Orlando Peña

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 154lb (180cm, 69kg)

Born: November 17, 1933 in Victoria de las Tunas, Cuba cu

Debut: August 24, 1958 (Age 24-280d, 11,575th in major league history)
vs. LAD 2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: May 1, 1975 (Age 41-165d)
vs. KCR 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Full Name: Orlando Gregorio Pena

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.9

ERA

3.71

427

1202.0

818

WHIP

1.270

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1956	22	CIN-min	B	19	12	.613	2.42	39	32		26	3		286.0	255	107	77	25	100	13	176	4	0	3				1.241	8.0	0.8	3.1	5.5	1.76	HPT CARL
1957	23	CIN-min	AAA	12	10	.545	2.76	53	12		3	0		140.0	131	50	43	6	38		94	3	0	3				1.207	8.4	0.4	2.4	6.0	2.47	HAV IL
1958	24	CIN-min	AAA	11	10	.524	3.27	44	15		6	4		154.0	142	63	56	15	58	6	120	7	1	2				1.299	8.3	0.9	3.4	7.0	2.07	HAV IL
1958	24	CIN	NL	1	0	1.000	0.60	9	0	7	0	0	3	15.0	10	1	1	0	4	1	11	0	0	0	60	715	1.81	0.933	6.0	0.0	2.4	6.6	2.75
1959	25	CIN	NL	5	9	.357	4.76	46	8	16	1	0	5	136.0	150	80	72	26	39	5	76	0	0	1	587	86	4.77	1.390	9.9	1.7	2.6	5.0	1.95
1960	26	CIN-min	AAA	13	11	.542	3.30	37	29		8	1		207.0	206	88	76	19	56	4	127	0	0	4				1.266	9.0	0.8	2.4	5.5	2.27	HAV IL
1960	26	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	2.89	4	0	1	0	0	0	9.1	8	3	3	0	3	2	9	0	0	0	39	137	1.56	1.179	7.7	0.0	2.9	8.7	3.00

1961	27	CIN-min	AAA					28																										JER IL
1962	28	MLN-min	AAA	9	9	.500	3.12	24	19		10	5		153.0	126	56	53	14	35	0	137	3	0	0				1.052	7.4	0.8	2.1	8.1	3.91	TTO IL
1962	28	KCA	AL	6	4	.600	3.01	13	12	1	6	1	0	89.2	71	31	30	9	27	2	56	1	1	3	367	140	3.61	1.093	7.1	0.9	2.7	5.6	2.07
1963	29	KCA	AL	12	20	.375	3.69	35	33	2	9	3	0	217.0	218	93	89	24	53	2	128	5	0	4	914	106	3.54	1.249	9.0	1.0	2.2	5.3	2.42
1964	30	KCA	AL	12	14	.462	4.43	40	32	3	5	0	0	219.1	231	126	108	40	73	2	184	8	1	6	955	87	4.41	1.386	9.5	1.6	3.0	7.6	2.52
1965	31	TOT	AL	4	12	.250	4.18	42	5	21	0	0	4	92.2	96	48	43	9	33	5	79	3	0	3	397	84	3.24	1.392	9.3	0.9	3.2	7.7	2.39
1965	31	KCA	AL	0	6	.000	6.88	12	5	2	0	0	0	35.1	42	30	27	4	13	0	24	2	0	0	158	51	3.90	1.557	10.7	1.0	3.3	6.1	1.85
1965	31	DET	AL	4	6	.400	2.51	30	0	19	0	0	4	57.1	54	18	16	5	20	5	55	1	0	3	239	140	2.83	1.291	8.5	0.8	3.1	8.6	2.75
1966	32	DET	AL	4	2	.667	3.08	54	0	18	0	0	7	108.0	105	47	37	16	35	6	79	5	2	8	469	113	4.13	1.296	8.8	1.3	2.9	6.6	2.26
1967	33	TOT	AL	0	4	.000	3.59	50	1	22	0	0	8	90.1	72	37	36	8	22	5	74	2	0	3	366	93	2.85	1.041	7.2	0.8	2.2	7.4	3.36
1967	33	DET	AL	0	1	.000	13.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	12	30	2.04	2.500	22.5	0.0	0.0	9.0
1967	33	CLE	AL	0	3	.000	3.36	48	1	21	0	0	8	88.1	67	34	33	8	22	5	72	1	0	3	354	99	2.87	1.008	6.8	0.8	2.2	7.3	3.27

1968	34	CLE-CAL-min	AAA					56																										POR,SLE PCL
1969	35	KCR-min	AAA	9	3	.750	4.34	34	3		3	0	3	87.0	97	46	42	9	20	4	64	3	0	3				1.345	10.0	0.9	2.1	6.6	3.20	OMA AA
1970	36	PIT	NL	2	1	.667	4.78	23	0	7	0	0	2	37.2	38	21	20	6	7	2	25	1	0	0	152	82	4.02	1.195	9.1	1.4	1.7	6.0	3.57
1971	37	BAL-min	A,AAA	11	5	.688	0.99	31	14		9	3	7	137.0	100	28	15	3	23	1	129	4	0	6				0.898	6.6	0.2	1.5	8.5	5.61	MIA,ROC FLOR,IL
1971	37	BAL	AL	0	1	.000	3.07	5	0	3	0	0	0	14.2	16	7	5	0	5	1	4	0	0	0	64	113	2.93	1.432	9.8	0.0	3.1	2.5	0.80

