finalyear debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date finaldate team number image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1997 1980 .260 107 708 483 198 -- 285 .410 houston astros 4 june 1957 september 28 new york yankees 56 tony_pena_april_2012 . jpg batting win -- loss record winning % average home runs runs batted in games managed pittsburgh pirates tony peña right peña in 2012 monte cristi , dominican republic september 1 right catcher / manager tony peña

tony peña

antonio francisco peña padilla -lrb- ; born june 4 , 1957 -rrb- is a former professional baseball player , manager and current coach .
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 for the new york yankees .
as a player , peña was known for his defensive abilities as well as his unorthodox squat behind home plate .
