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Bert Peña

Adalberto (Rivera) Pena

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 11, 1959 in Santurce, P.R.
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1981
Team: Astros 1981-1987

Final Game: July 19, 1987
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1977	17	HOU-min	A	93	326	285	28	65	9	2	1	21	8	4	32	53	.228	.309	.284	.594		81		2	6	1		COC · FLOR
1978	18	HOU-min	AA	141	453	410	24	66	10	0	2	24	4	6	23	95	.161	.211	.200	.411		82		4	12	4		CBS · SOUL
1979	19	HOU-min	A	113	341	341		66	11	1	1						.194	.194	.240	.434		82						DYB · FLOR
1980	20	HOU-min	AA	124	426	386	47	97	20	0	9	49	2	0	24	69	.251	.296	.373	.669		144		2	11	3		CBS · SOUL
1981	21	HOU-min	AAA	135	539	468	69	122	24	12	7	66	25	8	47	93	.261	.333	.408	.741		191		7	10	7	0	TUC · PCL
1981	21	HOU	NL	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	192	1	0	0	1	0	0	/6

1983	23	HOU-min	AAA	112	428	382	45	94	21	3	5	63	2	5	31	66	.246	.309	.356	.665		136		6	4	5	1	TUC · PCL
1983	23	HOU	NL	4	10	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.125	.300	.125	.425	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1984	24	HOU-min	AAA	89	327	281	34	73	10	3	5	35	4	4	32	41	.260	.334	.370	.704		104		2	7	5	5	TUC · PCL
1984	24	HOU	NL	24	42	39	3	8	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	8	.205	.262	.308	.570	66	12	3	0	0	0	1	6
1985	25	HOU-min	AAA	59	225	204	24	53	10	0	1	19	1	0	15	31	.260	.318	.324	.642		66		3	2	1	0	TUC · PCL
1985	25	HOU	NL	20	32	29	7	8	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	6	.276	.290	.345	.635	80	10	1	0	1	1	0	/564
1986	26	HOU-min	AAA	118	501	457	78	119	23	3	11	60	18	10	37	62	.260	.319	.396	.715		181		3	2	2	0	TUC · PCL
1986	26	HOU	NL	15	34	29	3	6	1	0	0	2	1	0	5	5	.207	.324	.241	.565	61	7	3	0	0	0	2	6/54
1987	27	HOU-min	AAA	73	282	253	44	56	16	1	5	28	11	1	21	43	.221	.293	.352	.645		89		5	2	1	0	TUC · PCL
1987	27	HOU	NL	21	49	46	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.152	.204	.152	.356	-2	7	3	1	0	0	0	6/5
1988	28	NYY-min	AAA,AA	70	251	216	22	47	7	0	1	17	5	3	22	47	.218	.306	.264	.570		57		6	6	1	1	CLB,ALC · IL,EL
6 Seasons				88	170	153	18	31	4	0	1	10	1	0	13	28	.203	.268	.248	.516	46	38	10	1	2	1	3
162 Game Avg.				162	313	282	33	57	7	0	2	18	2	0	24	52	.203	.268	.248	.516	46	70	18	2	4	2	6

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1981	21	HOU	NL	3	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/6

1983	23	HOU	NL	10	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/6
1984	24	HOU	NL	42	-2	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	6
1985	25	HOU	NL	32	-1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$	/564
1986	26	HOU	NL	34	-2	0	0	-1	-1	0	1	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	6/54
1987	27	HOU	NL	49	-7	0	0	-1	-0	1	2	-6	-0.7	-5	-0.5	-0.2	$	6/5
6 Seasons				170	-13	0	0	-3	1	2	5	-9	-1.0	-9	-0.9	-0.1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1981	21	HOU	NL	3	2	1	13.6	88	.500	.500	.256	.500	.321	.500	.368	1.000	.689	192	.898	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

1983	23	HOU	NL	10	7	0	0.0	91	.167	.125	.255	.300	.322	.125	.378	.425	.700	26	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.429	.250	.000
1984	24	HOU	NL	42	34	2	1.6	87	.233	.205	.254	.262	.317	.308	.369	.570	.687	66	.144	-1.8	-0.2	.441	.179	.103	.0
1985	25	HOU	NL	32	24	3	3.4	92	.333	.276	.256	.290	.324	.345	.382	.635	.706	80	.400	-0.7	-0.1	.500	.103	.069
1986	26	HOU	NL	34	26	2	2.1	95	.250	.207	.258	.324	.328	.241	.389	.565	.716	61	.208	-1.4	-0.1	.500	.241	.034	.0
1987	27	HOU	NL	49	42	1	0.6	102	.179	.152	.264	.204	.333	.152	.412	.356	.745	-2	.025	-6.8	-0.7	.238	.043	.000
6 Seasons				170	135	9	1.8	94	.240	.203	.258	.268	.326	.248	.389	.516	.714	46	.164	-11.1	-1.1	.402	.137	.046	1.0
162 Game Avg.				313	249	17	1.8	94	.240	.203	.258	.268	.326	.248	.389	.516	.714	46	.164	-11.1	-1.1	.402	.137	.046	2

