Carlos Pena Stats

Carlos Pena was born on Wednesday, May 17, 1978, in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic. Pena was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 5, 2001, with the Texas Rangers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Carlos Pena baseball stats page.

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"A game like today (6-for-6 on May 27, 2004), I was definitely very blessed. Things like that don't happen. They don't happen. They are very rare." - Carlos Peņa

Carlos Pena

Carlos Pena Autograph on a 2003 Upper Deck SP (#083/100)

Carlos Pena Autograph on a 2003 Upper Deck SP (#083/100)

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Birth Name:   Carlos Felipe Peņa (Twitter: @Plakata)
Nickname:   None
Born On:   05-17-1978  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Haverhill High School (Haverhill, MA)
College:   Wright State University & Northeastern University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   225
First Game:   09-05-2001 (Age 23)
Last Game:   07-12-2014
Draft:   1998 : 1st Round (10th)

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Carlos Pena Pitching Stats

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Carlos Pena Hitting Stats

2001 23 Rangers 22 62 6 16 4 1 3 0 12 10 0 17 0 0 0 1 .258 .361 .500
2002 24 Athletics 40 124 12 27 4 0 7 0 16 15 0 38 0 1 1 2 .218 .305 .419
2002 24 Tigers 75 273 31 69 13 4 12 0 36 26 0 73 0 1 2 5 .253 .321 .462
2003 25 Tigers 131 452 51 112 21 6 18 1 50 53 1 123 1 4 6 6 .248 .332 .440
2004 26 Tigers 142 481 89 116 22 4 27 2 82 70 2 146 2 5 3 11 .241 .338 .472
2005 27 Tigers 79 260 37 61 9 0 18 0 44 31 2 95 0 0 4 3 .235 .325 .477
2006 28 Red Sox 18 33 3 9 2 0 1 0 3 4 0 10 0 0 0 1 .273 .351 .424
2007 29 Devil Rays 148 490 99 138 29 1 46 2 121 103 10 142 1 8 10 7 .282 .411 .627
2008 30 Rays 139 490 76 121 24 2 31 0 102 96 7 166 0 9 12 6 .247 .377 .494
2009 31 Rays 135 471 91 107 25 2 39 1 100 87 11 163 0 3 9 5 .227 .356 .537
2010 32 Rays 144 484 64 95 18 0 28 1 84 87 4 158 0 4 7 2 .196 .325 .407
2011 33 Cubs 153 493 72 111 27 3 28 0 80 101 7 161 1 7 4 6 .225 .357 .462
2012 34 Rays 160 497 72 98 17 2 19 1 61 87 2 182 0 0 13 10 .197 .332 .354
2013 35 Astros 85 277 38 58 13 1 8 0 25 43 5 89 1 0 4 2 .209 .324 .350
2013 35 Royals 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2014 36 Rangers 18 59 4 8 3 0 1 0 2 4 0 11 0 0 0 1 .136 .190 .237
14 Years 1,493 4,949 745 1,146 231 26 286 8 818 817 51 1,577 6 42 75 68 .232 .346 .462

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Carlos Pena Fielding Stats

2001 Rangers 1B 16 16 426 155 9.7 153 138 15 2 13 n/a n/a n/a .987 9.70
2002 Athletics 1B 40 39 1,017 394 9.9 393 351 42 1 25 n/a n/a n/a .997 10.43
2002 Tigers 1B 73 72 1,916 691 9.5 688 659 29 3 71 n/a n/a n/a .996 9.70
2003 Tigers 1B 128 124 3,284 1,239 9.7 1,226 1,135 91 13 130 n/a n/a n/a .990 10.08
2004 Tigers 1B 135 131 3,477 1,225 9.1 1,219 1,142 77 6 128 n/a n/a n/a .995 9.47
2005 Tigers 1B 51 49 1,287 456 8.9 453 418 35 3 46 n/a n/a n/a .993 9.50
2006 Red Sox 1B 17 8 240 87 5.1 86 81 5 1 15 n/a n/a n/a .989 9.68
2006 Red Sox LF 1 1 21 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2007 Devil Rays 1B 144 137 3,663 1,192 8.3 1,184 1,054 130 8 116 n/a n/a n/a .993 8.73
2008 Rays 1B 132 131 3,507 1,099 8.3 1,097 991 106 2 117 n/a n/a n/a .998 8.45
2009 Rays 1B 133 129 3,465 1,136 8.5 1,126 1,055 71 10 102 n/a n/a n/a .991 8.77
2010 Rays 1B 142 135 3,642 1,163 8.2 1,157 1,074 83 6 95 n/a n/a n/a .995 8.58
2011 Cubs 1B 153 142 3,774 1,212 7.9 1,204 1,116 88 8 104 n/a n/a n/a .993 8.61
2012 Rays 1B 153 134 3,711 1,284 8.4 1,277 1,182 95 7 119 n/a n/a n/a .995 9.29
2013 Astros 1B 44 43 1,134 423 9.6 423 393 30 0 46 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.07
2013 Royals 1B 2 0 15 6 3.0 6 6 0 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.80
2014 Rangers 1B 16 16 414 115 7.2 114 105 9 1 12 n/a n/a n/a .991 7.43
1B Totals 1,379 1,306 34,972 11,877 8.6 11,806 10,900 906 71 1,141 n/a n/a n/a .994 9.11
LF Totals 1 1 21 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
14 Years 1,380 1,307 34,993 11,877 8.6 11,806 10,900 906 71 1,141 n/a n/a n/a .994 9.11

