Bert Peña
Adalberto "Bert" Peña Rivera is a former Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the Houston Astros in, and from to. He threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed.Career
Peña's professional career extended for 12 seasons, 1977–1988. Although he appeared in parts of six years in the Majors, he spent portions of each of those seasons with the Triple-A Tucson Toros. In he saw his most lengthy MLB service, appearing in 24 games played for Houston, and collecting his only big-league home run, hit off Ricky Horton of the St. Louis Cardinals on September 2 at Busch Stadium; it was Houston's only run in a 4–1 defeat.
In 88 Major League games, Peña collected 31 hits, four of them doubles. He batted.231 in 1,224 minor league games.Personal life
Bert's son, Roberto, is a professional baseball player.
