Marty Perez

Martin Roman Perez (born February 28, 1946) is a former shortstop and second baseman for the California Angels (1969–70), Atlanta Braves (1971–76), San Francisco Giants (1976), New York Yankees (1977) and Oakland Athletics (1977–78).

She was a posthumous recipient of the Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal, awarded by the U.S. Congress in 2019 "to the women in the United States who joined the workforce during World War II, providing the aircraft, vehicles, weaponry, ammunition and other material to win the war ..." Dora's father, identified in records as Mission Indian, attended Sherman Indian School in Riverside, California.

Perez played shortstop and second base for Idaho Falls, Quad Cities and San Jose from 1964–67, hitting .238 in 113 games and garnering notice for his glove from the National Association of Baseball Writers, which named him to the 1967 Class A All-Stars West Squad.

He led Pacific Coast League shortstops in double plays with 79 and the Islanders went on to win the PCL Southern Division Championship.

In 1971, he helped the club break the all-time Braves' record for double plays in a season with 180 and in 1974 led National League second basemen in fielding percentage.

Perez was acquired in March 1977 by the defending AL champion New York Yankees to shore up their middle infield and possibly compete for the starting shortstop position.