What years did Alejandro Peña play?

Alejandro Peña played in Major League Baseball from 1981 to 1996.

Was Alejandro Peña a pitcher?

Yes. Alejandro Peña pitched in the major leagues, recording 56 wins and 839 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Alejandro Peña hit?

Alejandro Peña hit 1 career home runs with 20 hits.

What was Alejandro Peña's career batting average?

Alejandro Peña batted .110 over his career, with 20 hits in 181 at bats.

How many RBI did Alejandro Peña have?

Alejandro Peña drove in 7 runs in his career.

What was Alejandro Peña's career ERA?

Alejandro Peña finished with a 3.11 career ERA, going 56-52 with 839 strikeouts.

Alejandro Peña

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1981-1996)

Alejandro Peña was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1981 to 1996 for 6 teams, including the Los Angeles Dodgers, a span of 16 seasons. Across 503 career appearances, he went 56-52 with a 3.11 ERA, 839 strikeouts, and 74 saves. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 22404.4.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 56–52

ERA 3.11

WHIP 1.22

SO 839

Pitcher PIV 22404.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 200 lb
Born: 6/25/1959 in Cambiaso, Puerto Plata, D.R.
MLB Debut: 1981-08-13
Last Game: 1996-04-13

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Career Pitching Statistics

Alejandro Peña — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
56	52	503	72	12	7	74	1057.2	959	365	75	331	839	3.11	22404.4

Career ERA 3.11 vs. league average 3.99 across their career seasons — 22.2% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Alejandro Peña Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1981	LAN	NL	1	1	14	0	0	0	2	25.1	18	8	11	14	2.84	3.58 (+21%)	-152.3
1982	LAN	NL	0	2	29	0	0	0	0	35.2	37	19	21	20	4.79	3.86 (-24%)	-277.8
1983	LAN	NL	12	9	34	26	4	3	1	177.0	152	54	51	120	2.75	3.87 (+29%)	4942.9
1984	LAN	NL	12	6	28	28	8	4	0	199.1	186	55	46	135	2.48	3.81 (+35%)	6242.5
1985	LAN	NL	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	4.1	7	4	3	2	8.31	—	0.0
1986	LAN	NL	1	2	24	10	0	0	1	70.0	74	38	30	46	4.89	3.97 (-23%)	129.4
1987	LAN	NL	2	7	37	7	0	0	11	87.1	82	34	37	76	3.50	4.29 (+18%)	1074.7
1988	LAN	NL	6	7	60	0	0	0	12	94.1	75	20	27	83	1.91	3.73 (+49%)	3083.7
1989	LAN	NL	4	3	53	0	0	0	5	76.0	62	18	18	75	2.13	3.71 (+43%)	2133.0
1990	NYN	NL	3	3	52	0	0	0	5	76.0	71	27	22	76	3.20	3.86 (+17%)	2819.1
1991	NYN	NL	6	1	44	0	0	0	4	63.0	63	19	19	49	2.71	3.91 (+31%)	1076.2
1991	ATL	NL	2	0	15	0	0	0	11	19.1	11	3	3	13	1.40	3.91 (+64%)	612.6
1992	ATL	NL	1	6	41	0	0	0	15	42.0	40	19	13	34	4.07	3.75 (-9%)	-539.6
1994	PIT	NL	3	2	22	0	0	0	7	28.2	22	16	10	27	5.02	4.51 (-11%)	215.7
1995	BOS	AL	1	1	17	0	0	0	0	24.1	33	20	12	25	7.40	4.45 (-66%)	-455.1
1995	FLO	NL	2	0	13	0	0	0	0	18.0	11	3	3	21	1.50	4.45 (+66%)	784.4
1995	ATL	NL	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	13.0	11	6	4	18	4.15	4.45 (+7%)	714.9
1996	FLO	NL	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	2	1	5	4.50	—	0.0
Career · 18 seasons			56	52	503	72	12	7	74	1,057.2	959	365	331	839	3.11	—	22,404

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Alejandro Peña — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
503	181	9	20	3	0	1	7	0	3	73	.110	.125	.144	.269	-1,195

Career AVG .110 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 57.5% below league average.

Career OBP .125 vs. league average .327 across their career seasons — 61.7% below league average.

Career SLG .144 vs. league average .394 across their career seasons — 63.5% below league average.

Career OPS .269 vs. league average .720 across their career seasons — 62.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Alejandro Peña Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1981	LAN	NL	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	LAN	NL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	LAN	NL	34	60	2	6	0	1	4	0	21	.100	.260 (-62%)	.324 (-69%)	.389 (-61%)	.714 (-65%)	-615.1
1984	LAN	NL	28	66	5	8	3	0	1	2	26	.121	.259 (-53%)	.322 (-54%)	.384 (-57%)	.707 (-56%)	-580.3
1985	LAN	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	LAN	NL	24	17	0	3	0	0	1	0	6	.176	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	LAN	NL	37	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	.077	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	LAN	NL	60	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	LAN	NL	53	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	NYN	NL	52	6	2	1	0	0	1	1	3	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	NYN	NL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	ATL	NL	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	ATL	NL	41	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	PIT	NL	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	BOS	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	FLO	NL	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	ATL	NL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	FLO	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 18 seasons			503	181	9	20	3	1	7	3	73	.110	—	—	—	—	-1,195

