Tony Peña

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: June 4, 1957 in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic do

Debut: September 1, 1980 (Age 23-089d, 11,962nd in MLB history)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1997 (Age 40-116d)
vs. PIT 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: Antonio Francesco Pena

Pronunciation: \PAIN-yuh\

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Relatives: Brother of Ramon Pena; Father of Francisco Pena, Tony Pena

5x All-Star
4x Gold Glove
Mgr of the year

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

24.7

AB

6489

H

1687

HR

107

BA

.260

R

667

RBI

708

SB

OBP

.309

SLG

.364

OPS

.673

OPS+

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Standard Batting

Games by Position

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	Awards
1976	19	PIT-ATL-min	A,Rk	47	55	49	4	11	2	0	1	8	0	0	4	7	.224	.309	.327	.636		16		2	0	0			CHS,BVS,PRA · WCRS,GULF
1977	20	PIT-min	A	113	444	420	46	112	19	3	10	62	5	2	21	81	.267	.303	.398	.701		167		1	2	0			SAL,CHS · CARL,WCRS
1978	21	PIT-min	AA	104	368	348	36	80	14	0	8	42	3	1	15	96	.230	.259	.339	.598		118		0	1	4			SHV · TL
1979	22	PIT-min	AA	134	549	515	89	161	16	4	34	97	5	4	30	83	.313	.352	.557	.909		287		2	1	1			BFL · EL
1980	23	PIT-min	AAA	124	486	452	57	148	24	13	9	77	5	5	29	75	.327	.367	.498	.865		225		1	1	3			POR · PCL
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-min	AAA	2	8	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750		3		0	0	0	0		LOU · AA
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	85	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	102	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 Yrs				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

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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