Carlos Peña Bio, Wiki
Carlos Peña is a Dominican former professional baseball first baseman and current broadcaster working for MLB Network, serving as an on-air analyst. He has been working with this station since December 2014.
Carlos Peña Age
Peña is 45 years old as of 2023. He was born Carlos Felipe Peña in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on the 17th of May 1978.
Carlos Peña Height
Peña stands approximately 6 feet 2 inches (1. 88 ) and weighs around 102 kg.
Carlos Peña Education
For his education, Carlos graduated in 1995 from Haverhill High School in Haverhill, Massachusetts. After that, he initially enrolled at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, but returned home after one year and enrolled at Northeastern University in Boston where he studied electrical engineering.
Carlos Peña Career
Peña serves as an on-air analyst appearing across MLB Network’s programming, including the Emmy Award-winning flagship studio show MLB Tonight, MLB Network’s special event coverage, and the Spring Training series 30 Clubs in 30 Days throughout the year. He initially acted as a guest analyst on MLB Network during the 2014 and 2009 Postseasons and accepted a job at MLB Network in December 2014.
Carlos is a 14-year Major League veteran, 2009 American League All-Star, and a 2008 Gold Glove Award champion who hit 286 home runs and documented 818 RBI in his career. He hit over 25 home runs in six different seasons, including 46 in 2007 when he earned the Silver Slugger Award for American League first basemen as well as the AL Comeback Player of the Year Award. As part of the 2008 AL Champion Tampa Bay Rays, Carlos completed the season tied for the most home runs in the AL with 39.
A designated hitter and first baseman, Carlos played his final season with the Texas Rangers in 2001. He also spent time with the Detroit Tigers (2002-2005), Oakland Athletics (2002), Boston Red Sox (2006), Tampa Bay Rays (2007-2010 and 2012), Chicago Cubs (2011), Kansas City Royals (2013), and Houston Astros (2013).
Carlos Peña Net Worth
In Carlos’s career as a sportscaster, he was able to amass a net worth between $ 3 Million and $ 8 million
Carlos Peña Salary
Carlos acquires annual earnings that range between $ 157, 865, and $ 264, 795.
Carlos Peña Parents and Siblings
Peña’s family moved to the United States from the Dominican Republic when he was 12, initially living with one of his uncles. He is the son of Felipe (father) and Juana Marisela Peña(mother). Carlos is the second oldest of five siblings.
Carlos Peña Wife
Peña is married to Pamela. The duo has been together for more than two decades and they are proud to be the mother and a father of three children.
Carlos Peña MLB Network
Peña works at MLB Network, where he works alongside his fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists, such as;
- Hunter Pence
- Yonder Alonso
- Greg Amsinger
- Ruben Amaro, Jr.
- A.J. Andrews
- Alex Avila
- Ron Darling
- Ryan Dempster
- Mark DeRosa
- Robert Flores
- Cliff Floyd
- Peter Gammons
- Lauren Gardner
- Jon Heyman
- Brian Kenny
- Al Leiter
- Mike Lowell
- Keiana Martin
- Pedro Martinez
- Cameron Maybin
- Kevin Millar
- Jon Morosi
- Kelly Nash
- Melanie Newman
- Dan O’Dowd
- Jake Peavy
- Bo Porter
- Albert Pujols
- Harold Reynolds
- Bill Ripken
- Alanna Rizzo
- Christopher Russo
- Siera Santos
- Xavier Scruggs
- Lauren Shehadi
- Joel Sherman
- Jim Thome
- Matt Vasgersian
- Adnan Virk
- Tom Verducci
- Chris Young
- Jayson Stark
- Dan Plesac
- Matt Yallof
- Bob Costas
Carlos Peña Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
Peña is vocal on his social media accounts, where he posts often. On his Twitter account, he has about 90.2K Followers 35K followers on his Facebook page, and 88K followers, on his Instagram account.