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Alejandro Peña — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
23	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Alejandro Peña — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	H	AVG
1995	NLCS	ATL	3	0	0	.000
1995	NLDS1	ATL	3	0	0	.000
1995	WS	ATL	2	0	0	.000
1991	NLCS	ATL	4	0	0	.000
1991	WS	ATL	3	0	0	.000
1988	NLCS	LAN	3	0	0	.000
1988	WS	LAN	2	0	0	.000
1983	NLCS	LAN	1	1	1	1.000
1981	NLCS	LAN	2	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Alejandro Peña — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
4	3	23	0	4	31.0	23	7	14	28	2.03

Playoff Pitching by Year

Alejandro Peña — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1995	NLCS	ATL	0	0	3	0	3.0	2	0	1	4	0.00
1995	NLDS1	ATL	2	0	3	0	3.0	3	0	1	2	0.00
1995	WS	ATL	0	1	2	0	1.0	3	1	2	0	9.00
1991	NLCS	ATL	0	0	4	3	4.1	1	0	0	4	0.00
1991	WS	ATL	0	1	3	0	5.1	6	2	3	7	3.38
1988	NLCS	LAN	1	1	3	1	4.1	1	2	5	1	4.15
1988	WS	LAN	1	0	2	0	5.0	2	0	1	7	0.00
1983	NLCS	LAN	0	0	1	0	2.2	4	2	1	3	6.75
1981	NLCS	LAN	0	0	2	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Alejandro Peña — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	247	79	4	10	0	6	.127
Away	256	102	5	10	1	1	.098

Pitching — Home / Away

Alejandro Peña — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	247	515.0	461	167	157	399	2.92
Away	256	542.2	498	197	174	440	3.27

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Alejandro Peña — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1996-04-13	MIA	LAD	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1996-04-07	MIA	SFG	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1
1996-04-04	MIA	PIT	—	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	0
1996-04-02	MIA	PIT	L	1.0	2	3	0	0	0	1
1995-10-01	ATL	NYN	—	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1995-09-29	ATL	NYN	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1995-09-26	ATL	PHI	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1995-09-24	ATL	WSN	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1995-09-22	ATL	WSN	—	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0
1995-09-20	ATL	NYN	—	0.2	2	2	2	2	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Alejandro Peña — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	503	72	62	112	18	8

Season-by-Season Fielding

Alejandro Peña — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1981	LAN	P	14	0	1	5	1	0
1982	LAN	P	29	0	3	11	2	1
1983	LAN	P	34	26	13	32	4	4
1984	LAN	P	28	28	17	21	4	1
1985	LAN	P	2	1	0	1	1	0
1986	LAN	P	24	10	1	8	0	0
1987	LAN	P	37	7	4	1	1	0
1988	LAN	P	60	0	9	10	2	1
1989	LAN	P	53	0	1	5	1	0
1990	NYN	P	52	0	2	4	0	0
1991	NYN	P	44	0	5	7	1	0
1991	ATL	P	15	0	1	2	0	1
1992	ATL	P	41	0	2	1	0	0
1994	PIT	P	22	0	1	1	1	0
1995	BOS	P	17	0	1	1	0	0
1995	FLO	P	13	0	0	0	0	0
1995	ATL	P	14	0	1	2	0	0
1996	FLO	P	4	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Alejandro Peña Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	503

Awards & Honors

Alejandro Peña — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1992	Player of the Week	Week of 1992-07-11
1987	Player of the Week	Week of 1987-10-02

Salary History

Alejandro Peña — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1997	FLO	NL	$50,000
1996	FLO	NL	$750,000
1995	ATL	NL	$109,000
1995	BOS	AL	$450,000
1994	PIT	NL	$800,000
1993	PIT	NL	$675,000
1992	ATL	NL	$2,650,000
1991	NYN	NL	$1,000,000
1990	NYN	NL	$975,000
1989	LAN	NL	$875,000
1988	LAN	NL	$400,000
1987	LAN	NL	$280,000
1986	LAN	NL	$350,000
1985	LAN	NL	$350,000
Total Career Earnings			$9,714,000

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Alejandro Peña: the record in brief

Between the debut on August 13, 1981 and the final game on April 13, 1996, Alejandro Peña built the record summarized on this page. Peña played for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1981 through 1989), the New York Mets (1990 to 1991), the Atlanta Braves (1991 to 1995), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1994), the Boston Red Sox (1995), and the Florida Marlins (1995 to 1996). Born on June 25, 1959, in Cambiaso, Puerto Plata, D.R., Peña is listed as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. Size on record: 6'1" and 200 pounds.

Peña went 56-52 with a 3.11 ERA in 503 games, 72 of them starts. The totals include 839 strikeouts, 12 complete games, 7 shutouts, and 74 saves. Against a 3.99 league ERA for the same years, Peña was 22.2% better. Peña won 12 games in 1983, the most of any season listed. The strikeout high was 135 in 1984. The most saves in one season was 15, in 1992.

Frequently Asked Questions about Alejandro Peña

What years did Alejandro Peña play?: Alejandro Peña played in Major League Baseball from 1981 to 1996.
Was Alejandro Peña a pitcher?: Yes. Alejandro Peña pitched in the major leagues, recording 56 wins and 839 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Alejandro Peña hit?: Alejandro Peña hit 1 career home runs with 20 hits.
What was Alejandro Peña's career batting average?: Alejandro Peña batted .110 over his career, with 20 hits in 181 at bats.
How many RBI did Alejandro Peña have?: Alejandro Peña drove in 7 runs in his career.
What was Alejandro Peña's career ERA?: Alejandro Peña finished with a 3.11 career ERA, going 56-52 with 839 strikeouts.