Carlos Peña (born May 17, 1978 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a first baseman in Major League Baseball who currently plays in the Detroit Tigers organization for AAA Toledo Mud Hens. His career Major League batting average is .239 with 70 home runs from 451 games. He attended Haverhill High School, Haverhill, Massachusetts and then Northeastern University, Boston. May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Santo Domingo, population 2,061,200 (2003), is the capital of the Dominican Republic. ... The position of the first baseman First base, or 1B, is the first of four stations on a baseball diamond which must be touched in succession by a base runner in order to score a run for that players team. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. ... Detroit Tigers American League AAA Toledo Mud Hens AA Erie SeaWolves A Lakeland Tigers West Michigan Whitecaps Oneonta Tigers R GCL Tigers The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. ... The Toledo Mud Hens are a minor league baseball team located in Toledo, Ohio. ... Haverhill is a city located in Essex County, Massachusetts. ... Northeastern University is a private university in Boston, Massachusetts. ...

External link

• Baseball-Reference.com (http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/penaca01.shtml) - career statistics and analysis