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Jeremy Joan Peña (born September 22, 1997) is a Dominican-American professional
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for the
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of
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(MLB). He attended the
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and played
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for the Black Bears. The Astros selected Peña in the third round of the
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, and he made his MLB debut in 2022. In 2022, Peña became the first rookie shortstop to win a
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and the first to hit a
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in the
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. During the Astros' 2022 championship run, Peña was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of both the
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(ALCS) and
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(WS), becoming the first
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(AL) player to earn both awards in the same year. He was the youngest
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to win the
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award.


Early life and amateur career

Jeremy Peña was born and raised in
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, Dominican Republic, before he and his family moved to
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, when he was nine years old. His father, Gerónimo, is a former
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in
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(MLB) who played for the
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and
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from 1990 to 1996. Jeremy attended
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in Providence, playing
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and running track and cross country. In 2014, his junior year, he batted .352. As a senior in 2015, he hit .390 with two home runs. Following his senior year, he was selected by the
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in the 39th round of the
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, but he did not sign. Instead, he enrolled with the
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where he played
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. As a freshman at Maine in 2016, Peña started and played in 55 games, batting .283 with one
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, 15
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(RBIs), and 11
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s, earning a spot on the
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All-Rookie Team. That summer, he played in the
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with the Plymouth Pilgrims. In 2017, Peña's sophomore year, he started 54 games and hit .319 with six home runs and 32 RBIs. Following the season, he played in the
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with the
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, earning All-Star honors. In 2018, as a junior, he once again started 54 games, hitting .308/.393/.469 with five home runs, 28 RBIs, and ten stolen bases, earning American East Second-Team honors.


Professional career


Minor leagues

The
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selected Peña in the third round of the
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. Peña signed with Houston and made his professional debut with the
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of the
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, batting .250 with one home run and ten RBIs over 36 games, earning All-Star honors. In 2019, Peña began the year with the
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of the Class A
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, with whom he was named an All-Star, before being promoted to the
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of the
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in June. Over 109 games between the two teams, he slashed .303/.385/.440 with seven home runs, 54 RBIs, and 20 stolen bases. After the season, he played in the
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with the
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. Peña did not play a minor league game in
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due to the cancellation of the minor league season as a response to the
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. On April 21, 2021, it was announced that Peña would undergo surgery on his left wrist, causing him to miss part of the season. He was activated off the
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in late August, and was assigned to the
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of the
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. Over 30 games, he slashed .287/.346/.598 with ten home runs and 19 RBIs. Upon conclusion of the 2021–22
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season, Peña was awarded a second consecutive Gold Glove at shortstop. In 30 games, he produced a .970 fielding percentage, 5.7 range factor, and nine double plays turned along with five errors.


