Brayan Peña

Brayan Eduardo Pena

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: January 7, 1982 in La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
High School: Espa Julio Trigo (San Jose, CR)
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 23, 2005
Teams (by GP): Royals/Braves 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$660k (11), 1 yr/$875k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.081, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Gus Dominguez [*]
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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
2001	19	ATL-min	Rk	64	269	235	39	87	16	2	1	33	3	1	31	30	.370	.440	.468	.908		110	5	0	1	2	2	DAN · APPY
2002	20	ATL-min	A,A+	87	322	290	29	66	11	0	3	26	0	3	25	41	.228	.292	.297	.588		86	5	2	3	2	1	MAC,MYR · SALL,CARL
2003	21	ATL-min	A+	82	306	286	24	84	14	1	2	27	2	5	11	28	.294	.320	.371	.691		106	8	1	6	2	0	MYR · CARL
2004	22	ATL-min	AA	77	299	277	30	87	10	4	2	30	3	5	15	29	.314	.349	.401	.750		111	6	1	4	2	2	GRV · SOUL
2005	23	ATL-min	AAA	81	319	282	27	92	21	2	0	25	3	1	28	19	.326	.383	.415	.798		117	15	0	6	3	2	RMD · IL
2005	23	ATL	NL	18	40	39	2	7	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	7	.179	.200	.231	.431	13	9	1	0	0	0	1	2
2006	24	ATL-min	AAA	87	352	325	32	98	18	1	1	33	6	6	21	28	.302	.342	.372	.714		121	7	1	1	4	1	RMD · IL
2006	24	ATL	NL	23	43	41	9	11	2	0	1	5	0	0	2	5	.268	.302	.390	.693	76	16	2	0	0	0	0	2/5
2007	25	ATL-min	AAA	94	370	345	42	104	20	2	6	48	5	7	19	38	.301	.341	.423	.764		146	11	2	3	1	2	RMD · IL
2007	25	ATL	NL	16	33	33	2	7	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	3	.212	.212	.303	.515	33	10	2	0	0	0	0	2
2008	26	KCR-min	AAA	60	266	234	33	71	17	1	6	31	7	3	26	17	.303	.376	.462	.838		108	8	2	3	1	1	OMA · PCL
2008	26	ATL	NL	14	15	14	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.286	.333	.357	.690	84	5	0	0	0	0	0
2009	27	KCR-min	AAA	22	98	88	11	27	6	1	4	18	2	1	4	9	.307	.354	.534	.888		47	5	3	2	1	2	OMA · PCL
2009	27	KCR	AL	64	183	165	17	45	10	0	6	18	0	0	12	18	.273	.318	.442	.761	101	73	5	0	4	2	2	2
2010	28	KCR	AL	60	174	158	11	40	10	0	1	19	2	0	12	27	.253	.306	.335	.642	77	53	8	1	1	2	0	2
2011	29	KCR	AL	72	240	222	17	55	11	0	3	24	0	0	12	24	.248	.288	.338	.625	72	75	6	2	0	4	0	2
7 Seasons				267	728	672	61	169	36	0	12	73	2	1	40	86	.251	.293	.359	.652	76	241	24	3	5	8	3
162 Game Avg.				162	442	408	37	103	22	0	7	44	1	1	24	52	.251	.293	.359	.652	76	146	15	2	3	5	2

ATL (4 yrs)				71	131	127	16	29	5	0	2	12	0	1	4	17	.228	.252	.315	.567	47	40	5	0	0	0	1
KCR (3 yrs)				196	597	545	45	140	31	0	10	61	2	0	36	69	.257	.302	.369	.671	82	201	19	3	5	8	2

NL (4 yrs)				71	131	127	16	29	5	0	2	12	0	1	4	17	.228	.252	.315	.567	47	40	5	0	0	0	1
AL (3 yrs)				196	597	545	45	140	31	0	10	61	2	0	36	69	.257	.302	.369	.671	82	201	19	3	5	8	2

