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Tony Pena

Full name Antonio Francesco (Padilla) Pena
Born June 4, 1957, Monte Cristi, Monte Cristi (Dominican Republic)
First Game: September 1, 1980; Final Game: October 3, 1997
Managed First Game: May 15, 2002; Managed Final Game: May 10, 2005
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 0" Weight: 175
Father of Tony Pena
Brother of Ramon Pena
Father of Francisco Pena
Named Internet Baseball Awards' AL Manager of the Year (2003)
Named AL Manager of the Year by Baseball Writers' Association of America (2003)
Named AL Manager of the Year by The Sporting News (2003)
Named Minor League Manager of the Year by The Sporting News (2001)
Named catcher on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1983)
Won NL Gold Glove as catcher (1983 to 1985)
Won AL Gold Glove as catcher (1991)
Ejections as player: 1985 (1), 1990 (1). Total: 2
Ejections as coach: 2014 (1)
Ejections as manager: 2002 (1), 2003 (4), 2004 (1), 2005 (1). Total: 7
SABR Biography
Top Performances 

Pitcher Matchups

                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1980 PIT N    Daily Splits    8    21    1    9   1   1   0    1    0   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   1  .429  .429  .571   0.3 1980 PIT N
1981 PIT N    Daily Splits   66   210   16   63   9   1   2   17    8   2   23   1   2   2   0   4   4    1   2  .300  .326  .381   0.9 1981 PIT N
1982 PIT N    Daily Splits  138   497   53  147  28   4  11   63   17   3   57   4   3   2   0   5  17    2   5  .296  .323  .435   1.5 1982 PIT N
1983 PIT N    Daily Splits  151   542   51  163  22   3  15   70   31   8   73   0   6   1   0  11  13    6   7  .301  .338  .435   1.8 1983 PIT N
1984 PIT N    Daily Splits  147   546   77  156  27   2  15   78   36   5   79   4   4   2   0  15  14   12   8  .286  .333  .425   3.8 1984 PIT N
1985 PIT N    Daily Splits  147   546   53  136  27   2  10   59   29   4   67   0   7   5   0  14  19   12   8  .249  .284  .361   1.3 1985 PIT N
1986 PIT N    Daily Splits  144   510   56  147  26   2  10   52   53   6   69   1   0   1   0   7  21    9  10  .288  .356  .406   2.8 1986 PIT N
1987 STL N    Daily Splits  116   384   40   82  13   4   5   44   36   9   54   1   2   2   0   8  19    6   1  .214  .281  .307  -1.3 1987 STL N
1988 STL N    Daily Splits  149   505   55  133  23   1  10   51   33  11   60   1   3   4   0   6  12    6   2  .263  .308  .372   1.6 1988 STL N
1989 STL N    Daily Splits  141   424   36  110  17   2   4   37   35  19   33   2   2   1   0   7  19    5   3  .259  .318  .337   1.3 1989 STL N
1990 BOS A    Daily Splits  143   491   62  129  19   1   7   56   43   3   71   1   2   3   0   9  23    8   6  .263  .322  .348   0.8 1990 BOS A
1991 BOS A    Daily Splits  141   464   45  107  23   2   5   48   37   1   53   4   4   3   0   6  23    8   3  .231  .291  .321  -0.1 1991 BOS A
1992 BOS A    Daily Splits  133   410   39   99  21   1   1   38   24   0   61   1  13   2   0   8  11    3   2  .241  .284  .305   0.5 1992 BOS A
1993 BOS A    Daily Splits  126   304   20   55  11   0   4   19   25   0   46   2  13   3   0   4  12    1   3  .181  .246  .257  -0.3 1993 BOS A
1994 CLE A    Daily Splits   40   112   18   33   8   1   2   10    9   0   11   0   3   2   0   3   6    0   1  .295  .341  .438   0.3 1994 CLE A
1995 CLE A    Daily Splits   91   263   25   69  15   0   5   28   14   1   44   1   1   0   0   6   9    1   0  .262  .302  .376  -0.6 1995 CLE A
1996 CLE A    Daily Splits   67   174   14   34   4   0   1   27   15   0   25   0   3   3   0   5   8    0   1  .195  .255  .236  -1.1 1996 CLE A
1997 CHI A    Daily Splits   31    67    4   11   1   0   0    8    8   0   13   0   0   1   0   0   3    0   0  .164  .250  .179  -0.9 1997 CHI A
1997 HOU N    Daily Splits    9    19    2    4   3   0   0    2    2   0    3   0   0   1   0   0   0    0   0  .211  .273  .368   0.1 1997 HOU N
1997 Total                   40    86    6   15   4   0   0   10   10   0   16   0   0   2   0   0   3    0   0  .174  .255  .221  -0.8 1997 Total
Total NL (11 Years)        1216  4204  440 1150 196  22  82  474  280  67  522  14  29  21   0  77 139   59  47  .274  .320  .389  14.1 Total NL
Total AL ( 8 Years)         772  2285  227  537 102   5  25  234  175   5  324   9  39  17   0  41  95   21  16  .235  .290  .317  -1.4 Total AL
Total    (18 Years) Splits 1988  6489  667 1687 298  27 107  708  455  72  846  23  68  38   0 118 234   80  63  .260  .309  .364  12.7 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team

