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Antonio Francisco Peña Padilla ((:ˈtoni ˈpeɲa); born June 4, 1957) is a former professional baseball player, manager and current coach.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tony Pena Statistics )〕 He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Pirates, Cardinals, Red Sox, Indians, White Sox, and Astros.〔 Peña was the manager of the Kansas City Royals between 2002 and 2005. He is currently the first base coach for the New York Yankees. As a player, Peña was known for his defensive abilities as well as his unorthodox squat behind home plate. ==Playing career== Peña was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1975.〔 Originally an outfielder, he didn't start playing as a catcher until while playing in the minor leagues.〔 As a catcher, Peña adopted an unorthodox squat behind the plate when there were no runners on base, extending his left leg straight out while squatting on his right leg. He did this in order to help his pitchers keep their pitches low in the strike zone. In while playing for the Buffalo Bisons, Peña hit for a .313 batting average along with 34 home runs and 97 runs batted in.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tony Pena Minor League Statistics )〕 The following year with the Portland Beavers he posted a .323 batting average with a .367 on-base percentage before making his major league debut with the Pirates on September 1, 1980.〔〔 In 1981, Peña platooned alongside Steve Nicosia, hitting for an impressive .300 batting average in 66 games and finished in sixth place in the National League Rookie of the Year Award.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1981 Pittsburgh Pirates )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1981 National League Rookie of the Year Award balloting )〕 In 1982, he took over as the Pirates full-time catcher and had a .340 batting average on the first of July, helping him earn a spot as a reserve for the National League team in the 1982 All-Star Game.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1982 Tony Pena batting log )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1982 All Star Game )〕 He finished the year with a .296 batting average.〔 While he committed 16 errors, he finished second among National League catchers in assists and third in putouts and caught stealing percentage.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1982 National League Fielding Leaders )〕 Peña had one of his best seasons in 1983, posting career-highs with a .301 batting average and 15 home runs as the Pirates improved to finish in second place in the National League Eastern Division.〔 He led National League catchers with 976 putouts and finished second to Gary Carter with a .992 fielding percentage, earning him his first Gold Glove Award.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1983 National League Fielding Leaders )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1983 Gold Glove Award Winners )〕 Peña also finished 12th in voting for the National League Most Valuable Player Award.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1983 Most Valuable Player Award Balloting )〕 After the 1983 season, the Pirates went into a period of decline, finishing in last place for three consecutive years between 1984 and 1986. Although his offensive statistics tapered off, Peña continued to be productive defensively during this period, leading National League catchers in assists, putouts and baserunners caught stealing in and, again leading the league in assists and baserunners caught stealing in , winning two more Gold Glove Awards and two more All-Star selections in the process.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1984 National League Fielding Leaders )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1985 National League Fielding Leaders )〕 When Peña broke the 100 assists barrier in , he joined Johnny Bench, Jim Sundberg and Gary Carter as the only catchers to have more than 100 assists in a season since the end of the Second World War.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Yearly League Leaders & Records for Assists as Catchers )〕 In a poll of major league managers, Peña was selected as the best throwing catcher in the major leagues. In November , Peña led a team of major league All-Stars to victory over a team of Japanese All-Stars and, was chosen as the most valuable player of the American team. Before the start of the following season, with Peña nearing the end of his contract, the Pirates made a decision to trade him rather than lose him through free agency. On April 1, 1987, Peña was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals for Andy Van Slyke and Mike LaValliere. Three games into his Cardinals' career, he suffered a broken left thumb in a game against his former team, the Pirates. He missed more than a month and returned to post a career-low batting average of .214.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1987 Tony Pena Batting Log )〕 Nevertheless, the Cardinals won the National League Eastern Division crown with Peña rebounding to post a .381 batting average in the 1987 National League Championship Series as, the Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tony Pena post-season statistics )〕 In the 1987 World Series against the Minnesota Twins he produced 9 hits with 4 runs batted in as the Cardinals lost in a seven-game series.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1987 World Series )〕 In 1988, Peña recovered with a .263 batting average along with 10 home runs and 51 runs batted in.〔 He also led National League catchers with a .994 fielding percentage and was second in putouts and third in assists.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1988 National League Fielding Leaders )〕 In 1989 he earned his fifth All-Star selection and, once again led the league's catchers with a .997 fielding percentage, committing only 2 errors in 134 games.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1989 National League Fielding Leaders )〕 In November 1989, Peña was granted free agency and signed a contract to play for the Boston Red Sox.〔 With the Red Sox in 1990, he led American League catchers in games played, range factor, putouts and finished second in assists and in fielding percentage.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1990 American League Fielding Leaders )〕 His performance earned him the Gold Glove Award, making him only the second catcher after Bob Boone to earn a Gold Glove in both the American and National Leagues. The Red Sox won the American League Eastern Division pennant before eventually losing to the Oakland Athletics in the 1990 American League Championship Series.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1990 American League Championship Series )〕 In October 1993, Peña again filed for free agency and signed to play for the Cleveland Indians.〔 Although his batting statistics weren't as strong as his earlier career, Peña was still valued for his strong defensive skills as a catcher. He proved invaluable for the Indians in 1994 as a substitute for the injury-prone starting catcher, Sandy Alomar, Jr., while posting a .296 batting average with a .341 on-base percentage.〔 He caught the majority of the Indians' games in 1995 as they made it all the way to the 1995 World Series before losing to the Atlanta Braves.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1995 Cleveland Indians )〕 Peña's batting average dropped to .195 in 1995 and, he once again filed for free agency at the end of the season, signing a contract with the Chicago White Sox.〔 He played with the White Sox until August 1997 when he was traded to the Houston Astros. At the end of the year, he retired as a player at the age of 40.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tony Peña」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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