Orlando Cepeda
First baseman / Designated hitter
Born: September 17, 1937 (1937-09-17) (age 70) Ponce, Puerto Rico
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 15, 1958 for the San Francisco Giants
Final game
September 19, 1974 for the Kansas City Royals
Career statistics
Batting average	.297
Home runs	379
RBI	1,365
Teams
San Francisco Giants (1958–1966) St. Louis Cardinals (1966–1968) Atlanta Braves (1969–1972) Oakland Athletics (1972) Boston Red Sox (1973) Kansas City Royals (1974)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (AL): 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967 Most Valuable Player: 1967 World Series champion: 1967, 1972 Rookie of the Year: 1958 Led NL in Doubles (38) in 1958 Led NL in Sacrifice Flies in 1958 (9) and 1966 (9) Led NL in Home Runs (46) and At Bats per Home Run (12.7) in 1961 Led NL in RBI in 1961 (142) and 1967 (111)
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Elected	1999
Election Method	Veteran's Committee

Orlando Manuel Cepeda Pennes (born September 17, 1937 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and right-handed batter who played with the San Francisco Giants (1958–66), St. Louis Cardinals (1966–68), Atlanta Braves (1969–72), Oakland Athletics (1972), Boston Red Sox (1973) and Kansas City Royals (1974). The position of the first baseman First base redirects here. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Cepeda was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. His father, slugger Pedro Cepeda, was a baseball legend in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Some called Cepeda the Babe Ruth of Latin America. Pedro's nicknames were Perucho and The Bull, so Orlando became known as Peruchin and Baby Bull. He was also nicknamed Cha-cha. Flag Seal Nickname: Gentilic: Ponceños Location Location of Ponce, Puerto Rico within Puerto Rico Government Founded 1692 Mayor Francisco Zayas Seijo Political party PPD Senatorial district 5 - Ponce Representative district 24, 25 Geographical characteristics Area Total 501. ... In baseball, slugger is a popular term for a powerful batter with a high percentage of extra base hits, though they may not have a high batting average. ... West Indies redirects here. ... This article is about the baseball player. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...

Biography

Baseball career

In his first season in 1958, Cepeda batted .312 with 25 home runs and 96 RBI, led the National League in doubles (38), and was named Rookie of the Year. In 1967, he was named the National League MVP by hitting .325 and having a league-leading 111 RBIs. He was the second NL player (joining fellow Giant Carl Hubbell in 1936) to win the MVP unanimously (receiving all first-place votes). Also, he is the only player in baseball history to win Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player awards unanimously. He was the first Latin player to win the home run and RBI titles. The following are the events of the year 1958 that happened world-wide throughout the sport of baseball. ... Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively. ... Homerun redirects here. ... “RBI” redirects here. ... National league can refer to: National Basketball League, in the United States and Canada, which merged with the rival Basketball Association of America to form the National Basketball Association National Football League, the major American football league in the United States National Hockey League, the major ice hockey league in... In baseball, a double is the act of a batter safely reaching second base by striking the ball and getting to second before being made out, without the benefit of a fielders misplay (see error) or another runner being put out on a fielders choice. ... In Major League Baseball, the Rookie of the Year Award is given to the best first-year players in the American and National Leagues. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 1967 throughout the world. ... National league can refer to: National Basketball League, in the United States and Canada, which merged with the rival Basketball Association of America to form the National Basketball Association National Football League, the major American football league in the United States National Hockey League, the major ice hockey league in... In the game of baseball, both amateur and professional, it is tradition to annually recognize the one player in the league who has contributed the most to the success of the players team. ... RBI is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, including Reserve Bank of India Run batted in, in baseball Radio Berlin International This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Carl Owen Hubbell (June 22, 1903 - November 21, 1988) was a left-handed screwball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played with the New York Giants in the National League from 1928 to 1943. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 1936 throughout the world. ...

