Carlos Pena stats

Last played for the Texas Rangers, 2014

First Baseman · #21

Age 48 · 6' 2"

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Carlos Pena played 14 MLB seasons, 2001 to 2014.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
1,493
AB
4,949
R
745
H
1,146
HR
286
RBI
818
SB
29
AVG
.232

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
2001TEX22626163120.258
2002ATH/DET115397439619522.242
2003DET1314525111218504.248
2004DET1424818911627827.241
2005DET79260376118440.235
2006BOS183339130.273
2007TB14849099138461211.282
2008TB13949076121311021.247
2009TB13547191107391003.227
2010TB144484649528845.196
2011CHC1534937211128802.225
2012TB160497729819612.197
2013HOU/KC8928038588251.207
2014TEX185948121.136

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
19
AB
67
R
13
H
18
HR
4
RBI
14
SB
3
AVG
.269

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
5,893
TB
2,287
XBH
543
HBP
75
IBB
51
GIDP
71
P/PA
3.95

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
2001TEX723180010
2002ATH/DET443178403074.0
2003DET516199456163.8
2004DET5622275332114.1
2005DET295124274233.9
2006BOS371430013.6
2007TB61230776101074
2008TB6072425712764.0
2009TB5702536691154
2010TB582197467424.0
2011CHC606228584764.1
2012TB60017638132104.1
2013HOU/KC32897224554.0
2014TEX631440013.4

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
22.3
RC
822.7
RC/27
5.60
ISOP
.231
SECA
.397
BB/K
0.52
AB/HR
17.3
GO/FO
0.60

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
2001TEX0.211.26.5.2420.40.620.70
2002ATH/DET0.855.84.8.2070.30.420.90
2003DET1.066.75.1.1920.30.425.10
2004DET2.578.35.5.2310.40.517.80.7
2005DET-0.140.45.4.2420.40.314.40.6
2006BOS0.14.85.1.1520.30.4330.9
2007TB6.8125.19.2.3450.60.710.70.6
2008TB4.896.46.8.2470.40.615.80.5
2009TB2.892.36.6.3100.50.512.10.4
2010TB1.770.94.8.2110.40.617.30.8
2011CHC2.386.85.9.2370.40.617.60.6
2012TB0.461.74.1570.30.526.20.6
2013HOU/KC-0.531.83.7.1390.30.5351.1
2014TEX-0.51.80.9.1020.20.4590.7

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
48 yearsMay 17, 1978
Height
6' 2"
Debut
2001
Birthplace
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Draft
1998Rd 1, Pk 10
College
Northeastern
AL Gold Glove
2008
AL Silver Slugger
2007

Brother of Tony Pena · All MLB brothers

Latest performance

Carlos Pena

Jul 12 · vs LAA · L 5-2

AB
4
R
1
H
1
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
0
SO
2
AVG
.136

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Sat, Jul 12vsLAAL 5-241100
Fri, Jul 11vsLAAL 3-040000
Thu, Jul 10vsLAAL 15-640000
Wed, Jul 09vsHOUL 8-410000
Tue, Jul 08vsHOUL 8-340000
Mon, Jul 07vsHOUL 12-730200

What were Carlos Pena's career stats?

Carlos Pena played 14 seasons for the Rangers, the Tigers, the Red Sox, the Rays and the Cubs. He was a career .232 hitter with 1,146 hits, 286 home runs and 818 RBI. His best season was 2007: a .282 batting average, 46 home runs and 121 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

14 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2001 to 2014

Carlos Pena finished top 10 in a stat 4 times.

Awards

All-time career rank

  • 193rd in home runs (286)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Carlos Pena

Playoff series

Carlos Pena played 19 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 4 series — 2 won, 2 lost.

Carlos Pena's line in each playoff series
AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
2010TEXLost 2-2414414
2008CHWWon 2-1310502
2008BOSWon 4-3726736
2008PHILost 1-4517202

What the columns mean: AB · H · HR · RBI

Carlos Pena’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.