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Tony Peña

Ramon Antonio Pena

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: January 9, 1982 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
Signed
by the Arizona Diamondbacks as an amateur free agent in 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 2006
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/WhiteSox 2006-2011
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: May 27, 2011
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2006 24 ARI NL 3 4 .429 5.58 25 0 6 0 0 1 30.2 36 21 19 6 8 0 21 0 0 1 135 86 1.435 10.6 1.8 2.3 6.2 2.63
2007 25 ARI NL 5 4 .556 3.27 75 0 13 0 0 2 85.1 63 36 31 8 31 4 63 5 1 3 344 146 1.102 6.6 0.8 3.3 6.6 2.03
2008 26 ARI NL 3 2 .600 4.33 72 0 20 0 0 3 72.2 80 38 35 5 17 5 52 3 0 4 313 107 1.335 9.9 0.6 2.1 6.4 3.06
2009 27 TOT MLB 6 5 .545 3.99 72 0 28 0 0 2 70.0 81 37 31 7 20 3 55 2 0 3 312 116 1.443 10.4 0.9 2.6 7.1 2.75
2009 27 ARI NL 5 3 .625 4.24 37 0 13 0 0 1 34.0 41 20 16 3 11 0 26 1 0 2 153 106 1.529 10.9 0.8 2.9 6.9 2.36
2009 27 CHW AL 1 2 .333 3.75 35 0 15 0 0 1 36.0 40 17 15 4 9 3 29 1 0 1 159 126 1.361 10.0 1.0 2.3 7.3 3.22
2010 28 CHW AL 5 3 .625 5.10 52 3 19 0 0 0 100.2 108 63 57 10 45 6 56 1 1 6 444 84 1.520 9.7 0.9 4.0 5.0 1.24
2011 29 CHW AL 1 1 .500 6.20 17 0 10 0 0 0 20.1 25 15 14 2 10 2 17 0 0 0 97 70 1.721 11.1 0.9 4.4 7.5 1.70
6 Yrs 23 19 .548 4.43 313 3 96 0 0 8 379.2 393 210 187 38 131 20 264 11 2 17 1645 103 1.380 9.3 0.9 3.1 6.3 2.02
162 Game Avg. 5 4 .548 4.43 67 1 21 0 0 2 82 85 45 40 8 28 4 57 2 0 4 354 103 1.380 9.3 0.9 3.1 6.3 2.02
ARI (4 yrs) 16 13 .552 4.08 209 0 52 0 0 7 222.2 220 115 101 22 67 9 162 9 1 10 945 115 1.289 8.9 0.9 2.7 6.5 2.42
CHW (3 yrs) 7 6 .538 4.93 104 3 44 0 0 1 157.0 173 95 86 16 64 11 102 2 1 7 700 89 1.510 9.9 0.9 3.7 5.8 1.59
NL (4 yrs) 16 13 .552 4.08 209 0 52 0 0 7 222.2 220 115 101 22 67 9 162 9 1 10 945 115 1.289 8.9 0.9 2.7 6.5 2.42
AL (3 yrs) 7 6 .538 4.93 104 3 44 0 0 1 157.0 173 95 86 16 64 11 102 2 1 7 700 89 1.510 9.9 0.9 3.7 5.8 1.59

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2006 24 ARI NL 30.2 25 0 21 6.16 4.80 -0.01 -0.35 107.0 4.77 -5 -0.5 1.3 -0.1 -0.3 -2 .482 .497 $
2007 25 ARI NL 85.1 75 0 36 3.80 4.72 0.20 -0.34 107.4 4.49 7 0.7 1.4 -0.1 1.3 15 .509 .504 $381,000
2008 26 ARI NL 72.2 72 0 38 4.71 4.51 -0.21 -0.33 107.1 4.71 1 0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.5 7 .501 .500 $405,500
2009 27 ARI NL 34.0 37 0 20 5.29 4.62 0.03 -0.34 104.0 4.42 -3 -0.3 1.3 -0.1 -0.2 -0 .491 .498 $430,000
2009 27 CHW AL 36.0 35 0 17 4.25 5.02 -0.17 -0.37 104.8 5.05 3 0.3 1.3 -0.1 0.6 8 .508 .502 $
2010 28 CHW AL 100.2 52 3 63 5.63 4.44 -0.42 -0.22 101.9 4.73 -11 -1.1 .7 -0.0 -0.2 1 .479 .493 $1,200,000
2011 29 CHW AL 20.1 17 0 15 6.64 4.62 -0.09 -0.35 103.8 4.52 -5 -0.5 .5 0.1 -0.2 -2 .471 .497 $1,600,000
6 Seasons 379.2 313 3 210 4.98 4.63 -0.13 -0.31 105.1 4.67 -13 -1.3 1.2 -0.4 1.5 27 .496 .499 $4,016,500
ARI (4 yrs) 222.2 209 0 115 4.65 4.65 0.01 -0.34 106.7 4.59 -0 -0.0 1.3 -0.4 1.3 21 .500 .500 $1,216,500
CHW (3 yrs) 157.0 104 3 95 5.45 4.60 -0.32 -0.27 102.8 4.78 -13 -1.3 .8 -0.0 0.2 7 .487 .497 $2,800,000