Cepeda was a seven-time All-Star (1959–64, 1967). He was the first Puerto Rican to start in an All Star Game (1959). Also he is the only Puerto Rican to be selected in two position for the All Star Game; as a first basemen and left fielder. The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the Midsummer Classic, is an annual baseball game between players from the National League and the American League, currently selected by fan vote for the starting position players and by the respective managers (from the previous years World...

The "Baby Bull" is one of seven players with more home runs in their first seven seasons than Hank Aaron: Albert Pujols (282), Eddie Mathews (253), Frank Robinson (241), Ernie Banks (228), Ted Williams (222), Orlando Cepeda (222), Mark McGwire (220) and Hank Aaron (219). Henry Louis Hank Aaron (born February 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama), nicknamed Hammer, Hammerin Hank”, or Bad Henry”, is a retired American baseball player whose Major League Baseball (MLB) career spanned the 1950s through the 1970s. ... Pujols redirects here. ... Edwin Lee Eddie Mathews (October 13, 1931 – February 18, 2001) was a Hall of Fame third baseman in Major League Baseball and is widely regarded as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, third baseman to play the game. ... This article is about the baseball player and manager. ... Ernest Ernie Banks (born January 31, 1931 in Dallas, Texas) is an American former Major League baseball player who played his entire career with the Chicago Cubs (1953-1971). ... Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002), best known as Ted Williams, nicknamed The Kid, the Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame and The Thumper, was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball. ... Mark David McGwire (born October 1, 1963 in Pomona, California) is a former professional baseball player who played the majority of his major league career with the Oakland Athletics before finishing his career with the St. ...

Also, he is one of eleven players who batted .300+ with 30+ homers in four consecutive seasons. The others are Babe Ruth, Hack Wilson, Lou Gehrig, Chuck Klein, Jimmie Foxx, Joe DiMaggio, Hank Greenberg, Mickey Mantle, Ted Kluszewski, and Albert Pujols. This article is about the baseball player. ... // Biography Lewis Robert Hack Wilson (April 26, 1900 – November 23, 1948) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball from 1923 to 1934. ... Henry Louis Lou Gehrig (June 19, 1903 â€“ June 2, 1941), born Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig[2], was an American baseball player in the 1920s and 1930s, who set several Major League records and was popularly called the The Iron Horse[2] for his durability. ... Charles Herbert Klein (October 7, 1904 - March 28, 1958) was a Major League Baseball player who played for the Philadelphia Phillies (1928-33, 1936-39, 1940-44), Chicago Cubs (1934-36) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1939). ... Jimmie Foxx on the cover of Time in 1929 James Emory Foxx (October 22, 1907 – July 21, 1967) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who was, up until Mark McGwires glory days in the late 1990s, the most prolific right-handed power hitter to ever play... Joseph Paul DiMaggio, born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio, Jr. ... Henry Benjamin Hank Greenberg (January 1, 1911, New York, New York – September 4, 1986), nicknamed Hammerin Hank, was an American professional baseball player in the 1930s and 1940s. ... Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995) was an American baseball player who was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. ... Theodore Bernard (Big Klu) Kluszewski (born September 10, 1924 — died March 29, 1988), was a Major League first baseman from 1947 to 1961. ... Pujols redirects here. ...

He retired in 1975 with a career .297 BA with 379 homers and 1365 RBI in 17 seasons. Cepeda was the first designated hitter for the Boston Red Sox and the second DH in all of MLB. He was the first to win the Designated Hitter of the Year Award (1973). This article is currently under construction // This year in baseball Events January-June January 23 - Ralph Kiner is elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 4, 8, 9, 27, 42 Name Boston Red Sox (1908–present) Boston Americans (1901-1907) Other nicknames The BoSox, The Olde Towne Team, The Sox Ballpark Fenway Park (1912–present) Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds...

