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After three seasons in Montreal ( in which he hit 46 home runs with 242 RBIs and a. 281 batting average ), for the season, Pérez signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox.

In his first season with the Red Sox, he finished in the top ten in the American League in intentional walks ( 11 ), home runs ( 25 ) and RBIs ( 105 ), and won the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award.

Conversely, he also ranked among the top ten in strikeouts and led all American League batters by grounding into 25 double plays.