Hanser Alberto

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Alberto and the second or maternal family name is Peña.

Hanser Alberto
File:Hanser Alberto on July 1, 2015.jpg Alberto with the Texas Rangers
Texas Rangers – No. 2
Second baseman / Shortstop
Born: (1992-10-17) October 17, 1992 San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 29, 2015, for the Texas Rangers
MLB statistics (through May 7, 2016)
Batting average	.208
Hits	25
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	5
Teams
Texas Rangers (2015–present)

Hanser Joel Alberto Peña (born October 17, 1992) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Career

Alberto signed as an international free agent with the Rangers in November 2009, receiving a $7,000 signing bonus. Playing for the Dominican Summer Rangers of the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League in 2010, he won the batting title. Alberto began the 2013 season with the Frisco Roughriders of the Class AA Texas League, but struggled, and was demoted to the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League. He returned to Frisco in 2014, and won the Rawlings Minor League Gold Glove Award as the best defensive shortstop in minor league baseball.

He was promoted to the major leagues on May 28, 2015. After the 2015 season, Alberto changed his uniform number from 68 to 2.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Hanser Alberto on Twitter