Cepeda is one of the most complete batters born in Puerto Rico. He batted for average, power, and was a great RBI man. He is the only Puerto Rican that in his first ten years of organized baseball, reached .300+ nine times, and in the year he missed, batted .297. In addition, he is the only Puerto Rican player to win a triple crown in organized baseball. In 1956, while playing with the St. Cloud Rox, a Class "C" minor league club in the Northern League (baseball), he was leader in batting (.355), home runs (26) and RBI (112). This article refers to the modern Northern League. ...

His lifetime numbers in the Puerto Rico Baseball League are .325 batting average (fifth place), 89 home runs, 340 runs batted in and .544 slugging (second place and only Puerto Rican with .500+). He batted .300+ eleven times, most in league's history.

Retirement and drug problems

In 1975, after retirement, Cepeda was arrested while picking up a marijuana shipment in San Juan airport. For this charge he was sentenced to five years of imprisonment, of which he served 10 months of actual jail time and the rest on probation. Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see San Juan. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Induction to Hall of Fame

This drug-related episode and conviction caused Cepeda to have difficulty getting voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. By the early 1990s, when his time of eligibility was beginning to run out, many Puerto Ricans, celebrities and ordinary citizens alike, began to campaign for his induction. Many of his backers alleged that other members of the Hall of Fame had committed crimes equal to or worse than attempted drug smuggling and were still inducted. Some international celebrities and former teammates also joined in the campaign. In 1994, his last year of eligibility by voting, he came within seven votes of being elected. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 62 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display of baseball-related...

Finally, in 1999, he was elected by the Hall's Veterans Committee, joining Roberto Clemente as the only other Puerto Rican in Cooperstown. The following are the baseball events of the year 1999 throughout the world. ... The Veterans Committee, officially the Committee on Baseball Veterans, is a committee of the National Baseball Hall of Fame that provides a second chance for Hall of Fame election to players passed over in regular Hall of Fame balloting. ... Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a professional baseball player and a former Major League Baseball right fielder. ... Cooperstown redirects here. ...

Cepeda belongs to twelve hall of fame, most by any Puerto Rican athlete:

1. San Francisco Bay (1990) 2. Puerto Rico Baseball Hall of Fame(1991) 3. Latinoamerican Sports, Laredo(1995) 4. Santurce Hall of Fame (1997) 5. Puerto Rico Sports Hall of Fame(1993) 6. Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown(1999) 7. Missouri Hall of Fame (2000) 8. Guayama Hall of Fame (2000) 9. Ponce Hall of Fame (2001) 10. Cataño Hall of Fame (2002) 11. Hispanic Heritage Hall of Fame (2002) 12. African American Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame (2007)

Also, in 2006, the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), approved a chapter for Puerto Rico, the first in Latin America, and it is named after him. SABR redirects here; for Selectable Assault Battle Rifle (S.A.B.R.) see XM29 OICW The Society for American Baseball Research was established in Cooperstown, New York in August of 1971. ...

Humanitarian and additional sports recognitions

Cepeda has been recognized nationally for his humanitarian efforts as an ambassador for baseball. He served as an honorary spokesman for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. Diagram of the Human Intestine Crohns disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the digestive tract and it can involve any part of it - from the mouth to the anus. ... Colitis is a digestive disease characterized by inflammation of the colon. ...

In 2001, he won the Ernie Banks Positive Image Lifetime Achievement Award. The citation for the award reads, in part, "The legacy he is leaving is an impressive one indeed. His commitment to community service includes credentials for a Humanitarian Hall of Fame. He is now recognized nationally for his humanitarian efforts as an ambassador for baseball and the San Francisco Giants." It goes on to list many of his national and community contributions, including his regular visits to inner-city schools throughout the country in conjunction with HOPE: Helping Other People Excel. "Each December, Orlando tours as part of the Giants Christmas Caravan visiting hospitals, schools and youth groups including the UC San Francisco Medical Center pediatric cancer ward. He is a participant in Athletes Against AIDS. He is also a public speaker for the Omega Boys and Girls Club, counseling at-risk children in the community."^[1]

The Giants retired Orlando Cepeda's number 30. It hangs on the facing of the upper deck in the left field corner of AT&T Park. Cepeda is currently working in the Giants front office. AT&T Park (also called China Basin) is an open-air baseball park, home to the San Francisco Giants of the Major League Baseball. ...

