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Tony Pena 56 |
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Full Name: Antonio Francisco Padilla Pena Sr.
Title: Bench Coach
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Managerial/Coaching Career
Enters his first season as Yankees bench coach and catching instructor is his fourth
season on the Yankees Major League coaching staff, serving as first base coach from
2006-08 Yankees catchers caught a Major League-best 48 potential base stealers
in 2008, ranking second in the AL with a 29.8% caught stealing rate...Previously spent parts of four seasons as manager of the Kansas City Royals from
2002-05...In his first full season as manager in 2003, led the Royals to an 83-79 record, the
sixth-best turnaround in Major League history following a 100-loss season the
2003 season marked Kansas Citys first winning season since 1993, when they went
84-78...Was selected as the 2003 American League Manager of the Year by the Baseball
Writers Association of America, becoming the fourth manager since 1983 to win the
award in his first full season as a Major League skipper (also Houstons Hal Lanier,
1986; San Franciscos Dusty Baker, 1993; and San Diegos Bruce Bochy, 1996)...Was also named the 2003 American League Manager of the Year by the Sporting
News and by Sports Illustrated...Became only the third Dominican-born manager in Major League history, joining
Felipe Alou and Luis Pujols...Began his Major League coaching career in 2002 as the bench coach for the Houston
Astros was named Royals manager on 5/15/02...Also served as manager of Triple-A New Orleans from 1999-2001 began his coaching
career as White Sox Coordinator of Dominican Operations in 1998 and led the Aguilas
Dominican team to the Caribbean Series title.
Playing Career
A five-time National League All-Star catcher, Pena posted a .260 career batting average
over an 18-year Major League career, appearing in 1,988 combined games with the
Pittsburgh Pirates (1980-86), St. Louis Cardinals (1987-88), Boston Red Sox (1990-93),
Cleveland Indians (1994-96), Chicago White Sox (1997) and Houston Astros (1997)...Ranks fifth all-time among Major League catchers with 1,950 games behind the plate,
trailing only Carlton Fisk (2,226), Bob Boone (2,225), Ivan Rodriguez (2,173) and Gary
Carter (2,056)...Won four Gold Glove Awards (1983-85, 91) and recorded a .338 career batting
average in the postseason was named Topps Rookie All-Star catcher in 1981 and
was selected to the UPI Rookie All-Star team originally signed as a non-drafted
free agent by the Pittsburgh Pirates on 7/22/75 made his Major League debut on
9/1/80.
Personal
Married to Amaris and has two sons: Tony, Jr., who plays infield in the Royals
organization, and Francisco Antonio, who is a catcher in the New York Mets
system also has a daughter, Jennifer Amaris, who won the Miss Dominican
Republic-U.S.A beauty pageant in 2007 his brother, Ramon, pitched with the
Detroit Tigers organization...Did not play high school baseball credits his mother, who was an outstanding
softball player, with teaching him how to play the game...Took part in the Yankees hurricane relief donation of $35,000 in cash and food to the
Dominican Republic in October 2007.
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