Angel Peña

Infobox MLB retired
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textcolor2=white
name=Angel Peña


position=Catcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1975|2|16
debutdate=September 8
debutyear=1998
debutteam=Los Angeles Dodgers
finaldate=June 1
finalyear=2001
finalteam=Los Angeles Dodgers
stat1label=AGV
stat1value=.209
stat2label=Hits
stat2value=39
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=47
teams=
*Los Angeles Dodgers (1998-1999, 2001)
highlights=

Angel Peña [PAY-nyah] (born February 16, 1975, in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic), was a Major League Baseball catcher.

Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1992, Peña made his major league debut with the Dodgers on September 8, 1998, and appeared in his final game on June 1, 2001. At one point in his career, Peña was heralded as the catcher of the future for the Dodgers. He initially was to take the spot of the traded Mike Piazza. However, poor conditioning and the emergence of future All-Star Paul Lo Duca spelled the end of Peña's days as a Dodger, and subsequently as a major league catcher. Pena was released by the Dodgers on October 15, 2001. He briefly played in the San Francisco Giants minor league system and in independent baseball leagues after that but is now out of baseball.

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* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/penaan01.shtml Baseball Reference]