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)
View Orlando Cepeda's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	SFG	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
2	2	Apr 11	SFG	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
3	3	Apr 12	SFG	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	12	1	1	14	1	1B
4	4	Apr 14	SFG		CHC	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
5	5	Apr 15	SFG		CHC	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
6	6	Apr 16	SFG		CHC	L,3-11	CG	51	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
7	7	Apr 17	SFG		STL	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
8	8	Apr 18	SFG		STL	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
9	9	Apr 19	SFG		STL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
10	10	Apr 20	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
11	11	Apr 21	SFG	@	LAD	L,7-9	CG	49	10.1	8	0	0	8	1	1B
12	12	Apr 22	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
13	13	Apr 24	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	46	11.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
14	14	Apr 25	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	6	2	1	9	0	1B
15	15	Apr 26	SFG	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	12	0	2	14	0	1B
16	16	Apr 29	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	SFG	@	MLN	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
18	18	May 2	SFG	@	MLN	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
19	19	May 3	SFG	@	MLN	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
20	20	May 4	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
21	21	May 5	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	1B
22	22	May 7	SFG		LAD	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	1	11	5	1B
23	23	May 8	SFG		LAD	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
24	24	May 9	SFG		LAD	L,5-6	CG	51	11.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
25	25	May 10	SFG		LAD	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
26	26	May 11	SFG		PIT	W,14-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
27	27	May 12	SFG		PIT	L,5-6	CG	56	12.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
28	28	May 13	SFG		PHI	W,6-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
29	29	May 14	SFG		PHI	W,8-0	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 1B
30	31 (1)	May 16	SFG		CIN	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	16	1	0	17	0	1B
31	32	May 17	SFG		CIN	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
32	33	May 18	SFG		MLN	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
33	34	May 19	SFG		MLN	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
34	35	May 20	SFG		MLN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
35	36	May 22	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	50	12.2	14	1	0	15	1	1B
36	37	May 23	SFG	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
37	38	May 24	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	2	1B
38	39	May 25	SFG		LAD	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
39	40	May 26	SFG		LAD	W,6-4	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
40	41	May 27	SFG		STL	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
41	42	May 28	SFG		STL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
42	43	May 29	SFG		STL	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
43	44	May 30	SFG		CHC	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
44	45	May 31	SFG		CHC	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	46	Jun 1	SFG	@	MLN	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
46	47	Jun 2	SFG	@	MLN	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
47	48	Jun 3	SFG	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
48	49	Jun 4	SFG	@	MLN	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
49	50	Jun 5	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
50	51	Jun 6	SFG	@	CIN	W,13-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
51	52	Jun 7 (1)	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
52	53	Jun 7 (2)	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
53	54	Jun 8	SFG	@	PIT	L,9-12	CG	55	10.2	9	2	0	11	1	1B
54	55	Jun 9	SFG	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
55	56	Jun 10	SFG	@	PIT	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
56	57	Jun 11	SFG	@	PIT	L,9-12	CG	46	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
57	58	Jun 12	SFG	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	16	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
58	59	Jun 13	SFG	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
59	60	Jun 14 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
60	61	Jun 14 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
61	62	Jun 16	SFG		CIN	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
62	63	Jun 17	SFG		CIN	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
63	64	Jun 18	SFG		CIN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	7	3	0	10	2	1B
64	65	Jun 19	SFG		MLN	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
65	66	Jun 20	SFG		MLN	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	1B
66	67	Jun 21	SFG		MLN	L,3-13	CG	48	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
67	68	Jun 22	SFG		PIT	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	1B
68	69	Jun 23	SFG		PIT	L,1-5	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
69	70	Jun 24	SFG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
70	71	Jun 25	SFG		PIT	L,1-3	CG	45	12.0	16	2	0	18	2	1B
71	72	Jun 26	SFG		PHI	W,8-0	CG	29	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
72	73	Jun 27	SFG		PHI	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
73	74	Jun 28	SFG		PHI	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
74	75	Jun 29	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-4	GS	54	12.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
75	76	Jun 30	SFG	@	LAD	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	77	Jul 2	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
77	78	Jul 3	SFG	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
78	79	Jul 4	SFG	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
79	80	Jul 5 (1)	SFG	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
