Roberto Cesar Peña (April 17, 1937 – July 23, 1982) was a Dominican

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, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the

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(1965–66),

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(1968), San Diego Padres (1969),

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(1970), and

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(1970–71). He represented the

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at the

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, in

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