Jeremy Peña is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop for the Major League Baseball Houston Astros (MLB).
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Jeremy Peña was born on September 22, 1997, in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic to Cecilia and Geronimo Peña.
Jeremy Peña’s father Gerónimo Peña Martínez is a former professional baseball second baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and Cleveland Indians from 1990–1996.
In 378 games over seven major league seasons, Gerónimo Peña batted .262 (265-for-1010) with 162 runs scored, 30 home runs, 124 RBI, 54 stolen bases and 112 walks.
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Jeremy Peña was raised in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, before moving to Providence, Rhode Island, with his family when he was nine years old.
He went to Classical High School in Providence, where he played baseball and ran track and cross country. In his junior year, 2014, he batted.352. He hit.390 with two home runs as a senior in 2015.
Jeremy Peña was drafted by the Astros in the third round of the 2018 MLB draught, and he made his MLB debut in 2022.
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