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2007 25 ARI NL NLDS W CHC 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2007 25 ARI NL NLCS L COL 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 11 0.300 2.7 0.0 0.0 18.9
1 Yr (2 Series) 0 0 0.00 5 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 17 0.563 5.1 0.0 0.0 11.8
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 11 0.300 2.7 0.0 0.0 18.9

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2006 24 ARI NL 25 135 124 21 36 8 3 6 0 1 8 21 .290 .331 .548 .879 .306 68 1 0 2 1 0 3
2007 25 ARI NL 75 344 304 36 63 11 3 8 1 0 31 63 .207 .289 .342 .631 .233 104 11 5 1 3 4 3
2008 26 ARI NL 72 313 285 38 80 18 4 5 2 0 17 52 .281 .324 .425 .748 .323 121 6 3 4 4 5 2
2009 27 ARI NL 37 153 139 20 41 6 1 3 1 2 11 26 .295 .349 .417 .766 .342 58 3 1 1 1 0 3
2009 27 CHW AL 35 159 147 17 40 7 1 4 6 0 9 29 .272 .316 .415 .731 .313 61 1 1 1 1 3 2
2009 27 TOT MLB 72 312 286 37 81 13 2 7 7 2 20 55 .283 .332 .416 .748 .327 119 4 2 2 2 3 5
2010 28 CHW AL 52 444 388 63 108 21 1 10 5 4 45 56 .278 .350 .415 .765 .299 161 14 1 4 6 6 5
2011 29 CHW AL 17 97 83 15 25 5 0 2 2 0 10 17 .301 .372 .434 .806 .354 36 0 0 3 1 2 1
6 Yrs 313 1645 1470 210 393 76 13 38 17 7 131 264 .267 .328 .414 .743 .300 609 36 11 16 17 20 19
162 Game Avg. 67 354 316 45 85 16 3 8 4 2 28 57 .267 .328 .414 .743 .300 131 8 2 3 4 4 4
MLB Averages .263 .331 .415 .746 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2006 24 ARI NL -2.8 -0.3 140 0.7 3.7 -3.0 1.45 -0.4 0.9 -3.4 -0.3 1.45 -2.9 13 4 8
2007 25 ARI NL 12.2 1.2 351 2.7 8.8 -6.1 1.28 1.5 0.7 17.7 1.7 1.28 16.3 35 22 17
2008 26 ARI NL 2.4 0.2 320 0.7 7.6 -6.9 1.39 0.4 0.1 -0.5 -0.0 1.39 3.0 36 9 27
2009 27 TOT MLB 3.1 0.3 325 -0.6 6.8 -7.4 1.28 -0.5 0.0 -4.8 -0.5 1.27 -1.0 27 16 28
2009 27 ARI NL -0.3 -0.0 157 -0.4 3.6 -4.0 1.45 -0.4 0.2 -2.5 -0.2 1.45 -1.7 14 9 14
2009 27 CHW AL 3.4 0.3 168 -0.3 3.2 -3.4 1.11 -0.1 -0.1 -2.3 -0.2 1.11 0.6 13 7 14
2010 28 CHW AL -9.6 -1.0 460 -0.2 5.4 -5.6 .71 -0.5 0.1 -8.2 -0.8 0.71 -4.6 7 8 30
2011 29 CHW AL -4.1 -0.4 99 -0.8 0.5 -1.3 .49 -0.2 -1.5 -5.4 -0.5 0.49 -2.5 1 3 13
6 Yrs 1.3 0.1 1695 2.4 32.8 -30.4 1.11 0.2 1.9 -4.6 -0.5 1.11 8.3 119 62 123

