Peña spent all of 1959 on the Cincinnati roster, and got into 46 games. But his effectiveness declined, and he would bounce between Triple-A and the majors for the next three seasons. Acquired by the Kansas City Athletics in August 1962, Peña was plugged into the second-division team's starting rotation and won six of ten decisions, posted a solid 3.01 earned run average and threw six complete games, including a three-hit shutout against the Angels on August 29.[3] He continued to take a turn in the Kansas City rotation for the next two seasons and won a dozen games each year for the struggling Athletics, but he also led the American League in games lost (20) in 1963 and home runs allowed (40) in 1964. When he lost his first six decisions of 1965, Peña was waived to the Tigers, where he became an effective relief pitcher through the end of 1966.
In 1967, Peña registered a career-high eight saves for the Tigers and Indians with an earned run average of 3.59, but Cleveland sent him back to the minors in 1968 and Peña would not return to the majors until June 1970 when he signed as a free agent with the Pirates. Working out of the Pittsburgh bullpen, he was successful for his first month with club, but rocky outings during August ruined his Pirate tenure and he was released August 26. The 37-year-old Peña was not ready to retire, however. He signed with the Baltimore Orioles' organization for 1971 and was highly effective in minor league assignments (winning 33 games, losing eight, and posting a brilliant 1.14 earned run average in 317 innings pitched) through 1972. He was mediocre in two trials for the Orioles, but, upon being acquired by the Cardinals on June 15, 1973, he became a key part of the Redbirds' bullpen, appearing in 84 games and notching nine wins and seven saves with a 2.36 ERA before being sent to his final MLB destination, the Angels, in September 1974. The Angels released him the following May, but Peña continued pitching in the minors for the next two seasons, and made an abbreviated comeback at age 45 with the Miami Amigos in the 1979 Triple-A Inter-American League. His professional pitching career in organized baseball encompassed 22 years.
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For the musician and composer see Orlando Pena musician In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Pena and the second or maternal family name is Guevara Orlando Gregorio Pena Guevara born November 17 1933 is a Cuban former professional baseball pitcher The right hander played in Major League Baseball for all or parts of 14 seasons between 1958 and 1975 for the Cincinnati Reds Kansas City Athletics Detroit Tigers Cleveland Indians Pittsburgh Pirates Baltimore Orioles St Louis Cardinals and California Angels 1 Born in Victoria de Las Tunas he was listed as 5 feet 11 inches 1 80 m tall and 154 pounds 70 kg Orlando PenaPena in 1966PitcherBorn 1933 11 17 November 17 1933 age 90 Las Tunas CubaBatted RightThrew RightMLB debutAugust 24 1958 for the Cincinnati RedlegsLast MLB appearanceMay 1 1975 for the California AngelsMLB statisticsWin loss record56 77Earned run average3 71Strikeouts818TeamsCincinnati Redlegs Reds 1958 1960 Kansas City Athletics 1962 1965 Detroit Tigers 1965 1967 Cleveland Indians 1967 Pittsburgh Pirates 1970 Baltimore Orioles 1971 1973 St Louis Cardinals 1973 1974 California Angels 1974 1975 Member of the CaribbeanBaseball Hall of FameInduction2000 Contents 1 Baseball career 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksBaseball career editPena was one of many Cuban players who entered the Cincinnati Redlegs minor league system in the mid 1950s when the National League club affiliated with the Havana Sugar Kings of the Triple A International League After four successful years in the Florida State Carolina and International leagues he was recalled by Cincinnati in August 1958 and was the winning pitcher in his MLB debut on August 24 Coming into a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in relief in the eighth inning with the Redlegs trailing 5 4 he held the Dodgers to one hit and no runs and struck out three in two full innings of work When Cincinnati s Frank Robinson hit a two run home run in the ninth inning Pena emerged as the winning hurler 2 He also earned the first three saves of his MLB career before the 1958 campaign ended Pena spent all of 1959 on the Cincinnati roster and got into 46 games But his effectiveness declined and he would bounce between Triple A and the majors for the next three seasons Acquired by the Kansas City Athletics in August 1962 Pena was plugged into the second division team s starting rotation and won six of ten decisions posted a solid 3 01 earned run average and threw six complete games including a three hit shutout against the Angels on August 29 3 He continued to take a turn in the Kansas City rotation for the next two seasons and won a dozen games each year for the struggling Athletics but he also led the American League in games lost 20 in 1963 and home runs allowed 40 in 1964 When he lost his first six decisions of 1965 Pena was waived to the Tigers where he became an effective relief pitcher through the end of 1966 In 1967 Pena registered a career high eight saves for the Tigers and Indians with an earned run average of 3 59 but Cleveland sent him back to the minors in 1968 and Pena would not return to the majors until June 1970 when he signed as a free agent with the Pirates Working out of the Pittsburgh bullpen he was successful for his first month with club but rocky outings during August ruined his Pirate tenure and he was released August 26 The 37 year old Pena was not ready to retire however He signed with the Baltimore Orioles organization for 1971 and was highly effective in minor league assignments winning 33 games losing eight and posting a brilliant 1 14 earned run average in 317 innings pitched through 1972 He was mediocre in two trials for the Orioles but upon being acquired by the Cardinals on June 15 1973 he became a key part of the Redbirds bullpen appearing in 84 games and notching nine wins and seven saves with a 2 36 ERA before being sent to his final MLB destination the Angels in September 1974 The Angels released him the following May but Pena continued pitching in the minors for the next two seasons and made an abbreviated comeback at age 45 with the Miami Amigos in the 1979 Triple A Inter American League His professional pitching career in organized baseball encompassed 22 years In all or parts of 14 major league seasons Pena posted a 56 77 record with 818 strikeouts and a 3 71 ERA in 427 games pitched including 93 starts 21 complete games four shutouts 40 saves and 1 202 innings pitched 1 After his playing retirement Pena was a scout for the Tigers and Chicago White Sox See also edit1960 Caribbean Baseball World Series 1970 Caribbean Baseball World Series List of Major League Baseball players from CubaReferences edit a b Baseball Reference Retrosheet box score 1958 08 24 Retrosheet box score 1962 08 29External links editCareer statistics and player information from MLB or Baseball Reference or Baseball Reference Minors or Retrosheet Orlando Pena at SABR Baseball BioProject Orlando Pena at Pura Pelota Venezuelan 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