Ángel Peña (baseball)

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This article is about the Major League Baseball catcher. For the musician, see Ángel Peña (musician).

Ángel Peña
Catcher
Born: (1975-02-16) February 16, 1975 San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 8, 1998 for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
June 1, 2001 for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Career statistics
AGV	.209
Hits	39
Strikeouts	47
Teams
Los Angeles Dodgers (1998–1999, 2001) Hanwha Eagles (2004)

Ángel Peña [PAY-nyah] (born February 16, 1975, in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic), was a Major League Baseball catcher.

Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1992, Peña made his major league debut with the Dodgers on September 8, 1998, and appeared in his final game on June 1, 2001.

At one point in his career, Peña was heralded as the catcher of the future for the Dodgers. He initially was to take the spot of the traded Mike Piazza. However, poor conditioning and the emergence of future All-Star Paul Lo Duca spelled the end of Peña's days as a Dodger, and subsequently as a major league catcher. Pena was released by the Dodgers on October 15, 2001. He briefly played in the San Francisco Giants minor league system and in independent baseball leagues after that but is now out of baseball.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Persondata
Name	Peña, Ángel
Alternative names
Short description	Baseball player
Date of birth	February 16, 1975
Place of birth	San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
Date of death
Place of death

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