Robert Perkins (born 29 May 1994) is an Australian

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for the Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball League.

Career

Perkins plays in the Australian Baseball League for the Canberra Cavalry. He signed a minor league contract with the

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in January 2012. He made his professional debut in 2013 for the Grand Junction Rockies and spent the whole season there, batting .162/.234/.265 with three home runs and 12 RBIs in 35 games. He spent 2014 with Tri-City Dust Devils where he compiled a .202 batting average with one home runs and seven RBIs in 38 games. Perkins spent the 2015 season with the Asheville Tourists where he posted a .200 batting average with one home run and 14 RBIs in 41 games, and 2016 with the Modesto Nuts where he slashed .238/.396/.310 in only 15 games due to injury. During the

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, Perkins was named the Cavalry's

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. He spent 2017 with Asheville, the

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, and the Lancaster JetHawks where he batted a combined .222 with five home runs and 18 RBIs in 53 games between the three teams. Perkins elected for free agency on 2 November 2018.

International career

Perkins was selected for the Australian national baseball team at the

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in 2016 and 2019 WBSC Premier12.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Perkins, Robbie 1994 births Living people Albuquerque Isotopes players Asheville Tourists players Australian expatriate baseball players in the United States Baseball catchers Canberra Cavalry players Grand Junction Rockies players Hartford Yard Goats players Lancaster JetHawks players Modesto Nuts players Sportspeople from Canberra Tri-City Dust Devils players 2017 World Baseball Classic players