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Carlos Pena Miscellaneous Stats

2001 Rangers 0 0 .000 5 0 1 20.7 3.6 5.2 - - -
2002 Athletics 0 0 .000 0 0 0 17.7 3.3 7.8 - - -
2002 Tigers 2 2 .500 1 0 2 22.8 3.7 7.6 - - -
2003 Tigers 4 5 .444 3 0 1 25.1 3.7 9.0 - - -
2004 Tigers 7 1 .875 6 0 5 17.8 3.3 5.9 - - -
2005 Tigers 0 1 .000 5 1 24 14.4 2.7 5.9 - - -
2006 Red Sox 0 0 .000 1 1 0 33.0 3.3 11.0 - - -
2007 Devil Rays 1 0 1.000 2 0 3 10.7 3.5 4.0 - - -
2008 Rays 1 1 .500 2 0 6 15.8 3.0 4.8 - - -
2009 Rays 3 3 .500 3 0 0 12.1 2.9 4.7 - - -
2010 Rays 5 1 .833 0 0 2 17.3 3.1 5.8 - - -
2011 Cubs 2 2 .500 6 1 0 17.6 3.1 6.2 - - -
2012 Rays 2 3 .400 12 0 1 26.2 2.7 8.1 - - -
2013 Astros 1 3 .250 5 0 38 34.6 3.1 11.1 - - -
2013 Royals 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0.0 1.0 0.0 - - -
2014 Rangers 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 59.0 5.4 29.5 - - -
14 Years 29 22 .569 55 3 83 17.3 3.1 6.1 - - -

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Carlos Pena Miscellaneous Items of Interest

2001 Texas Rangers 15 $200,000.00 - -
2002 Oakland Athletics 2 $202,000.00 - -
2002 Detroit Tigers 43 "     "     - -
2003 Detroit Tigers 12 $310,000.00 - -
2004 Detroit Tigers 12 $330,000.00 - -
2005 Detroit Tigers 12 $2,575,000.00 - -
2006 Boston Red Sox 37 $1,550,000.00 - -
2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 23 $800,000.00 - -
2008 Tampa Bay Rays 23 $6,000,000.00 - Stats
2009 Tampa Bay Rays 23 $8,000,000.00 Stats -
2010 Tampa Bay Rays 23 $10,125,000.00 - -
2011 Chicago Cubs 22 $10,000,000.00 - -
2012 Tampa Bay Rays 23 $7,250,000.00 - -
2013 Houston Astros 12 $2,900,000.00 - -
2013 Kansas City Royals 23 "     "     - -
2014 Texas Rangers 21 $1,750,000.00 - -

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Carlos Felipe Pena was a Major League Baseball player for the Texas Rangers (2001), Oakland Athletics (2002), Detroit Tigers (2002-2005), Boston Red Sox (2006), Tampa Bay Rays (2007-2010, 2012), Chicago Cubs (2011), Houston Astros (2013) and Kansas City Royals (2013).

On May 27, 2004, Carlos Pena went six-for-six in a game, the fifth Detroit Tigers player to do so, and the first since Damion Easley, on August 8, 2001. Pena batted in the eighth spot in the batting order and his six hits were the most from the eighth spot since Wilbert Robinson collected seven hits on June 10, 1892!

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Carlos Pena | 2008 Bowman Baseball Card (#60) | Baseball Almanac Collection

Did you know that when Carlos Pena won a Gold Glove Award for First Basemen in 2008, it was the first one ever won - at any position - by a Tampa Bay Rays player? Did you know a year earlier, in 2007, Pena won a Silver Slugger Award (best batting average by any American League first baseman), which was also the first one ever won by a Rays player?