Orlando Peña

1976-3-17 Pitching coach in Yankees camp.

1976-4-17 Fort Lauderdale FSL pitching coach. Set his uniform bag down for 30 seconds and it was stolen.

 1977-3-17 Mariners scout

1977-5-14 Profile. Was hired to scout Latin America, Florida, and part of Alabama. Pena had to have surgery on his elbow after he was in a car crash a couple years ago. He'd still be pitching if it weren't for that. 

1978-9-05 Still a Seattle scout.

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Peña went 2-1 with two saves and a 4.78 ERA in 23 appearances for the Pirates before being released in late August. In March of 1971, the 37-year-old Peña signed a minor-league contract with the Baltimore Orioles and spent time with the Orioles in camp. He opened the season with Miami of the Class-A Florida State League and in his first appearance of the season, pitched a 2-0 shutout victory over Key West. With a 9-4 record and a 0.70 ERA (nine earned runs in 115 innings), Peña earned a promotion to Rochester of the International League. With Rochester, he was 2-1 with five saves and a 2.45 ERA in 11 appearances. He also made five appearances with the Orioles in August, going 0-1 with a 3.07 ERA. The four teams Peña played for in 1971 all won titles: La Guaira (Venezuela), Miami (its third straight Florida State League title); Rochester (which won the International League title and the Little World League Series); and the Orioles (the American League pennant). After the season, Peña, who pitched winter ball for 20 consecutive seasons, returned to the Venezuelan League. Peña spent the entire 1972 season in the minor leagues again, splitting his time between Miami and Rochester. At 38, he had arguably his best season in Organized Baseball. He started the season with Miami again, going 15-3 with five shutouts, seven saves, and a 1.38 ERA. In 10 appearances with Rochester, Peña was 7-0 with a 0.96 ERA. His combined season totals: 22-3 with a 1.25 ERA and 187 strikeouts in 180 innings. That season earned Peña a nonroster invitation to spring training with the Orioles in 1973 and he pitched his way on to the squad. 

The 1974 season was the 11th in which Peña had pitched for two or more teams in the same season. Angels general manager Harry Dalton had an explanation for the many moves by Pena (18 teams in 20 professional seasons):

“For about eight years now people have thought that Orlando’s arm was about to die and most clubs haven’t wanted it to happen while he was on their roster. So whenever they have to make room, the old man is the first to go.

“But used right, Peña has proved he can still do a job. And he’s a good guy to have on a club. When he was released by Pittsburgh I signed him (Dalton was then with Baltimore) and sent him to our Miami club as a player-coach and he was great with our young pitchers. He’s simply a professional pitcher.”5

In his 20th spring training, Peña acknowledged the rumors that he threw a doctored ball.

“Well,” he said, “maybe I’ve thrown a few at various times. But then with the new spitball rules it’s a little tougher, although there’s no real way for the umpires to detect it. I throw a forkball, too, and it acts the same way as a spitter (dipping sharply at the plate). No, I don’t mind if they accuse me of it because it makes the hitter worry a little more.”6