1972	38	BAL-min	A,AAA	22	3	.880	1.25	37	16		13	7	7	180.0	129	37	25	4	24	0	187	6	0	2				0.850	6.5	0.2	1.2	9.4	7.79	MIA,ROC FLOR,IL
1973	39	TOT	MLB	5	5	.500	2.95	53	2	21	0	0	7	106.2	96	37	35	13	22	5	61	2	1	1	436	126	3.68	1.106	8.1	1.1	1.9	5.1	2.77
1973	39	BAL	AL	1	1	.500	4.03	11	2	5	0	0	1	44.2	36	20	20	10	8	1	23	2	0	0	177	93	5.12	0.985	7.3	2.0	1.6	4.6	2.88
1973	39	STL	NL	4	4	.500	2.18	42	0	16	0	0	6	62.0	60	17	15	3	14	4	38	0	1	1	259	170	2.65	1.194	8.7	0.4	2.0	5.5	2.71
1974	40	TOT	MLB	5	2	.714	2.21	46	0	28	0	0	4	53.0	51	15	13	0	21	3	28	1	0	1	224	164	2.77	1.358	8.7	0.0	3.6	4.8	1.33
1974	40	STL	NL	5	2	.714	2.60	42	0	24	0	0	1	45.0	45	15	13	0	20	3	23	1	0	1	195	140	2.96	1.444	9.0	0.0	4.0	4.6	1.15
1974	40	CAL	AL	0	0		0.00	4	0	4	0	0	3	8.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	29		1.70	0.875	6.8	0.0	1.1	5.6	5.00
1975	41	OAK-min	AAA	2	6	.250	6.27	21	0		0	0	1	56.0	73	49	39	11	19	6	42	0	0	0				1.643	11.7	1.8	3.1	6.8	2.21	TUC PCL
1975	41	CAL	AL	0	2	.000	2.13	7	0	5	0	0	0	12.2	13	3	3	0	8	1	4	0	0	1	55	171	3.85	1.658	9.2	0.0	5.7	2.8	0.50
14 Yrs				56	77	.421	3.71	427	93	155	21	4	40	1202.0	1175	549	495	151	352	42	818	28	5	31	5085	103	3.77	1.270	8.8	1.1	2.6	6.1	2.32
162 Game Avg.				7	10	.421	3.71	56	12	20	3	1	5	157	154	72	65	20	46	5	107	4	1	4	665	103	3.77	1.270	8.8	1.1	2.6	6.1	2.32
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
KCA (4 yrs)				30	44	.405	4.07	100	82	8	20	4	0	561.1	562	280	254	77	166	6	392	16	2	13	2394	96	3.91	1.297	9.0	1.2	2.7	6.3	2.36
CIN (3 yrs)				6	10	.375	4.27	59	8	24	1	0	8	160.1	168	84	76	26	46	8	96	0	0	1	686	96	4.31	1.335	9.4	1.5	2.6	5.4	2.09
DET (3 yrs)				8	9	.471	3.01	86	0	38	0	0	11	167.1	164	68	56	21	55	11	136	7	2	11	720	116	3.66	1.309	8.8	1.1	3.0	7.3	2.47
STL (2 yrs)				9	6	.600	2.36	84	0	40	0	0	7	107.0	105	32	28	3	34	7	61	1	1	2	454	156	2.78	1.299	8.8	0.3	2.9	5.1	1.79
CAL (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	1.31	11	0	9	0	0	3	20.2	19	3	3	0	9	1	9	0	0	1	84	278	3.02	1.355	8.3	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
BAL (2 yrs)				1	2	.333	3.79	16	2	8	0	0	1	59.1	52	27	25	10	13	2	27	2	0	0	241	97	4.58	1.096	7.9	1.5	2.0	4.1	2.08
PIT (1 yr)				2	1	.667	4.78	23	0	7	0	0	2	37.2	38	21	20	6	7	2	25	1	0	0	152	82	4.02	1.195	9.1	1.4	1.7	6.0	3.57
CLE (1 yr)				0	3	.000	3.36	48	1	21	0	0	8	88.1	67	34	33	8	22	5	72	1	0	3	354	99	2.87	1.008	6.8	0.8	2.2	7.3	3.27

AL (10 yrs)				39	60	.394	3.72	261	85	84	20	4	23	897.0	864	412	371	116	265	25	636	26	4	28	3793	101	3.79	1.259	8.7	1.2	2.7	6.4	2.40
NL (6 yrs)				17	17	.500	3.66	166	8	71	1	0	17	305.0	311	137	124	35	87	17	182	2	1	3	1292	107	3.73	1.305	9.2	1.0	2.6	5.4	2.09

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