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Orlando Cepeda

Birthdate:

9/17/1937

Height / Weight:

6' 2" / 210 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Ponce, , P.R.

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Orlando Cepeda in his second major league at bat hit the first home run ever hit at home for the newly formed San Francisco Giants. He was voted NL Rookie of the Year in 1958, when he batted .312, crashed 25 HR's, with 111 RBI's. Cepeda was the darling of the west coast fans drawing their constant cheers. He was nicked named 'the Baby Bull' and later call 'Cha Cha'. Cepeda was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1967 and led the NL in RBI's (111).His all season long clutch hitting earned him the Most Valuable Player Award. Orlando Cepeda fine play helped the Cardinals win the World Series. Orlando Cepeda is the newest member of the Hall of Fame. He posted a .297 career batting average hit 417 doubles, 379 home runs, and had 1365 RBI's. In twelve different years, Cepeda hit over 20 home runs. baseballhistorian.com

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
19 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1958	SFG (NL)	148	603	88	188	38	4	25	96	29	84	15	11	7	3	0	9	.312	.342	SLG
1959	SFG (NL)	151	605	92	192	35	4	27	105	33	100	23	9	10	5	0	4	.317	.355	SLG
1960	SFG (NL)	151	569	81	169	36	3	24	96	34	91	15	6	9	8	0	4	.297	.343	SLG
1961	SFG (NL)	152	585	105	182	28	4	46	142	39	91	12	8	11	9	0	3	.311	.362	SLG
1962	SFG (NL)	162	625	105	191	26	1	35	114	37	97	10	4	8	6	1	7	.306	.347	SLG
1963	SFG (NL)	156	579	100	183	33	4	34	97	37	70	8	3	11	10	0	3	.316	.366	SLG
1964	SFG (NL)	142	529	75	161	27	2	31	97	43	83	9	4	7	8	0	7	.304	.361	SLG
1965	SFG (NL)	33	34	1	6	1	0	1	5	3	9	0	0	1	0	0	3	.176	.225	SLG
1966	STL (NL)	123	452	65	137	24	0	17	58	34	68	9	8	10	13	1	9	.303	.362	SLG
1966	SFG (NL)	19	49	5	14	2	0	3	15	4	11	0	1	2	1	0	0	.286	.352	SLG
1967	STL (NL)	151	563	91	183	37	0	25	111	62	75	11	2	23	12	0	7	.325	.399	SLG
1968	STL (NL)	157	600	71	149	26	2	16	73	43	96	8	6	13	9	0	4	.248	.306	SLG
1969	ATL (NL)	154	573	74	147	28	2	22	88	55	76	12	5	10	5	0	3	.257	.325	SLG
1970	ATL (NL)	148	567	87	173	33	0	34	111	47	75	6	5	11	9	0	4	.305	.365	SLG
1971	ATL (NL)	71	250	31	69	10	1	14	44	22	29	3	6	7	0	0	4	.276	.330	SLG
1972	OAK (AL)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1972	ATL (NL)	28	84	6	25	3	0	4	9	7	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	.298	.352	SLG
1973	BOS (AL)	142	550	51	159	25	0	20	86	50	81	0	2	13	3	2	3	.289	.350	SLG
1974	KCR (AL)	33	107	3	23	5	0	1	18	9	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	.215	.282	SLG
19 years		2124	7927	1131	2351	417	27	379	1365	588	1169	142	80	154	102	4	74	.297	.350	.SLG

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