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2010 28 CHW AL 52 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 1 1 0 0 2 67% 47.8 61 30 20 9 2 1 4.5 3.8 6.3 100 0 1 3 0 104
1 Yr 52 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 1 1 0 0 2 67% 48 61 30 20 9 2 1 4.5 3.8 6.3 100 0 1 3 0 104
MLB Averages .500 50% 49 100 -12 4.6 4.6 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2006 24 ARI NL 25 25 6 3 4 1 1 0 100% 3 2 6 2 33% 8 1.449 13 4 8 6 10 9 3 22 7 4 7 4 3.7 19
2007 25 ARI NL 75 75 13 5 4 5 2 3 40% 35 30 38 10 26% 7 1.282 35 22 17 46 12 17 19 56 22 14 23 21 3.4 16
2008 26 ARI NL 72 72 20 3 2 8 3 5 38% 31 23 14 6 43% 8 1.393 36 9 27 42 12 18 10 62 6 7 6 17 3.0 16
2009 27 TOT MLB 72 72 28 6 5 4 2 2 50% 18 13 39 16 41% 1.277 27 16 28 26 17 29 25 47 16 23 17 17 2.9 15
2009 27 ARI NL 37 37 13 5 3 2 1 1 50% 11 8 13 4 31% 8 1.453 14 9 14 17 9 11 9 28 4 11 5 9 2.8 14
2009 27 CHW AL 35 35 15 1 2 2 1 1 50% 7 5 26 12 46% 7 1.108 13 7 14 9 8 18 16 19 12 12 12 8 3.1 17
2010 28 CHW AL 52 49 19 4 2 0 0 0 2 1 44 12 27% 8 .709 7 8 30 15 4 29 28 20 23 14 25 3 4.7 26
2011 29 CHW AL 17 17 10 1 1 2 0 2 0% 2 0 8 2 25% 5 .487 1 3 13 7 1 9 8 9 5 5 6 2 3.6 20
6 Yrs 313 310 96 22 18 20 8 12 40% 91 69 149 48 32% 1.114 119 62 123 142 56 111 93 216 79 67 84 64 3.4 18

