Ramón Arturo Peña Padilla (born May 5, 1962) is a Dominican former professional baseball

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who played one season for the

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of the

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(MLB). He is the brother of former MLB

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Tony Peña Antonio Francisco Peña Padilla (; born June 4, 1957) is a Dominican former professional baseball player, manager and coach. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Pirates, Cardinals, Red Sox, Indians, White Sox, and Astro ...

and the uncle of former

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Tony Peña Jr. Tony Francisco Peña (born March 23, 1981) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. Peña played shortstop until the 2009 season, when he converted to pitching. When he retired from playing, Peña moved on to coaching. He is curre ...

Career

He was initially signed by the

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as an amateur free agent in , but was released prior to the start of the season. In 1984 he was signed by the Tigers, spending five seasons in their

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organization before making his major league debut in . Since Ramón was in the

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while Tony was playing for the St. Louis Cardinals of the

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, and since

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didn't begin until , the two brothers never played against each other in the major leagues. His career was much shorter and less successful than those of his two relatives. In eight career regular season games, had a lifetime

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of 6.00, allowing twelve

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s in eighteen

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, as well as a

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of 1.89. Although he didn't earn a

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in any of his eight appearances, he didn't pitch a game in which his team earned the

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. He made his major league debut on April 27, against the

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. Peña surrendered three runs on seven hits in 2 innings in a relief appearance in a 10-3 Tigers loss. Oddly, despite his rather high 6.00 earned run average, he did not surrender a

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to any of the 88 batters he faced in the major leagues. During his five seasons in the Tigers' farm system, Peña served as a part-time closer for the Class-A

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of the

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, the Double-A

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of the Southern League, and the Triple-A

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of the

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before being recalled in 1989 to play for the Tigers. In the minor leagues, Peña had a lifetime record of 34-33, an ERA of 3.05, as well as 50 saves. Peña served as the Tigers’ special assistant to general manager Dave Dombrowski until he was fired on May 17, .

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pena, Ramon 1962 births Living people Águilas Cibaeñas players Baseball players at the 1979 Pan American Games Birmingham Barons players Detroit Tigers players Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Mexico Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States Dominican Republic national baseball team players Gulf Coast Pirates players Glens Falls Tigers players Industriales de Monterrey players Lakeland Tigers players Major League Baseball pitchers Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic Mexican League baseball pitchers Pan American Games medalists in baseball Pan American Games silver medalists for the Dominican Republic Baseball players from Santiago de los Caballeros Saraperos de Saltillo players Toledo Mud Hens players Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games

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