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
2005	23	ATL	NL	40	-5	0	0	0	-1	1	1	-4	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	2
2006	24	ATL	NL	43	-1	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$	2/5
2007	25	ATL	NL	33	-3	-1	0	0	1	0	1	-2	-0.2	-3	-0.3	0.1	$380,000	2
2008	26	ATL	NL	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$390,000
2009	27	KCR	AL	183	-1	-0	-0	-0	0	0	6	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$405,000	2
2010	28	KCR	AL	174	-5	-0	-0	-1	-1	2	6	1	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$428,000	2
2011	29	KCR	AL	240	-8	-2	-1	-0	3	4	8	3	0.3	1	0.1	0.2	$660,000	2
7 Seasons				728	-23	-2	-0	-1	2	8	23	6	0.7	4	0.5	0.2	$2,263,000

ATL (4 yrs)				131	-9	0	2	0	0	2	3	-2	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$770,000
KCR (3 yrs)				597	-14	-2	-2	-1	2	6	20	8	0.8	6	0.7	0.1	$1,493,000

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
2005	23	ATL	NL	40	33	2	1.6	109	.219	.179	.270	.200	.340	.231	.430	.431	.770	13	.119	-5.1	-0.5	.303	.077	.051
2006	24	ATL	NL	43	32	4	3.4	113	.286	.268	.272	.302	.343	.390	.442	.693	.785	76	.317	-1.6	-0.2	.563	.171	.122	.0
2007	25	ATL	NL	33	29	1	0.9	109	.207	.212	.270	.212	.340	.303	.432	.515	.772	33	.043	-3.5	-0.3	.310	.061	.091	.0
2008	26	ATL	NL	15	10	2	5.4	106	.333	.286	.265	.333	.336	.357	.423	.690	.759	84	.541	-0.3	-0.0	.600	.143	.071
2009	27	KCR	AL	183	131	22	4.5	105	.273	.273	.264	.318	.332	.442	.422	.761	.754	101	.444	0.1	0.0	.680	.242	.170	.0
2010	28	KCR	AL	174	129	15	3.1	99	.295	.253	.259	.306	.326	.335	.405	.642	.732	77	.321	-4.7	-0.5	.540	.171	.082	1.3
2011	29	KCR	AL	240	177	21	3.2	98	.261	.248	.257	.288	.322	.338	.407	.625	.729	72	.336	-8.3	-0.8	.514	.144	.090	.0
7 Seasons				728	541	67	3.3	102	.270	.251	.262	.293	.329	.359	.415	.652	.744	76	.335	-23.4	-2.3	.540	.168	.107	3.4
162 Game Avg.				442	328	41	3.3	102	.270	.251	.262	.293	.329	.359	.415	.652	.744	76	.335	-23.4	-2.3	.540	.168	.107	2

ATL (4 yrs)				131	104	9	2.3	110	.250	.228	.270	.252	.341	.315	.434	.567	.774	47	.197	-10.5	-1.0	.413	.110	.087	.0
KCR (3 yrs)				597	437	58	3.6	100	.274	.257	.260	.302	.326	.369	.411	.671	.737	82	.368	-12.9	-1.3	.571	.182	.112	3.3

