Orlando Cepeda
Puerto Rican baseball player
Orlando Manuel Cepeda Pennes (Spanish pronunciation: [oɾˈlando seˈpeða]; September 17, 1937 – June 28, 2024), is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball first baseman. He is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Orlando Cepeda | |||
---|---|---|---|
![]() Cepeda with the San Francisco Giants in 1965 | |||
First baseman | |||
Born: Ponce, Puerto Rico | September 17, 1937|||
Died: June 28, 2024 Concord, California, U.S. | (aged 86)|||
| |||
MLB debut | |||
April 15, 1958, for the San Francisco Giants | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
September 19, 1974, for the Kansas City Royals | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .297 | ||
Hits | 2,351 | ||
Home runs | 379 | ||
Runs batted in | 1,365 | ||
Teams | |||
| |||
Career highlights and awards | |||
| |||
Member of the National | |||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Induction | 1999 | ||
Election Method | Veterans Committee |
During a 17-year career, he 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).
Cepeda was selected to play in seven Major League Baseball All-Star Games during his career, becoming the first player from Puerto Rico to start one. Cepeda died on June 28, 2024, at the age of 86.[1][2]
Other websites
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
🔥 Top keywords: Main PageSpecial:SearchSupreme Court of the United StatesList of UEFA European Championship finalsWikipedia:AboutList of U.S. statesHelp:ContentsHelp:IntroductionKnights of the Round TableList of Disney moviesBlackSpecial:RecentChangesGodzilla X Kong: The New EmpireList of people who have walked on the MoonList of U.S. states and territories by time zoneUnited StatesThe Garfield MovieEducation24-hour clockEid al-AdhaGolden EdgeQueen (band)List of countries by continentsAviciiBig Mac IndexAdolf Hitler UunonaUmro Ayyar - A New BeginningMurder of Junko FurutaHelp:Authority controlCristiano RonaldoBismillahir Rahmanir Raheem19 Kids and CountingSOLID (object-oriented design)Jude BellinghamXXXTentacionLisa SparxxxPeriodic tableList of fruitsBTS