           Division Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1995 CLE A    Daily Splits    2     2    1    1   0   0   1    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500 2.000 1995 CLE A
1996 CLE A    Daily           1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1996 CLE A
1997 HOU N    Daily           2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1997 HOU N
Total NL ( 1 Year )           2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - Total NL
Total AL ( 2 Years)           3     2    1    1   0   0   1    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500 2.000 Total AL
Total    ( 3 Years) Splits    5     2    1    1   0   0   1    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .500 2.000 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1987 STL N    Daily Splits    7    21    5    8   0   1   0    0    3   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   1  .381  .458  .476 1987 STL N
1990 BOS A    Daily Splits    4    14    0    3   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   2    0   0  .214  .214  .214 1990 BOS A
1995 CLE A    Daily Splits    4     6    1    2   1   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .333  .429  .500 1995 CLE A
Total NL ( 1 Year )           7    21    5    8   0   1   0    0    3   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   1  .381  .458  .476 Total NL
Total AL ( 2 Years)           8    20    1    5   1   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   2    0   0  .250  .286  .300 Total AL
Total    ( 3 Years) Splits   15    41    6   13   1   1   0    0    4   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   2    1   1  .317  .378  .390 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1987 STL N    Daily Splits    7    22    2    9   1   0   0    4    3   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   1    1   0  .409  .480  .455 1987 STL N
1995 CLE A    Daily Splits    2     6    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .167  .167 1995 CLE A
Total    ( 2 Years) Splits    9    28    2   10   1   0   0    4    3   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   1    1   0  .357  .419  .393 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

             All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1982 NL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   0  .000  .000  .000 1982 NL   
1984 NL       Daily           1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1984 NL   
1985 NL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1985 NL   
1986 NL       Daily           1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1986 NL   
1989 NL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1989 NL   
Total    ( 5 Years) Splits    5     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   1    1   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team


                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1980 PIT N Daily Splits   C    6    5    5    45.2    38    2    2    0   0    0    6    2    0  .952
1981 PIT N Daily Splits   C   64   54   51   505.2   286   41    5   10   0    5   27   20    4  .985
1982 PIT N Daily Splits   C  137  127  123  1153.1   763   89   16    6   0   10   80   57    4  .982
1983 PIT N Daily Splits   C  149  144  137  1298     976   90    9    9   0    7  105   58    3  .992
1984 PIT N Daily Splits   C  146  139  135  1270     895   95    9   15   0    6   95   63    4  .991
1985 PIT N Daily Splits   C  146  141  138  1267     922  100   12    9   0    6   87   62    5  .988
1985 PIT N               1B    1    0    0     1.2     3    2    0    0   0                     1.000
1986 PIT N Daily Splits   C  139  133  124  1187     810   99   18   13   0    2  109   70    4  .981
1986 PIT N               1B    4    2    1    15.2    14    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1987 STL N Daily Splits   C  112  103   91   926     615   51    8    8   0   14   71   27    1  .988
1987 STL N               1B    4    0    0     6       7    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1987 STL N               OF    2    2    1    15       2    0    0    0   0                     1.000     0    0    2 
1987 STL N               RF    2    2    1    15       3    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1988 STL N Daily Splits   C  142  133  121  1189.1   777   70    5    8   0    8   89   45    2  .994
1988 STL N               1B    3    2    0    17      19    2    1    1   0                      .955
1989 STL N Daily Splits   C  134  125  102  1086.1   674   70    2   13   0    5   90   46    1  .997
1989 STL N               RF    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1989 STL N               OF    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0                     1.000     0    0    1 
1990 BOS A Daily Splits   C  142  133  121  1185     864   74    5   13   0    6   99   46    1  .995
1990 BOS A               1B    1    0    0     1.1     2    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1991 BOS A Daily Splits   C  140  132  114  1156.2   864   60    5   15   0    5   81   40    2  .995
1992 BOS A Daily Splits   C  132  122  107  1084     786   57    6   12   0    7   80   39    2  .993
1993 BOS A Daily Splits   C  125  102   76   915.1   698   53    4    8   0    5   52   31    3  .995
1993 BOS A               DH    1    0    0                                                          -
1994 CLE A Daily Splits   C   40   31   31   300     209   17    1    2   0    4   25   11    0  .996
1995 CLE A Daily Splits   C   91   78   55   703     508   36    7    6   0    6   68   18    2  .987
1996 CLE A Daily Splits   C   67   50   34   456.1   336   27    3    6   0    4   28   17    1  .992
1997 CHI A Daily Splits   C   30   21   16   191.1   143    8    0    2   0    5   25    3    0 1.000
1997 CHI A               3B    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0                         -
1997 HOU N Daily Splits   C    8    6    1    52      48    6    0    1   0    0    8    1    0 1.000
1997 Total                C   38   27   17   243.1   191   14    0    3   0    5   33    4    0 1.000
Total (18 Years) Splits   C 1950 1779 1582 15972   11212 1045  117  156   0  105 1225  656   39  .991
Total ( 5 Years)         1B   13    4    1    41.2    45    4    1    1   0                      .980
Total ( 2 Years)         OF    3    2    1    16       3    0    0    0   0                     1.000     0    0    3 
Total ( 2 Years)         RF    3    2    1    16       4    0    0    0   0                     1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         DH    1    0    0                                                          -
Total ( 1 Year )         3B    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0                         -
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

