Bert Peña Baseball player

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).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.In 88 Major League games, Peña collected 31 hits, four of them doubles. He batted .231 in 1,224 minor league games.Bert's son, Roberto Peña, is a minor league catcher for the Astros.

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Birth dateJuly 11, 1959
Birth place
Santurce San Juan Puerto Rico

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 14, 1981
Career endJuly 19, 1987
batting sideRight
former teams
Houston Astros
position
Shortstop
teams
Houston Astros
throwing sideRight

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