Can't get enough: Salvador Perez due for even more time behind plate on MLB Japan trip
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2014, file photo, Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez celebrates with starting pitcher James Shields (33) after Shields threw a complete game shutout against the San Francisco Giants in Kansas City, Mo. After making the most starts behind the plate of any big league catcher in a century, Salvador Perez wants more. The Kansas City Royals star was among 29 players on the roster announced Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, for the Major League Baseball all-star postseason tour of Japan. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga, File) (The Associated Press)
After making the most starts behind the plate of any big league catcher in a century, Salvador Perez wants more.
The Kansas City Royals star was among 29 players on the roster announced Friday for the Major League Baseball all-star postseason tour of Japan.
Game 7 of the World Series last week was Perez's 158th start at catcher during the regular season and postseason, the most since at least 1914, according to STATS. Perez topped the 156 starts made by the Chicago Cubs' Randy Hundley during the 1968 regular season.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Also on the roster from the AL champion Royals are Game 7 starter Jeremy Guthrie; backup catcher Erik Kratz and shortstop Alcides Escobar. No members of the World Series champion San Francisco Giants are making the trip.