           Division Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1995 CLE A Daily Splits   C    2    0    0     4       5    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1996 CLE A Daily Splits   C    1    0    0     1       1    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1997 HOU N Daily Splits   C    2    0    0     2       2    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Total ( 3 Years) Splits   C    5    0    0     7       8    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG

League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1987 STL N Daily Splits   C    7    7    7    61      55    5    0    0   0    0    5    4    0 1.000
1990 BOS A Daily Splits   C    4    4    4    34      22    3    1    1   0    1    9    3    0  .962
1995 CLE A Daily Splits   C    4    2    1    18      15    1    0    0   0    0    4    0    0 1.000
Total ( 3 Years) Splits   C   15   13   12   113      92    9    1    1   0    1   18    7    0  .990
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG

              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1987 STL N Daily Splits   C    6    6    4    49      32    1    1    0   0    1    5    0    1  .971
1987 STL N               DH    1    1    1                                                          -
1995 CLE A Daily Splits   C    2    2    1    15       7    1    0    0   0    0    1    1    0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) Splits   C    8    8    5    64      39    2    1    0   0    1    6    1    1  .976
Total ( 1 Year )         DH    1    1    1                                                          -
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG

             All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1982 NL    Daily Splits   C    1    0    0     2       3    0    0    0   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1984 NL    Daily Splits   C    1    0    0     1       2    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
1985 NL    Daily Splits   C    1    0    0     3       4    0    0    1   0    0    1    0    0 1.000
1989 NL    Daily Splits   C    1    0    0     2       2    0    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Total ( 4 Years) Splits   C    4    0    0     8      11    0    0    1   0    0    2    0    0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG


                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
2002 KC  A        126   49   77  .389   584   711   5-15           4  4
2003 KC  A        162   83   79  .512   836   867                  3
2004 KC  A        162   58  104  .358   720   905                  5
2005 KC  A         33    8   25  .242   116   176          5-10    5  5
Total ( 4 Years)  483  198  285  .410  2256  2659
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING


                  Coaching Record
Year Team   Position                   START    END
2006 NY  A  First base                  4- 3  10- 7
2007 NY  A  First base                  4- 2  10- 8
2008 NY  A  First base                  4- 1   9-28
2009 NY  A  Bench                       4- 6  10- 4
2010 NY  A  Bench                       4- 4  10-22
2011 NY  A  Bench                       3-31  10- 6
2012 NY  A  Bench                       4- 6  10-18
2013 NY  A  Bench                       4- 1   9-29
2014 NY  A  Bench                       4- 1   9-28
2015 NY  A  First base                  4- 6  10- 6
2016 NY  A  First base                  4- 5  10- 2
2017 NY  A  First base                  4- 2  10- 1
Total (12 Years) 



Ejection Information

As player:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6-15-1985     BOX  PIT N  Dave Pallone        Balls and strikes
 6- 3-1990     BOX  BOS A  Terry Craft         Fighting

As manager:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 7-13-2002     BOX  KC  A  Steve Rippley       Call at 1B
 5- 3-2003     BOX  KC  A  Andy Fletcher       Balls and strikes
 6-21-2003     BOX  KC  A  Marty Foster        Balls and strikes
 7-20-2003     BOX  KC  A  Rob Drake           Intentional HBP
 7-21-2003     BOX  KC  A  Derryl Cousins      Balls and strikes
 7-20-2004     BOX  KC  A  Mark Carlson        Balls and strikes
 4-15-2005     BOX  KC  A  CB Bucknor          Balls and strikes

As coach:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 9-16-2014     BOX  NY  A  Rob Drake           Throwing at batter





Transaction Information

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (July 22, 1975).

Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Andy Van Slyke,
Mike LaValliere and Mike Dunne (April 1, 1987).

Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).

Signed by Boston Red Sox (November 27, 1989).

Granted free agency (October 19, 1993).

Signed by Cleveland Indians (February 7, 1994).

Granted free agency (October 25, 1994).

Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 13, 1994).

Granted free agency (November 2, 1995).

Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 6, 1995).

Granted free agency (November 18, 1996).

Signed by Chicago White Sox (January 10, 1997).

Traded by Chicago White Sox to Houston Astros in exchange for Julien Tucker (August
15, 1997).

Granted free agency (October 30, 1997).

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