When Hernan Perez grounded into a double play to end the 2014 ALDS, Detroit Tigers fans bemoaned a lack of better pinch-hitting options on the bench. Perez, who hit for Andrew Romine against Baltimore Orioles lefthander Zach Britton, was one of two light-hitting options on the Tigers' bench at the time (the other was shortstop Eugenio Suarez).
Nearly eight months later, not much has changed. Perez has spent most of the year at the end of the Tigers' bench, appearing in 22 of the team's 50 games.