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1981	21	HOU	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					1.00	67%

1983	23	HOU	NL	10	0.0%	20.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	4.0			0.00	60%
1984	24	HOU	NL	42	2.4%	19.1%	7.1%	4.8%	25%	2.67	4.9	39.0	9.8	1.89	71%
1985	25	HOU	NL	32	0.0%	18.8%	3.1%	6.3%	25%	6.00	4.8		7.3	1.43	75%
1986	26	HOU	NL	34	0.0%	14.7%	14.7%	2.9%	17%	1.00	5.8		14.5	1.11	71%
1987	27	HOU	NL	49	0.0%	14.3%	4.1%	0.0%	0%	3.50	6.6			0.89	80%
6 Seasons				170	0.6%	16.5%	7.7%	2.9%	16%	2.15	5.5	153.0	15.3	1.10	74%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.1%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.65	6.3	40.5	8.3	1.08	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1981	21	HOU	NL	0.2	0.0	3	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.93	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.80	0.1	0.03	2

1983	23	HOU	NL	-0.7	-0.1	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.11	-0.1	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	1.06	-0.6		0
1984	24	HOU	NL	-1.8	-0.2	42	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	.81	-0.2	-0.0	-2.2	-0.2	0.99	-2.3	0.89	2
1985	25	HOU	NL	-0.7	-0.1	32	0.2	0.7	-0.6	1.28	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.07	-0.1	1.60	3
1986	26	HOU	NL	-1.4	-0.1	35	0.0	0.5	-0.4	.81	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	-0.0	1.09	-0.9	0.77	1
1987	27	HOU	NL	-6.8	-0.7	49	-0.7	0.5	-1.1	1.04	-0.6	-0.0	-6.6	-0.7	0.93	-7.1	2.90	1
6 Seasons				-11.1	-1.1	171	-0.7	2.2	-3.0	.99	-1.0	0.2	-10.3	-1.1	1.01	-11.0	1.15	9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1981	21	HOU	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1983	23	HOU	NL	0	0	0%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	24	HOU	NL	0	0	20%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	25	HOU	NL	1	0	78%	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	3	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	1
1986	26	HOU	NL	2	0	27%	9	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
1987	27	HOU	NL	1	0	50%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
6 Seasons				4	0	39%	72	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	56%	11	6	4	1	0	1	6	1	5

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1981	21	HOU	NL	3	100%	1			2	1	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0

1983	23	HOU	NL	10	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	8	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1984	24	HOU	NL	42	76%	8			2	0	0	0	0.89	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		9	3	33%	2	0	0%	26	3	12%	0	0		0	0		0
1985	25	HOU	NL	32	75%	8			3	2	0	2	1.60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	9	1	11%	7	5	71%	26	4	15%	3	2	67%	3	2	67%	0
1986	26	HOU	NL	34	62%	6			1	0	0	0	0.77	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	3	38%	3	0	0%	27	3	11%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1987	27	HOU	NL	49	82%	7			1	0	0	0	2.90	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	3	30%	6	1	17%	28	1	4%	1	0	0%	3	2	67%	0
6 Seasons				170	76%	31			9	3	0	2	1.15	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	100%	38	10	26%	21	7	33%	116	11	9%	8	2	25%	11	6	55%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			81%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1981	21	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	192	1	0	0	1	0	0
1982	22	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	192	1	0	0	1	0	0
1983	23	8	13	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	57	2	0	0	1	0	0
1984	24	32	55	49	3	10	1	1	4	0	5	10	.204	.278	.286	.563	64	14	3	0	1	0	1
1985	25	52	87	78	10	18	3	1	8	0	6	16	.231	.282	.308	.590	70	24	4	0	2	1	1
1986	26	67	121	107	13	24	4	1	10	1	11	21	.224	.294	.290	.584	68	31	7	0	2	1	3
1987	27	88	170	153	18	31	4	1	10	1	13	28	.203	.268	.248	.516	46	38	10	1	2	1	3

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1981	21	6	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	4

1983	23	4	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	4
1984	24	24	43	40	4	9	1	0	1	5	0	3	8	.225	.279	.325	.604	4	24
1985	25	20	31	29	7	8	2	0	0	4	0	1	6	.276	.290	.345	.635	3	20
1986	26	15	34	29	3	6	1	0	0	2	1	5	5	.207	.324	.241	.565	2	15
1987	27	21	48	45	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.133	.188	.133	.321	1	21
6 Seasons		90	170	155	18	31	4	0	1	11	1	13	28	.200	.265	.245	.510	12	88
162 Game Avg.		162	306	279	32	56	7	0	2	20	2	23	50	.200	.265	.245	.510	22	88

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