Chan Everett Perry (born September 13, 1972) is a former American college and professional baseball player who was a utility

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and

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(MLB) for parts of two seasons during the early 2000s. He played

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for the

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, and played professionally for the

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in and

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in . Perry was born in

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. He attended Lafayette High School in

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, and played for the Lafayette Hornets high school baseball team. Perry accepted and

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to attend the University of Florida, where he played for coach

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team in 1993 and 1994. During the 1994 season, he had a batting average of .311, and led the team with seventeen doubles, fifteen home runs, sixty-five run batted in, and a .984 fielding percentage. The Gators posted a 3–2 record in the

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, ultimately losing to the top-seeded

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10–6 in the final of the Atlantic I Regional. The Cleveland Indians selected Perry in the forty-fourth round of the 1994 Amateur Draft. He had two brief stints as an MLB player. He played in thirteen games in a variety of infielder and outfielder roles for the Indians in 2000, with fourteen at-bats and one hit, one run, and a batting average of .071. During the 2002 season, he appeared in five games as the first baseman for the Kansas City Royals with eleven at-bats, one hit, three runs batted in, and a batting average of .091. Perry finished his professional career with two minor league teams in the

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organization in 2003. Perry is the younger brother of former MLB third baseman Herbert Perry.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Perry, Chan 1972 births Living people Akron Aeros players Altoona Curve players Baseball players from Florida Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Burlington Indians players (1986–2006) Cleveland Indians players Columbus RedStixx players Florida Gators baseball players Kansas City Royals players Kinston Indians players Major League Baseball designated hitters Major League Baseball first basemen Major League Baseball outfielders Nashville Sounds players Richmond Braves players Wichita Wranglers players People from Live Oak, Florida

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