Jeremy Peña

Jeremy Peña
Jeremy Peña
Houston Astros – No. 3
	Shortstop
	Born: September 22, 1997; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
	April 7, 2022, for the Houston Astros
MLB statistics ; (through April 3, 2024)
Batting average	.262
Home runs	34
Runs batted in	121
Stolen bases	24
Teams
	Houston Astros (2022–present);
Career highlights and awards
	World Series champion (2022); World Series MVP (2022); ALCS MVP (2022); Gold Glove Award (2022); Babe Ruth Award (2022);

Jeremy Joan Peña (born September 22, 1997) is a Dominican-American professional baseball shortstop for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He attended the University of Maine and played college baseball for the Black Bears. The Astros selected Peña in the third round of the 2018 MLB draft, and he made his MLB debut in 2022.

In 2022, Peña became the first rookie shortstop to win a Gold Glove Award and the first to hit a home run in the World Series. During the Astros' 2022 championship run, Peña was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of both the American League Championship Series (ALCS) and World Series (WS), becoming the first American League (AL) player to earn both awards in the same year. He was the youngest position player to win the World Series MVP award.

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