NL (4 yrs)				131	104	9	2.3	110	.250	.228	.270	.252	.341	.315	.434	.567	.774	47	.197	-10.5	-1.0	.413	.110	.087	.0
AL (3 yrs)				597	437	58	3.6	100	.274	.257	.260	.302	.326	.369	.411	.671	.737	82	.368	-12.9	-1.3	.571	.182	.112	3.3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2005	23	ATL	NL	40	0.0%	17.5%	2.5%	5.0%	29%	7.00	5.6		9.8	1.13	0.93	80%	9%	0.0%	7%
2006	24	ATL	NL	43	2.3%	11.6%	4.7%	7.0%	27%	2.50	8.2	41.0	8.2	1.77	1.67	81%	14%	7.7%	0%
2007	25	ATL	NL	33	3.0%	9.1%	0.0%	3.0%	14%		11.0	33.0	11.0	2.33	1.78	88%	3%	12.5%	11%
2008	26	ATL	NL	15	0.0%	13.3%	6.7%	6.7%	25%	2.00	7.0			0.50	0.50	80%	42%	0.0%	13%
2009	27	KCR	AL	183	3.3%	9.8%	6.6%	8.7%	36%	1.50	9.2	27.5	9.2	1.06	1.63	78%	23%	8.8%	6%
2010	28	KCR	AL	174	0.6%	15.5%	6.9%	6.3%	28%	2.25	5.9	158.0	8.3	0.84	1.13	76%	15%	1.8%	20%
2011	29	KCR	AL	240	1.3%	10.0%	5.0%	5.8%	26%	2.00	9.3	74.0	9.3	0.81	1.14	83%	20%	3.0%	11%
7 Seasons				728	1.7%	11.8%	5.5%	6.6%	28%	2.15	7.8	56.0	9.2	0.97	1.26	80%	18%	4.5%	11%
MLB Averages					2.6%	17.6%	8.5%	7.9%	34%	2.07	5.1	33.8	7.8	0.80	1.07	70%	19%	7.6%	12%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2005	23	ATL	NL	-5.1	-0.5	40	-0.8	0.2	-0.9	.97	-0.4	-0.4	-4.1	-0.4	1.00	-4.8	1.29	6
2006	24	ATL	NL	-1.6	-0.2	44	0.2	0.9	-0.7	1.16	0.1	0.0	1.6	0.2	0.98	1.0	1.65	9
2007	25	ATL	NL	-3.5	-0.3	34	-0.6	0.5	-1.1	1.34	-0.4	-0.1	-4.1	-0.4	0.97	-3.8	1.88	8
2008	26	ATL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	15	-0.2	0.3	-0.6	1.41	0.0	-0.2	-0.4	-0.0	1.03	-0.0	1.51	13
2009	27	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0	185	0.6	3.7	-3.1	.97	0.2	0.4	-3.6	-0.3	0.90	0.9	1.22	19
2010	28	KCR	AL	-4.8	-0.5	181	-0.9	2.4	-3.3	1.03	-0.4	-0.4	-7.5	-0.7	0.98	-5.8	0.99	12
2011	29	KCR	AL	-8.3	-0.8	241	-1.8	3.4	-5.1	1.12	-1.5	-0.1	-14.2	-1.4	1.00	-13.8	2.34	3
7 Seasons				-23.6	-2.3	740	-3.5	11.4	-14.8	1.07	-2.4	-0.8	-32.3	-3.2	0.97	-26.2	1.42	70

