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Tony Pena
Antonio Francisco (Padilla) Pena
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 181 lb.

Born: June 4, 1957 in Monte Cristi, D.R.
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1980
Final Game: September 28, 1997
Relatives: Brother of Ramon Pena and Father of Tony Pena
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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 Awards
1980 23 PIT NL 8 21 21 1 9 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 .429 .429 .571 1.000 174 12 1 0 0 0 0 /2
1981 24 PIT NL 66 223 210 16 63 9 1 2 17 1 2 8 23 .300 .326 .381 .707 97 80 4 1 2 2 2 2 RoY-6
1982 25 PIT NL 138 523 497 53 147 28 4 11 63 2 5 17 57 .296 .323 .435 .758 107 216 17 4 3 2 3 *2 AS
1983 26 PIT NL 151 580 542 51 163 22 3 15 70 6 7 31 73 .301 .338 .435 .773 111 236 13 0 6 1 8 *2 MVP-12,GG
1984 27 PIT NL 147 592 546 77 156 27 2 15 78 12 8 36 79 .286 .333 .425 .758 112 232 14 4 4 2 5 *2 AS,GG
1985 28 PIT NL 147 587 546 53 136 27 2 10 59 12 8 29 67 .249 .284 .361 .645 81 197 19 0 7 5 4 *2/3 AS,GG
1986 29 PIT NL 144 565 510 56 147 26 2 10 52 9 10 53 69 .288 .356 .406 .762 109 207 21 1 0 1 6 *2/3 AS
1987 30 STL NL 116 425 384 40 82 13 4 5 44 6 1 36 54 .214 .281 .307 .589 55 118 19 1 2 2 9 *2/39
1988 31 STL NL 149 546 505 55 133 23 1 10 51 6 2 33 60 .263 .308 .372 .680 94 188 12 1 3 4 11 *2/3
1989 32 STL NL 141 464 424 36 110 17 2 4 37 5 3 35 33 .259 .318 .337 .655 86 143 19 2 2 1 19 *2/9 AS
1990 33 BOS AL 143 540 491 62 129 19 1 7 56 8 6 43 71 .263 .322 .348 .670 84 171 23 1 2 3 3 *2/3 MVP-21
1991 34 BOS AL 141 512 464 45 107 23 2 5 48 8 3 37 53 .231 .291 .321 .612 66 149 23 4 4 3 1 *2 GG
1992 35 BOS AL 133 450 410 39 99 21 1 1 38 3 2 24 61 .241 .284 .305 .589 62 125 11 1 13 2 0 *2
1993 36 BOS AL 126 347 304 20 55 11 0 4 19 1 3 25 46 .181 .246 .257 .502 32 78 12 2 13 3 0 *2/D
1994 37 CLE AL 40 126 112 18 33 8 1 2 10 0 1 9 11 .295 .341 .438 .779 101 49 6 0 3 2 0 2
1995 38 CLE AL 91 279 263 25 69 15 0 5 28 1 0 14 44 .262 .302 .376 .679 75 99 9 1 1 0 1 2
1996 39 CLE AL 67 195 174 14 34 4 0 1 27 0 1 15 25 .195 .255 .236 .491 26 41 8 0 3 3 0 2
1997 40 TOT MLB 40 98 86 6 15 4 0 0 10 0 0 10 16 .174 .255 .221 .476 29 19 3 0 0 2 0 2/5
1997 40 CHW AL 31 76 67 4 11 1 0 0 8 0 0 8 13 .164 .250 .179 .429 17 12 3 0 0 1 0 2/5
1997 40 HOU NL 9 22 19 2 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .211 .273 .368 .641 69 7 0 0 0 1 0 /2
18 Seasons 1988 7073 6489 667 1687 298 27 107 708 80 63 455 846 .260 .309 .364 .673 84 2360 234 23 68 38 72
162 Game Avg. 162 576 529 54 137 24 2 9 58 7 5 37 69 .260 .309 .364 .673 84 192 19 2 6 3 6
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 Awards
PIT (7 yrs) 801 3091 2872 307 821 140 15 63 340 42 41 174 372 .286 .327 .411 .738 104 1180 89 10 22 13 28
BOS (4 yrs) 543 1849 1669 166 390 74 4 17 161 20 14 129 231 .234 .290 .313 .603 64 523 69 8 32 11 4
STL (3 yrs) 406 1435 1313 131 325 53 7 19 132 17 6 104 147 .248 .303 .342 .645 79 449 50 4 7 7 39
CLE (3 yrs) 198 600 549 57 136 27 1 8 65 1 2 38 80 .248 .295 .344 .639 65 189 23 1 7 5 1
HOU (1 yr) 9 22 19 2 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .211 .273 .368 .641 69 7 0 0 0 1 0
CHW (1 yr) 31 76 67 4 11 1 0 0 8 0 0 8 13 .164 .250 .179 .429 17 12 3 0 0 1 0
NL (11 yrs) 1216 4548 4204 440 1150 196 22 82 474 59 47 280 522 .274 .320 .389 .709 96 1636 139 14 29 21 67
AL (8 yrs) 772 2525 2285 227 537 102 5 25 234 21 16 175 324 .235 .290 .317 .607 63 724 95 9 39 17 5

