According to the 1984 Hackley Yearbook, Perlman finished his senior year with a .561 batting average and a 4–2 record as a pitcher.
In 1987 he was a member of the Dutchmen team that set the then-school record for wins, and won the ECAC division III championship.
Perlman began his post-graduate career in the Westchester Baseball Association for Burt's Bombers, then later for the Greenburgh Athletics and Eastchester Monarchs.
In 2017, Perlman signed with a Westchester Lumberjacks of the Hudson Valley NABA which went on to win four consecutive championships.
Kim Perlman has three boys, Brandon, Brayden, and Brett, and a daughter Mia from a previous marriage.