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2005	23	ATL	NL	0	25%	8	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
2006	24	ATL	NL	2	67%	20	0	0		0	0	0	2	50%	3	1	2	0	0	0	3	2	1
2007	25	ATL	NL	1	17%	9	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	26	ATL	NL	1	60%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
2009	27	KCR	AL	2	22%	50	0	0		0	0	2	2	29%	10	8	2	1	1	0	3	1	2
2010	28	KCR	AL	1	19%	84	2	0	100%	2	0	2	7	9%	17	16	0	3	2	1	2	1	1
2011	29	KCR	AL	1	21%	91	0	0		0	0	3	2	17%	12	11	1	1	0	1	5	4	1
7 Seasons				8	25%	269	2	1	67%	2	1	8	13	19%	43	37	5	6	4	2	15	10	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
2005	23	ATL	NL	40	100%	7	1	0	6	3	0	1	1.29	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	5	3	60%	29	4	14%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
2006	24	ATL	NL	43	91%	11	1	0	9	2	0	2	1.65	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		11	2	18%	1	1	100%	27	5	19%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
2007	25	ATL	NL	33	100%	7	1	0	8	1	0	1	1.88	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		6	2	33%	3	1	33%	25	3	12%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
2008	26	ATL	NL	15	100%	4	1	0	13	4	0	0	1.51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	11	1	9%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
2009	27	KCR	AL	183	100%	45	4	0	19	5	1	1	1.22	6	0	1	5	1	3	3	0	5	4	80%	33	5	15%	15	8	53%	105	12	11%	6	4	67%	6	4	67%	0
2010	28	KCR	AL	174	100%	40	5	2	12	0	0	1	0.99	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	50%	42	8	19%	19	9	47%	116	18	16%	10	8	80%	8	7	88%	0
2011	29	KCR	AL	240	100%	55	4	0	3	0	0	0	2.34	3	0	2	2	1	0	3	0	1	0	0%	34	6	18%	26	7	27%	149	21	14%	22	9	41%	8	4	50%	0
7 Seasons				728	99%	169	17	2	70	15	1	6	1.42	12	0	11	9	3	4	8	0	8	5	63%	136	24	18%	71	29	41%	462	64	14%	44	25	57%	27	17	63%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			68%			11%			32%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2005	23	ATL	NL	40	143	3.58	97	68%	20%	19%	29%	33%	80%	9%	55%	77%	30%	5%	2	0	15%	6	3	8%	3	3	0%	0	0	0
2006	24	ATL	NL	43	140	3.26	97	69%	21%	11%	31%	37%	79%	0%	55%	86%	47%	2%	1	0	12%	5	2	7%	3	1	0%	0	0	0
2007	25	ATL	NL	33	101	3.06	72	71%	18%	11%	29%	42%	82%	0%	58%	86%	48%	0%	0	0	9%	3	2	0%	0	0	33%	0	0	0
2008	26	ATL	NL	15	52	3.47	31	60%	29%	10%	23%	39%	71%	0%	42%	86%	33%	20%	3	0	20%	3	0	20%	3	2	50%	0	0	0
2009	27	KCR	AL	183	727	3.97	442	61%	29%	7%	30%	35%	71%	2%	43%	90%	22%	5%	9	1	20%	36	19	9%	16	9	28%	0	0	0
2010	28	KCR	AL	174	635	3.65	416	66%	25%	14%	29%	32%	75%	0%	49%	81%	28%	3%	6	0	13%	22	10	5%	8	4	15%	0	0	0
2011	29	KCR	AL	241	961	3.99	609	63%	28%	9%	30%	33%	72%	0%	46%	88%	21%	2%	6	0	12%	30	15	9%	21	13	25%	-1	0	0
7 Seasons				729	2759	3.78	1764	64%	26%	10%	29%	34%	74%	1%	47%	86%	26%	4%	27	1	14%	105	51	7%	54	32	20%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.79		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	72%	2%	45%	80%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2005	23	18	40	39	2	7	2	0	4	0	0	1	7	.179	.200	.231	.431	13	9	1	0	0	0	1
2006	24	41	83	80	11	18	4	1	9	0	0	3	12	.225	.253	.313	.566	46	25	3	0	0	0	1
2007	25	57	116	113	13	25	4	2	12	0	1	3	15	.221	.241	.310	.551	42	35	5	0	0	0	1
2008	26	71	131	127	16	29	5	2	12	0	1	4	17	.228	.252	.315	.567	47	40	5	0	0	0	1
2009	27	135	314	292	33	74	15	8	30	0	1	16	35	.253	.290	.387	.677	77	113	10	0	4	2	3
2010	28	195	488	450	44	114	25	9	49	2	1	28	62	.253	.296	.369	.665	77	166	18	1	5	4	3
2011	29	267	728	672	61	169	36	12	73	2	1	40	86	.251	.293	.359	.652	76	241	24	3	5	8	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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2005	23	18	40	39	2	7	2	0	4	0	1	7	.179	.200	.231	.431	2	18
2006	24	23	42	40	7	10	2	1	4	0	2	5	.250	.286	.375	.661	4	23
2007	25	16	33	33	2	7	0	1	3	0	0	3	.212	.212	.303	.515	2	16
2008	26	14	15	14	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	.286	.333	.357	.690	2	14
2009	27	64	180	166	17	46	10	6	18	0	12	18	.277	.322	.446	.768	24	64
2010	28	60	174	159	12	41	10	1	20	2	12	27	.258	.310	.340	.650	17	60
2011	29	72	242	224	18	57	11	3	26	0	12	24	.254	.293	.344	.637	23	72
7 Seasons		267	726	675	62	172	36	12	75	2	40	86	.255	.296	.361	.658	74	267
162 Game Avg.		162	440	410	38	104	22	7	46	1	24	52	.255	.296	.361	.658	45	267

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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