Born in Santo Domingo, DR, Peña spent his childhood in the Dominican before moving to Rhode Island with his family at the age of nine...Did not speak English when he moved to Rhode Island and credits playing sports as a way to connect with kids his age without knowing the language...Played baseball at Classical HS (R.I.) in Providence, serving as team captain his senior season in 2015...Also participated in track and field for four years and was a member of a state championship team...Drafted by Atlanta in the 39th round of the June 2015 draft, but did not sign...Was not heavily recruited by colleges until his senior season in high school...The University of Maine, on the other hand, had followed Jeremy the majority of his high school career...Peña credits that early interest in his decision to attend Maine, where he played three seasons for the Black Bears...Started every game during his collegiate career...At the time of the 2018 draft, was rated by ESPN.com as the No. 81 overall draft prospect...Drafted by Houston in the third round of the June 2018 draft with the 102nd overall selection...Signed by Astros scout Bobby St. Pierre...Peña is the son of Gerónimo Peña, who played second base in the Majors for seven seasons with St. Louis (1990-95) and Cleveland (1996)…During his MLB career, Gerónimo batted .262 (265-for-1,010) with 124 RBI and 54 steals...Despite being the son of a Major Leaguer, Jeremy never saw his dad play since he wasn’t born until Gerónimo’s playing career ended...Gerónimo shared an infield with Hall-of-Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith for part of his career...Throughout Jeremy’s life, Gerónimo has passed along many of Ozzie’s defensive lessons to his son...Peña hosts his community group, Peña's Pals, at the ballpark for select Friday night home games...The groups consist of students from Houston-area schools, selected based on character, grades and growth…The students attend Astros BP and meet with players, while also decorating a pair of cleats for Peña to wear that night...This initiative, along with others, earned him the Astros' nomination for the 2023 Roberto Clemente Award...Was added to the Astros' 40-man roster on Nov. 19, 2021...Is signed to a one-year contract for 2025.
2024
Batted .266 with 28 doubles, two triples, 15 home runs, 70 RBI, 25 walks, 20 stolen bases and a .701 OPS in 157 games on the season...Set a single-season career high in games, leading the club with 157 games played...Also reached career highs in hits (160), RBI (70) and stolen bases (20)…His 20 stolen bases set a single-season career high and ranks as the third-most in franchise history by a shortstop in a single season...Led the Majors with 33 infield hits, besting second-place Bobby Witt Jr. (31)…Marks the most infield hits in a season by an Astro since 2B Jose Altuve had 35 in 2017...Ranked in the 98th percentile of MLB players in sprint speed...Averages 29.8 feet per second when sprinting, which ranked 12th in the Majors...Made his third career Opening Day roster (2022-24)…Went 2-for-4 with a double on Opening Day, March 28 vs. NYY...Had a strong start to the season, hitting .300 (76-for-253) through his first 65 games (thru June 9)…Within that run, recorded a career-high tying 10-game hitting streak from April 7-16, batted .357 (15-for-42) during the streak...In the 2024 Wild Card Series vs. DET, he batted .167 (1-for-6) with a run scored and a walk.
2023
Batted .263 (152f-ro-577) with 10 home runs, 52 RBI,32 doubles, 81 runs scored and 13 stolen bases in 150 games...Set his single-season career highs in games, runs scored, doubles and stolen bases...Among AL shortstops, ranked third in doubles, third in hits and fourth in runs...Also ranked second in the AL with 149 starts at shortstop...Over his last 57 games of the year, posted a .310 (67-for-216) average with 34 runs, 15 doubles, two triples, 17 RBI, 23 walks and a .379 OBP...Batted .325 (53-for-163) with an .834 OPS against lefthanders...Among AL players, ranked fourth in batting average vs. LHP...Stole three bases on April 16 vs. TEX...Was his single-game career high and was the first Astros player since OF Myles Straw (June 2, 2019) to steal at least three bases in a game...Set a single-game career-high with four RBI on July 29 vs. TB, going 2-for-6 with a double...Recorded a five-hit game on Aug. 27 at DET...Was the first five-hit game by an Astro since OF Josh Reddick recorded five hits on Sept. 26, 2019...With his five hits, he became the fifth different Astros shortstop to record a five-hit game…The last was IF José Vizcaíno, who went 5-for-5 on Aug. 17, 2022 at Cincinnati...Appeared on his second career and consecutive Opening Day roster...Was a member of the Dominican Republic team in the World Baseball Classic, appearing in two games...Was the Astros’ nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award following the debut of his “Peña Pals” initiative in partnership with the Astros Foundation....Every Friday home game during the 2023 season, Peña chose a Houston-area school and the school chose five students, based on character, grades and growth...The students got to interact with Astros players during batting practice and decorated cleats that Peña would wear for that night’s game...By the end of the 2023 season, Peña hosted 13 schools and 65 students at Minute Maid Park...Started all 11 of the Astros' postseason games and batted .200 (8-for-40) with a double and an RBI...Logged a hit in each of the first three postseason games, which extended his postseason hitting streak to 10 games, dating back to the 2022 season...Became the sixth player in Astros postseason history to log a hitting streak of at least 10 games.
