Manzanero for the home run lead, tied Manzanero for second in RBI (two behind Martin Kalábek), led in total bases (27, 2 ahead of Manzanero), was third in slugging (after Eugene Helder and Manzanero) and was third in OPS (behind the same two). He won the MVP.

In '22, he rebounded to .340/.530/.447 but only stole one base. He drew 18 walks in 14 games, with 13 runs and 13 RBI. He even pitched two shutout innings. He was second in OBP (.015 behind Gabriel Harrison) and tied for second in walks (behind Ivan Acuña). He played for France in the 2022 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers, which (like prior WBC and WBC qualifiers) allowed players from country's domestic leagues to play for them. He was their starting shortstop and leadoff hitter in their opener versus Great Britain. He popped up against McKenzie Mills but singled off him in the third, drew a walk from Gunnar Groen in the fifth (scoring on an Acuña grounder), then hitting a ground-rule double off former major leaguer Chris Reed (scoring on a Soriano fly) to give him half of France's four runs on the day and only one out in four times up. He was 0 for 3 their other game but was second to Acuña among their regulars in OPS.