In an article in 1976 in Esquire magazine, sportswriter Harry Stein published an "All Time All-Star Argument Starter," consisting of five ethnic baseball teams. Cepeda, a Puerto Rican, was the first baseman on Stein's Latin team. This article is about the title. ...

Cepeda is a Buddhist and Sōka Gakkai International (SGI-USA) member. Cepeda shared his experience at an SGI-USA meeting: "I had to fight every day," said Cepeda, explaining how he endured growing up in his native Puerto Rico. "But when I joined the SGI-USA, I learned that peace comes from inside. From my Buddhist practice, I have learned how to be a person who cares about others." Sōka Gakkai International (International Value-Creation Society; also, SGI) is the international umbrella organization for Sōka Gakkai-affiliated lay organizations in over 190 countries. ...

Recent drug possession charges

On May 2, 2007 in Solano County, Cepeda was booked into jail after a routine traffic stop on Interstate 80. He faces charges of marijuana possession and speeding. Cepeda posted a $10,000 bail and has been released from the Solano County jailhouse. is the 122nd day of the year (123rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Solano County is a county located in central California, about halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento. ...

California Highway Patrol Officer Amy Mulata stopped Cepeda for speeding on Highway 12 just west of Highway 80 and smelled marijuana in the vehicle, the California Highway Patrol said. Mulata found a "usable amount of marijuana", a bindle containing a suspected controlled substance-believed to be either cocaine or methanphetamines-and one syringe, the CHP reported. The Lexus was searched with a narcotics dog and no additional drugs were found, the agency said.^[2]

Cepeda has said through his attorney that the drugs weren't his and that they belonged to his wife with diabetes that had a prescription to use marijuana for medical purposes.^[3] This article is about the disease that features high blood sugar. ... Cannabis, also known as marijuana[1] or ganja (Hindi: गांजा),[2] is a psychoactive product of the plant Cannabis sativa. ...

Quotes

• "The trick against Don Drysdale is to hit him before he hits you." [1]

• "He is annoying every pitcher in the league. He is strong, he hits to all fields, and he makes all the plays. He's the most relaxed first-year man I ever saw." — Willie Mays about Cepeda (1958)

• "I've always regarded Orlando as the greatest right-handed true power hitter I ever saw in our day." - Willie McCovey

• "He was a great player. He is, I know, remembered most for his bat, but he was a damned good glove man, had a solid arm and ran the bases intelligently." - Jim Davenport

• "This is the best right-handed pure power hitter for a young player I´ve ever seen*" - Bill Rigney (1958)

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Books by and about Orlando Cepeda

• My Ups and Downs in Baseball by Orlando Cepeda with Charles Einstein. Putnam (1968; 2000).
• High and Inside: Orlando Cepeda's Story by Orlando Cepeda with Mary Kelly. Hardwood Press (1984).
• Baby Bull: From Hardball to Hard Time and Back by Orlando Cepeda with Herb Fagen. Taylor Trade Publishing (1998).
• The Orlando Cepeda Story by Bruce Markusen. Pinata Books (2001).

See also

• Players from Puerto Rico in MLB
• List of famous Puerto Ricans
• Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame
• Top 500 home run hitters of all time
• List of major league players with 2,000 hits
• List of Major League Baseball players with 400 doubles
• List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
• List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 RBI
• List of Major League Baseball RBI champions
• List of Major League Baseball home run champions
• List of Major League Baseball doubles champions
• Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game

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References

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External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
• baseballhalloffame.org – Hall of Fame biography page
• Citation for 2001 Ernie Banks Positive Image Lifetime Achievement Award
• Latin Sports Legends biography and photos
• An Account of Cepeda's 1999 Hall of Fame induction ceremony
• jrank Free Encyclopedia brief biography