80	81	Jul 5 (2)	SFG	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
81	82	Jul 9	SFG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
82	83	Jul 10	SFG	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	47	11.0	9	1	0	10	4	1B
83	84	Jul 11	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	1	8	2	1B
84	85	Jul 12	SFG	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
85	86	Jul 13	SFG	@	MLN	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
86	87	Jul 16 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
87	88	Jul 16 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
88	89	Jul 17	SFG	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
89	90	Jul 18	SFG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
90	91	Jul 19	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
91	92	Jul 20	SFG		LAD	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
92	93	Jul 21	SFG		LAD	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
93	94	Jul 22	SFG		STL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	15	1	0	16	0	1B
94	95	Jul 23	SFG		STL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
95	96	Jul 24	SFG		CHC	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	12	3	0	15	2	1B
96	97	Jul 25	SFG		CHC	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	11	2	1	14	0	1B
97	98	Jul 26	SFG		CHC	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	1B
98	99	Jul 28	SFG		PHI	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
99	100	Jul 29	SFG		PHI	L,1-3	CG	31	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
100	101	Jul 30	SFG		PHI	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
101	102	Jul 31	SFG		PIT	W,4-3	GS	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B 1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	103	Aug 1	SFG		PIT	W,9-5	GS	35	7.0	0	0	2	2	0	3B
103	105 (1)	Aug 4	SFG		MLN	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
104	106	Aug 5	SFG		MLN	W,4-1	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
105	107	Aug 6	SFG		MLN	W,7-1	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
106	108	Aug 7	SFG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
107	109	Aug 8	SFG		CIN	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
108	110	Aug 9	SFG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
109	111	Aug 10	SFG	@	STL	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
110	112	Aug 11	SFG	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	10	4	0	14	0	1B
111	113	Aug 13	SFG	@	CHC	L,9-20	GS	56	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B LF
112	114	Aug 14	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-7	GS	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
113	115	Aug 15	SFG	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
114	116	Aug 16	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
115	117	Aug 17	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
116	118	Aug 18	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
117	119	Aug 19	SFG	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
118	120	Aug 20	SFG	@	MLN	W,5-3	GS	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF 1B
119	121	Aug 21 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-0	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 1B
120	122	Aug 21 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	W,10-6	GS	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF 1B
121	123	Aug 22	SFG	@	PHI	W,8-1	GS	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
122	124	Aug 24	SFG	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
123	125	Aug 25	SFG	@	PIT	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
124	126	Aug 26	SFG	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS	40	9.1	3	0	0	3	1	LF 1B
125	127	Aug 27 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
126	128	Aug 27 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
127	129	Aug 28	SFG	@	LAD	W,5-0	GS	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF 1B
128	130	Aug 30	SFG	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	43	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
129	131	Aug 31	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	38	8.1	2	0	1	3	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	132	Sep 2	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	GS	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
131	133	Sep 3	SFG		CHC	W,8-5	GS	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
132	134	Sep 4	SFG		CHC	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
133	136 (1)	Sep 6	SFG		STL	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
134	137	Sep 7	SFG		STL	W,4-2	GS	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 1B
135	138	Sep 9	SFG		PIT	W,7-2	GS	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	LF 1B
136	139	Sep 10	SFG		PIT	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
137	140	Sep 11	SFG		PHI	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
138	141	Sep 12	SFG		PHI	W,9-1	GS	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
139	142	Sep 13	SFG		PHI	W,1-0	GS	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF 1B
140	143	Sep 14	SFG		CIN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
141	144	Sep 15	SFG		CIN	W,13-6	GS	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
142	145	Sep 16	SFG		MLN	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
143	146	Sep 17	SFG		MLN	W,13-6	GS	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	2	LF 1B
144	147	Sep 19 (1)	SFG		LAD	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
145	148	Sep 19 (2)	SFG		LAD	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
146	149	Sep 20	SFG		LAD	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
147	150	Sep 22	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF 1B
148	151	Sep 23	SFG	@	CHC	L,8-9	CG	51	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
149	152	Sep 26	SFG	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	23	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
150	153	Sep 27 (1)	SFG	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 1B
151	154	Sep 27 (2)	SFG	@	STL	L,8-14	GS	20	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
							170gm		1323.1	996	75	22	1093	74