Hanser Alberto

Hanser Joel Alberto Peña
(Radio, #Femalta)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 215 lb.

• Debut May 29, 2015

• Born October 17, 1992 in San Francisco de Macorís, Duarte D.R.

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Biographical Information

After a number of years as a utility infielder/25th man with the Texas Rangers, Hanser Alberto enjoyed his finest season in 2019 with the Baltimore Orioles. He batted .305/.329/.422 in regular duty (his 139 games played were more than he had logged in three years as a Ranger) with 35 extra base hits, 51 RBI and led the American League in lowest strikeout percentage (9.1%). Unfortunately, his efforts were largely wasted for a miserable O's squad that finished 54-108, 49 games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

In 2022, playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers, he was used as a pitcher no less than 10 times in 73 games. He had pitched twice before that, in the typical games in which a mystery pitcher ends up on the mound, but this was a much more systematic usage, in spite of a new rule designed to limit the recourse to the use of position players on the mound in the majors. His 10 games were the most by anyone in this role, and he did not do badly, with a 4.09 ERA in 11 innings. Interestingly, in 8 of his 10 outings, he came in with the Dodgers holding a big lead in the 9th inning and finished the game, and in the majority of these the opposing team had also resorted to putting a position player on the mound before he had come in, in effect putting up a white flag. Only two of his appearances were in the more traditional role of mop-up man on the wrong end of a lopsided score.

Related Sites

• Hanser Alberto on mlb.com