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 30 STL NL NLCS SFG W 7 24 21 5 8 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 4 .381 .458 .476 .935 10 0 0 0 0 0
1987 30 STL NL WS MIN L 7 25 22 2 9 1 0 0 4 1 0 3 2 .409 .480 .455 .935 10 1 0 0 0 0
1990 33 BOS AL ALCS OAK L 4 14 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .214 .214 .429 3 2 0 0 0 0
1995 38 CLE AL ALDS BOS W 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 4 0 0 0 0 0
1995 38 CLE AL ALCS SEA W 4 7 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .429 .500 .929 3 0 0 0 0 0
1995 38 CLE AL WS ATL L 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
1996 39 CLE AL ALDS BAL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 40 HOU NL NLDS ATL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (8 Series) 29 78 71 9 24 2 1 1 5 2 1 7 6 .338 .397 .437 .834 31 3 0 0 0 0
2 ALDS 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 4 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 7 24 21 5 8 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 4 .381 .458 .476 .935 10 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 8 21 20 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .286 .300 .586 6 2 0 0 0 0
2 WS 9 31 28 2 10 1 0 0 4 1 0 3 2 .357 .419 .393 .812 11 1 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1980 PIT NL 23 C 6 5 45.2 42 38 2 2 0 .952 -1.0 -26.3 -1 7.88 6.67 .983 6.09 5.23 0 4 6 2 25%
1981 PIT NL 24 C 64 54 505.2 332 286 41 5 10 .985 4.0 9.5 4 5.82 5.11 .983 5.93 5.07 5 18 27 20 43% RoY-6
1982 PIT NL 25 C 137 127 1153.1 868 763 89 16 6 .982 6.0 6.2 6 6.65 6.22 .985 6.29 5.52 10 46 80 57 42% AS
1983 PIT NL 26 C 149 144 1298.0 1075 976 90 9 9 .992 3.0 2.8 3 7.39 7.15 .984 6.57 5.55 7 46 105 58 36% MVP-12,GG
1984 PIT NL 27 C 146 139 1270.0 999 895 95 9 15 .991 13.0 12.3 13 7.02 6.78 .986 6.53 5.68 6 38 95 63 40% AS,GG
1985 PIT NL 28 C 146 141 1267.0 1034 922 100 12 9 .988 13.0 12.3 13 7.26 7.00 .987 6.42 5.45 6 40 87 62 42% AS,GG
1985 PIT NL 28 1B 1 0 1.2 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.2 144.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 27.00 5.00 1.000 10.26 8.50 AS,GG
1986 PIT NL 29 C 139 133 1187.0 927 810 99 18 13 .981 7.0 7.1 7 6.89 6.54 .985 6.93 5.88 2 47 109 70 39% AS
1986 PIT NL 29 1B 4 2 15.2 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.3 0 8.04 3.50 .993 9.94 8.30 AS
1987 STL NL 30 C 112 103 926.0 674 615 51 8 8 .988 -4.0 -5.2 -4 6.47 5.95 .987 6.94 5.91 14 34 71 27 28%
1987 STL NL 30 1B 4 0 6.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -40.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 10.50 1.75 .986 9.90 8.48
1987 STL NL 30 OF 2 2 15.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 24.0 0.3 0.3 -0.1 0 1.20 1.00 1.000 2.16 1.85
1987 STL NL 30 RF 2 2 15.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 24.0 0.3 0.3 -0.1 0 1.80 1.50 .967 1.98 1.70
1988 STL NL 31 C 142 133 1189.1 852 777 70 5 8 .994 3.0 3.0 3 6.41 5.96 .987 6.56 5.58 8 51 89 45 34%
1988 STL NL 31 1B 3 2 17.0 22 19 2 1 1 .955 -0.1 -7.1 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 0 11.12 7.00 .991 9.95 8.67
1989 STL NL 32 C 134 125 1086.1 746 674 70 2 13 .997 6.0 6.6 6 6.16 5.55 .986 6.67 5.56 5 31 90 46 34% AS
1989 STL NL 32 OF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.00 AS
1989 STL NL 32 RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.70 AS
1990 BOS AL 33 C 142 133 1185.0 943 864 74 5 13 .995 0.0 0.0 0 7.12 6.61 .991 6.42 5.36 6 52 99 46 32% MVP-21
1990 BOS AL 33 1B 1 0 1.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.50 2.00 1.000 9.45 8.40 MVP-21
1991 BOS AL 34 C 140 132 1156.2 929 864 60 5 15 .995 3.0 3.1 3 7.19 6.60 .990 6.49 5.28 5 34 81 40 33% GG
1992 BOS AL 35 C 132 122 1084.0 849 786 57 6 12 .993 -1.0 -1.1 -1 7.00 6.39 .989 6.20 5.26 7 44 80 39 33%
1993 BOS AL 36 C 125 102 915.1 755 698 53 4 8 .995 2.0 2.6 2 7.38 6.01 .991 6.56 5.46 5 31 52 31 37%
1993 BOS AL 36 DH 1
1994 CLE AL 37 C 40 31 300.0 227 209 17 1 2 .996 -1.0 -4.0 -1 6.78 5.65 .991 6.79 5.73 4 16 25 11 31%
1995 CLE AL 38 C 91 78 703.0 551 508 36 7 6 .987 -3.0 -5.1 -3 6.96 5.98 .990 6.74 5.64 6 24 68 18 21%
1996 CLE AL 39 C 67 50 456.1 366 336 27 3 6 .992 3.0 7.9 3 7.16 5.42 .990 6.91 5.84 4 17 28 17 38%
1997 TOT MLB 40 C 38 27 243.1 205 191 14 0 3 1.000 -7.0 -34.5 -7 7.58 5.39 .991 7.26 6.18 5 16 33 4 11%
1997 CHW AL 40 C 30 21 191.1 151 143 8 0 2 1.000 -6.0 -37.6 -6 7.10 5.03 .991 7.15 6.08 5 13 25 3 11%
1997 CHW AL 40 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1997 HOU NL 40 C 8 6 52.0 54 48 6 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -23.1 -1 9.35 6.75 .991 7.68 6.58 0 3 8 1 11%
18 Seasons C 1950 1779 15972.0 12374 11212 1045 117 156 .991 46.0 3.5 46 6.91 6.29 .987 6.56 5.55 105 589 1225 656 35%
5 Seasons 1B 13 4 41.2 50 45 4 1 1 .980 -0.1 -2.9 -0.1 -0.4 0.2 0 10.58 3.77 .992 9.94 8.46
2 Seasons OF 3 2 16.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 22.5 0.3 0.3 -0.1 0 1.69 1.00 1.000 2.19 1.90
2 Seasons RF 3 2 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 22.5 0.3 0.3 -0.1 0 2.25 1.33 .975 1.97 1.70
1 Season 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
1 Season DH 1
18 Seasons TOT 1967 1785 16031.2 12427 11260 1049 118 157 .991 46.0 3.4 0.0 -0.3 0.1 0 0 46 6.91 6.26 .978 6.56 5.56 105 589 1225 656 35%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1982 *
1984 *
1985 *
1986 *
1989 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
2003-AL-Mgr of the year

