Orlando Cepeda

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 210lb (188cm, 95kg)

Born: September 17, 1937 in Ponce, Puerto Rico pr

Debut: April 15, 1958 (Age 20-210d, 11,504th in major league history)
vs. LAD 5 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 19, 1974 (Age 37-002d)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1999. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
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Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Orlando Manuel Cepeda

Nicknames: Cha Cha or Baby Bull

Pronunciation: \suh-PAY-duh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

50.1

7927

2351

379

.297

1131

RBI

1365

142

OBP

.350

SLG

.499

OPS

.849

OPS+

133

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	11-20 / in Starts: 8-13
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	10 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 94 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	67 (29-27-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 94 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	56 (28-18-9)

Most Driven In
Self	4
R Carty	2
H Aaron	1
R Garr	1
F MillÃ¡n	1

Most Driven In By
Self	4
E Williams	2

1972 Batting Game Log

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1972 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1919	1	Apr 15	ATL	@	SDP	L,5-6	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	4	.93	-0.002	1.53	0.00%	-0.05	1B
2	1920	15 (13)	Apr 30	ATL	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.800	1.133	6	.40	0.099	.43	0.06%	0.34	1B
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	1921	16	May 2	ATL	@	CHC	L,1-12	GS-7	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.875	1.319	6	.24	0.027	.29	0.02%	0.63	1B
4	1922	17	May 3	ATL	@	CHC	L,1-12	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.417	.462	.750	1.212	6	.75	0.063	.81	0.04%	-0.36	1B
5	1923	18	May 4	ATL	@	CHC	L,0-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.438	.471	.688	1.158	6	.34	0.012	.36	0.01%	0.20	1B
6	1924	19	May 5	ATL	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.429	.600	1.029	6	.70	-0.029	.69	-0.02%	-0.44	1B
7	1925	20	May 6	ATL	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.458	.480	.667	1.147	6	1.11	0.131	1.10	0.08%	1.31	1B
8	1926	21	May 7	ATL	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.448	.607	1.055	4	1.51	-0.113	1.46	-0.07%	-0.84	1B
9	1927	22	May 9	ATL		PIT	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.438	.455	.594	1.048	4	.97	0.102	.89	0.06%	0.96	1B
10	1928	23	May 10	ATL		PIT	W,8-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.378	.395	.514	.908	4	.87	-0.137	.77	-0.07%	-2.21	1B
11	1929	24	May 12	ATL		CHC	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.366	.381	.488	.869	5	.77	-0.027	.71	-0.02%	-0.22	1B
12	1930	25	May 14	ATL		CHC	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.348	.444	.792	6	1.84	-0.220	1.46	-0.11%	-1.58	1B
13	1931	27 (1)	May 16	ATL	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.354	.380	.583	.963	6	1.29	0.435	1.26	0.26%	3.40	1B
14	1932	28	May 17	ATL	@	HOU	L,0-9	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.370	.549	.919	4	.88	-0.047	.72	-0.02%	-0.59	1B
15	1933	29	May 19	ATL	@	SFG	L,6-7	GS-8	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.345	.379	.545	.925	4	1.02	0.124	.56	0.04%	0.94	1B
16	1934	30	May 20	ATL	@	SFG	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.345	.387	.552	.939	4	1.96	-0.012	.91	0.00%	0.28	1B
17	1935	34 (3)	May 24	ATL	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.339	.379	.532	.911	5	.74	-0.028	.54	-0.01%	-0.22	1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	1936	48 (13)	Jun 10	ATL	@	PHI	W,15-3	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.328	.368	.516	.883	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-1.11	1B
19	1937	49	Jun 11	ATL	@	PHI	L,1-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.362	.508	.870	9	1.20	-0.032	.98	-0.02%	-0.33	PH
20	1938	50	Jun 12	ATL		NYM	W,8-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.357	.500	.857	9	3.21	-0.134	2.24	-0.06%	-0.57	PH
21	1939	52 (1)	Jun 14	ATL		NYM	L,3-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.352	.493	.845	9	1.32	-0.037	1.00	-0.02%	-0.22	PH
22	1940	54 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	ATL		MON	W,2-0	CG	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.387	.507	.894	7	.47	0.030	.25	0.01%	0.53	1B
23	1941	57 (2)	Jun 21	ATL		PHI	L,7-9	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.375	.527	.902	6	1.48	-0.021	.93	-0.01%	-0.25	1B
24	1942	58	Jun 23	ATL	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.369	.513	.882	5	1.20	0.039	.82	0.02%	0.29	1B
25	1943	59	Jun 24 (1)	ATL	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.305	.352	.488	.840	5	1.47	-0.229	.87	-0.08%	-2.10	1B
26	1944	61 (1)	Jun 25	ATL	@	LAD	L,0-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.348	.482	.830	9	2.79	-0.065	2.37	-0.03%	-0.56	PH
27	1945	62	Jun 26	ATL	@	SFG	L,0-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.344	.476	.821	9	.47	-0.011	.28	0.00%	-0.14	PH
28	1946	63	Jun 27	ATL	@	SFG	L,2-3	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.352	.476	.828	9	1.98	0.136	.90	0.04%	0.40	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
				Player went from Atlanta Braves to Oakland Athletics
29	1947	69	Jul 3	OAK	@	CAL	W,5-0	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.348	.471	.818	8	1.81	-0.037	4.57	-0.06%	-0.40	PH
30	1948	72 (2)	Jul 6	OAK		NYY	L,2-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.344	.465	.809	9	.66	-0.015	1.53	-0.02%	-0.23	PH
31	1949	73	Jul 7	OAK		MIL	L,4-9	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.340	.460	.800	9	.07	-0.002	.16	0.00%	-0.12	PH
							11-20		94	87	6	25	3	0	4	9	7	1	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.287	.340	.460	.800		1.04	0.000	.87	0.02%	-3.22

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