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2006 24 ARI NL 135 44% 4.4% 15.6% 5.9% 12.6% 47% 0.66 0.89 73% 19% 10.0% 3% 19 1 5%
2007 25 ARI NL 344 55% 2.3% 18.3% 9.0% 6.4% 35% 0.94 1.12 69% 11% 7.4% 13% 77 11 14%
2008 26 ARI NL 313 52% 1.6% 16.6% 5.4% 8.6% 34% 0.93 1.18 74% 20% 4.5% 9% 67 6 9%
2009 27 TOT MLB 312 57% 2.2% 17.6% 6.4% 7.1% 27% 0.86 1.13 72% 21% 6.4% 12% 78 4 5%
2009 27 ARI NL 153 53% 2.0% 17.0% 7.2% 6.5% 24% 0.88 1.11 73% 19% 5.5% 8% 40 3 8%
2009 27 CHW AL 159 60% 2.5% 18.2% 5.7% 7.6% 30% 0.84 1.14 72% 23% 7.4% 16% 38 1 3%
2010 28 CHW AL 444 52% 2.3% 12.6% 10.1% 7.2% 30% 0.97 1.23 74% 17% 6.7% 11% 94 14 15%
2011 29 CHW AL 97 61% 2.1% 17.5% 10.3% 7.2% 28% 0.86 1.00 67% 17% 6.7% 17% 25 0 0%
6 Yrs 1645 53% 2.3% 16.1% 8.0% 7.7% 32% 0.90 1.14 72% 17% 6.7% 11% 360 36 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.7% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 0.79 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2006 24 ARI NL 136 476 3.50 311 65% 28% 16% 22% 34% 72% 0% 47% 77% 63% 4% 5 4 25% 34 26 2 33% 9 1 -1 0 0
2007 25 ARI NL 344 1233 3.58 765 62% 27% 16% 25% 32% 73% 3% 45% 78% 59% 5% 17 5 20% 68 44 3 29% 14 8 0 0 0
2008 26 ARI NL 313 1171 3.74 767 65% 26% 17% 25% 31% 74% 4% 48% 77% 64% 4% 12 7 26% 82 48 5 40% 14 0 0 0 0
2009 27 TOT MLB 313 1107 3.54 727 66% 26% 20% 21% 32% 74% 3% 48% 73% 61% 4% 14 9 20% 62 38 8 22% 11 2 -1 0 0
2009 27 ARI NL 154 526 3.42 345 66% 25% 21% 21% 33% 75% 0% 49% 72% 60% 2% 3 2 17% 26 19 3 19% 8 1 -1 0 0
2009 27 CHW AL 159 581 3.65 382 66% 27% 20% 21% 31% 73% 6% 48% 73% 61% 7% 11 7 23% 36 19 5 24% 3 1 0 0 0
2010 28 CHW AL 444 1631 3.67 1029 63% 29% 12% 26% 33% 71% 4% 45% 83% 59% 8% 34 20 21% 93 59 7 39% 13 8 0 0 0
2011 29 CHW AL 97 341 3.52 212 62% 35% 13% 19% 33% 65% 6% 40% 80% 54% 6% 6 4 18% 17 11 2 41% 6 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1647 5959 3.62 3811 64% 28% 16% 24% 33% 72% 4% 46% 78% 60% 5% 88 49 22% 356 226 27 33% 67 19 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2006 24 ARI NL 135 36 1 0 6 0 3 2 4 5 1 7 4 0 57% 3 1 0 43 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2007 25 ARI NL 344 63 10 1 8 1 10 2 6 5 3 22 13 2 59% 3 3 1 142 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
2008 26 ARI NL 313 80 14 2 5 0 8 3 2 5 0 30 15 2 50% 2 4 0 123 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2009 27 TOT MLB 312 81 9 0 7 0 9 2 5 3 4 20 14 3 70% 5 3 2 144 7 2 78% 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
2009 27 ARI NL 153 41 3 0 3 0 4 0 3 2 1 7 6 1 86% 3 2 0 71 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
2009 27 CHW AL 159 40 6 0 4 0 5 2 2 1 3 13 8 2 62% 2 1 2 73 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2010 28 CHW AL 444 108 14 3 10 0 14 7 3 6 4 35 21 3 60% 5 6 0 185 5 4 56% 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 17 0
2011 29 CHW AL 97 25 1 0 2 0 6 2 0 2 0 7 4 0 57% 1 0 0 46 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 Yrs 1645 393 49 6 38 1 50 18 20 26 12 121 71 10 59% 19 17 3 683 17 7 71% 14 5 3 1 0 1 3 0 49 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2006 24 3 4 .429 5.58 25 0 6 0 0 1 30.2 36 21 19 6 8 0 21 0 0 1 135 86 1.435 10.6 1.8 2.3 6.2 2.63 86
2007 25 8 8 .500 3.88 100 0 19 0 0 3 116.0 99 57 50 14 39 4 84 5 1 4 479 123 1.190 7.7 1.1 3.0 6.5 2.15 123
2008 26 11 10 .524 4.05 172 0 39 0 0 6 188.2 179 95 85 19 56 9 136 8 1 8 792 116 1.246 8.5 0.9 2.7 6.5 2.43 116
2009 27 17 15 .531 4.04 244 0 67 0 0 8 258.2 260 132 116 26 76 12 191 10 1 11 1104 116 1.299 9.0 0.9 2.6 6.6 2.51 116
2010 28 22 18 .550 4.33 296 3 86 0 0 8 359.1 368 195 173 36 121 18 247 11 2 17 1548 105 1.361 9.2 0.9 3.0 6.2 2.04 105
2011 29 23 19 .548 4.43 313 3 96 0 0 8 379.2 393 210 187 38 131 20 264 11 2 17 1645 103 1.380 9.3 0.9 3.1 6.3 2.02 103

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2006 24 1 2 .333 4.94 31.0 34 19 17 6 8 21 0 1.355 9.9 2.3 6.1 2.63 1.7 25
2007 25 6 3 .667 2.89 84.0 58 30 27 7 29 62 5 1.036 6.2 3.1 6.6 2.14 0.8 75
2008 26 4 4 .500 3.95 73.0 76 36 32 5 16 52 3 1.260 9.4 2.0 6.4 3.25 0.6 72
2009 27 4 3 .571 3.68 71.0 78 32 29 7 19 56 2 1.366 9.9 2.4 7.1 2.95 0.9 72
2010 28 3 7 .300 5.53 96.0 109 66 59 10 45 54 1 1.604 10.2 4.2 5.1 1.20 0.9 52
2011 29 1 1 .500 6.00 21.0 25 16 14 2 10 17 0 1.667 10.7 4.3 7.3 1.70 0.9 17
6 Yrs 19 20 .487 4.26 376.0 380 199 178 37 127 262 11 1.348 9.1 6.3 2.06 0.9 313

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2007 NL  2.7 (10th)

                                         

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