Gold Gloves
1983-NL-C
1984-NL-C
1985-NL-C
1991-AL-C
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1983-NL-12-7%
1990-AL-21-2%
0.09 Career Shares (918th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1982 NL--.296--10th
1983 NL--.301--8th

Games Played s c a p y
Career--1988--226th

Singles s c a p y
1983 NL--123--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 NL--4--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1992 AL--13--3rd
1993 AL--13--4th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1989 NL--19--6th
Career--72--204th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1982 NL--17--6th
1985 NL--19--7th
1986 NL--21--1st
1987 NL--19--3rd
1989 NL--19--3rd
1990 AL--23--3rd
1991 AL--23--3rd
Career--234--39th

Oldest s c a p y
1996 AL--born 1957-06-04--6th
1997 AL--born 1957-06-04--6th
1997 NL--born 1957-06-04--5th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 98 (153), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1289), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

July 22, 1975: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

April 1, 1987: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Dunne, Mike LaValliere and Andy Van Slyke.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

November 27, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 19, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

February 7, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 25, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

December 13, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

November 2, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

November 18, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

January 10, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

August 15, 1997: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Houston Astros for Julien Tucker (minors).

October 30, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Pittsburgh Pirates$1,075,000
1986Pittsburgh Pirates$1,225,000
1987St. Louis Cardinals$1,150,500
1988St. Louis Cardinals$1,100,000
1989St. Louis Cardinals$1,220,000
1990Boston Red Sox$1,700,000
1991Boston Red Sox$2,300,000
1992Boston Red Sox$2,400,000
1993Boston Red Sox$2,200,000
1994Cleveland Indians$400,000
1995Cleveland Indians$516,666
1996Cleveland Indians$558,333
1997Chicago White Sox$425,000
Career (may be incomplete)$16,270,499
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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