Brayan Peña Notable

b. January 7, 1982 · Atlanta Braves 2005–2008, Kansas City Royals 2009–2012, Detroit Tigers 2013, Cincinnati Reds 2014–2015, St. Louis Cardinals 2016

Brayan Peña played for five clubs across 12 seasons as a catcher, opening with the Atlanta Braves in 2005 and closing with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2016.

Across 638 games he batted .259, with 468 hits and 136 runs. He finished with 23 home runs, 93 doubles and 6 stolen bases.

He played 437 games behind the plate, with 2,911 putouts and 16 errors. He turned 27 double plays.

He was born in Havana, La Habana, Cuba on January 7, 1982. He batted both ways and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Player of the Week	1	2010

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
2005	ATL	18	39	2	7	2	0	0	4	1	7	0	.179
2006	ATL	23	41	9	11	2	0	1	5	2	5	0	.268
2007	ATL	16	33	2	7	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	.212
2008	ATL	14	14	3	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	.286
2009	KCR	64	165	17	45	10	0	6	18	12	18	0	.273
2010	KCR	60	158	11	40	10	0	1	19	12	27	2	.253
2011	KCR	72	222	17	55	11	0	3	24	12	24	0	.248
2012	KCR	68	212	16	50	10	1	2	25	9	24	0	.236
2013	DET	71	229	19	68	11	0	4	22	6	26	0	.297
2014	CIN	115	348	23	88	18	1	5	26	20	42	2	.253
2015	CIN	108	333	17	91	17	0	0	18	29	34	2	.273
2016	STL	9	13	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	.154
Career	—	638	1807	136	468	93	2	23	164	105	214	6	.259

On this day & linked events

1982

Born January 7, 1982

Havana, La Habana, Cuba

2005

Major-league debut: Brayan Peña

Brayan Peña made a major-league debut on May 23, 2005.

2016

Final major-league game: Brayan Peña

Brayan Peña played a final major-league game on September 26, 2016.

Image: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0