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Orlando Pena

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Full Name: Orlando Gregorio (Quevara) Pena Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/154 First Game: August 24, 1958
Birthdate: November 17, 1933 Final Game: May 1, 1975
Birthplace: Victoria de las Tunas, Cuba MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on November 17, 1933 in Victoria de las Tunas, Cuba, Orlando Pena (Orlando Gregorio (Quevara) Pena) played for the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals and California Angels over the course of his 14 year career. Pena broke into the bigs on August 24, 1958 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 4.76 ERA in 136 innings pitched in 1959, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Orlando Pena's best season was 1964, when he posted a 4.43 ERA, won 12 games and struck out 184 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1958 CIN N 9 0 1 0 .60 11 1 1 0 0 3 15 10 0 4 1 0 0
1959 CIN N 46 8 5 9 4.76 76 80 72 1 0 5 136 150 26 39 5 1 0
1960 CIN N 4 0 0 1 2.89 9 3 3 0 0 0 9.1 8 0 3 2 0 0
1962 KC A 13 12 6 4 3.01 56 31 30 6 1 0 89.2 71 9 27 2 3 1
1963 KC A 35 33 12 20 3.69 128 93 89 9 3 0 217 218 24 53 2 4 5
1964 KC A 40 32 12 14 4.43 184 126 108 5 0 0 219.1 231 40 73 2 6 8
1965 KC A 12 5 0 6 6.88 24 30 27 0 0 0 35.1 42 4 13 0 0 2
1965 DET A 30 0 4 6 2.51 55 18 16 0 0 4 57.1 54 5 20 5 3 1
1965 TOT A 42 5 4 12 4.18 79 48 43 0 0 4 92.2 96 9 33 5 3 3
1966 DET A 54 0 4 2 3.08 79 47 37 0 0 7 108 105 16 35 6 8 5
1967 DET A 2 0 0 1 13.50 2 3 3 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 1
1967 CLE A 48 1 0 3 3.36 72 34 33 0 0 8 88.1 67 8 22 5 3 1
1967 TOT A 50 1 0 4 3.59 74 37 36 0 0 8 90.1 72 8 22 5 3 2
1970 PIT N 23 0 2 1 4.78 25 21 20 0 0 2 37.2 38 6 7 2 0 1
1971 BAL A 5 0 0 1 3.07 4 7 5 0 0 0 14.2 16 0 5 1 0 0
1973 STL N 42 0 4 4 2.18 38 17 15 0 0 6 62 60 3 14 4 1 0
1973 BAL A 11 2 1 1 4.03 23 20 20 0 0 1 44.2 36 10 8 1 0 2
1973 Total 53 2 5 5 2.95 61 37 35 0 0 7 106.2 96 13 22 5 1 2
1974 STL N 42 0 5 2 2.60 23 15 13 0 0 1 45 45 0 20 3 1 1
1974 CAL A 4 0 0 0 .00 5 0 0 0 0 3 8 6 0 1 0 0 0
1974 Total 46 0 5 2 2.21 28 15 13 0 0 4 53 51 0 21 3 1 1
1975 CAL A 7 0 0 2 2.13 4 3 3 0 0 0 12.2 13 0 8 1 1 0
Total NL 166 8 17 17 3.66 182 137 124 1 0 17 305 311 35 87 17 3 2
Total AL 261 85 39 60 3.72 636 412 371 20 4 23 897 864 116 265 25 28 26
Total 427 93 56 77 3.71 818 549 495 21 4 40 1202 1175 151 352 42 31 28

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1958 CIN N P 9 0 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 CIN N P 46 8 136 12 16 1 1 0 0 7 5 1 .966
1960 CIN N P 4 0 9.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1962 KC A P 13 12 89.2 5 9 1 0 0 0 6 4 0 .933
1963 KC A P 35 33 217 11 26 0 0 0 0 15 5 0 1.000
1964 KC A P 40 32 219.1 6 27 7 2 0 2 17 1 1 .825
1965 KC A P 12 5 35.1 1 5 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 .857
1965 DET A P 30 0 57.1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .889
1965 TOT A P 42 5 92.2 4 10 2 0 0 1 6 2 0 .875
1966 DET A P 54 0 108 8 26 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 .971
1967 DET A P 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
1967 CLE A P 48 1 88.1 7 11 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 .947
1967 TOT A P 50 1 90.1 7 11 2 0 0 2 3 0 1 .900
1970 PIT N P 23 0 37.2 4 8 3 1 0 0 1 5 0 .800
1971 BAL A P 5 0 14.2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .750
1973 STL N P 42 0 62 1 12 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1.000
1973 BAL A P 11 2 44.2 3 7 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 .909
1973 Total P 53 2 106.2 4 19 1 0 0 1 7 2 0 .958
1974 STL N P 42 0 45 2 5 0 2 0 0 4 3 0 1.000
1974 CAL A P 4 0 8 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 Total P 46 0 53 2 7 0 4 0 0 4 3 0 1.000
1975 CAL A P 7 0 12.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 .000
Total P 427 93 1202 64 163 19 11 0 7 73 32 3 .923

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1958 CIN N 9 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 CIN N 46 34 3 3 0 3 .088 .205 .118 1 0 5 20 0 5 0 0 0
1960 CIN N 4 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 KC A 13 31 2 5 0 4 .161 .206 .161 0 0 2 19 0 0 0 0 2
1963 KC A 35 62 3 9 1 8 .145 .221 .194 0 0 6 24 0 10 0 0 0
1964 KC A 42 75 4 12 1 6 .160 .200 .213 1 0 4 33 0 3 0 0 1
1965 KC A 12 9 0 1 0 0 .111 .200 .111 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
1965 DET A 30 8 0 2 0 0 .250 .333 .250 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
1965 TOT A 42 17 0 3 0 0 .176 .263 .176 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 0
1966 DET A 54 18 0 2 0 0 .111 .111 .111 0 0 0 8 0 2 0 0 0
1967 DET A 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CLE A 48 8 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 1
1967 TOT A 50 8 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 1
1970 PIT N 23 6 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
1971 BAL A 5 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1973 STL N 42 7 0 1 0 1 .143 .143 .143 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
1973 BAL A 11 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 Total 53 7 0 1 0 1 .143 .143 .143 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
1974 STL N 42 2 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CAL A 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 Total 46 2 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CAL A 7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 166 50 3 5 0 4 .100 .182 .120 1 0 5 29 0 7 0 0 0
Total AL 263 214 9 31 2 18 .145 .196 .178 1 0 14 97 0 17 0 0 4
Total 429 264 12 36 2 22 .136 .193 .167 2 0 19 126 0 24 0 0 4

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds with cash to Toronto (International) in exchange for Ken Johnson (July 21, 1961).
  • Traded by Milwaukee Braves to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Bill Kunkel and Leo Posada (August 3, 1962).
  • Claimed on waivers by Detroit Tigers from Kansas City Athletics (June 23, 1965).
  • Sold by Detroit Tigers to Cleveland Indians (May 6, 1967).
  • Sold by Cleveland Indians to Seattle Pilots (July 9, 1968).
  • Sold by Seattle Pilots to Kansas City Royals (September 8, 1968).
  • Released by Kansas City Royals (April 6, 1970).
  • Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (June 9, 1970).
  • Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (August 26, 1970).
  • Signed by Baltimore Orioles (March 16, 1971).
  • Sold by Baltimore Orioles to St. Louis Cardinals (June 15, 1973).
  • Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to California Angels in exchange for a player to be named later (September 5, 1974); St. Louis Cardinals received Rich Hand (October 15, 1974).
  • Released by California Angels (May 5, 1975).

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