2022
Entered the season as a prospect, ranking fourth in the Astros system per MLB.com...Played his first MLB season, batting .253 (132-for-521) with 22 home runs, 63 RBI, 20 doubles, two triples and a .715 OPS (.289 OBP / .426 SLG)...Among AL rookie position players, ranked second in HR (22), third in WAR (5.0), fourth in hits (132), fourth in runs (72), fourth in extra-base hits (44) and fourth in RBI (63)...Was named the AL Gold Glove winner at shortstop... according to Elias, he’s the first rookie shortstop in MLB history to earn a Gold Glove...he was also the first Astros rookie to win a Gold Glove at any position...Per FanGraphs, ranked tied for first in the Majors among SS in DRS (15)...With 22 homers, tied Carlos Correa (2015) for the second-most home runs by a rookie in Astros franchise history...trailed only Yordan Alvarez (27 HR in 2019) in that category...Became the sixth Astros rookie to hit 20 homers in a season, joining Yordan Alvarez (2019), Carlos Correa (2015), George Springer (2014), Lance Berkman (2015) and Glenn Davis (1985)...Made his first career Opening Day roster and started at shortstop on Opening Day...On April 22, hit first career walk-off home run... marked his first career walk-off hit...became the first Astros rookie to hit a walk-off home run since Brian Bogusevic did so on Aug. 16, 2011 vs. CHC...From May 2-18, he recorded a 10-game hitting streak, in which he hit .441 (15-for-34) with three homers, 11 RBI and a 1.224 OPS in that span...Had one IL stint that lasted 10 games due to left thumb discomfort from June 14-26...The Astros went 42-7 when he batted second in the lineup...hit 2nd in 24 of the Astros last 31 games (21-3 record)...hit .290 (60-for-207) with nine doubles, 13 homers, 31 RBI and a .837 OPS while hitting 2nd...Had an incredible Postseason, in which he hit .345 (20-for-58) with five doubles, five homers, eight RBI and a 1.005 OPS in 13 games...named MVP of the ALCS and of the WS, becoming the first rookie position player to win MVP of an LCS and WS in the same season...According to Stats LLC, is the only player to win a Gold Glove, LCS MVP and World Series MVP over an entire career, though he did it within a single season...Finished the ALDS vs. SEA hitting .250 while recording a HR, RBI and BB...hit a solo homer in the 18th inning of Game 3 to give the Astros the lead in their 1-0 win...Named the ALCS MVP after hitting .353 with two HR and four RBI in the series...hit a game-tying, three-run homer in Game 4...is one of just five rookies in MLB history to earn MVP honors in an LCS, following Mike Boddicker (1983), Liván Hernández (1997), Michael Wacha (2013) and Randy Arozarena (2020)...Hit .400 (10-for-25) with two doubles, one homer and three RBI in the World Series…joined George Springer (2017) as Astros players to win World Series MVP...Became the third rookie (first rookie position player) to win World Series MVP, following FLA Livan Hernandez in 1997 and LAD Larry Sherry in 1959...hit safely in all six games this World Series and is the only rookie with a six-game World Series hitting streak...Was the 12th foreign-born World Series MVP and second straight (Soler, 2021)...was also the first son of a Major Leaguer to win World Series MVP...Is the ninth player (second rookie) to win MVP of the LCS and World Series: LAD Corey Seager in 2020, SF Madison Bumgarner in 2014, STL David Freese in 2011, PHI Cole Hamels in 2008, FLA Livan Hernandez in 1997, LAD Orel Hershiser in 1988, STL Darrell Porter in 1982 and PIT Willie Stargell in 1979...Is one of four rookies with two game-winning RBI in a World Series, joining NYY Hideki Matsui in 2003, CIN Hal Morris in 1990 and NYY Gil McDougald in 1951.
2021
Hit .297 (43-for-145) with five doubles, three triples, 10 homers, 21 RBI and a .942 OPS in 37 games in the Astros minor league system in 2021...missed the first three months of the season after undergoing left wrist surgery in April...returned to action in August and was eventually promoted to Triple-A Sugar Land on Aug. 28...in his last 30 games of the season with the Skeeters, he hit all 10 of his home runs, while slugging .598...named the Triple-A West Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 20-26 after hitting .478 (11-for-23) with three doubles, a triple, five home runs and seven RBI in the week...on Sept. 21 at Albuquerque, hit three home runs, including an inside the parker and a walk-off two-run homer... following his minor league season, spent the entire postseason on the Astros Taxi Squad...returned to the Dominican Winter League after the season and earned his second consecutive Gold Glove Award at shortstop, while hitting .291 (34-for-117) with six doubles, two homers and 15 RBI in 30 regular-season games.
2020
Appeared in 11 games for the Astros in Spring Training in what was his only affiliated game action of 2020 due to the COVID-19 minor league shutdown...was not on the club's initial 60- man Player Pool, but was added to the group in September and finished his season at the Astros alternate training site...went on to play for the Estrellas in the Dominican Winter League and was named the league's Rookie of the Year...finished his Winter League season hitting .306 (37-for-121) with seven extra-base hits in 30 games.
2019
Played in 109 games between Quad Cities (66g) and Fayetteville (43g) in 2019....recorded a .303 (124-for-409) batting average with 54 RBI, 21 doubles, seven triples, seven home runs and a .825 OPS (.385OBP/.440SLG)...was named to the Midwest League Midseason All-Star Team...also received his first Major League Spring Training invite.
2018
Appeared in 36 games with Class A Short Season Tri-City in 2018, batting .250 (34-for-136) with 22 runs, 10 RBI, 18 walks and a .340 OBP...was also named to the New York-Penn League All-Star Team.
