Editing Tony Pérez (section)

===Legacy===
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|Image  = CincinnatiReds24.png
|Name   = Tony Pérez
|Number = 24
|Team   = Cincinnati Reds
|Year   = 2000
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[[File:Tony-perez manager cincinnati bradenton 03-1993.jpg|thumb|left|Perez managing the Cincinnati Reds during Spring Training in 1993 in Bradenton, Florida]]
Pérez was inducted into the [[Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum|Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame]] in 1998. On May 27, 2000, in an on-field [[pre-game ceremony]] at [[Cinergy Field]] with family and former teammates and managers, the Reds retired his number, 24.<ref name="mlb"/>

In {{Baseball year|2000}}, Pérez was elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in [[Cooperstown, New York]], garnering 385 votes on 499 ballots for a total of 77.15%, just over the three-quarters minimum required for induction. He was inducted in July 2000 along with [[Sparky Anderson]], [[Carlton Fisk]], [[Bid McPhee]] and [[Turkey Stearnes]]. In his induction speech, he said, "I doubt that a king at his coronation feels better than me today."<ref name="Baseballhall.org">{{cite web|url=http://baseballhall.org/node/11293 |title=Atanasio Perez Rigal – Induction Speech &#124; Baseball Hall of Fame |publisher=Baseballhall.org |date=March 29, 1979 |access-date=March 31, 2013}}</ref> Each year since his induction, he has attended the weekend ceremonies, including riding in the annual parade and playing in the annual golf outing and old-timers' baseball game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baseballhall.org/hall-famers/members/searchable-data?lname=&cat=All&negro=All&pos=All&team=&state=All&class%5Bvalue%5D%5Byear%5D=2000&class%5Bvalue%5D%5Bmonth%5D=0&class%5Bvalue%5D%5Bday%5D=0&class%5Bvalue%5D%5Bhour%5D=0&class%5Bvalue%5D%5Bminute%5D=0&class%5Bvalue%5D%5Bsecond%5D=0 |title=Hall of Famers &#124; Baseball Hall of Fame |publisher=Baseballhall.org |date=March 31, 1982 |access-date=March 31, 2013}}</ref>

Pérez was inducted into the [[Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame]] in 2001 at a pre-game ceremony held at the [[San Francisco Giants]]' [[Pacific Bell Park]].<ref name="HHBM">{{cite web|url=http://www.hispanicbaseballmuseum.com/fme_perez.html|title=Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum|access-date=July 21, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109111812/http://www.hispanicbaseballmuseum.com/fme_perez.html|archive-date=January 9, 2009}}</ref> That same year he threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the [[2001 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2001 All-Star Game]] at [[Safeco Field]] in [[Seattle]]. He had played at the [[Kingdome]] in Seattle during the [[1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1979 All-Star Game]]. Pérez in 1998 was inducted into the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame, which honors those that have made significant achievements in the [[Caribbean Series]]. He was one of 24 inaugural inductees into the Latino Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clase Cooperstown 2010 |url=https://latinbaseball.org/clase-cooperstown-2010/ |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=Salon de la Fama |language=es}}</ref> He was inducted in 2010 to the Cuban Sports Hall of Fame.<ref name="cubanball">{{cite web |url=http://www.cubanball.com/sportshall.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030408232317/http://www.cubanball.com/sportshall.html |archive-date=April 8, 2003 |url-status=dead |title=Sportshall |access-date=October 25, 2014 }}</ref>

In 2011, with Pérez and his sons in attendance at opening ceremonies of the Museo del Deporte de Puerto Rico in [[Guaynabo]], [[Puerto Rico]], his adopted homeland, presented him with a surprise honor. He was proclaimed an official "native son" of Puerto Rico "for his dedication to the commonwealth as a family and community member, and for his impressive baseball accolades while representing the island." Also present were fellow Hall of Famers [[Orlando Cepeda]] and [[Roberto Alomar]], as well as [[Vera Zabala]], the widow of [[Roberto Clemente]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://baseballhall.mlblogs.com/tag/victor-perez/ |title=Victor Perez « Cooperstown Chatter |publisher=Baseballhall.mlblogs.com |date=December 19, 2011 |access-date=March 31, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801081447/http://baseballhall.mlblogs.com/tag/victor-perez/ |archive-date=August 1, 2013 }}</ref>

On August 10, 2014, at the annual Reds Hall of Fame Induction Gala, former Reds teammates Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan along with Pérez himself announced that the Reds would erect a statue of Pérez outside [[Great American Ball Park]].<ref>Pérez</ref>

On August 21–22, 2015, the Cincinnati Reds held Tony Pérez Weekend during a series with the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]]. At least 12 players of the Big Red Machine were part of a post-game ceremony that Friday's night. On Saturday, a bronze statue of Pérez was unveiled near the entrance to Great American Ball Park. Fans attending the game received replica statues, and there was a pre-game ceremony honoring Pérez, followed by him throwing the ceremonial first pitch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/reds/news/celebrate-tony-perez-weekend-with-big-red-machine/c-142955486|title=Celebrate Tony Perez Weekend With Big Red Machine|website=MLB.com|date=13 August 2015 }}</ref>

[[Tommy John]] thought Pérez was one of the toughest hitters he ever had to face due to his ability to hit to right-center field with power. "He waited on the ball well and I couldn't throw hard enough to get it by him inside," John recollected.<ref>{{cite book|last1=John|first1=Tommy|last2=Valenti|first2=Dan|title=TJ: My Twenty-Six Years in Baseball|publisher=Bantam|location=New York|year=1991|isbn=0-553-07184-X|page=275}}</ref>