NEW YORK (AP) — Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez has been named the winner of Major League Baseball’s Roberto Clemente Award for character, community involvement and philanthropy. The award ...

NEW YORK — Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez has ... families over the past decade. He has a youth baseball league there, providing equipment for the kids and financial support for ...

Major League Baseball renamed the Commissioner’s Award to honor Roberto Clemente in 1973. Perez joins 20 Hall of Famers such as David Ortiz, Derek Jeter and Willie Mays as Roberto Clemente Award ...

Kansas City Royals catcher ... Youth Academy. The Kansas City Urban Youth Academy has welcomed over 60,000 youth since its inception in 2018. This summer, Perez hosted over 100 kids for a baseball ...

field or hit the baseball. He then showed me a few basics and then I put the catcher's gear on." Smiling in reflection, he added, "I seemed to be a natural and adapted to playing the position quickly.

The veteran catcher is beloved ... to the Kansas City Urban Youth Academy. The Kansas City Urban Youth Academy has welcomed over 60,000 youth since its inception in 2018. This summer, Perez hosted ...

“I know sometimes we’re tired and we like to enjoy the off day at home,” the Kansas City catcher said ... He has a youth baseball league there, providing equipment for the kids and financial ...

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez has been named the winner of Major League Baseball's Roberto Clemente Award for ...