Tony Peña (pitcher)
| Ramon Peña | |||
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Peña with the Arizona Diamondbacks
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| Free agent | |||
| Relief pitcher | |||
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Born: January 9, 1982 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 18, 2006, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2011) |
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| Win–loss record | 23–19 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.43 | ||
| Strikeouts | 264 | ||
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Ramon Antonio Peña (born January 9, 1982, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic), is a Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent.
He throws a 4-seam and 2-seam fastball, slider, and a changeup. Pena's slider is considered to have above average break, and his 4-seam fastball is better than his stats would indicate, judging by velocity and control.
Peña was signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks as an undrafted free agent on June 13, 2002. Peña played under the identity of his nephew Adriano Rosario in his first two seasons of Double-A baseball.
He made his major league debut on July 18, 2006. As a rookie, he went 3–4 with a 5.58 ERA over 30 2⁄3 innings. He struck out 21, while walking eight and giving up six home runs. After boasting a 1.04 ERA in the month of July, Peña struggled in August with a 6.59 ERA and September with a 9.82 ERA. In the last month of the season, he posted two scoreless outings over six appearances.
Peña made the Major League roster out of spring training for the first time in his career in 2007. He made his season debut on April 3 against the Colorado Rockies, tossing two scoreless innings of relief. He earned his first win on April 18, pitching a perfect inning of relief. He finished the month of May going 2–1 with a 1.88 ERA with three holds. Peña picked up his first save of the season on May 8 against the Philadelphia Phillies, second of career. He pitched 12 scoreless innings of relief from June 5 to 28, the longest streak of the season by a D-backs reliever. He ranks fourth in franchise history with 32 career holds and is second on the single-season franchise record list with 30 holds, 5 behind Brandon Lyon. Peña picked up his first Major League hit on May 25 against the Houston Astros, a RBI single to right field.
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