Bert Peña

Adalberto "Bert" Peña Rivera (born July 11, 1959 in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the Houston Astros in 1981, and from 1983 to 1987. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 165 pounds (75 kg).

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Peña and the second or maternal family name is Rivera.
Bert Peña
Shortstop
Born: (1959-07-11) July 11, 1959
Santurce, Puerto Rico
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 14, 1981, for the Houston Astros
Last MLB appearance
July 19, 1987, for the Houston Astros
MLB statistics
Batting average.203
Home runs1
Runs batted in10
Teams

Career

Peña's professional career extended for 12 seasons, 1977–1988. Although he appeared in parts of six years in the Majors, he spent portions of each of those seasons with the Triple-A Tucson Toros. In 1984 he saw his most lengthy MLB service, appearing in 24 games played for Houston, and collecting his only big-league home run, hit off Ricky Horton of the St. Louis Cardinals on September 2 at Busch Stadium; it was Houston's only run in a 4–1 defeat.[1]

In 88 Major League games, Peña collected 31 hits, four of them doubles. He batted .231 in 1,224 minor league games.

Personal life

Bert's son, Roberto, is a professional baseball player.[2]

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See also

References
  1. Retrosheet
  2. http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/2014/11/07/catching-prospect-roberto-pena-has-link-to-astros/


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