Houston Astros


2022: Gold Glove Award, ALCS MVP, and World Series MVP

On November 19, 2021, the
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selected Peña's contract and added him to their 40-man roster. Following the departure of incumbent shortstop
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via
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, Peña was named starting shortstop during 2022
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. He made his major league debut on
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versus the
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. On April 8, 2022, Peña hit his first major league home run while his parents were being interviewed during the broadcast. On April 24, he hit his first career
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in the bottom of the 10th
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versus the
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, helping lead the Astros to an 8–7 win. On May 17, Peña hit the third of five Astros home runs in the second inning versus starter
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of the
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, tying the major league record for home runs hit by a team in one inning as the Astros rolled to a 13–4 victory. On June 13, 2022, Peña sustained a left thumb injury versus the Texas Rangers and was placed on the 10-day injured list. The Astros activated him on June 26. On July 3, Peña produced his both first career four-hit and multi-homer game, as well as his second career walk-off home run, sealing a 4–2 win over the Angels. The Astros made Peña their regular number 2 hitter during the final phase of the regular season to replace an injured
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. Going into the last regular-season series versus the
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, the Astros had produced an incredible 41–6 record with Peña batting second in the lineup. Over the 2022 regular season, Peña batted .253./289/.426 with 132 hits, 22 home runs, 63 RBIs, 72 runs scored, 11 stolen bases, 22 walks, 135 strikeouts, and had the lowest walk/strikeout ratio in the majors (0.16). He tied Correa for the franchise rookie record for most home runs by a shortstop. Peña also ranked second in home runs, fourth in hits, and fifth in runs scored and RBIs among major league rookies. He had the fastest sprint speed on the Astros, at 29.4 feet per second. On defense, Peña ranked second in the
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(AL) in Defensive Wins Above Replacement (2.4, dWAR), third in the AL in
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committed (19), and third among AL shortstops in total zone runs (8). He played 134 games at shortstop, starting 132 of them. He was graded 15 defensive runs better than “average” at shortstop. Making his postseason debut in the
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(ALDS), Peña singled to precede a Yordan Alvarez game-winning home run in both of the first two games. The third game—which featured a postseason-record 17 scoreless innings—was decided by Peña's home run in the top of the 18th inning off
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. His first career home run on the postseason stage, it thus concluded the longest
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game in postseason history, 1–0, and clinched an ALDS sweep for Houston. Peña was named the
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(MVP) of the
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(ALCS), hitting .353 with two home runs in the Astros' four-game sweep of the
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. In Game 5 of the
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, he homered off Noah Syndergaard of the Phillies to become the first rookie shortstop to hit a home run in World Series play. The Astros won the World Series in six games, and Peña became the third rookie ever to be named the
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. He also became the first American League (AL) player–and ninth overall–to win both LCS and WS MVP honors in the same year.


2023

On July 29,
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, Peña doubled among two hits and collected a career-best four RBI to lead an Astros' season-high scoring output in a 17–4 win over the
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. Peña's five hits on August 27 established a career-high, greatly contributing to a 17–4 win over the
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, including a franchise record-tying 25 hits. In the 2023 regular season, Peña played in a career-high 150 games, and also had career-highs with 152 hits, 81 runs scored, 32 doubles, 13 stolen bases, and 43 walks. He batted .263/.324/.381 in 634 plate appearances. On defense, he ranked second among AL shortstops with 150 games played, ranked first in putouts (200), assists (362), double plays turned (89), and third in errors (14). Peña struggled during the Astros playoff run, batting .200 with only one RBI in 11 games.


2024

On August 2,
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, Peña was announced as the Astros' nominee for the annual Heart & Hustle Award. In 2024, he batted .266/.308/.394 with 15 home runs, 70 RBIs, and 20 stolen bases in 602 at bats, and led MLB in infield hits, with 31.


2025

On January 9,
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, the Astros signed Peña to a $4.1 million contract for the season, avoiding arbitration. From April 8–23, he established a new career-high 14-game
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, and hit safely in 23 of 24 games including the streak. Peña collected four hits on May 14 versus the
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, including a single in the eighth inning that drove home the go-ahead run to secure a 4–3 Astros win. Peña tripled in two runs for his 500th career hit on May 22 at Daikin Park versus
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, starting pitcher for the Mariners.


Awards and honors

Although he finished fifth in the AL Rookie of the Year (ROY) rankings, Peña was awarded the AL 2022
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for his play at shortstop. He became the first Astros rookie to win a Gold Glove, and the first rookie ever to win a Gold Glove at shortstop in MLB history. The
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chapter of the
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(BBWAA) named Peña the Astros' Rookie of the Year. On November 30, 2022, Peña was awarded the Key to the City of Providence in a 90-minute ceremony attended by officials including Rhode Island Governor
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and Mayor
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.


Personal life

Peña is a fan of English soccer club
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.


See also

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Houston Astros award winners and league leaders This is a list of award winners and league leaders for the Houston Astros, an American professional baseball team based in Houston. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL), having moved to t ...
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List of Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic This is an alphabetical list of notable baseball players from the Dominican Republic who have played in Major League Baseball since . Players in bold are still active in MLB, as of 2022. Since 1956 a large number of baseball players of Dominican ...
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List of second-generation Major League Baseball players Dozens of father-and-son combinations have played or managed in Major League Baseball (MLB). The first was Jack Doscher, son of Herm Doscher, who made his debut in 1903. Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. became the first father-and-son duo t ...


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